New on DVD & Blu-Ray - BATMAN: YEAR ONE (2011)

Synopsis: Batman: Year One is based on the landmark 1987 DC Comics titles from 12-time Eisner Award winner Frank Miller and illustrator David Mazzucchelli. The film depicts young Bruce Wayne’s return to Gotham City in his first attempts to fight injustice as a costumed vigilante. The playboy billionaire chooses the guise of a giant bat to combat crime, creates an early bond with a young Lieutenant James Gordon (who is already battling corruption from inside the police department), inadvertently plays a role in the birth of Catwoman, and helps to bring down a crooked political system that infests Gotham.

Genre: Action, Adventure

Worldwide Box-Office: N/A (straight-to-DVD)

Number of Discs: 1 (Single-Disc DVD); 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition DVD); 3 (Blu-Ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

DVD Special Features :

• Feature film Sneak Peek at Justice League: Doom
• DC Showcase Animated Original Short – "Catwoman": 
• Featurette –"Heart of Vengeance: Returning Batman to His Roots"
• Featurette –"Conversations with DC Comics"
• Audio Commentary with Alan Burnett, Sam Liu, Mike Carlin and Andrea Romano 
• "Batman: Year One, Chapter 1" Digital Comic Book 
• Two bonus episodes from "Batman: The Animated Series"

What to Expect : Standard fare animated movie, faithful to Frank Miller's comic book series. A perfect fit for Batman fans, young and old. Pretty cool special features too.

Release Date : October 18, 2011

Run Time : 64 Min.

Studio/Distributor : Warner Home Video

Rating : PG-13 for violence and some sexual material.

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