The
Dark Knight
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The
dark knight is a 2008 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics
character Batman, co-written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The
film is the second part of Nolan's Batman film series and a sequel to
2005's Batman Begins followed by “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012).Nolan
inspired by the comic book character “The Joker” whom debut appearance in comic
book in 1940, and the 1996 series The Long Halloween, which
retold Two-Face's origin. He Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago,
as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom,
and Hong Kong. Nolan used IMAX 70 mm film cameras to film some sequences, including
the Joker's first appearance in the film.
On January 22, 2008 and six months before the film's release, Heath Ledger died due to drugs. It leads to intense attention from the press and movie-going public. Warner Bros initially created a huge marketing campaign for The Dark Knight highlighting screenshots of Ledger as the Joker.
On January 22, 2008 and six months before the film's release, Heath Ledger died due to drugs. It leads to intense attention from the press and movie-going public. Warner Bros initially created a huge marketing campaign for The Dark Knight highlighting screenshots of Ledger as the Joker.
A
co-production of the United States and the United Kingdom, The Dark Knight
was released on July 16, 2008 in Australia, on July 18, 2008 in North America,
and on July 24, 2008 in the United Kingdom. Considered by film critics to be
one of the best films of the 2000s and one of the best superhero films ever,
the film received highly positive reviews and set numerous records during its
theatrical run. The Dark Knight appeared on more critics' top ten lists
(287) than any other film of 2008 and more critics (77) named The Dark
Knight the best film of 2008 than any other film released that year.
With over $1 billion in revenue worldwide it becomes the 4th movie ever to pass $ 1 billion and gained universal acclaimed from critics well as the audiences. The film received eight Academy Award nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor for the 1st time for comic book character. The dark Knight followed by The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.Argubaly film’s major success due to Heath Ledger’s character as joker.
With over $1 billion in revenue worldwide it becomes the 4th movie ever to pass $ 1 billion and gained universal acclaimed from critics well as the audiences. The film received eight Academy Award nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor for the 1st time for comic book character. The dark Knight followed by The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.Argubaly film’s major success due to Heath Ledger’s character as joker.
Christopher Nolan done his
duty as a director, producer (with Emma Thomas and Charles Roven).With his
brother Jonathan Nolan he wrote screenplay for this movie. David S. Goyer supported Nolan for the story. Hans
Zimmer, James Newton Howard supported with music and it was distributed
by Warner Bros;. ;. Film released in July 14, 2008 New York, July 18, 2008 United States, and July 24, 2008 in U.K with 152 minutes running
time, which grossed over $ 1.000
billion.This is the official trailer for The Dark Knight.
Plot
Plot
Film started with The Joker
and his accomplices rob a mob-owned bank in Gotham where Joker kills his crew
one by one and escapes alone with all the money. Batman and Lt. Jim Gordon decided to
include the new district attorney, Harvey Dent who is dating with Rachel Dawes,
in their plan to eradicate the mob.
Bruce is impressed with his idealism and offers to throw him a fundraiser. Mob bosses hold a videoconference with Lau, a Chinese accountant who has hidden their funds and fled to Hong Kong. Joker interrupts the meeting and offers s to kill Batman for half their money but they refused. Gambol puts a bounty on Joker but Joker kills Gambol and takes control of his men. Meanwhile Batman captures Lau and delivers him back to Gotham to testify against the mob.
The Joker announces that people will die each day unless Batman reveals his identity. He then kills Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb and targets Dent at the fundraiser, but Bruce hides Dent. On Mayor Garcia, Gordon apparently sacrificing himself investigations with Joker. Dent names himself as Batman to protect the truth. Dent is taken into custody and pursued by the Joker across the city, where Batman and Gordon, who faked his death comes to the aid. And Gordon is promoted to Commissioner.
In that
night batman discovered Joker’s crew kidnapped Dent and Rachel placed them in 2
separate buildings filled with explosives. Joker reveals their locations but batman realize
realize that the Joker has tricked him because he went to Rachel But he found
Dent in that location. But both buildings explode, killing Rachel and scarring
half of Dent's face. The Joker detonates a bomb in the police station and
escapes with Lau.
Bruce is impressed with his idealism and offers to throw him a fundraiser. Mob bosses hold a videoconference with Lau, a Chinese accountant who has hidden their funds and fled to Hong Kong. Joker interrupts the meeting and offers s to kill Batman for half their money but they refused. Gambol puts a bounty on Joker but Joker kills Gambol and takes control of his men. Meanwhile Batman captures Lau and delivers him back to Gotham to testify against the mob.
The Joker announces that people will die each day unless Batman reveals his identity. He then kills Commissioner Gillian B. Loeb and targets Dent at the fundraiser, but Bruce hides Dent. On Mayor Garcia, Gordon apparently sacrificing himself investigations with Joker. Dent names himself as Batman to protect the truth. Dent is taken into custody and pursued by the Joker across the city, where Batman and Gordon, who faked his death comes to the aid. And Gordon is promoted to Commissioner.
Coleman Reese, at Wayne Enterprises,
deduces Batman's true identity and plans to reveal it. The Joker kills Lau and
The Chechen, then threatens to bomb a hospital unless Reese is killed. Gordon
and Bruce protect Reese, who changes his mind. The Joker visits Dent in the
hospital and convinces him to seek revenge. The Joker then blows up the
hospital and escapes with hostages. While
Dent starts to seek revenge
people who responsible for Rachel's death it is revealed Joker rigged
two Ships with explosives to escalate chaos , one ship is full of citizens, the
other full of prison inmates and guards.
