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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
[ENGlNES REVVlNG]
[TlRES SCREECHlNG]
WOMAN:
Bruce. You're pushing the cartoo hard. It's not meant to take it.
I'll coax it.
That's it,
I'm engaging computer override.
[BEEPlNG]
Don't think it's working.
You son of a b*tch,
are you trying to kill yourself?
Hmm.
[BEEPlNG]
[ALL GASPING]
BILL [OVER TV]:
Spectacular finishto the Neumann elimination.
Looked like a flaming coffin
for billionaire Bruce Wayne for sure.
Turns out Wayne bailed
at the last second...
...suffering only minor burns.
Hideous slaying of a group of nuns
last night...
...the latest in the brutal crime spree
attributed to the Mutant gang.
Crime is at a record high,
the city has gone to hell...
...and no one seems to be
Death threats have once again
been leveled by the Mutants...
...against soon-to-retire,
...who had this to say in response:
I've got one more month at this job,
and I'd love to spend it nailing the Mutants.
If they want to take me on, I'm delighted.
Come and get me.
Nearly coinciding
with Gordon's retirement...
...tonight also marks the 1 0th anniversary
of the last sighting of the Batman.
Most of our younger viewers
now think of him as a myth...
whether his one-man war on crime...
...was right or wrong...
...but this reporter hopes that wherever he is,
he's enjoying a toast with good friends.
To 1 0 years and my finally joining you.
[PlANO MUSlC PLAYING]
That was some stunt
you pulled at the racetrack.
Keeps the blood flowing.
So long as most of it stays inside you.
Worried about me?
Let's just say I'm glad
you survived Batman's retirement...
...and I was hoping you'd keep
it that way.
[OVERTV] Some officials have speculated
that Gordon's departure...
...may help de-escalate violence...
...from the Mutants, as the mysterious
Mutant Leader has repeatedly singled out...
...the commissioner as a target.
You're not worried about me, are you?
No more than I am the rest of the city.
People have given up, Jim.
They're hiding, turning a blind eye.
These are scary times. And the Mutants,
they're not like the usual street crooks.
A mugger, he's after a wallet.
It makes sense.
These kids, it's just random violence.
-There's no humanity in them at all.
-Sounds like someone l used to deal with.
Thank God he's keeping quiet.
Remember how you had us all going
back then?
You with that ginger ale of yours,
pretending it was champagne.
Made up for lost time on that since.
-Makes it easier.
-Makes what easier?
-Staying retired.
-Things are different now, Bruce.
The government, the public,
they wouldn't stand for you anymore.
-Talk to Dick lately?
-You know l haven't.
Shame you didn't keep up with him.
Could've been a shoulder to lean on,
after what happened with Jason.
Let's call it a night, Jim.
MAN:
The day ofjudgment is coming, brother.
[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
One
Two
One, two, three, four
Come on, baby
Come alive
[GRUNTS]
MUTANT:
Aces. He sees us.
Don't go all billy. Go around, behind him.
Slice and dice.
Show him we nasty.
I don't know man, spud's awful big.
And look at him.
-Come on.
-Jeez, man, spud's into it.
-So, what? Slice and dice.
-Come on.
No.
Can't do it when they into it.
Blow this, let's go to the arcade.
[SlGHS]
[CHlLD LAUGHING]
THOMAS:
Wow, look at him go.
MARTHA:
What are you gonna dowhen you catch him, Bruce?
[YOUNG BRUCE LAUGHlNG]
[YOUNG BRUCE SCREAMlNG]
[YOUNG BRUCE WHIMPERING]
[GRUNTS]
[THUD]
ALFRED:
Master Bruce.You set off the alarm, sir.
This somnambulism
is becoming a problem...
...especially for those of us
with a penchant for sleeping at night.
Sir?
BRUCE:
Just remembering a promise, Alfred.
ALFRED:
Which was?BRUCE:
Never again.Sorry I woke you.
When did you shave?
MAN [OVER TV]:
Still feeling thisrecord heat wave in Gotham...
...temperatures reaching
into the upper 90s, friends.
and cut all this heat.
[MUTTERlNG]
Hah!
ORDERLY:
Think he cares about the weather?
I don't think this one's cared about anything
for a long time.
Guess crazy has its moments.
Guy doesn't even sweat. Look at him.
You look at him. He makes me sick.
[DOOR OPENS]
WOLPER:
Don't be nervous, Harvey.
Doctor Willing and l have done outstanding
work on you, inside and out.
Doctor Wolper, I have to agree.
WOLPER:
Psychologically, I'm confident you'reready to face the world and say, "Hey, l'm okay."
And you look great too.
Harvey Dent, meet Harvey Dent.
Ah. Looks like the patient
needs a little convincing.
Been a long time
since both sides matched.
-It's some of my finest work ever, Harvey.
HARVEY:
Both sides match.WOLPER:
You look completely normal.
-I don't know what to say.
-Say thank you.
I can't express enough gratitude
to my plastic surgeon, Dr. Herbert Willing...
...and my psychiatrist,
Dr. Bartholomew Wolper.
I don't expect the people
of Gotham City...
...to forgive my crimes overnight...
...I only ask that they give me
a second chance.
MAN 1 :
Harvey. How do you feel?
MAN 2:
Why should we think this time is different?
MAN 3:
Are you nervous about starting over?MAN 4:
ls Two-Face gone for good?[REPORTERS CLAMORlNG]
[CAMERAS CLlCKlNG]
Those were Harvey Dent's last words
before he disappeared.
The one-time district attorney,
later known as Two-Face...
...immediately evaded supervision
upon his release earlier today...
...from the Arkham Home.
Husband and wife found murdered
Wayne, who sponsored Dent's rehabilitation,
had this to say just days before Dent's release:
As a city, we have to give Harvey every chance
to return to society.
We must believe we can all defeat
our own private demons.
LOLA:
After today's developments,Wayne was unavailable for comment.
TED:
Murder rates on the city'ssubways have reached an all-time high.
Kidnapping and murdering
young children...
...a line even the Mutants
Despite the family paying the ransom,
the Mutants still took the boy's life.
This marks a chilling escalation...
...from a group many are already calling
the worst criminals Gotham City...
...has seen since the Joker.
NARRATOR:
Tonight's presentation ofTyrone Power in The Mark of Zorro--
[CHUCKLES]
[GRUNTS]
[CHUCKLES]
[GRUNTS]
Take that. Yah!
--can only assume Two-Face
will return to his criminal ways.
TED:
Four killed in a senseless attack--
BILL:
--the assault and mutilation and terrorthat poor little boy must have felt.
Storm coming in,
like the wrath of God about to hit Gotham.
[GRUNTS]
[THUNDER CRASHING]
BATMAN:
You try to hold me back,but you're weak.
[PANTlNG]
You know it in your soul.
You're nothing but a hollow shell.
[GUNSHOT]
A rusty trap.
The time has come.
[BAT SCREECHES]
[RAIN PATTERlNG]
[THUNDER CRASHING]
[GRUNTS]
MAN:
Come in here where it's warm, Mommy.
No. Please.
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