Batman Begins

As a boy, Bruce Wayne watches mugger Joe Chill kill his parents in Gotham. As an adult, he's trained by Henri Ducard in Ra's al Ghul's League of Shadows. When he learns the League wants to destroy Gotham, he refuses and escapes. Back home, he builds Batman with help from Alfred and Lucius Fox, who gives him the suit and the Tumbler. He takes down mob boss Carmine Falcone and faces the Scarecrow and his fear toxin. Ducard turns out to be the real Ra's al Ghul and tries to spread the toxin across the city on a train. Batman leaves him to die in the crash. Finally, Gordon unveils the Bat-Signal and mentions a criminal who leaves Joker cards.

1. Behind the scenesScreen-testing in Val Kilmer's suit

   Cillian Murphy screen-tested for Batman wearing the Batman Forever suit. He didn't get the hero, but Nolan cast him as Dr. Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow.

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2. ReferenceThe well and Year One

   Young Bruce's fall into the well comes from the comic "The Man Who Falls". The honest Gordon and Bruce's years away from Gotham come from Frank Miller's "Batman: Year One".

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3. CameoFuture Joffrey in the Narrows

   A young Batman fan in the Narrows is an uncredited Jack Gleeson. Years later he became King Joffrey on Game of Thrones.

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4. SetupA playing card

   In the last scene, Gordon tells Batman about a criminal who leaves Joker cards at crime scenes. It comes back later.

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