ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

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In honour of the release of
THE DARK KNIGHT
let's have a round dedicated to the Batman universe:  (Unplayed) Movies featuring actors who have played major characters in any of the Batman films.  

For your convenience here is a wiki link that lists all the characters and who played them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Batman_films_cast_members

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Lee Meriwether (Catwoman, Batman: The Movie) played Mary Elizabeth Whitehead in this film.

Plot:  A homespun minister (Andy Griffith) and his family move to a small town where he tries to win the support and trust of his new congregation.

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Gil, way cool round announcement. 
Just when did Batman and Robin kiss??

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Val Kilmer Tommy Lee Jones Jim Carrey Chris O'Donnell Michael Gough Pat Hingle

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Batman/Bruce Wayne Two-Face/Harvey Dent Riddler/Dr. Edward Nygma Robin/Dick Grayson Alfred Pennyworth Commissioner James Gordon

From IMDb: 

It was clear the beginning of the end of the original series had arrived when the mediocre BATMAN FOREVER swooped into the box office. This hugely disappointing third entry lacks Michael Keaton, Tim Burton and a whole lot of other stuff.

The Caped Crusader (Val Kilmer) must once again save Gotham City from evil, this time in the form of the psychotic Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) and the twisted Riddler (Jim Carrey in a particularly annoying performance). Along the way he finally teams up with sidekick Robin (Chris O'Donnell), makes a hot blonde psychologist (Nicole Kidman) weak in the knees, and tries out a few new (mostly lame) Bat Toys.

Many critics loved BATMAN FOREVER for its departure from the darkness of the first two entries. But this new "Batman light" doesn't work nearly as well. The characters are quite irritating, and the film tries to squeeze in far too much. Did we really need two villains again, particularly with Robin entering the picture? As imperfect as it is, it's a masterpiece compared to what followed two years later.

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Maggie Gyllenhall who plays RACHEL DAWES in THE DARK KNIGHT plays Valerie in this remake of the Argentinian film NINE QUEENS:


Plot: Two con artists try to swindle a currency collector by selling him a counterfeit copy of an extremely rare currency bill.

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Val Kilmer (Batman in Batman Forever) played Jim Morrison.

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Kim Basinger played Vici Vale in Batman and was in the film Even Money.





Plot from IMDB:
Gambling: Carolyn, a novelist, is losing her family's savings at the slots; she's befriended by a close-up magician who dreams of making it big. A murdered bookie has the cops focused on Victor, who fronts for the mysterious, never-seen Ivan. Augie and Murph, two other bookies ply their partnership, which is endangered by an offer from Victor to Augie and by Murph's girlfriend's rejection of his violent vocation. A mechanic, in debt to his bookies, asks his basketball-playing brother to shave some points. A paraplegic cop sees all. Will anyone reach their dream? The odds are against it.

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Burt Ward, who played Batman's sidekick Robin in both the 1960s Batman series and in Batman:the Movie (1966), was in Fire in the Night (1986).

Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin in 1966 and, 39 years later, in 2005.

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Michael Caine, who played Alfred Pennyworth in "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," played Cliff Brumby in "Get Carter."

From IMDb: 

A mob enforcer goes back to his native Seattle to sort out the suspicious death of his brother.

The original film is one of the best English thrillers of all time and, despite being made nearly thirty years ago, still packs a punch. Sadly, this film is not really in its league, despite a bigger budget and more ground coverage.

The main problem is that the authors clearly love the original, and this leaves so much of what happens as a question mark to the new viewer. Characters are thrown in from nowhere and Carter's involvement with his boss's girl is almost in another movie. Micheal Caine's small role (as a barman) is funny in that he was the original Jack Carter, here reprised by Sly Stallone.

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Jack Nicholson played The Joker in "Batman" and starred in "Hoffa."

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The handsome, but oh so bland, Chris O'Donnell who donned the infamous nippled Robin costume in BATMAN & ROBIN also appeared in this film, as Ernest "Ernie" Hemingway(!)

Plot: Reporter Ernest Hemingway is an ambulance driver in Italy during World War I. While bravely risking his life in the line of duty, he is injured and ends up in the hospital, where he falls in love with his nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky.