Batman and starring Michael Keaton as the title character. The film was a huge success; not only was it the top-grossing film of the year, but at the time was the fifth highest-grossing film in history. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. The film's success spawned three sequels: "Batman Returns" (1992), "Batman Forever" (1995) and "Batman & Robin" (1997); the latter two of which were directed by Joel Schumacher instead of Burton, and replaced Keaton as Batman with Val Kilmer and George Clooney, respectively. The second Schumacher film failed to outgross any of its predecessors and
John Henry Patterson (author) their behalf, with the following inscription: Patterson considered the bowl to be his most highly prized and hardest won trophy. In 1907, he published his first book, "The Man-eaters of Tsavo", which documented his adventures during his time there. It was the basis for three films; "Bwana Devil" (1953), "Killers of Kilimanjaro" (1959) and the 1996 Paramount Pictures film, "The Ghost and the Darkness", starring Val Kilmer (as Patterson) and Michael Douglas (as the fictional character "Remington"). In 1924, after speaking at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois, Patterson agreed to sell the Tsavo lion skins and