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Trivia - The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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Taglines: The Legend Ends
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane, ...
Stars: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, ...
Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent's crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane's plans to destroy the city.
The final fight marks the only occasion in either this series or the Burton/Schumacher films in which Batman is seen during the daytime.
Christopher Nolan said that this film's theme deals with "Pain". For Batman Begins, it was on "Fear", while The Dark Knight deals on "Chaos".
According to producers, the line "That's a lovely, lovely voice" was improvised by Tom Hardy.
In the early minutes of each film in the trilogy the main villain (Ra's Al Guhl, Joker, Bane) disguises himself as one of his own henchmen and there is a conversation about said villain in each scene.
When Selina Kyle disappears from a rooftop, Batman's remark "So that's what that feels like" is lifted directly from the DC graphic novel "Kingdom Come". Even the circumstance is similar, except it was with Superman.
To prepare for his role as Bane, Tom Hardy gained 30 pounds in weight, and studied various fighting styles to use in the film.
Tom Hardy, standing at 5'10", had to wear 3 inch lifts to make his character Bane appear as tall or taller than fellow co-stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine.
This is the first Batman movie created by Christopher Nolan that did not get a Academy Award nomination, and the second Batman film (after Batman & Robin (1997)) which did not receive a single nomination.
Each movie from the Dark Knight trilogy is 12 minutes longer than the previous one (Batman Begins (2005) is 140 minutes, The Dark Knight (2008) 152 and The Dark Knight Rises 164).
According to Gary Oldman, Christopher Nolan told the actors the ending of the film verbally to avoid any leaks.
Bane's theme is a chant which features the term "deshi basara", which is Moroccan for the word "rise".
Christopher Nolan wanted Marion Cotillard so much for the role of Miranda Tate that he modified the filming schedule to accommodate her pregnancy. Cotillard started filming two months after giving birth. In the last months of shooting, she also filmed ano
Christian Bale is the first actor to portray Batman/Bruce Wayne in three Batman films.
When Bane rips the photo of Harvey Dent in half he does so vertically through the middle of Harvey's face, replicating his transition to Two-Face at the end of The Dark Knight (2008).
According to Christopher Nolan, Bane was chosen as the film's main antagonist "to test Batman mentally as well as physically."
Out of respect for Heath Ledger, the Joker is never once mentioned for the whole film.
Tom Hardy accepted the role of Bane without reading the script. He was verbally told that he would have unprecedented access to extensive stunt training and equipment that he could enjoy knocking around.
A close look on the handheld walkie-talkies used by the Gotham City Police Dept reveals an old DC Comic logo.
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for Juno Temple's role of Jen, Selina Kyle's sidekick.
To prepare for her role as Catwoman, Anne Hathaway worked out five days a week on a regime that involved vigorous exercise, stunt training and dancing. She called it her most physically demanding role to date.
When Officer Blake talks about "giant alligators" being in the sewer line, this may be an intentional nod towards Batman villain Killer Croc.
Tom Hardy has several large tattoos on his chest and arms that had to be covered using heavy cake makeup for the film.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling and Mark Ruffalo were considered to play John Blake before Joseph Gordon-Levitt was ultimately cast. DiCaprio was one of the actors considered to play Robin in Batman Forever (1995) before Chris O'Donnell got the part.
As with the previous two movies, Bruce Wayne's main car is a Lamborghini. (Batman Begins: Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster, The Dark Knight: Lamborghini Murciélago LP640, The Dark Knight Rises: Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4.)
Christian Bale surprised locals by casually dropping in to enjoy some British craft ale at the Admiral Rodney pub in Wollaton, Nottingham, while filming the exteriors to Wayne Manor at Wollaton Hall.
At 165 minutes long, this is the longest Batman film released to date as well as the longest film that Christopher Nolan has ever directed.
Selina's method of escaping Wayne manor is highly reminiscent of tall tale involving one of Catwoman's inspirations, Heddy Lamarr, whom Anne Hathaway studied for the role. Lamarr claimed she escaped her possessive Austrian arms dealer husband by dressing
Natalie Portman was considered for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman.
According to producer Emma Thomas, the filmmakers elected to shoot the film in Pittsburgh to emphasize Gotham's immense size and scope and because "they literally shot every inch" in Chicago, where the previous two films were shot.
This is the only Batman film, aside from the 1966 Adam West film, to feature Batman operating in the daytime.
Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Gemma Arterton, Kate Mara, Charlotte Riley, Eva Green and Keira Knightley all auditioned for the role of Selina Kyle. After the initial audition process, Hathaway, Biel and Mara all screen tested. Ultimately, Anne Hathaway won
Robin Williams was rumored to play the role of Hugo Strange.
Selina Kyle's catsuit was made from two layers of polyurethane-coated spandex.
With their appearances in this movie, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Gary Oldman will have each appeared in three Batman movies. Only Michael Gough and Pat Hingle have done the same thing in the previous Tim Burton/Joel
Anne Hathaway, who plays Catwoman, had been cast as Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) in 2010, which at that time was under Sam Raimi's direction as "Spider-Man 4" and was going to feature the Vulture and Black Cat.
Christopher Nolan is the first director to complete a full trilogy of Batman films but the second to direct a full trilogy of films on one superhero (after Sam Raimi completed his Spider-Man films).
The first draft of the script ran approximately 400 pages.
Tickets for the film's premiere midnight IMAX screenings in New York sold out six months in advance.
The only Batman film where Batman never uses his grapple gun to lift himself. Batman uses it once only for saving the stock exchange man from the motorcycle.
Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz and Marion Cotillard were considered to play Miranda Tate before Cotillard finally got the role. Cotillard started filming 2 months after she gave birth to her son, Marcel.
Thomas Lennon, who plays Bruce Wayne's doctor in this movie, played a very similar role as a doctor in Christopher Nolan's earlier movie, Memento (2000).
When Bane enters the stock exchange trading floor, he wears a backpack that has a logo 'DCS courier services.' Batman is a DC Comics superhero.
Composer Hans Zimmer collected online recordings of chanting to incorporate in the film's score.
In order to make the Bat fly, it was variously supported by wires, suspended from cranes and helicopters, and mounted on a purpose-built vehicle with hydraulic controls to simulate movement
In a Saturday Night Live (1975) sketch, Anne Hathaway, who plays Selina Kyle on this film, appeared as Katie Holmes talking on a talk show about her role in Batman Begins (2005), the first film of this trilogy.
The Pittsburgh football stadium used in the film was slated for extensive pitch resurfacing at that time of filming. Explosive squibs were placed to simulate explosion points for the field to collapse. It was executive producer Thomas Tull who gave the fi
In the football stadium sequence, the cast and extras are all wearing heavy winter clothing, though the scenes were shot during a massive heat wave across the East Coast during the summer of 2011.
The fascia and some of the interior shots of Wayne Manor were filmed at Wollaton Hall, a stately home in Nottingham, England.
In all three movies, Batman repeats a line of dialogue spoken to him by one of the villains. In this film he tells Bane, "You have my permission to die."
Costume effects supervisor Graham Churchyard created a three-dimensional model of Tom Hardy's face and skull to design Bane's mask.
Alfred Pennyworth mentions that he orders Fernet Branca on his visits to Italy. This is an amaro, a type of bitter aromatic spirit.
Was filmed in Pittsburgh under the title "Magnus Rex."
The only movie in the trilogy where Batman utilizes an "anti-personnel batarang", and the first movie where Batman uses an EMP-like device to conceal his presence from pursuing cops and during his first confrontation with Bane in the Cistern.
Although used to soften a landing, this is the first movie in the Batman "Nolanverse" where the cape isn't used to glide.
Anne Hathaway based her performance on Hedy Lamarr, who was the original inspiration for Catwoman.
This is only the second "Batman" film not to include the word ''Batman'' in the title.
Tom Hardy is the 2nd actor to play Bane in the Batman film franchise. The role was previously played by Jeep Swenson in 1997's "Batman and Robin", 15 years earlier.
MacFarlane Toys, which produces a line of licensed action figures of Pro Sports Athletes, created one of Hines Ward wearing the Gotham Rogues uniform that he was seen wearing in the movie.
Diego Klattenhoff was up for a part as a police officer but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Homeland (2011).
Patrick Leahy: US Senator from Vermont cameos in the movie as a Wayne Enterprises Board Member. Leahy, a fan of Batman, previously cameoed in The Dark Knight (2008) and Batman & Robin (1997).
Miranda Nolan: The cousin of writer-director Christopher Nolan and co-writer Jonathan Nolan appears as the maid gossiping about Bruce Wayne.
The final chase sequence and subsequent bombing where countdown of the time-bomb is 12 minutes is depicted as though in real time.
