[101][102][103] Filming also took place on the Central to Mid-Levels covered escalator. 136 min Futoshi Higashide, That's where director (or I should say "savior") Christopher Nolan came in... accidentally.Nolan was an unknown for the big public, he only released three films: Following, Memento and a remake of the 1997 film Insomnia, all of them, great flicks with very low budget. 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[6] The Dark Knight appeared on 287 critics' top-ten lists, more than any other film of 2008 with the exception of WALL-E, and more critics (77) named The Dark Knight the best film released that year. [147] The Dark Knight appeared on 287 critics' top-ten lists, more than any other film of 2008 with the exception of WALL-E, and more critics (77) named The Dark Knight the best film released that year. He says Bale is "electrifying", evoking Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II, that Eckhart's portrayal of Harvey Dent is "scarily moving," and that Oldman "is so skilled that he makes virtue exciting as Jim Gordon. | Gross: William Fichtner played the Gotham National Bank manager, and Cillian Murphy returns in a cameo as Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow, who is apprehended early on in the film by Batman. [4] in the movie clearly states. As for comics, one of the strongest influences was the Knightfall saga written by Doug Moench and Chuck Dixon. You can see the arc where Alfred leaves the Wayne Manor in that same story. Director: We keep blowing up stuff, so we can keep our images clean. Once again they worked the script of the movie under a fake title, calling it "Magnus Rex". [31], Costume designer Lindy Hemming described the Joker's look as reflecting his personality, in that "he doesn't care about himself at all"; she avoided designing him as a vagrant, but still made him appear to be "scruffier, grungier", so that "when you see him move, he's slightly twitchier or edgy". The Dark Knight Trilogy (Special Edition) (Blu-ray) 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,017 Blu-ray $20.28 $ 20. Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi. [104] The shoot hired helicopters and C-130 aircraft. Alonso Duralde at MSNBC, however, referred to Bale's voice in The Dark Knight as an "eerie rasp," as opposed to the voice used in the Batman Begins, which according to Duralde "sounded absurdly deep, like a 10-year-old putting on an 'adult' voice to make prank phone calls. [109] The cowl is equipped to show white lenses over the eyes when the character turns on his sonar detection, which gives Batman the white-eyed look from the comics and animation. | 1,503,880 Director: It was additionally nominated for six others, these being Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Film Editing. You can almost imagine what he smells like. [168] Film critics Barry Norman and James Berardinelli included The Dark Knight in their rankings of the top 100 films of all time. | Peter Weller, Wade Williams. Eliza Dushku, The death of Heath Ledger and consequently the absence of The Joker worried everyone, but fortunately, everything went well. Director: Anyway, this beautiful inspiration becomes even more evident in a "certain part" of The Dark Knight Rises, when there's a letter written by "someone" with a passage from the book, and it's just beautiful! Completing the scavenger hunt also led to another website called Rory's Death Kiss[122] (referencing the false working title of Rory's First Kiss), where fans could submit photographs of themselves costumed as the Joker. Animation, Action, Crime. | Gross: And fortunately, it was accepted. "[171] In 2014, Time Out polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films. In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[10]. A time when fan-made culture started to spread and fan-films started to be considered countless times better than the official movies itself. The Joker also tries to kill Mayor Anthony Garcia, but Gordon sacrifices himself to stop the assassination. [233] The five highest-grossing markets outside North America also include Germany ($29.7 million), France and the Maghreb region ($27.5 million) and South Korea ($25.0 million).[234]. [140] Online, ticketing services sold enormous numbers of tickets for approximately 3,000 midnight showtimes as well as unusually early showtimes for the film's opening day. It's a great and epic movie with strong characters, great development and surely a milestone from the history of cinema. They also made a fake news paper that you could read online. [77] Additionally, it was also the first Batman film to use 70 mm film stock. 