Batman Returns

At Christmas in Gotham, Oswald Cobblepot, abandoned as a baby by his rich parents and raised by penguins in the sewers, comes out of hiding as the Penguin. He blackmails corrupt tycoon Max Shreck. Shreck pushes his secretary, Selina Kyle, out a window when she uncovers one of his schemes. She survives and becomes Catwoman. Penguin and Catwoman team up to frame Batman, while Bruce and Selina start a romance without knowing who the other is. Shreck runs the Penguin for mayor, but Batman exposes his contempt for the city. Humiliated, the Penguin sends out an army of rocket-armed penguins. Batman turns the rockets back on him, and the Penguin dies. Selina electrocutes Shreck and vanishes. At the end, she gazes up at the Bat-Signal.

1. ReferenceMax Shreck, the vampire

   Christopher Walken's villain is named after Max Schreck, the actor who played the vampire in Nosferatu (1922). The character was made up for the film.

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2. CameoPee-wee is the Penguin's dad

   The father who abandons baby Oswald is Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman. The part was meant for Burgess Meredith, the 1960s TV Penguin, who fell ill.

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3. Behind the scenesReal penguins

   The emperor, black-footed and king penguins were real, flown in refrigerated planes and kept on a chilled set with a pool. Animatronic penguins and costumed actors filled in.

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4. Behind the scenesThe Catwoman who wasn't

   Annette Bening was cast as Catwoman but got pregnant. Sean Young showed up at Warner Bros. in a homemade Catwoman costume to ask for the part, which went to Michelle Pfeiffer.

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