For the final scene at the Wayne family cemetery, a tombstone with the name "Miranda Tate" was used during filming to conceal the actual ending to the film. The name on the stone was changed to "Bruce Wayne" via digital technology in post-production.
Cillian Murphy holds the record for the most frequently appearing Batman villain, he has played the evil Dr Jonathan Crane (a.k.a. Scare Crow) in all three Batman films directed by Christopher Nolan (I).
When Cillian Murphy first appears as the sentencing judge, he is wearing a heavily tattered coat that looks like it has straw coming out of the shoulders. This is a clear nod to his alter ego, Scarecrow.
This is the only Batman film where Jim Gordon learns the true identity of the Batman.
It is shown in flashbacks that Bane was still an adult when Miranda was a child. Tom Hardy, who plays Bane, is two years younger than Marion Cotillard, who plays Miranda.
After The Dark Knight (2008) was released, Aaron Eckhart expressed interest in returning as Harvey "Two-Face" Dent. Christopher Nolan stated that Dent was definitely dead, and that his death would leave lasting repercussions across Gotham.
This is the only live-action "Batman" film where the Bat-signal is never used.
Marks the first time where actor Cillian Murphy has not worn some sort of a cloth or burlap bag on his head in a film directed by Christopher Nolan.
When the fusion reactor is first introduced in the bunker, the design is almost identical to the microwave emitter design that Ra's Al Ghul stole from Wayne Enterprises and brought into the city in Batman Begins (2005).
The coloring and shading of the cloth draping the Batman Memorial Statue during its unveiling was similar to the blue colors of Batman's costume as traditionally seen in the comics.
In the endings of all three movies, Jim Gordon is the final character Batman speaks to before he leaves .
Both this and the other live-action "Batman" film to feature Bane as a villain, Batman & Robin (1997), show the Batman logo during the opening sequence freezing and then cracking.
Had Heath Ledger not died, the film would have involved the Joker going on trial while Two-Face (who survived the last film) went on a rampage across Gotham.
Tom Hardy, standing at 5'9", had to wear 3 inch lifts to make his character Bane appear as tall or taller than co-stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine.
This is the first Batman movie created by Christopher Nolan that did not get an Academy Award nomination, and the second Batman film (after Batman & Robin (1997)) which did not receive a single nomination.
Bruce's reply, "No you're not", to Selina when she says she's sorry he lost his fortune was ad-libbed by Christian Bale.
Bane's voice was originally much more distorted. His lines had to be re-recorded for the final cut because it was nigh-impossible to understand what he was saying.
About a year before the film's release, Christopher Nolan mentioned he was considering using a mixture of CGI and deleted scenes from The Dark Knight (2008) to have the Joker appear briefly. He ultimately decided it was disrespectful to Heath Ledger.
At 165 minutes long, this is the longest Batman film released to date as well as the longest film that Christopher Nolan has ever directed as of 2012. Interstellar is now his longest at 169 minutes.
Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz and Marion Cotillard were considered to play Miranda Tate before Cotillard finally got the role. Cotillard started filming one month after she gave birth to her son, Marcel.
Bane putting his hand on John Daggett's shoulder before killing him was Tom Hardy 's idea.
Thomas Lennon, who plays Bruce Wayne's doctor in this movie, played a very similar role as a doctor in Christopher Nolan 's earlier movie, Memento (2000).
The Riddler was rumored to be one of the villain choices to be portrayed in the movie and have Leonardo DiCaprio to play the role. The idea was scrapped and decided to have Bane in the film.
This is the second film directed by Christopher Nolan in which Marion Cotillard stabs someone, the first was Inception (2010).
The football player returning the kick off for a touchdown, is Hines Ward. He was a wide reciever for the Pittsburgh Steelers for years, now retired.
After the Bane team robbed the Stock Exchange, The chasing scene contains a shot of the tablet which counting down from 91 seconds at 47:40. And the scene ended at 49:10. The chasing sequence has exactly 90 seconds time period.
The main villains in each film are of a different nationality (Liam Neeson is Irish, Heath Ledger is Australian, and 'Tom Hardy' )qv) is English)
Christopher Nolan's first film since Insomnia (2002) to not receive any Academy Award Nominations.
Batman tells Blake to get as many Gothamites out of the city before the bomb goes off, that "We need an exodus". Coincidentally, Christian Bale would play Moses in Exodus: God's and Kings (based upon the biblical book of Exodus) just three years later.
