AfterBambi (1942), it would be another 8 years before Disney would release its next true, feature-length single story-line animation,Cinderella (1950).One of the film""s posters declared: "We are not alone."The transcendent film followed the odyssey of various characters, including an obsessed, middle-class power lineman named Roy Neary (Dreyfuss, who had earlier appeared in Spielberg""sJaws, but was offered the part only after tough-actor Steve McQueen declined) and a distraught mother named Gillian (Dillon), and her young son Barry (Guffey), as they are inexplicably lured to a volcano-like mountain in Wyoming, to experience a spectacular, extra-terrestrial encounter.Batman foiled the Penguin""s scheme by sending a note: "The children regret they""re unable to attend," causing the Penguin o become even more crazed and threaten the entire city of 100,000 people.There in the stockroom, he is assaulted by Bogs Diamond and two other predatory men (the Sisters) who taunt him and beat him senseless: "That""s it.2 million (domestically), from a budget of only $35 million.Comic book fans sent thousands (50,000) of letters o Warner Bros.to protest Michael Keaton""s casting as Batman.Jack Nicholson, portraying the Batman""s arch-enemy he Joker in Tim Burton""s comic-book blockbuster, took a stake in he film""s profits (and merchandising).