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Joker

Summary: Arthur Fleck, a party clown and a failed stand-up comedian, leads an impoverished life with his ailing mother. However, when society shuns him and brands him as a freak, he decides to embrace the life of chaos in Gotham City.

Release Date: October 04, 2019

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Todd Phillips

Writers: Todd Phillips

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, DC Comics, Creative Wealth Media Finance

Distributor: HBO Max, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Canada, Australia

Language: English

Franchise: Joker

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 335,477,657

International: $ 743,480,972

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abuse victim abusive mother accidental gunshot accidental killing adult son lives with his mother aerial camera shot african american african american woman alfred pennyworth character alienation alleyway attack alter ego altered version of studio logo ambiguity ambiguous ending ambulance ambush anarchist anarchy anger anti hero antisocial behavior apartment apartment building applause applying makeup argument arkham asylum arrest arson assault audience austerity back alley bad guy wins banging head against wall bare chested male based on comic book betrayal billion dollar club bitterness black comedy black woman bleeped dialogue blockbuster blood blood on wall blood spattered face blood splatter bloody face bloody footprint bloody violence breakdown broken system bruce wayne character brutality burning car bus bus ride businessman butler candidate for mayor candy cinema car crash card catharsis chaos character name in title charity benefit chase cheering crowd childhood trauma children's hospital cigarette smoking city civil unrest clapping class conflict class differences clown clown makeup clown mask clown shoes co written by director comedian comedy club confession confession of a crime controversy conversation corridor corruption coworker coworker relationship crash criminal criminally insane crisis crowd cruelty cult film cynicism dance dancing dancing in the street dancing in underwear dancing on stairs danger dark comedy dark past dark secret dc comics death death of mother death wish decadence deception deeply disturbed person delinquency delirium delusion depression desolation diary diner disbelief discussion disguise disillusionment disorder domestic violence door lock and chain downward spiral dressing room driven over the edge drunkenness dysfunctional person dysfunctional relationship dysfunctional society el train elevator emaciation emotional tension emotionally pushed over the edge empathy employer employee relationship emptiness erratic behavior eruption escape evil evil clown existentialism exit sign extreme close up f word face mask face paint false friend fame fantasy sequence female psychiatrist fictional city fictional talk show fictional tv show fictional tv talk show fictional tv talk show host fight fighting fighting the system filmed killing filth finger gun fired from a job first kill flashback foot chase forced smile fury garbage garbage can garbage strike gate ghostface going out of business sale gore gotham city graffiti green hair gritty grudge gun hallucination hallway happy face hatred heavy rain held at gunpoint hit by a car hit by a taxi home invasion hospital room hospital visit hostility humiliation ill mother illusion imaginary girlfriend impersonation implied sex indifference inner conflict insane asylum insanity internal conflict interracial interracial kiss interracial relationship interview investigation irony irrational behavior isolation joke joker character journal kicked in the face kicked in the stomach kicking killer clown killing killing a rat knock knock joke lack of empathy lack of love lashing out laughter letter liar lie little boy little person live broadcast locker room loneliness loner long take looking at oneself in a mirror loss of control loss of job love love interest magic trick male protagonist malnourishment man beaten man wears a vest man wears eyeglasses man wears jockey shorts maniac martha wayne character mask masked man mass media mass protest matricide mayhem mayoral candidate media coverage medical record medication medicine melee men's bathroom menace mental asylum mental breakdown mental disorder mental illness mercilessness microphone millionaire mirror misfit mistreatment money money problems moral ambiguity mother son relationship movie theater movie theatre usher costume murder murder investigation murder of parents murdered on live television narcissism neighbor neighbor relationship neo noir nervousness news report newspaper newspaper headline nickname as title nihilism nihilist no opening credits nosebleed notebook nurse nurse uniform obsession offscreen killing on the edge one word title opening a door opening someone else's letter origin origin of villain origin story orphan orphan boy out of control outburst outcast outrage pain paternity question pay phone phone booth pianist piano pistol police police brutality police car police chase police detective police officer police violence portrait pretentious profanity protagonist becomes antagonist protest pscyhological tension psychiatric hospital psychiatric patient psychiatrist psycho psycho killer psychological disorder psychological drama psychological thriller psychological torment psychological trauma psychopath psychotronic film public transit punched in the face questioned by police questioning rage rampage rat reading reading a letter red suit reference to batman reference to occupy wall street reference to the warriors reference to wall street refrigerator rejection resentment retro retro horror revelation revenge revolver righteous kill riot rise to fame running running from the police sad clown sadness sarcasm schizophrenia schizotypal personality disorder scissors self defense serial killer serial murder shooting shot in the back shot in the chest shot in the forehead shot in the head shot in the leg shot to death sidewalk sign singing singing on a train single mother single parent siren slow motion scene smile smiling smoking tobacco smothered with a pillow social breakdown social commentary social decay social tension social unrest social worker sociopath solitude son bathing mother son murders mother sordidness spotlight stabbed in the eye stabbed in the neck stabbed to death stabbed with scissors stage staircase stalker stalking stand up comedian stand up comedy stockbroker strange behavior street street gang street performer street riot street trash street vendor strike strong language struggle subway subway platform subway ride subway station subway train suffering suffocation suit and tie supervillain surprise ending suspense swearing sympathetic villain t boned talk show appearance talk show as subject talk show host talk show interview telephone telephone call television thomas wayne character threat time clock timeframe 1980s title spoken by character tragedy tragedy drama tragic protagonist tragic villain tuxedo tv news tv show tv show as subject tv studio tv talk show as subject tv talk show host uncontrollable laughter underweight unemployment unhappiness urban chaos urban decadence urban decay urban setting urban violence urination vandalism vcr vest videotape vigilante villain villain as protagonist violence violent outburst walking watching tv wayne manor weapon weight loss white paint writing written by director year 1981 younger version of character

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