The Bat Symbol at the beginning of each film in the trilogy foreshadows something that happens later. In this case the Bat Symbol is made up of cracking ice and it symbolizes people falling through the icy river as they are forced to walk across it.
Matthew Modine, who plays Foley in this movie, also appears in Full Metal Jacket (1987) in which he plays Private "Joker".
The last film that Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne/Batman, the next actor will be Ben Affleck in Zack Snyders Batman vs Super man
Officer Blake's real second name is Gordon.
Despite being portrayed by Caucasian men in Christopher Nolan's Batman film trilogy, many stories in the Batman comic books associate Ras Al Ghul with Arabic attributes and Bane is almost consistently associated with Hispanic traits and origins.
Is the only film in The Dark Knight trilogy to not be nominated for an Oscar
When Batman frees the Police, he tells Blake to "Lead an exodus." Two years later, Christian Bale would lead an exodus of Israelites himself as Moses in the Ridley Scott directed film "Exodus: Gods and Kings."
The Dark Knight Rises is one of three Batman films in which Arkham Asylum is not mentioned. The other two are Batman(1989) and Batman Returns(1992).
Three of the actors, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard were all acting in Inception (2010)
Cillian Murphy holds the record for the most frequently appearing Batman villain, he has played the evil Dr Jonathan Crane (a.k.a. Scare Crow) in all three Batman films directed by Nolan.
Between Fox, Alfred, Blake, and Gordon, only Blake does not discover that Bruce Wayne/Batman survived.
In the movie, Batman (Christian Bale) tells Blake (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to gather as many people as possible and leave the city "to lead an exodus." This is exactly what Christan Bale does in his next movie as Moses in Exodus: Gods and Kings.
Tom Hardy and Burn Gorman had previously starred together in Wuthering Heights (2009), they played Heathcliff and Hindley, respectively.
One of the uncredited officers that escorted Selina Kyle to her prison cell was played by Wade Williams. Williams previously voiced the DC Comics villian, the Black Mask, in the 2011 cartoon movie Under the Red Hood.
William Devane made a short appearance as the President. He would later go on to play President James Heller in the TV series 24: Live Another Day
The character Barsad, Bane's right-hand-man played by Josh Stewart, is a sniper and heavy arms expert. He is always shown wearing a bulletproof vest which has large bullets on it and a red scarf. This is a take on the Batman villain DeadShot, a character
During one of the scenes involving the kangaroo court, Bane can be seen sitting in the rear of the courtroom quietly knitting. Given the influence that Screenwriter Jonathan Nolan says Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" had on the story, this is presumably a
Bruce Wayne's doctor visit in which the doctor lists off all the degenerative injuries to his body (lack of cartilage, scar tissue, etc.) and the use of a mechanical knee brace both are reminiscent of Kingdom Come, where an older Bruce Wayne requires the
On July 20, 2012 during a midnight screening for the film in Aurora, Colorado a man entered the theater and opened fire. James Holmes ended up killing twelve people and injured more than fifty-eight. He was arrested outside the theater minutes after the s
Selina Kyle is never referred to as her famous alter ego "Catwoman" during the movie; rather newspaper articles and police files refer to her as "The Cat." This is in keeping with the original incarnation of Selina Kyle who was a jewel thief, and was know
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In the gala scene, everyone wears a mask except for Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle; which is a metaphor that Batman's mask and Catwoman's mask are Bruce and Selina's true faces.
Five of the actors, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy and Micheal Caine were all acting in Inception (2010).
When the football stadium is blown up, the name on the shirt of the player who survives is "Ward". In the 60s Batman series Robin was played by Burt Ward.
