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Burton's Gotham

Inside Cinema Shorts

How director Tim Burton and production designer Anton Furst created Batman's moody metropolis in a Buckinghamshire backlot, raised the bar for practical filmmaking craft and set the standard for the ensuing three decades of superhero cinema.

14 August 2019

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5 minutes

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Role	Contributor
Narrator	Michael Leader
Writer	Michael Leader
Production Manager	Annie Hughes
Producer	Mike Muncer
Researcher	Jamie Maisner
Series Editor	Michael Leader
Executive Producer	Dan Jones
Executive Producer	Catherine Bray
Production Company	Little Dot Studios
Executive Producer	Lamia Dabboussy

Inside Cinema

Short films taking you to the heart of the movies.

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