"Why so serious?" - The Joker
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Produced By: Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas, Charles Roven
Studio: DC Comics, Legendary Pictures, Syncopy Films
Distributed By: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: July 18, 2008
Running Time: 1452 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $185 million
Box office: $1,001,921,825
Rating: 8.9/10 (Top 250 Best Movies on IMDB #8)
"Because sometimes the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes, people deserve more." - Batman/Bruce Wayne
Cast
"I'm a man of my word." - The Joker
Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Gary Oldman as James Gordon
Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth
Heath Ledger as The Joker
Maggie Gylenhaal as Rachel Dawes
Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Faces
Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox
Ng Chin Han as Lau
Eric Roberts as Sal Maroni
Monique Gabriela Curnen as Anna Ramirez
Synopsis
"There's no going back. You've changed things... forever." - The Joker
The follow-up to the action hit “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight” reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who once again embodies the man behind the mask. “The Dark Knight” takes Batman across the world in his quest to fight a growing criminal threat. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman has been making headway against local crime…until a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker (Heath Ledger) unleashes a fresh reign of chaos across Gotham City. To stop this devious new menace-Batman’s most personal and vicious enemy yet-he will have to use every high-tech weapon in his arsenal and confront everything he believes.
Production
"I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go back to ripping off mob dealers? No, no, NO! No. You... you... complete me." - The Joker
Before the release of Batman Begins, screenwriter David S. Goyer had written a treatment for two sequels, introducing the Joker and Harvey Dent. On July 31, 2006, Warner Bros. Pictures officially announced the initiation of production for the sequel, titled The Dark Knight. The title makes The Dark Knight the first live-action Batman film without the word Batman in its title. Christian Bale noted, "This take on Batman of mine and Chris' is very different from any of the others and everything else always had Batman in the title." Christopher Nolan described the sequel's theme as escalation, continuing how Batman Begins ended, with "things having to get worse before they get better." Nolan indicated that The Dark Knight would also continue the themes that Batman Begins had, such as justice vs. revenge and Bruce Wayne's father issues, while Jonathan Nolan has indicated that the film will show more of Batman as a detective. The Dark Knight is also based of The Long Halloween and Dark Victory.
The story was co-written by Christopher Nolan and screenwriter David S. Goyer, while the Nolan brothers took turns each month to revise the screenplay. The Dark Knight's interpretation of the Joker is based primarily on the character's first two appearances in the Batman comics, as well as Alan Moore's one-shot comic book Batman: The Killing Joke, which was given to Heath Ledger in order to prepare for his role. Jerry Robinson, one of the co-creators of the basic concept for the Joker in the comics, is involved as a consultant on the portrayal of the character. The Nolan brothers were highly secretive, with Christopher Nolan refusing to let Ledger leave his house with a copy of the script.
"Let's put a smile on that face!" - The Joker
In October 2006, film location manager Robin Higgs visited Liverpool to scout locations, mainly along the city's waterfront, for filming The Dark Knight. Other scouted locations included Yorkshire, Glasgow, and parts of London. Producer Charles Roven originally stated in August 2006 that principal photography would begin in March 2007, but filming was pushed back to start in April. For its IMAX release, Nolan had four major action sequences, including the Joker's introduction, shot in the format. Nolan admitted he wished he could have shot the entire film in IMAX, and felt, "I figured if you could take an IMAX camera to Mount Everest or outer space, you could use it in a feature movie."
Warner Bros. chose Chicago as a filming location with a plan to film there for 13 weeks, due to Nolan having had a "truly remarkable experience" filming there for part of Batman Begins. The crew shot there from April 18-24, 2007 for the film's prologue involving the Joker. The crew returned to shoot there from June 9 2007 to early September. Production of The Dark Knight in Chicago will generate $45 million in the city's economy and create thousands of jobs. According to actor Michael Caine, the film will also be shot in London, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Hong Kong. Hong Kong's walled city of Kowloon had been an influence on the Narrows in Batman Begins.
In an October 2006 interview, composer Hans Zimmer confirmed he and James Newton Howard would be returning to score The Dark Knight, teaming up as they did on Batman Begins. Zimmer said that the main Batman theme was purposely introduced at the end of Batman Begins and be fleshed out in the sequel as the character develops. On January 22 2008, Heath Ledger, who played the Joker, died of an accidental overdose.
Awards
"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent
2008 - AFI Awards, USA: Movie of the Year
2008 - Golden Trailer Awards: Best Summer 2008 Blockbuster
2008 - Hollywood Film Festival: Movie of the Year
2008 - Satellite Awards: Best Sound (Mixing & Editing)
2008 - Austin Film Critics Association: Best Film, Best Director (Christopher Nolan), Best Original Score, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger)
2009 - Oscar: Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Richard King)
2009 - Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Heath Ledger as The Joker)
2009 - Saturn Award: Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film, Best Music (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard), Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger), Best Writing (Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan)
2009 - Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award: Fantasy Films
2009 - Awards of the Japanese Academy: Best Foreign Language Film
2009 - BAFTA Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger)
2009 - Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Foreign Film
2009 - Critics Choice Award: Best Action Movie, Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger)
2009 - COFCA Award: Best Cinematography, Best Ensamble Cast
2009 - CFCA Award: Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger)
2009 - Costume Designers Guild Awards: Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Fantasy (Lindy Hemming)
2009 - Empire Award: Best Actor (Christian Bale), Best Director, Best Film
2009 - Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Heath Ledger)
2009 - Grammy Awards: Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard)
2009 - MTV Movie Awards: Best Villain (Heath Ledger as The Joker)
2009 - People's Choice Award: Favourite Action Movie, Favourite Cast, Favourite Movie, Favourite On-Screen Match-Up, Favourite Hero
2009 - Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Heath Ledger)
2009 - Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture, Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
2009 - Visual Effects Society Awards: Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture, Outstanding Models and Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture, Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture
2009 - Writers Guild of America Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay (Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Jonathan Nolan)
Review
"Christopher Nolan is much, much smarter than your average filmmaker." - Laremy Legel (Film.com)
"Christopher Nolan's latest exploration of the Batman mythology steeps its muddled plot in so much murk that the Joker's maniacal nihilism comes to seem like a recurrent grace note." - Joe Morgenstern (wall Street Journal)
"The film is so relentlessly bleak that, paradoxically, its blackness is not given its full due. But this comic-book movie is more disturbing, and has more freakish power, than anything else I've seen all year." - Peter Rainer (Christian Science Monitor)
"Watching The Dark Knight is like gazing into a mirror on a waning moon night: chilling and mesmerizing." - Lisa Kennedy (Denver Post)
"Despite the tensions between its form and its function, The Dark Knight succeeds far more than it fails, and lingers provocatively in the mind." - Christopher Orr (New Republic)
"There is an exquisite order in the chaos, a fascist formality and video game surrealism that resists the forces of disintegration with a sort of superhuman determination." - Ruth Hessey (Time Out Sydney)
"Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight." - James Gordon
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