He then gives the passengers of each ship the choice to blow the other up before midnight — otherwise, both ships will explode. The passengers ultimately refuse, however. Batman asks Lucius Foxto use a city-wide tracking prototype device to find the Joker; wich Fox agreed, stating he will resign immediately afterward. The Joker dresses up hostages as his men, luring Gordon's SWAT team to strike them. Batman fights off the SWAT team and the Joker's men, then rescues the hostages.
Batman apprehends the Joker, but the
Joker gloats that he has won, as Gotham will lose hope once Dent's rampage
becomes public. The SWAT team arrives to take the Joker into custody. Dent
lures Gordon to the building where Rachel died and holds Gordon's family
hostage. Batman confronts Dent, who judges the fates of himself, Batman, and
Gordon's son with three coin flips. However Batman survives from a shot wearing
body amour and saving Gorden’s child. He tackles Dent off the building, killing
him and Batman convinces Gordon to frame him for the murders so Dent will
becomes the symbol of the city. Gordon
launches a manhunt for the Batman and Alfred burns a letter written by Rachel
to Bruce announcing her engagement to Dent.
He then gives the passengers of each ship the choice to blow the other up before midnight — otherwise, both ships will explode. The passengers ultimately refuse, however. Batman asks Lucius Foxto use a city-wide tracking prototype device to find the Joker; wich Fox agreed, stating he will resign immediately afterward. The Joker dresses up hostages as his men, luring Gordon's SWAT team to strike them. Batman fights off the SWAT team and the Joker's men, then rescues the hostages.
Cast
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Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne / Batman
·
Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth
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Heath Ledger as the Joker
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Gary Oldman as James Gordon
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Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent / Two-Face
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Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
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Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawe
Production and filming
After much research, Nolan's brother and co-writer, Jonathan, suggested
the Joker's first two appearances, published in the first issue of Batman
(1940), as the crucial influences. Warner Bros. chose to film in Chicago for 13
weeks, because Nolan had a "truly remarkable experience" filming part
of Batman Begins there. Production of The Dark Knight in Chicago
generated $45 million in the city's economy and created thousands of jobs.
In September 2007 technician Conway Wickliffe was killed when his car crashed.
So film is dedicated to both Ledger and Wickliffe.it also filmed in London and
Hong kong. Nolan sometimes uses IMAX camera for shooting the film. Designers
improved on the design of the Batsuit from Batman Begins. It was
constructed from 200 individual pieces of rubber, fiberglass, metallic mesh,
and nylon. It was constructed from 200 individual pieces of rubber, fiberglass,
metallic mesh, and nylon. During the filming Chicago police received numerous
complain about batmobile due to is’
strange shape and other filming sequences. After the death of Heath Ledger on
January 22, 2008, Warner Bros. adjusted its promotional focus on the Joker,
revising some of its websites dedicated to promoting the film and posting
a memorial tribute to Ledger on the film's official website. And 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. All IMAX theaters showing The Dark Knight were sold out for the opening
weekend.
Reception and Box
office
The
movie was met with very positive reviews from all over the world. It has a IMDB
rating 9.0/10 which is the highest rating movie in this decade. By Rotten
Tomatoes, the film received a 94% approval rating from critics, with an average
score of 8.5/10. By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating
in the 0–100 range based on reviews from top mainstream critics, calculated an
average score of 82, based on 39 reviews. CinemaScore polls reported that the
average grade cinemagoers gave the film was "A" on an A+ to F scale,
and that audiences skewed slightly male and older. The Dark Knight was
ranked the 15th greatest film in history on Empire's 2008 list of the
"500 Greatest Movies of All Time," based upon the weighted votes of
10,000 readers, 150 film directors, and 50 key film critics. Heath Ledger's
interpretation of the Joker was also ranked number three on Empire's
2008 list of the "100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. In June 2010,
the Joker was ranked number five on Entertainment Weekly 's
"100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years". A pirated copy was
released on the Web approximately 38 hours after the film's release. BitTorrent
search engine The Pirate Bay taunted the movie industry over its ability to
provide the movie free, replacing its logo with a taunting message.
The
Dark Knight earned $534.9 million in North America and
$469.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of
$1 billion and the fourth film in history to gross more than $1 billion. In
order to increase the film's chances of crossing $1 billion in worldwide
gross Warner Bros. re-released the film in traditional and IMAX theaters in the
United States and other countries on January 23, 2009. Before the re-release,
the film's gross remained at $997 million but following the re-release, the
film crossed the $1-billion-mark in February 2009. The Dark Knight is
the highest-grossing 2008 film. The Dark Knight's biggest territory was
Australia, where it grossed $13.7 million over the weekend, setting a
record for the largest superhero film opening.
Awards
Most notable among the nominations were Heath Ledger's almost
complete sweep of over twenty awards for acting, including the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor,
the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and the BAFTA
Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. It was nominated for Best Film at
the Critics Choice Awards and was named one of the top ten films of 2008 by the
American Film Institute. The Dark Knight was nominated for eight Academy
Awards for the 81st Ceremony. The Dark Knight won two awards: Best
Supporting Actor for Heath Ledger and Best Sound Editing. It’s other
nominations were being Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound
Mixing, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Film Editing.
Reference
1. Wikipedia.
“The Dark Knight”