The Dark Knight

"Welcome to a world without rules."

PG-13 2008 · 2h 32m · Action, Thriller, Crime
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Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Theatrical
Jul 18, 2008
Box Office
$1.00B
Budget
$185.0M
Return
5.4x
DVD / Blu-ray
Dec 9, 2008
Theaters
1
Director
Christopher Nolan
Writers
Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer
Producers
Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
Music
Hans Zimmer
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Syncopy, DC
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Belief in Harvey Dent's Potential
Taglines I believe in Harvey Dent.
Questioning the Nature of Seriousness
Taglines Why So Serious?
The Battle for Gotham's Hope
James Gordon The Joker won. All of Harvey's prosecutions, everything he fought for: undone. Whatever chance you gave us of fixing our city dies with Harvey's reputation. We bet it all on him. The Joker took the best of us and tore him down. People will lose hope.
Batman They won't. They must never know what he did.
Gordon Five dead, two of them cops? You can't sweep that up.
Batman But the Joker cannot win. Gotham needs its true hero.
Gordon No!
Batman You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." I can do those things, because I'm not a hero, not like Dent. I killed those people. That's what I can be.
Gordon No. No, you can't. You're not!
Batman I'm whatever Gotham needs me to be. Call it in.
The Nature of Fairness in a Cruel World
Batman You don't want to hurt the boy, Harvey.
Two-Face It's not about what I want, it's about what's FAIR! You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time, but you were wrong. The world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance — unbiased, unprejudiced, fair. His son has the same chance she had. Fifty-fifty.
[''shows both sides of his coin'']
Batman What happened to Rachel wasn't chance. We decided to act — we three.
Two-Face Then why was it me who was only one who lost everything?!
Batman ...It wasn't.
Two-Face The Joker chose me!
Batman Because you were the best of us! He wanted to prove that even someone as good as you could fall!
Two-Face And he was right.

With minimal usage of CGI and a focus on character driven narratives, Christopher Nolan's dark, gritty portrayal of Bruce Wayne's transition into Batman and his struggles as Gotham's superhero set the...

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