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Batman Begins (2005)
Where Batman Begins says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Gotham is three countries stitched together: a London palace is the manor, a studio stage is the Batcave, and Bhutan is a glacier in Iceland.
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Scenes and places
The prison in the mountains
Bruce, locked up in a prison in Bhutan after years of brawling with criminals around the world, is approached by Henri Ducard. He offers a path with the League of Shadows. Bruce accepts, and training to master his own fear begins.
Set in Bhutan prison and mountain temple — A mountain prison in Bhutan, and the League of Shadows temple above it.
A fictional Himalayan setting; the film puts it in Bhutan but shot it in Iceland.
Filmed at Vatnajökull glacier, Iceland (stands in for Bhutan) — Filming began here in March 2004; the glacier stands in for Bhutan. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The courthouse and the hearing
Bruce comes back to Gotham to attend the parole hearing of Joe Chill, the man who killed his parents, now released for testifying against crime boss Falcone. Rachel Dawes, a prosecutor and his childhood friend, tries to talk him out of it. Bruce admits he wanted to take revenge himself.
Set in Gotham courthouse — The courthouse where Joe Chill's parole hearing is held.
The film's Gotham court, filmed in the lobby of a real London university building.
Filmed at Senate House, University of London — Its lobby plays a court in the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The family house
Bruce returns to Gotham after seven years away and finds his butler Alfred still keeping the house. He learns he has been declared dead, and that Wayne Enterprises is being taken public. He tells Alfred he wants to show the city it does not belong to criminals.
Set in Wayne Manor — The Wayne family home in Gotham, kept by Alfred through the years Bruce was away.
The house has sheltered six generations of the Wayne family, according to Alfred.
Filmed at Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire — The exterior of Wayne Manor. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The company his family built
Bruce walks into the company his family built and asks its boss, William Earle, for a job. Earle sends him to Applied Sciences, where company archivist Lucius Fox lets him look at prototype defense technology. Bruce picks out a protective suit and a vehicle that is meant to look like a bridge-builder.
Set in Wayne Enterprises headquarters — The Wayne family's company, run by William Earle, with Lucius Fox's Applied Sciences department tucked away inside.
Presented as the headquarters of a company that has been taken public and whose heavy-arms side is a point of dispute.
Filmed at Chicago Board of Trade Building, Chicago — The building represents the headquarters of Wayne Enterprises. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The cave under the house
Bruce finds the well he fell down as a boy and follows it to a vast cave under Wayne Manor. He and Alfred plan how to build the suit in secret, ordering parts from different countries through dummy companies. Bruce chooses bats as his symbol because they frighten him.
Set in The Batcave under Wayne Manor — A vast cave under the manor, reached through the well Bruce fell into as a child.
Alfred says the caverns were probably used during the Civil War to move freed slaves north.
Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey (Batcave set) — The Batcave was a set built here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The asylum
Rachel goes to Arkham to demand answers about crime boss Falcone's sudden breakdown. Dr. Crane, who helped smuggle drugs for Falcone, dismisses her. Crane wears a scarecrow mask and gives her a concentrated dose of his fear toxin, and Batman arrives.
Set in Arkham Asylum — Gotham's asylum, where the corrupt psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Crane works.
Arkham is the film's asylum in the Narrows, filmed across three London buildings.
Filmed at National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London — The building chosen to represent the asylum's exterior. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at St Pancras railway station, London — Used for Arkham interiors. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Abbey Mills Pumping Station, London — Used for Arkham interiors. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The chase across Gotham
Batman carries the poisoned Rachel out of Arkham and into the Tumbler, with half the police force on his tail. He tells her to trust him and breathe slowly, then cuts across rooftops and vanishes in stealth mode. He needs to reach the antidote before the damage becomes permanent.
Set in Gotham streets and rooftops — The streets and rooftops of Gotham, crossed by the Tumbler.
Gotham's skyline is a blend of New York, Chicago and Tokyo, the latter for its elevated freeways and monorails.
Filmed at Lower Wacker Drive, Chicago — The Tumbler pursuit was filmed here (the coordinate is for Wacker Drive as a whole). Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at 35 East Wacker, Chicago — The building appears in scenes of the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The bridge to the Narrows
Police raise the bridges to seal off the Narrows after inmates are released from the asylum. Rachel, a Gotham assistant district attorney, tries to cross to reach Gordon. She is stopped at the barrier.
Set in The bridge to the Narrows — A bridge on the way into the Narrows, raised by police to seal the district.
In the film, this bridge connects Gotham City with the Narrows.
Filmed at Franklin-Orleans Street Bridge, Chicago — Authorities agreed to raise the bridge for the scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Narrows
The League of Shadows lets the asylum inmates loose in the Narrows, a poor district of Gotham. Gordon, trapped there with the police, calls for reinforcements, while a fear-inducing gas spreads and the city's riot police are incapacitated. Batman and Rachel work to stop it before it reaches the rest of Gotham.
Set in The Narrows — A poverty-ridden, walled-in district of Gotham, where the monorail track ends.
The district was modelled on the (now demolished) Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong.
Filmed at Cardington airship hangar (Shed 2), Bedfordshire — Converted into a sound stage where the Narrows and the feet of the monorails were filmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Bruce Wayne — Heir to the Wayne fortune who trains abroad and returns to Gotham to fight crime.
- Alfred Pennyworth — The Wayne family butler who raised Bruce.
- Rachel Dawes — Bruce's childhood friend, now an assistant district attorney.
- Henri Ducard — The man who recruits Bruce into the League of Shadows.
Questions answered on the map
- Where is the Batcave in Batman Begins really?
- Which real house is Wayne Manor in Batman Begins?
- Where was the Tumbler chase in Batman Begins really filmed?