Movie Summary
EDIT- Director:
- Christopher Nolan
- Released:
- 2008
- Rating:
- PG-13
It's been a bit safer on Gotham's streets, criminals are running scared ever since the Batman dawned on his cape. When a rise in crime is orchestrated by a new criminal named the Joker, Batman must fight for his life and for everything he's tried to save in Gotham's peacekeeping. The Joker won't stop until he's turned the citizens against each other, made a mockery of the new noble district attorney Harvey Dent and revealed the true identity of the Batman for the world to see. It's a fight for Gotham City's soul and a classic tale of good versus evil and order versus chaos.
Metacritic Score
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
May be the most hopeless, despairing comic-book movie in memory. It creates a world where being a superhero is at best a double-edged sword and no triumph is likely to be anything ...
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Variety Justin Chang
Enthralling...An ambitious, full-bodied crime epic of gratifying scope and moral complexity, this is seriously brainy pop entertainment that satisfies every expectation raised by i...
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The New York Times Manohla Dargis
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.
 Christian Bale |
Bruce Wayne |
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 Michael Caine |
Alfred Pennyworth |
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 Heath Ledger |
The Joker |
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 Gary Oldman |
Lt. Jim Gordon |
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 Morgan Freeman |
Lucius Fox |
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 Aaron Eckhart |
Harvey Dent |
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Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
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QUOTES (2)
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Joker: (After Rachel hits him) A little fight in ya. I like that.
Batman: Then you're going to love me. -
Joker: Want to know how I got these scars? My father was a drinker, and a fiend. And one night, he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not one bit. So, me watching, he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and says, "Why so serious?" He comes at me with the knife. "Why so serious?" He sticks the blade in my mouth. "Let's put a smile on that face." And....Why so serious?
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Production Budget - $185,000,000
Domestic Gross - $534,858,444 (1st)
Worldwide Gross - $1,004,558,444 (1st)
Domestic Adjusted fro 2013 - $607,861,407
Worldwide Adjusted for 2013 - $1,141,670,878 -
Production Companies:
Legendary Pictures
Syncopy Films
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Taglines:
1. Why So Serious?
2. Welcome to a world without rules.
3. Out of the darkness...comes the Knight.
4. The night is darkest before the dawn.
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Academy Awards Wins:
1. Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger
2. Sound Editing
Academy Awards Nominations:
1. Editing
2. Cinematography
3. Art Direction
4. Makeup
5. Visual Effects
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Filming locations include:
Battersea, London, England
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Chertsey, Surrey, England
St James's, London, England
Chicago, Illinois
Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England
Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Longcross, Surrey, England
Los Angeles, California
Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois
Old Post Office, Chicago, Illinois
Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois
Piccadilly, London, England
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
Downtown, Chicago, Illinois
Bloomsbury, London, England
Clerkenwell, London, England
Central, Hong Kong, China
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Chicago, Illinois
London, England
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Music:
4 A Moment of Silence
Written by Masayuki Nakano and Michiyuki Kawashima
Performed by Boom Boom Satellites
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Themes
Thrillers, Crime, facing danger, bloody and violent, corrupt politics
