The Dark Knight (2008): 24 Outstanding Facts About The Movie!!

The Dark Knight (2008) is an action/crime movie directed by Christopher Nolan and based on DC comics character Batman. The movie stars Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Aaron Eckhart in lead roles. The film’s music is composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard. Story and screenplay is written by Nolan brothers (Christopher and Jonathan) and David S. Goyer.

The Dark knight poster

The Dark Knight (2008) is the 2nd part of the Dark Knight Trilogy. With the help of Police lieutenant James Gordon and new district attorney Harvey Dent, caped crusader (Batman) raises the stakes on his war on crime by setting out to dismantle the remaining mafia groups that plague the streets. Everything goes as planned until a new criminal maniac knows as The Joker breaks havoc and chaos in Gotham. The Dark Knight must test his mental and physical strength in order to fight for Gotham before Joker causes the biggest anarchy.

The Dark knight joker

The movie won 2 Academy Awards and several other awards. It is the greatest superhero movie ever. Well, today I have a list of Interesting facts and details about the movie The Dark Knight (2008). Let’s have a look.

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24. Heath Ledger designed his own Joker Makeup! 

Actor Heath Ledger designed the Joker make-up himself, using white clown makeup and cosmetics from a drugstore. According to him since the Joker himself would design and apply it, Ledger should do so as well. Once his design was approved, the makeup team was responsible for replicating the look each day for filming.

Heath Ledger as Joker

23. Jokers famous Laugh was developed by Legder himself! 

In preparation for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008), actor Heath Ledger hid away in a motel room for about six weeks. He devoted himself to developing The Joker’s every tic, namely the voice and that sadistic-sounding laugh.

Joker Clapping and laughing

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22. IMAX camera was destroyed during the SWAT chase!

While filming the chase scene with the Joker and the SWAT vans, one of only four IMAX cameras in the world at that time was destroyed. The Dark Knight (2008) is also the first film shot with IMAX to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

The Dark knight movie scene

21. Stuntman was killed during the shoot! 

While the film is dedicated to late actor Heath Ledger (Joker), it also bears a dedication to Conway Wickliffe, a stuntman who was killed when the car he was driving crashed.

Late. Stuntman Conway Wickliffe 

20. Health Legder won every Award there was for his role!

 Actor Heath Ledger  posthumously (After Death) won a total of 32 Best Supporting Actor awards for his work on this film, including the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Critics’ Choice award. The only awards he was nominated for but didn’t win were the Satellite Award (which went to actor Michael Shannon  for Revolutionary Road (2008)) and the London Film Critics’ Circle Award for actor of the year (which went to actor Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)).

 

Heath Ledger as Joker

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19. Dark Knight was nominated for 8 Oscars! 

The Dark Knight (2008) is the  comic book film with the most (8) Academy Award nominations. Actor Heath Ledger’s Best Supporting Actor Oscar win marks the first time an Academy Award has been awarded in a major category to a comic book movie.

Joker in Nurse getup

18. Nine months between Batman Begins and Dark Knight! 

The Dark Knight (2008) takes place roughly nine months after Batman Begins (2005) ended.

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17. 39 Vehicles were destroyed! 

There are a total of 39 vehicles crashed, shot, blown up, bumped, or otherwise involved in some sort of violence in this film.

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Christopher Nolan : 8 things you Didn’t Notice ( but you did see ) in His Every Movie!!

Best known for his cerebral, often non-linear story-telling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970 in London, England. In 17 years of film-direction, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made.  

Nolan began making short movies  at the early age of 7 years, using his fathers super-8 camera. Later he attended university to study English Literature at London. There he started shooting shot 16-mm films with U.C.L.’s film society and  learned guerrilla techniques, Which he later used in his 1st movie Following (1998) on a very low  budget of around 6000$ only (in black and white). And as of Today 7 out of nine movies  that He directed are in the IMDB’s top 250 Movies list.
[The Dark Knight (2008), Batman Begins (2005), Memento (2000), The Prestige (2006),  Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012),  and Interstellar(2014).]
He has directed 9 movies till now.
1. Following (1998)
2. Memento (2000)
3. Insomnia (2002)
4. Batman Begins (2005)
5. The Prestige (2006)
6. The Dark Knight (2008)
7. Inception (2010)
8. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
9. Interstellar (2014)

So, I have put together a list of 8 things ( with help of IMDB ) that you have seen in almost every movie of Christopher Nolan but you didn’t notice ( Even, i didn’t till now ).

Christopher Nolan

8. Christopher Nolan Often casts non-American actors in American roles. Such as Michael caine, Guy Pearce, Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Heath Ledger, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Tom Wilkinson. Michael caine has worked with Nolan for 6 consecutive movies.    ( what an actor 🙂 )

Michael Caine

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7. Opening scenes always in his movies are a flashback or a piece of a scene from the middle or end of the movie and his movies almost every time end with a sudden  ( yet very effective) smash cut to black. (Interstellar, Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and especially Inception are prime examples.). His movies almost  always end with character’s fate open to interpretation ( You  remember, right ?? ).

Christopher Nolan movies

 

6. Christopher Nolan’s movies often take place with scenes out of chronological order with multiple flashbacks.                Such as in Following, Memento, Batman Begins, The Prestige and the latest Interstellar.

It is like he flip’s the act of a movie to tell the story in an interesting fashion ( and that require us a lot of thinking ).

Christopher Nolan movies

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5. His films usually revolve around characters that are afflicted with some kind of psychological disorder. (Examples: Guy Pearce’s short-term memory “condition” inMemento (2000), Al Pacino’s titular sleeping disorder in Insomnia (2002), Christian Bale’s phobia of bats in Batman Begins (2005) and Aaron Eckhart’s dual personality in The Dark Knight (2008) and Leonardo DiCaprio not being able to grasp onto reality in Inception (2010)).

 

4. The storyline in Christopher Nolan’s films usually involves a determined character seeking vengeance over the death of a loved one. (Guy Pearce in Memento (2000), Christian Bale inBatman Begins (2005), Hugh Jackman in The Prestige (2006), Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight (2008), and Marion Cotillard in The Dark Knight Rises (2012))

Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight

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3. Frequently in his films the protagonists, at some crucial moment, feel let down or betrayed by their mentors whom they have been following blindly and with respect. (e.g. The protagonist being cheated by Cobb inFollowing (1998), Leonard “discovering” that Teddy is the culprit in Memento (2000), Hilary Swank’s character respecting Al Pacino as a great detective in Insomnia (2002) only to find out that he is also flawed, Bruce Wayne andLiam Neeson’s character’s confrontation inBatman Begins (2005), Cutter not supporting Angier in The Prestige (2006), Ariadne feeling betrayed by her mentor Cobb when he doesn’t tell her about Mal’s domain over his dreams inInception (2010), Blake feeling let down by Gordon when his lie about Dent’s death is exposed in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), and Cooper gets angry when come to know about Prof. Brand’s secret in Interstellar (2014). ( that’s how we feel after watching your movie Nolan..cheated. )

Christopher Nolan movies

 

2. As He Displays the title before the end credits began (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Interstellar).

Interstellar Movie

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1. The original scores of his films usually play over most of the film, or one piece of music will play over many small scenes, as if they are edited in a montage; there are few moments in his films when there is no music playing in the background. ( Think Think 😉 )

Inception music

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