117 min [197] It had a nomination in Japan for the 2009 Seiun Awards under the Science Fiction category[198] with a Japan Academy Prize Award for Best Foreign Film. "[24] Nolan suggested Batman: The Killing Joke influenced a section of the Joker's dialogue in the film, in which he says that anyone can become like him given the right circumstances. Air Lyndhurst Studios (music recorded at) (uncredited) Allan Padelford Camera Cars (camera equipment provided by) (MTV with tow: armored car scene) (uncredited) American Humane Association (animal action monitored by: AHA01797) Automobile Lamborghini (provider: Mr. Bruce Wayne's car) (as Automobile Lamborghini S.P.A.) [250] Meanwhile, Michael B. Jordan named Ledger's performance as an influence for the former's portrayal of Killmonger, the villain in Black Panther. 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The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. | Dent is taken into protective custody, but the Joker appears and attacks the convoy. You can use assets of this armor inside Skyrim SE Nexus as long as you credit our It was a good start. So Nolan was thinking next in making a movie about Howard Hughes, but Scorcese stepped in first and released The Aviator. According to the spoken legend, the name really refers to the first kiss of Nolan's son. Finally, after so many attempts, a new Batman movie was officially in the works.The only thing that was missing was to decide the approach of the movie. 6,996  It was then distributed to 4,366 cinemas, in the U.S and Canada, breaking the previous record held by … [62], After much research, Nolan's brother and co-writer, Jonathan Nolan, suggested the Joker's first two appearances, published in the first issue of Batman (1940), as the crucial influences. Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. [221] Moreover, it was the fastest film to reach $100 million (a record first surpassed by New Moon), $150 million and each additional $50 million through $450 million (records surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers), and $500 million (a record first surpassed by Avatar). | Gross: "[148] Ebert stated that the "key performance" is by Heath Ledger; he pondered whether he would become the first posthumous Academy Award-winning actor since Peter Finch in 1976. [67] Nolan decided to avoid divulging an in-depth origin story for the Joker, and instead portray his rise to power so as to not diminish the threat he poses, explaining to MTV News, "the Joker we meet in The Dark Knight is fully formed ... To me, the Joker is an absolute. [201], In order to increase the film's chances of crossing $1 billion in worldwide gross and of winning Oscars, Warner Bros. re-released the film in traditional and IMAX theaters in the United States and other countries on January 23, 2009. The tone was more realistic, in fact the whole proposal of the movie was to be as realistic as possible, explaining lots of things about the nature and resources of Batman. 8 years later, Gotham was still dealing with what happened in the last movie and it was in a state of peace time, provided | "[15], The film introduces the Batpod, which is a recreation of the Batcycle. [134], Warner Bros. devoted six months to an anti-infringement strategy that involved tracking the people who had a pre-release copy of the film at any one time. Why So Serious? An inspiration to everyone, just like Bruce wanted to be. Batman races to save Rachel, while Gordon attempts to rescue Dent. A wealthy playboy and a Chicago cop both return to Gotham City where their lives will intersect in unexpected ways. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era? Jack Conway, Nolan have balls that big! Director: But besides that I want to give you an insight of what brought us here and to point some of the references of this new and exciting chapter of Batman movies, going through comics, films, books and general inspiration for the saga. In the Dark is a four-part British crime drama that premiered on BBC One from 11 July to 1 August 2017. & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Bat-Manga! Sam Liu, The Dark Knight won two awards: Best Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger and Best Sound Editing. [177] It was also voted as one of New Zealand's favorite films in a 2015 poll. There are no shades of gray to him—maybe shades of purple. Michael Jai White portrays Gambol, an African American mafia boss in charge of illegal gambling and extortion for the mob. Everybody was pleased and satisfied with that new beginning. Sideshow and Hot Toys have revealed a new 1:6 scale DX Series Batman figure which is based on the appearance of Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in The Dark