Who directed the 1989 film on which "Batman: The Ride" is thematically based?
Batman (1989 film) Batman is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is the first installment of Warner Bros.' initial "Batman" film series. The film stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Jack Nicholson as The Joker, alongside Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance. The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime, and depicts a battle with his arch-nemesis the Joker.
The Return of the Musketeers The Return of the Musketeers is a 1989 film adaptation loosely based on the novel "Twenty Years After" (1845) by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third Musketeers film directed by Richard Lester, following 1973's "The Three Musketeers" and 1974's "The Four Musketeers". Like the other two films, the screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser.