The Batman vs. Dracula/The Batman Superman Movie

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Two Made For Video features:The Batman/Superman Movie: When the Joker elicits the help of Lex Luthor in a new fiendish scheme, only the combined superpowers of Batman and Superman can save Metropolis. Will the Man of Steel and the Caped Crusader be able to foil the plot of this diabolical duo? Not if the superheroes' alter egos clash as they vie for the attention of the self-reliant Lois. Watch the action explode as Batman and Superman clash with each other and their notorious archenemies.The Batman vs. Dracula: Gotham City is terrorized not only by recent escapees Joker and Penguin, but by the original creature of the night, Dracula! Can Batman stop the ruthless vampire before he turns everyone in the city, including The Caped Crusader, Joker and Penguin, into his mindless minions?

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Color
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Features:
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  • The Batman Superman Movie:
  • The joker's challenge game
  • Get the picture: how to draw Batman
  • Get the picture: how to draw Superman
  • Converation with producer Bruce Timm
  • Music montage
  • The Batman vs. Dracula:
  • Scence vs. superstition: Batman's computer
  • Data files probe the Dracula legend
  • City of knight: interactive Gotham city map reveals
  • Cool making-of segments
  • Voices in closeup: pop-up trivia and interviews
  • Reaveal the voices behind the movie

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Kevin Conroy - Batman/Bruce Wayne
       Tim Daly - Superman/Clark Kent
       Clancy Brown - Lex Luthor
       Dana Delany - Lois Lane
       Mark Hamill - The Joker
       Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. - Alfred
       Peter Stormare
       Alastair Duncan
       Lauren Tom - Angela Chen
       Tom Kenny
       Tara Strong
       Lisa Edelstein - Mercy Graves
       Joseph Bologna - Dan Turpin
       Arleen Sorkin - Harley Quinn
       Robert Costanzo - Detective Bullock
       Rino Romano
       George Dzundza - Perry White
       Kevin Michael Richardson
       Bob Hastings - Commissioner Gordon

• Director:

  Michael Goguen, Michael McCuistion, Toshihiko Masuda

• Producer:

  Jeff Matsuda, Linda M. Steiner

• Screenwriter:

  Duane Capizzi

• Screen Story:

  Alan Burnett

• Screenwriter:

  Alan Burnett, Stan Berkowitz

• Screen Story:

  Paul Dini

• Screenwriter:

  Steve Gerber, Rich Fogel

• Composer (Music Score):

  Thomas Chase Jones

• Art Director:

  Jeff Matsuda

• Supervising Producer:

  Duane Capizzi, Michael Goguen

• Associate Producer:

  Kimberly A. Smith, Haven Alexander

• Executive Producer:

  Michael E. Uslan, Benjamin Melniker, Sander Schwartz, Alan Brunett

• Animator:

  TMS-Kyokuichi

• Casting:

  Ginny McSwain

• Voice Director:

  Ginny McSwain

• Sequence Director:

  Brandon Vietti, Eun Kim Seung, Sam Liu

• Additional Music:

  Lolita Ritmanis

• Character Design:

  Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel

REVIEW:

• Despite its seemingly cheesy premise, Batman vs. Dracula continues the Dark Knight's fine legacy in animated films, this time based on the hyper-stylized 2004 series The Batman. The mythology surrounding the meeting of these two characters goes back decades in the comics, so the idea of the costumed hero going head-to-head with the King of Vampires isn't as out there as it might sound. What is surprising is the dark nature of the film, which might end up scaring the little youngsters, but should play to adolescents and the character's older fan base brilliantly. Realized with the same graphic line drawing look that made the series stand out, Batman vs. Dracula is a bright, pop-art lover's dream soaked in the same kind of deep shadows that populate much of artist Mike Mignola's work. Plot-wise, it's a grab bag of mixed ideas, but the action is grandiose, as is the atmosphere created in such fantastic scenes as the one in the blood bank. So, while it may seem to be a stretch for good old Drac to end up buried underneath Gotham's graveyard, the premise makes for a rip-roaring tale of horrific proportions that doesn't often get to be told in the confines of kiddie-friendly entertainment. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi