Batman and Robin
Screenplay by Akiva Goldsman
Produced by Peter MacGregor-Scott
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Cast List:
George Clooney Batman
/ Bruce Wayne
Chris O'Donnell Robin
/ Dick Grayson
Arnold
Schwarzenegger Mr.
Freeze / Dr. Victor Fries
Uma Thurman Poison Ivy / Dr.
Pamela Isley
Alicia
Silverstone Batgirl / Barbara
Wilson
Michael Gough Alfred
Pennyworth
Pat Hingle Commissioner
Gordon
Elle MacPherson Julie
Madison
John Glover Dr.
Jason Woodrue
INT. BATCAVE – BATMAN'S COSTUME VAULT
Chrome and shadow. A black gauntlet SNAPS into place. A cape WHIPS over a dark rubber back.
A bat-shaped buckle LOCKS.
INT. BATCAVE ROBIN'S
COSTUME VAULT – INTERCUT
A silver throwing-bird is chosen from a weapon's
array. Gloved hands lift a black eye mask. Tunic armor CLICKS shut, turning to reveal
the chest-borne insignia of a Robin.
Emerges from his costume vault.
WIDER
Deeper excavation has doubled the size of the cavern.
New state-of-the-art computing systems flash. Surveillance screens
monitor news and police FREQUENCIES. Crime's worst nightmare.
Batman strides towards the rising steam-obscured pedestal which
bears the sleek, redesigned Batmobile.
ROBIN appears in the door of his costume vault,
dressed in the black and red of his Nightwing costume.
Two dark avengers stand suited, ready to take back the night.
BATMAN
Nice suit. And today you are?
ROBIN
Nightwing. Scourge of darkest evil.
BATMAN
This is all about fashion for you, isn't it?
ROBIN
It's the gear. Chicks love the gear.
ALFRED steps forward, out of the shadows.
Do call if you're going to be late for dinner, sir.
TURBOS – CLOSE
ROAR. The Batmobile SHOOTS away through the arches of the cave access
tunnel.
The compass to of the Batmobile service pedestal
splits wide like the opening petals of a flower, revealing a sleek,
turbo-charged motorcycle meet Robin's bike: The Redbird.
Drive carefully, Master Wing.
ROBIN
Don't wait up, Al.
THE REDBIRD'S TURBO – CLOSE
EXPLODES into life.
The powerful bike SHOOTS after the Batmobile.
Alfred watches them go.
Then, he relaxes, lets his weight fall against the
main console, a man not as well as he seems.
INT. BATCAVE ACCESS TUNNEL – BATMOBILE – MOVING
Batman is behind the wheel, Robin visible through the window.
BATMAN
Ten police cruisers frozen solid on the Gotham
Expressway...
INT. BATCAVE ACCESS TUNNEL – REDBIRD – MOVING
Robin is on his bike, data scrolling on his console monitor.
ROBIN
... A giant drilling truck burrowing under the city
...
BATMAN
Mr. Freeze.
ROBIN
The batcomputer tracks him heading for the Gotham
Museum.
BATMAN
The new antiquities exhibit. The Second Sun of the
Sudan.
ROBIN
Of course. He's going to steal the giant white
diamond.
BATMAN
No, Robin. He's going to jail.
BATMAN'S MONITOR – CLOSE – THE GOTHAM MUSEUM
PUSH IN:
EXT. GOTHAM MUSEUM – NIGHT
A stone and glass palace set on the edge of Gotham's Central Park.
INT. GOTHAM MUSEUM – NIGHT
A GIANT DRILLING TRUCK points up through the rubble of the
shattered museum floor.
A great hall bearing the skeleton of a mighty brontosaur amongst a
myriad of other exotic antiquities. All frozen.
HOLD on a GIANT DIAMOND CASE
The case begins to glow blue, then white, the shatterproof glass EXPLODING into a thousand
flying fragments.
RACK IN through the storm of ice and glass, ACROSS the frozen floor, PAST exhibits of Aztec ruins peppered now with
three FROZEN GUARDS, UP stone steps of a pyramid altar TO REVEAL...
... A silver suited figure stands, bald head visible beneath a helmet, A high-tech bazooka in his hand. MR. FREEZE.
FREEZE
The Iceman Cometh.