Knight Rises, along with a … Loren Lester, Before the police arrive to take the Joker into custody, he gloats that Gotham's citizens will lose hope once Dent's rampage becomes public knowledge. Anne Hathaway, [219][220] It also achieved the largest cumulative gross through its third and fourth days of release (both records first surpassed by Deathly Hallows – Part 2) and so on until its tenth day of release (records surpassed by Marvel's The Avengers). However, its development faced a series of disruptions and was canceled before completion. It's strong but it has a sense of lightheart at the end.Personally it left me very happy but at the same time with a bittersweet taste, knowing that a great era in the story of comic book movies had come to an end. Ronald Colman, It has the capacity to set the whole region on fire. A few shots of the skullcap were kept in the film. The Dark Knight: Batman DX-“Sometimes the truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. La película de Batman de Christopher Nolan “The Dark Knight”, de 2008, fue un éxito en taquilla y recibió la mayor cantidad de votos populares. tagline with the launch of a website featuring the fictional political campaign of Harvey Dent, with the caption, "I Believe in Harvey Dent". Dent shoots Batman, spares himself, and threatens to kill Gordon's son, claiming that Gordon's negligence is responsible for Rachel's death. [96]  Warner Bros. held the world premiere for The Dark Knight in NYC on 14th July 2008.  Screened at an IMAX cinema, the film’s composers (Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer), played part of the film score live. Batman was debuting on the big screen in the form of a movie serial, which was a very common thing these days, once that nobody used to have TV in their houses. It was the best example of how to market your movie on the Internet and call a huge attention to the public in general, keeping the interest of people in the movie until the day of release.The episodes of this web series was like a news and talk show, bringing actor Anthony Michael Hall as the reporter Mike Engel, interviewing lots of important people from the city of Gotham, going from politicians to people like Lt. Gordon and Harvey Dent and also bringing some information about the city and it's celebrities, like Bruce Wayne and the Batman himself.The show had 6 webisodes, being the last one the bridge that connected those with the movie. 153 min KNIGHT DISTRIBUTING CO & REGENCY COSMETICS THE PROUD MANUFACTURERS OF JADE EAST, MY SECRET CORRECTIVES & OTHER QUALITY & VALUE PRODUCTS MADE IN THE USA SINCE 1966 Menu For each shot, three 720-pixel HD cameras were set up at different angles on set to fully capture Aaron Eckhart's performance. Everyone had his turf. Denby criticized scenes which he argued to be meaningless or are cut short just as they become interesting. Adjusted for ticket-price inflation though, it ranks 28th. That made Nolan reconsider making a movie about an eccentric rich man and to consider about making a movie about... another excentric rich man. Stars: One that dresses like a bat. [251] Director Sam Mendes called The Dark Knight a "game changer for everybody," saying that it influenced his approach to making Skyfall (2012): "What Nolan proved was that you can make a huge movie that is thrilling and entertaining and has a lot to say about the world we live in ... That did help give me the confidence to take this movie in directions that, without The Dark Knight, might not have been possible. The story can perfectly be left here, like the closing of a circle.More than that! [152] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote, "Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, it goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind. Hedy Lamarr, Well, it's been a long 7 years run, since it started again the whole Batman franchise. And thankfully it put Batman again in the pantheon of the great superheroes from the movies. That's what makes the character so dark, because he expresses a vengeful desire." Nolan felt using make-up would look unrealistic, as it adds to the face, unlike real burn victims. [100], Filming took place in Hong Kong from November 6 to 11, 2007, at various locations in Central, including Hong Kong's tallest building at the time, the International Finance Centre, for the scene where Batman captures Lau. And together with the Batman No Man's Land and Knightfall saga and the Charles Dickens book it clearly formed the central idea for the plot of the movie. [230] The film came second to Hancock, which was screening in 71 territories in its third weekend. | Gross: Brigitte Helm, Ledger died on January 22, 2008, some