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The Dark Knight
2008
Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly. Read more
| Starring | Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman |
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| Director | Christopher Nolan |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Thriller |
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Eckhart: The Dark Knight is 'a heavy movie'
- 18 Jul 2008
Aaron Eckhart has said he was drawn to latest Batman instalment The Dark Knight as it comments on what may be wrong with modern society. The Thank You For Smoking actor stars as Harvey Dent/Two Face – a morally ambivalent character who starts out as a district attorney but transforms in to a deranged criminal. "The thing that struck me about this movie were the contemporary issues. The mirror of our times. It is a heavy movie in a lot of ways," Eckhart said. He also became the... Read more
The Dark Knight hits London
- 22 Jul 2008
The stars of the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight congregated in London last night for its UK premiere. It has just taken the US box office record fro previous holder Spider Man 3 by taking 55.34 million dollars (£77.7 million) during its opening weekend. Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Maggie Gyllenhall all attended the event in Leicester Square, but were almost upstaged when a 2.5 tonne six-wheeled Batmobile made its entrance. Bale again dons the Batsuit in Christopher Nolan's... Read more
The Dark Knight breaks US box office record
- 21 Jul 2008
Latest Batman instalment The Dark Knight has smashed the box office record for takings on its first day of release in the US. The movie, which stars Christian Bale stars as the caped crusader, pulled in some $66.4 million (£33.1 million) on its opening night. Last summer's Spider Man 3 was the previous holder of the record, having made $59.8 million on its first day. It is now widely expected that the new movie will top the $151.1 million record for an opening weekend. Warner Bros head of... Read more
Nolan: Harvey Dent's story is central to The Dark Knight
- 16 Jan 2008
It may be six months until Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight is released, but this week saw director Christopher Nolan explain how each character fits into the story. Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Nolan said that Harvey Dent - who fans will know later becomes the evil megalomaniac Two Face - is a "tragic figure" and one whose journey becomes "the backbone of this film". This might surprise people given the publicity surrounding Heath Ledger's portrayal of The Joker.... Read more
Ledger's last directorial work appears online
- 30 Oct 2009
Late actor Heath Ledger's final work as a music video director has hit the web. The Dark Knight star shot a promo for rapper pal No Fixed Abode shortly before his death from an accidental prescription drugs overdose in January (08). Ledger filmed the footage for track Cause An Effect with a single camera in the garage at his Sydney, Australia home. And No Fixed Abode frontman N'FA is glad his childhood pal agreed to do the job - and insists the star was "happy" with his creation. He says, "The Read more
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Dark Knight, The - BLU-RAY Version
Director Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, THE PRESTIGE) returns to Gotham City with this sequel to the critically-acclaimed fan favourite, BATMAN BEGINS. In THE DARK KNIGHT, Batman (Christian Bale - RESCUE DAWN, AMERICAN PSYCHO) squares off against a new, completely psychotic foe: the Joker (Heath ...
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Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes ... -