WIDER
A gang of Thugs in thermal suits, THE
ICEMEN, skate to the base of the steps.
Two hold a MOANING, shivering GUARD captive.
GUARD
Please. Show some mercy.
Freeze begins down the altar steps. A SHIMMERING, TERRIFYING GOD.
FREEZE
I'm afraid my condition has left me cold to your pleas
of mercy.
Freeze FIRES his weapon, the beam of cryonic energy engulfing the Guard, turning
him to ice.
FREEZE
(knocks on the guard's cheek)
Copsicle.
Freeze closes, now, on the shattered case.
FREEZE
In this universe, there is only one absolute.
Everything...
Freeze swipes away the shattered glass and steel, from the debris
lifts a tremendous diamond.
FREEZE
... Freezes.
Freeze holds the diamond high over his head, the light hitting the
gem like a star.
THE SKYLIGHT – CLOSE
EXPLODES.
Batman free-falls into the room, hitting the brontosaurus and
sliding down its neck, SMASHING Freeze with his feet, the diamond sliding across the frozen floor.
(aiming his pistol)
Bat on ice, anyone?
Batman KICKS the pistol high in the air, catches it.
Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with
guns?
Freeze cartwheels across the room, kicking the gun away from Batman,
catching it in mid air.
FREEZE
You're not sending me to the cooler.
Freeze FIRES. Batman dodges the blast. Freeze takes aim again.
THE FRONT DOORS – CLOSE
BLOW OPEN.
Robin, on the Redbird, flies into the room.
Batman uses the distraction, flying-kicks the gun into the air.
Robin soars over Freeze’s head, kicks the airborne gun to the altar
atop the giant pyramid.
Score. And the crowd goes wild.
Robin lands, laying his bike sideways in a slide, KNOCKING a precious vase into
mid air. he grabs a statue, using it to whip around in a dismount.
Batman catches the falling vase, replaces it, as Robin skates beside
him. The two heroes race for Freeze.
FREEZE
Grab the gem. Kill the heroes.
MORE INCEMEN in hockey masks, sticks in hand, rush the
caped crusaders from both sides.
It's the hockey team from hell.
Freeze is racing towards the altar and his fallen gun. SIX GUARDS rush in through a
side door and swarm the unarmed Freeze. Mistake.
Freeze begins wailing on the Guards. It's a straight display of
fisticuffs executed with unbelievable speed and precision, hooks, jabs, upper
and lower cuts all perfectly delivered, felling the assault force.
Cop-suey.
He begins racing again for his gun.
Batman and Robin begin a martial arts extrordinaire, blocking stick
blows, punching and kicking the Icemen.
THE GEM lays on the ice behind the wall of
advancing ICEMEN.
Batman and Robin grab two assailants, slipping between their legs,
skates popping out of their boots, as they snatch the Icemen's sticks and trip
the villains.
Freeze has made it to his gun. He turns, FIRES, creating an ice bridge
to the floor.
Caution. Bridge may ice over.
He slides down the ice bridge to the floor below. Starts racing for
his giant drilling truck.
Batman begins skating towards Freeze.
BATMAN
You get the ice. I'll get the iceman.
Robin skates through the Thugs, double sticking, CHECKING them wildly into the
boards, reaches down and scoops up
the diamond.
ROBIN
Sweet.
Freeze is racing towards his truck, Batman closing fast behind him.
Freeze spins and FIRES.
Batman ducks, using his cape as an ice shield, deflecting the beam
into a closing Iceman behind him, freezing the villain solid.
Freeze disappears behind the giant brontosaurus.
Robin skates into line with Batman, both heading fast for Freeze.
(shows the diamond)
Freeze FIRES his gun.
Freezing the legs of the mighty Brontosaur.
What killed the dinosaurs? The ice age.
Freeze pushes on the belly of the beast, the mighty creature
toppling forward, EXPLODING in front of Batman and Robin.
ROBIN
He's definitely extinct.
Batman and Robin skate fast to avoid the debris.
An ICEMAN flies in from the side, hitting Robin's hand, sending the gem flying
free.
ANOTHER ICEMAN skates to the gem, HITTING it with his stick, sending the diamond
flying up onto the landing by the front doors.
Freeze has made it to his truck, is climbing towards the hatch.