months after he completed filming and six months before the film's release from a toxic combination of prescription drugs, leading to intense attention from the press and movie-going public. Pour plus de détails, voir Fiche technique et Distribution. The engines are located in the hubs of the wheels, which are set 3½ feet (1,067 mm) apart on either side of the tank. No one...The fact is, loved or hated, good, bad or just ugly, none of these adaptations were able to depict Batman in the way we know in the comics or in a respectful rendition, none of them had that... edge, being the Tim Burton ones the most edgy to date, but still not very satisfying. Cecil B. DeMille Christopher Reeve, The Joker gives Dent a gun and convinces him to seek revenge for Rachel's death, then destroys the hospital and escapes with a busload of hostages. Batman interrogates the Joker, who reveals that they have been trapped in separate locations rigged with explosives. Drama, History, Romance. A remake? [92][93] They returned to shoot from June 9, 2007, to early September. And, as hard as it is for me to say that, it really deserved that halt. Ng Chin Han portrays Lau, a corrupt Chinese LSI Holdings accountant Triad boss. Jason Marsden, Act II (Intermezzo) - The Dark Knight But first, a brief history of Batman on the big screen.THE DARK PASTEverything started in 1943. [175] The film was also included and ranked 57th on Hollywood's 100 Favorite Films, a list compiled by The Hollywood Reporter, surveying "Studio chiefs, Oscar winners and TV royalty. | Also, Anne Hathaway inspired herself on the Delilah character from the 1949 movie, Samson and Delilah, witch is ironic, because Bob Kane got inspiration from the Delilah legend to mold his own Catwoman. Mob bosses Sal Maroni, Gambol, and the Chechen hold a videoconference with their corrupt accountant, Lau, who has taken their funds for safekeeping and fled to Hong Kong. [108], Designers improved on the design of the Batsuit from Batman Begins, adding wide elastic banding to help bind the costume to Bale, and suggest more sophisticated technology. Created and composited by Doğan Can Gündoğdu www.frame-tale.com Additional 3D Modelling by Günışığı Cihangir Music by Massive Attack The Dark Knight… The Dark Knight Rises - Opening Credits Project on Vimeo [114], Batman Begins composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard returned to score the sequel. The Dark Knight  The Dark Knight cost approximately $180 million to make. The tale is that one day, Christopher Nolan made a reunion with his creative staff to make an exhibition of Blade Runner, yes, Blade Runner. Yasuhiro Aoki, Framestore acknowledged they rearranged the positions of bones, muscles and joints to make the character look more dramatic. He says that he will blow them both up by midnight, but will let one live if its passengers (who have been supplied the detonator to the other boat's explosives) blow up the other. [76] For its release in IMAX theaters, Nolan shot four major sequences in that format, including the Joker's opening bank robbery and the car chase midway through the film, which marked the first time that a feature film had been even partially shot in the format. And, as Hollywood is crazy about copying successful formulas, that realistic tone was implemented in other movies and franchises as well. ", "Ten Years Later, "The Dark Knight" and Its Vision of Guilt Still Resonate", "Empire's 500 Greatest Movies of All Time", "Empire's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time", "The 100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years: Here's our full list! This corruption, this decay in the texture of the look itself. | WELL DONE! [39] According to veteran Batman artist Neal Adams, he met with David Goyer in Los Angeles, and the story would eventually look to Adams and writer Denny O'Neil's 1971 story "The Joker's Five-Way Revenge" that appeared in Batman #251, in which O'Neil and Adams re-introduced the Joker. Jay Oliva And together, we can change whatever we want.The end of the trilogy is special in a very positive sense. In fighting monsters, we must be careful not to become monsters—that sort of thing. [125] The sequence was released on the Blu-ray Disc edition of Batman Begins on July 8, 2008. "[149], Other critics have mentioned the theme of the triumph of evil over good. THE END OF THE DARKFinally, all came to an end in the third and last Batman movie directed by Christopher Nolan. [98], The following month in London at the defunct Battersea Power Station, a rigged 200-foot fireball was filmed, reportedly for an opening sequence, prompting calls from local residents who feared a terrorist attack on the station.