Top cast:George Nichols,Stephanie Longfellow,Charles West
Director:Steven Spielberg
Genre:Mystery
Region:Germany
Year:2000
Storyline:You see, sometimes I""m good.Oh, I""m very good.But sometimes I""m bad.But only as bad as I wanna be.Freedom is power.To live a life untamed and unafraid is the gift that I""ve been given and so my journey begins."Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)The credits mentioned: "Based on characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics." Critically-assailed with contempt, and bearing little relation to the previous DC Comic character portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer inBatman Returns (1992).A lusty, brawling, florid decade when there were handlebars on lip and wheel - and legs were confidential!Bejeweled chanteuse and brash entertainer Lady Lou (Mae West) worked in the 1890s Bowery bar-room saloon ("Gus Jordan""s Place") of her boss and benefactor Gus Jordan (Noah Beery, Sr.When ""touched"" by the sunlight [similar to the touch of Moonwatcher""s finger the first time], the solar-powered machine functions as a radio signaling device, aimed at the planet Jupiter out in space.The play reworked the traditional love story material (of lovers that crossed racial/ethnic barriers) and translated it, in a radical, novel and revolutionary style for a musical, to include racial strife between rival New York street gangs (newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families), juvenile delinquency and inner-city problems of the mid-twentieth century - in exhilarating musical and dance form.Cedar warns him of continual public scrutiny and unwanted notoriety by the press, and is present to again officially seek Deeds"" power of attorney: "It""ll save you a lot of petty annoyances.