John Nolan: The uncle of director Christopher Nolan and co-writer Jonathan Nolan, as well as the father of actress Miranda Nolan, reprises his role from Batman Begins (2005) as Wayne Enterprises board member Douglas Fredericks. He previously appeared in
The final shooting script features several deleted/extended scenes not found in the film. Most are "character moments" though some also clarify details of the plot. They include: A longer opening scene and introduction to Bane, where the character gives a
At the end of the movie when Blake (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is exploring the Batcave, his black jacket has a blue stripe that dips in the middle on the back of it. This is very reminiscent to the character Nightwing, whom the first Robin eventuall
In all three Nolan Batman films, the spiked gauntlets on Batman's arms prove essential in defeating the main villain. They shatter Ra's al Ghul's sword in Batman Begins, knock the detonator out of the Joker's hands in The Dark Knight and damage Bane's mas
The citizens of Gotham make several attempts, without Batman's aid, to rise up against Bane and the League of Shadows. These attempts all fail because they are caught by members of the league, indicating someone had sold them out. Miranda Tate (Marion Cot
Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Gemma Arterton, Kate Mara, Charlotte Riley, Eva Green, Lady Gaga & Keira Knightley all auditioned for the role of Selina Kyle. After the initial audition process, Hathaway, Biel and Mara all screen tested. Ultimately, Anne Hat
The filmmakers cite the "Batman" comics 'The Dark Knight Returns' (an aged Batman operates in a future Gotham), 'Knightfall' (Bane pushes Batman physically and mentally, causing him to burn out) and 'No Man's Land' (Gotham descends into gangland territory
Christopher Nolan said that this film's theme deals with "Pain". For Batman Begins (2005), it was on "Fear", while The Dark Knight (2008) deals on "Chaos".
When Jonathan Crane first appears as the "sentencing judge," he is wearing a heavily tattered coat that looks like it has straw coming out of the shoulders. This is a clear nod to his alter ego, Scarecrow.
As with the previous two movies, Bruce Wayne's main car is a Lamborghini. (Batman Begins (2005): Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder LP560 , The Dark Knight (2008): Lamborghini Murciélago LP640, The Dark Knight Rises: Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4.)
When Officer Blake talks about "giant alligators" being in the sewer line, this may be an intentional nod towards Batman villain Killer Croc, whom Bane out-wrestled to become head of Gotham's gangland.
Cillian Murphy holds the record for the most frequently appearing Batman villain, he has played the evil Dr Jonathan Crane (a.k.a. Scarecrow) in all three Batman films in this version.
At 165 minutes long, this is the longest Batman film released to date as well as the second longest film that Christopher Nolan has ever directed. Interstellar (2014) is his longest at 169 minutes.
Dr. Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow played by Cillian Murphy, is the only villain to appear in all three of the Dark Knight films.
Gemma Arterton, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Blake Lively, Kate Mara, Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Charlotte Riley and Lady Gaga, all auditioned for you the role of Selina Kyle. After the initial audition process, Hathaway, Biel and Mara all screen t
Tom Hardy is the 2nd actor to play Bane in the Batman film franchise. The role was previously played by Jeep Swenson in Batman & Robin (1997), 15 years earlier.
Although used to soften a landing, this is the only movie in the trilogy where the cape isn't used to glide.
Christian Bale personally dyed part of his hair to make Bruce Wayne look somewhat older.
The football player returning the kick off for a touchdown, is Hines Ward. He was a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers for years, now retired.
Is the only film in The Dark Knight trilogy to not be nominated for an Oscar.
William Devane made a short appearance as the President. He would later go on to play President James Heller in the TV series 24: Live Another Day (2014).
The entire movie is loosely a reference to the Charles Dickens novel 'A Tale Of Two Cities'. This is shown through many details. One being the name of one of the men on trial: Stryver.
The Dark Knight Rises is one of three post-1989 Batman films in which Arkham Asylum is not mentioned. The other two are Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992).
The masquerade ball sequence in which Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle dance together, is an homage to the masquerade ball scene in Batman Returns (1992).
This is the only Batman movie in the trilogy (and in history) where the final battle takes place at dawn. They always took place at night.
The Officer Blake actor's real second name is Gordon: Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
After starring in this movie, Marion Cotillard and Gary Oldman starred on David Bowie's music video "The Next Day". Bowie appeared on Christopher Nolan's film The Prestige (2006).
Zoë Kravitz revealed during an interview for the August 2015 issue of Nylon magazine, that she was denied an audition for a small role in the film because of her race, she was told that they weren't "going urban".
The last film that Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne/Batman, the next actor will be Ben Affleck in Zack Snyder's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
Marion Cotillard dubs herself in French for both France and Quebec versions.
Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy starred together in the second season of the series Peaky Blinders (2013), in which they were once again somewhat allies.
One of the uncredited officers that escorted Selina Kyle to her prison cell was played by Wade Williams who voiced Batman villain "Black Mask" in Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010).
The main antagonist tells his origin to the protagonist, including being born in a prison. This happens in both "The Dark Knight Rises" and Les Misérables (2012), two movies released in the same year and costarring Anne Hathaway.
