Word: actorly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gotham Citys perpetually moonlit skyline. Burton's films become dark, contained fantasylands that lure you in as much as they make you wonder what goes on inside his head. From Beetlejuice to Mars Attacks, this director has honed his signature style, a style that, in the words of one actor who worked with him, can best be defined as Burton genre...
...Several big name actors play the many new supporting roles in the story. The town is filled with recognizable faces, even if they are paler and chubbier than usual. Brom Bones is played by Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers). Jeffrey Jones, who played the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, is the town Reverend; Michael Gambon, the famous British theater actor, is Baltus Van Tassel...
...Peppering the rest of the cast is: Michael Gough (the butler in all of the Batmans), Ian McDiarmid, (the Emperor in Return of the Jedi,) and Christopher Lee, a London-born actor who, having been in over 250 films and TV shows, holds the title in the Guinness Book of World Records as being the international star with the most screen credits. Such a high-caliber cast demonstrates the power of Tim Burton as a director to attract such talent even for bit parts, and the skill with which he is able to transform even well-known actors into barely...
...psychological warping of Ichabod, and several impressive fight scenes in which the decapitations have an especially martial flare. (Star Wars fans may notice similarities between the headless sword-wielding skills and the light saber moves of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace. They're played by the same actor, Ray Park...
...From the start, Burton's Batman promised to be a departure from the cardboard comic characterizations and situations found in the Superman films of the early '80s. First, Burton chose Beetlejuice star Keaton, known more as a comic actor than an action star, to play the title character--a move that sent comic book fans into an uproar. Burton also removed the Robin character, choosing instead to focus on the intense psychological make-up of Batman and his foe, the Joker (Jack Nicholson in one of his best roles). Once again, Burton's strong adherence to his own vision paid...