1989 Filming Locations

[WingedFreak71]

anyone ever visit pinewood or any filming locations? - i think wayne manor was knebworth castle yeah? - we should hold the screening at axis chemical! or maybe at gotham city cathedral in 5 minutes.....

but i wonder if there's a pinewood tour that might have any old stuff from the 1st film

at WB studios in LA they have the '89 batsuit costume with a big DO NOT TOUCH sign next to it - how unfortunate that when i went down to "tie my shoe" i "accidentally" touched the bat boot! - and then accidentally i pulled off the cowl and tried it on - perfect fit!!

ok i just touched the boot

[Kamdan]

I wish I could have been with these lads who broke into the set and wondered around!

[batass4880]

Was 89 shot at Pinewood because it was cheaper to make it there at the time or was it because of the vast space?

[Paul (ral)]

Was 89 shot at Pinewood because it was cheaper to make it there at the time or was it because of the vast space?

From http://www.batmanmovieonline.com/articles.php?showarticle=2

BATMAN was filmed at Pinewood not so much for economy, but because Burton had always wanted to work in Britain. "To be honest, I wanted to get out of the States because of all the hype, hoopla, and controversy the film was attracting," he said. "It was happening in England too, but to a far lesser degree. I didn?t need any extra distractions and coming here pretty much removed the stress level in that area so I could focus on the movie. There are only two places you can make a movie like this- Los Angeles or London. In many ways the crafts-man and artists are better in Britain. Even though the dollar was iffy, I'm glad I decided to base operations at Pinewood. It wouldn't have been cheaper in L.A., just more problematic."