The Icemen are a rushing wall between the caped crusaders and the gem. Batman and Robin skate toward the villains, pulling flagpoles from a display as if they are about to joust the Icemen.
At the last second, Batman and Robin drive their poles into the ice,
vaulting over the heads of the Icemen towards the landing and the waiting gem
above.
Freeze has climbed to the hatch of his vehicle.
Hit me boys.
Batman and Robin land on the landing inches from the gem. An Iceman
skates from the wings, with a SLAPSHOT, sends the diamond flying.
FREEZE'S GLOVE – CLOSE
The diamond HITS. A perfect catch.
Thanks for playing.
Freeze drops into the cab of his giant drilling truck. The hatch starts to slide closed.
BATMAN
Round up the thugs. I'll get Freeze.
Batman leaps onto the banister, slides standing down the rail and jumps, dropping into the closing hatch after Freeze.
INT. DRILLING TRUCK – CONTROL CAPSULE
A bank of control panels are set inside the giant glass head of the drill. Batman falls in to find Freeze standing at the main console.
BATMAN
Stop the insanity.
FREEZE
Nice of you to drop in.
Freeze hits a button. A tremendous ROAR.
INT. MUSEUM
The capsule, set on the end of an ejection cylinder, BLASTS out of the drilling
truck, rising like a rocket towards the roof.
Robin jumps on another banister, slides down, grabs a banner and
swings himself onto the side of the cylinder, clutching a porthole ledge and
hanging fast.
EXT. GOTHAM MUSEUM
The capsule BLOWS through the top of the museum, ROCKETING towards the starry night sky above.
ZOOM IN
Robin clings to the side of the rocket for dear life.
INT. CAPSULE
Batman is thrown to the floor by the powerful acceleration. Freeze stays upright, protected by his mighty suit.
BATMAN
You were a great scientist once. Don't squander your
genius on evil.
FREEZE
I hate being lectured.
Freeze throws Batman, hard, into the bulkhead, uses his pistol, to Freeze Batman's ankles and wrists to the wall in chunks of ice.
FREEZE
Watch the numbers, Batman. For they are the harbingers
of your doom.
ALTIMETER CLOSE
10,000 feet and climbing fast.
FREEZE
Can you feel it coming? The icy cold of space. At
30,000 feet your heart will freeze and beat no more.
THE ALTIMETER CLOSE
15,000 feet and rising.
EXT. CAPSULE
Robin has climbed onto the nose-cone. Is struggling against the acceleration, using bat-magnets to crawl towards the escape hatch.
INT. CAPSULE
Freeze steps into a glide-wing backpack mounted on the wall.
FREEZE
After you have frozen, your icy tomb will plummet back
to Gotham.
BATMAN
Freeze, you're mad. This capsule will slaughter
thousands.
Freeze releases the door behind him, the sky WHIPPING past beyond.
FREEZE
Ain't it grand? Freeze well.
Freeze leaps out into the night.
EXT. NIGHT SKY
Freeze begins to plummet towards the lights of Gotham below.
FREEZE'S BACKPACK – CLOSE
A sleek wing extends from its housing. Freeze angles himself downward in mid air, using his glide wing to control his fast flight towards the distant city.
INT. CAPSULE
The controls, the glass nose-cone, the capsule itself are all frosting over. The hatch opens. Robin drops in.
ROBIN
I was just hanging around.
BATMAN
I thought you were going to stay in the museum and
round up the thugs.
ROBIN
How about, nice to see you? Glad you're here to save
my life.
Robin pulls a laser from his utility belt, FLASH MELTS one of his
ice-shackles.
BATMAN
When we get home, we're having a little communication
workshop.
Robin FLASH METLS the other ice gauntlet. Batman is free.
ROBIN
Is it cold in here or is it just me?
ALTIMETER – CLOSE
20,000 and rising. Ice is forming everywhere.
BATMAN
Got to make sure this rocket doesn't turn Gotham into
a crater.
Batman whips a bat-shaped charge, throws it onto the ceiling. An armed light on the charge flashes green.
ROBIN
Now what? We call a taxi?
Batman grabs a handle marked "CAUTION: EXPLOSIVE BOLTS". Robin smiles, grabs a similar handle on the opposing metal door.
BATMAN
Watch the first step.
ROBIN
Surf's up.