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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jonathan Nolan (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
18 heinäkuu 2008 (USA) more
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Why So Serious? more
Plot:
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as it drives each of them to their limits. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 79 wins & 60 nominations more
User Reviews:
The Dark Knight ---- Best Batman Movie Ever. more (3251 total)


Additional Details

Also Known As:
Batman Begins 2 (USA) (working title)
Batman: The Dark Knight (USA) (informal title)
Rory's First Kiss (USA) (fake working title)
The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Untitled Batman Begins Sequel (USA) (working title)
Winter Green (USA) (fake working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.
Runtime:
152 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.44 : 1 more
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While filming both the bank and police department scenes at the post office, an unrelated fire broke out in a top floor mechanical room and many onlookers believed that the smoke and fire was related to the filming. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the bank heist, the Joker isn't wearing makeup on his eyelids. When he removes the mask, he has black makeup over his eyelids. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Grumpy: [before a bank heist] Three of a kind, let's do this.
Chuckles: That's it, three guys?
Grumpy: Two guys on the roof. Every guy gets a share. Five shares is plenty.
Chuckles: Six shares, don't forget the guy who planned the job.
Grumpy: He thinks he can sit it out and still take a slice? I know why they call him "The Joker."
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Andante from String Quartet in a minor D. 804, 'Rosamunde' more

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921 out of 1596 people found the following review useful.
The Dark Knight ---- Best Batman Movie Ever., 14 heinäkuu 2008
8/10
Author: big_poppa_hnoudis from Australia

I have just come out of the "Dark Curtain" Screening for The Dark Knight in Adelaide, and I'm blown away.

Nolan's directing is sublime, the pacing of the movie was so well kept, managing to keep the audience enthralled in an almost 3 hour movie. There were several shots in the film that had me saying "Now how in the hell did they do that?!", Brilliant scores by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer. Every actor shines, no one person steals the film. I don't want to say much about it, because whatever is said cannot do it justice, there is enough hype surrounding it's release, but it's there for a reason. Top Notch film. Bravo to Nolan and his crew for giving a movie that Batman truly deserves.

9/10.

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