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.

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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.

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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.

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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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12 Phenomenal Facts About TV Show Person Of Interest (2011- )!!

Person Of Interest (2011 – ) is an American Mystery/Sci-fi TV Show which revolves around an ex-assassin and a wealthy programmer, who save lives with the help of a Artificial intelligence surveillance that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes–including the civilians’ roles–are left a mystery.

Person Of Interest (2011 – ) is created by Jonathan Nolan and stars Jim Caviezel, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson, Taraji P. Henson, Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi in the lead roles.

Today, I have put together interesting facts and details about the tv show Person Of Interest (2011 – ). Let’s have a look.

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12. Harold Finch's (portrayed by Michael Emerson) fiancée, Grace Hendricks (recurring, seasons 1-3) is portrayed by Michael Emerson's real life wife, Carrie Preston.

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11. It was in between the show's second and third seasons that Edward Snowden came forward with details on PRISM, a government program designed to spy on U.S. citizens in order to detect terrorist threats, which is very similar to the show's fictional "Machine" and how it operates. This similarity is later referenced in Person of Interest: Lethe (2013), where, at the end of the episode, PRISM is listed as a decoy of The Machine.

10. The alias of the secretive John Reese is an homage to Batman's The Riddler (i.e. E. Nigma is made to sound like enigma) as Mr. Reese is made to sound like "mysteries".

9. The opening sequence contains one or two scenes from the current episode, always at the point Finch says, "...victim or perpetrator, if your number's up, we'll find you."

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8. The character of John Greer is portrayed by John Nolan, uncle of series creator/Producer Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan Nolan is younger brother of Visionary director Christopher Nolan. 

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7. In Person of Interest: Blue Code (2012) it is established that John Reese is originally from Puyallup, Washington, which is 95 miles away from Mount Vernon, Washington, the real life birthplace of Jim Caviezel, who portrays Reese.

6. All of Reese's aliases have the first name John (John Reese, John Rooney, John Warren, John Anderson, John Wiley, John Campbell, John Randall, and John Hayes) except for his first alias in the pilot (James J. Manzione) and Mission Creep (Tony Miller). He also goes by "Detective Stills" and "Marshall Jennings", having "borrowed" their shield/star somewhat permanently. However, these aliases are usually only used when necessary to gain access to an area or information that would otherwise be much more difficult if not impossible.

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5. In season 1 episode 7, we see a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo on Will's floor. Jim Caviezel (John Reese) played the role of Edmond Dantes in the 2002 version of the film.

4. It is mentioned throughout the series that Mr. Reese was a former military Special Forces operative (Army Special Forces and Army Ranger) who then became a CIA Operative before coming to work with Mr. Finch.

3. Throughout the first season, John Reese can be seen using a Nikon D3100 camera.

2. Shaw (Sarah Shahi) appeared in Psych in a 2009 episode as a "Person of interest". Shaw was quoted in a 2009 episode as being a "Person of Interest" by the chief of police 2 years before Person of Interest premiered in 2011.

1. In surveillance camera shots from The Machine's perspective, The Machine assigns color-coded boxes to individuals it is monitoring at that time. White boxes are default and the most common, while white boxes with red corners identify (irrelevant) perpetrators. Individuals knowing about The Machine get yellow, threats to the system red boxes. Later, the show introduces blue boxes for agents of Primary Operations (relevant numbers) and a black box with yellow corners for its Analog Interface.

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