The character of Miranda Frost in the 2002 James Bond film "Die Another Day" is considered to be a major influence behind Miranda Tate.
William Devane also played the President in the TV series 24 (2001).
In the early minutes of each film in the trilogy the main villain (Ra's Al Ghul, Joker, Bane) disguises himself as one of his own henchmen and there is a conversation about said villain in each scene.
At the end of the movie when "Robin" Blake is exploring the Batcave, his black jacket has a blue stripe that dips in the middle on the back of it. This is very reminiscent to the character Nightwing, the adult version of Robin.
Eva Green, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz and Kate Winslet, and were considered to play Miranda Tate before Marion Cotillard finally got the role in February 2011, when she was 6 months pregnant. Cotillard started filming one month after she gave birth to her
The soundtrack played when Bruce supposedly died, is the same soundtrack that is played when his parents died in Batman Begins (2005).
When Officer Blake mentions giant alligators in the sewers, this is a reference to Killer Croc. In the comics Killer Croc has clashed with Bane, the main villain. Bane broke both of Croc' arms before fighting Batman and breaking his back.
Batman tells Blake to get as many Gothamites out of the city before the bomb goes off, that "We need an exodus". Christian Bale later played Moses in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), based upon the biblical book of Exodus.
The only time Bane shoots a gun in the movie is at one of his henchmen in the sewer. The other time he tries to use a gun is when he attempts to kill Batman before he's killed by Catwoman on the Batpod.
In the football scene, the surviving player has the name Ward on his shirt. In the Batman (1966) TV series Robin was played by Burt Ward. The surviving player's real life name is Hines Ward.
The facade and some of the interior shots of Wayne Manor were filmed at Wollaton Hall, a stately home in Nottingham, England.
When Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) is giving his speech about Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), there are two portraits of Harvey Dent behind him, alluding to his identity as Two-Face.
While doing promotional interviews for the film Tom Hardy stated that the most difficult parts of the movie to shoot were the fight scenes. Not because of the physicality of them, but because he was such a huge Batman fan growing up that he said "it felt
When Bruce Wayne traces the fake fingerprints that the Catwoman was wearing when she cracked his safe, the result shows a "Nikolai Ondrejko". This is the same name that was used by the Joker to author the fake obituary for the Mayor in The Dark Knight (20
Anne Hathaway has said that she desperately coveted the role of Catwoman, and was a complete nervous wreck after her audition. The first time her agent phoned after her screen test, he said he had good news and asked if Hathaway was sitting down. Hathaway
Though the fate of the Joker is never revealed in the film, the novelization does mention his whereabouts in passing: he is the lone resident of the newly-rebuilt Arkham Asylum, held in solitary confinement and thus has no one to "play with" as ultimate p
Christopher Nolan wanted Marion Cotillard so much for the role of Miranda Tate that he modified the filming schedule to accommodate her pregnancy. When Nolan invited Cotillard for the film in 2010, she told him that she was pregnant and didn't know if she
During the motorcycle chase scene, Bane is wearing a red helmet with black visor as well as a brown motorcycle jacket. This is the original costume Jason Todd took under his Red Hood persona, which is itself a callback to The Joker's original criminal ide
Bruce Wayne's doctor visit in which the doctor lists off all the degenerative injuries to his body (lack of cartilage, scar tissue, etc.) and the use of a mechanical knee brace both are reminiscent of Mark Waid's Justice League novel Kingdom Come (set in
Anne Hathaway has revealed that during her audition, she thought that she was auditioning for The Joker's on again-off again girlfriend/partner-in-crime Harley Quinn. it was only after she had a discussion with Christopher Nolan that she found out that sh
At one point it was rumored that the Penguin was to have been featured as one of the film's major villains, as would have been played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Christopher Nolan quickly denied the rumors, saying that the character would have been difficu
During one of the scenes involving the kangaroo court, Bane can be seen sitting in the rear of the courtroom quietly knitting. Given the numerous allusions to Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" in the film, this is presumably an allusion to Madame De
Selina's method of escaping Wayne manor is highly reminiscent of tall tale involving one of Catwoman's inspirations, Hedy Lamarr, whom Anne Hathaway studied for the role. Lamarr claimed she escaped her possessive Austrian arms dealer husband by dressing a
The Batsuit consisted of 110 separate pieces. The base layer was made of a polyester mesh, utilized by the military and high-tech sports manufacturers due to its breathability and moisture-retaining properties; molded pieces of flexible urethane were then
