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Batman & Bill

2017 · 93 min

A warm, dogged investigative documentary that turns a comic-book credit dispute into a moving story of belated justice and fandom's power.

Directed by
Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Michael Uslan, Roy Thomas, Marc Tyler Nobleman
Tagline
A secret identity finally revealed.
Overview
Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it his crusade to make it known that Bill Finger, a struggling writer, actually helped invent the iconic superhero, from concept to costume to the very character we all know and love. Bruce Wayne may be Batman’s secret identity, but his creator was always a true mystery.

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Directed by
Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Michael Uslan, Roy Thomas, Marc Tyler Nobleman
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • identity
  • art
  • celebrity
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Written by
Marc Tyler Nobleman
Starring
Michael Uslan, Roy Thomas, Marc Tyler Nobleman, Thomas Andrae, Benjamin Zaido Cruz, Athena Finger, Bill Finger, Bob Kane
Cinematography
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Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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