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Ageing actors Adam West and Burt Ward are invited to a charity
auction in which the Batmobile
from their 1960s Batman
TV series is to be sold. But before the sale even begins,
the car is stolen right from under the noses of the once-dynamic
duo. Deciding that no one is better qualified to find the
Batmobile than the actual Caped Crusader and The Boy Wonder,
West and Ward head off in search of the missing car...
Return
to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt is
really two projects joined together. Firstly it is a very
tongue in cheek movie that drags two ageing actors out of
mothballs to fight crime once again, and secondly it tells
the behind the scenes story of how the two actors were originally
cast and throws light on some of the off-screen goings on.
This
interweaving of ideas works really well. Personally I'd have
preferred to have seen more flashback sequences - they only
scratch the surface. But switching between the two helps to
keep everything moving along at a comfortable pace - there's
no stretching of the material. It was interesting to learn
that West had turned down the role of James Bond and Ward
had (due to his Batman contract) been unable to take
the role in The Graduate - which Dustin Hoffman ended
up calling his own.
Jack
Brewer and Jason Marsden are excellent choices to portray
the young West and Ward. And there are plenty of gags to keep
everyone amused - including Ward's numerous on set accidents
and West's insistence that Batman and Robin are not gay.
West
and Ward prove that they still have the comedic talents that
made them household names and Julie Newmar (one of the show's
original Catwomen) has aged incredibly well.
There
are several cameo appearances including Betty
White (The Golden Girls's Rose) in a blink and you'll
miss her scene; Frank
Gorshin who played the original Riddler (who sadly died recently
- May 2005); Lee Meriwether (another one of the original actresses
to play Catwoman) and Amy
Acker (who Angel fans will know better as Fred) turns
up as Burt Wards wife.
Extras
include DTS soundtrack; trailer; biographies (of only West
and Newmar for some odd reason); and film notes. Not a great
collection of extras, but then this is one of those movies
where behind the scenes footage and audio commentaries are
not necessary.
If
you are a fan of the '60s television series (I grew up watching
this on Saturday mornings in the '70s/'80s) then you really
will get a blast out of this very amusing DVD.
Darren
Rea
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