Catwoman (film)

Catwoman is a 2004 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, who is traditionally an antiheroine and love interest of the vigilante hero Batman. The plot features a new character, Patience Phillips, taking the Catwoman name, and viewing the traditional Catwoman as a historical figure. It was directed by Pitof, produced by Denise Di Novi and Edward McDonnell, and written by John Rogers, John Brancato and Michael Ferris, with music by Klaus Badelt. It starred Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy and Alex Borstein. Catwoman was released in cinemas on July 19, 2004, by Warner Bros. Pictures to almost universally negative reviews. The film grossed 82 million on a 100 million production budget.

From Maus owner, eccentric researcher Ophelia Powers Frances Conroy, Patience learns that Egyptian Mau cats serve as messengers of the goddess Bast. Patience realizes that she is now a catwoman, reborn with abilities that are both a blessing and a curse. Disguised as Catwoman to hide her identity, Patience, under cover of darkness, searches for answers as to who killed her and why. Eventually, her search which includes finding Slavickys body, and later being arrested for his murder leads her to Laurel. She asks Laurel to keep an eye on George, to which Laurel agrees. However, when Patience confronts George who is at an opera with another woman, he reveals he knows nothing about the side effects. The police arrive and Catwoman escapes. Later on, Laurel murders her husband, and admits to killing Dr. Slavicky because he wanted to cancel the products release. She contacts Catwoman and frames her for the murder. Catwoman is taken into custody by the police, but not before Laurel reveals the sideeffects of the product Discontinuing its use makes the skin disintegrate, while continuing its use makes the skin as hard as marble. She also plans to release the Beauline the following day.Patience slips out of her jail cell, and confronts Laurel in her office, revealing that Laurel is the one responsible for her death. During the fight, she scratches Laurels face, and Laurel nearly plummets to her death when she falls out of a window, grabbing onto a pipe for her life. Laurel sees her face in a reflection and is horrified by her skins rapid disintegration, fails to grab hold of Patiences outstretched arm and falls to her death. Though Patience is cleared of any charges made against her regarding the deaths of Dr. Slavicky and the Hedares, she chooses to continue living outside the law, enjoying her newfound freedom as the mysterious Catwoman. ........

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