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Batman: The Killing Joke What was it like working on the first R rated animated Batman film?

What was it like working on the first R rated animated Batman film?  FlickDirect's Sean Ferguson talks to the cast Batman: The Killing Joke about their experiences.

What does it take for a person to snap? How much despair for a mind to fracture? These are the twisted questions that The Joker has set out to answer, to show Gotham that even an ordinary man like Commissioner Gordon is only one bad day away from sheer insanity. Based on the acclaimed DC Comics graphic novel, witness a journey into the dark psyche of the Clown Prince of Crime. Follow his humble beginnings as a struggling comic to his fateful encounter with the Dark Knight that changed everything. Fueled by the return of Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as The Joker, witness the birth of a super villain, the fortitude of a hero and the punch line that will leave you speechless.
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i'm here with Batman hey Wow like direct electric it out so effortlessly I have to I have to ask do you ever go into Starbucks and say I'm Batman no I don't know I should though sure you really see what I get away with cereal they did they say yeah right sure you are so so tell me what you got going on with killing joke is this is this is like everybody's dying to see this film well I think everyone's going to be really pleased because they did a beautiful job in writing the original Killing Joke story wasn't really long enough for a long-form film so they had to adjust it and what they did was a wrote sort of a prequel to the story that involves Barbara Gordon but it feeds beautifully into the movie but with Ray wise playing Commissioner Gordon he gives an amazing performance mark of course knocks it out of the ballpark as Joker and Tara Strong is you know everyone loves Star she's amazing so it's you know it's the best of the voice people they got for these roles you know they it's so much fun to go to work with people like this and the writers are phenomenal so and it's you know it's bruce timm so it's all the original production people from the original animated series so it's that noir quality it's that darkness it's it's passionate it's I think the fans are gonna love it what we're really looking forward to seeing it thank you for coming out and talking with us good take care good luck you've got that crawl you're you're tell me that tell me the story tell me what's going on with her cuz I know this is a really big deal this it's a really big deal Batgirl is a woman and she's strong and she's vulnerable and she goes through things she was never gone through before and goes to the darkest place I've ever seen her go and it's an amazing story and i'm super excited to be a part of it now with the fact that you're a voice-over artist do you ever go into places or do you ever use your character voice just spur the moment for fun and just come out with some fun saying what's your favorite saying to use I do that all the time my children are slightly annoyed by it and less if the Telemark they love what I messed with telemarketers like no nobody Tom just me and my big pot of gold they love that that is awesome thank you so much for coming to talk to us so much take care act i'm here with Ray wise who plays Commissioner Gordon in the killing joke so where's the keys to the bat signal what I I need the bag signals i could call him and get some help everyone no like no i can't give you that son sorry about that so what's it like playing with the talent that you've gotten a series Oh wonderful are you know Kevin the great Kevin Conroy he's oh he will always be my Batman I've been a Batman fan since I was eight ten years old with the comics and whenever I imagine him in my head I hear his voice you know he just has to open his mouth and say two words and I'm there and I not only like to not only see Batman I feel him you know that is amazing I know you got to get going but I just want to say as a fan of twin peaks before I know it's coming back I can't wait to see you in it again I can't wait to see you and hear you hear your voice in the background and killing joke and I'll be thinking of you when I do thank you so much thank you very much thank you you

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ABOUT BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE

What does it take for a person to snap? How much despair for a mind to fracture? These are the twisted questions that The Joker has set out to answer, to show Gotham that even an ordinary man like Commissioner Gordon is only one bad day away from sheer insanity. Based on the acclaimed DC Comics graphic novel, witness a journey into the dark psyche of the Clown Prince of Crime. Follow his humble beginnings as a struggling comic to his fateful encounter with the Dark Knight that changed everything. Fueled by the return of Kevin Conroy as Batman and Mark Hamill as The Joker, witness the birth of a super villain, the fortitude of a hero and the punch line that will leave you speechless.
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MPAA Rating: R
Genre: Action/Adventure
Running Time: 76 minutes
Distributed By: Warner Bros.
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