During Bane's first encounter with Batman, Bane's footsteps on the steel grating of the walkways produce loud, heavy thuds while Batman's footsteps make little sound at all. This was done by the sound effects team to further contrast Bane's "brute" style
Tom Hardy described Bane as an absolute terrorist: "He's brutal, but also incredibly clinical in the fact that he has a result-based and oriented fighting style. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed... it's nasty. It's not about fighting, it's about ca
According to costume designer Lindy Hemming, she took two years to design Bane's coat; it was inspired by a Swedish army jacket and a French Revolution frock coat, to make Bane look equally dictatorial and revolutionary, "like an amalgam of all sorts of b
On July 20, 2012 during a midnight screening for the film in Aurora, Colorado a man entered the theater and opened fire. James Holmes ended up killing twelve people and injured fifty-eight. He was arrested outside the theater minutes after the shooting an
The actual plane used in the movie by the CIA operative to transport Dr. Pavel later crashed almost a year later after the film was released. The aircraft, a Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante registered ZS-NVB, crashed on June 29th, 2013 in Botswana. Both the p
According to Tom Hardy, he based his voice for Bane on Bartley Gorman (1944 - 2002), an Irish Traveller who was the undefeated Bare-knuckle boxing champion of the United Kingdom: "The choice of the accent is actually a man called Bartley Gorman, who was a
During the film's production in Pittsburgh, a local man was arrested for attempting to steal an unmarked police car; he claimed to authorities that he was only an actor and that his crime was actually a scene for the film. Local newspapers later ran the s
The nickname "Catwoman" is never spoken in the movie; rather newspaper articles and police files refer to her as "The Cat." This is in keeping with the original incarnation of the character (not yet named Selina Kyle) who was a jewel thief, and was known
In designing the Bat, production designer Nathan Crowley approached it as if it were an actual military project, emphasizing the need for it to "fit into the same family as the Tumbler and the Batpod": he incorporated designs from military aircraft, inclu
Gemma Arterton, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Blake Lively, Kate Mara, Keira Knightley, Natalie Portman, Charlotte Riley and Lady Gaga, all auditioned for the role of Selina Kyle. After the initial audition process Hathaway, Biel and Mara all screen tested
Christopher Nolan used a heavy mask motif through out the movie; Batman, Bane, and Catwoman all wear masks, Bruce Wayne has a collection of African tribal masks in the room where he and Officer Blake first talk in Wayne manor, and Miranda Tate hosts a mas
Christopher Nolan offered James Newton Howard the opportunity to write the score with Hans Zimmer as he did for Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008) but Howard felt that due to the collaboration between Nolan and Zimmer on Inception (2010), he
Around 10,000 extras were used to shoot the Gotham Rogues scene in Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Some of the Pittsburgh Steelers played football players: Hines Ward, Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, Willie Colon, Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Wallac
In addition to its director, Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises shares a number of its main cast with Inception (2010): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine all appear in both movies, as does Christophe
With their appearances in this movie, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Gary Oldman have each appeared in three Batman movies. Only Michael Gough and Pat Hingle have done the same thing in the previous Tim Burton/Joel Schum
Selina Kyle's (Anne Hathaway) relationship with her accomplice (Juno Temple) is highly reminiscent of Kyle's relationship with Holly Robinson in the comic "Batman: Year One." In that story, Kyle and Robinson had been prostitutes together and even had an i
The Pittsburgh football stadium used in the film was slated for extensive field resurfacing at that time of filming. Explosive squibs were placed to simulate explosion points for the field to collapse. It was executive producer Thomas Tull who gave the
The Batman Movie franchise has attracted the longest list of actors who have Oscar and Golden Globe wins or nominations. 18 Oscars, 34 Golden Globes. The franchise has won 3 Oscars.
Jack Nicholson 3 Oscars, 9 nominations 7 Golden Globes, 10 Nom
Cinematographer Wally Pfister expressed interest in shooting the entirety of the film in the IMAX format, as both Pfister and Christopher Nolan expressed distaste for shooting the film in 3-D. Ultimately, the film would feature approximately 72 minutes of
During the football sequence shown in the preview a player is seen wearing a jersey with the last name of Ravenstahl on it. This is Luke R. Ravenstahl, the Mayor of Pittsburgh, where portions of the movie were shot. He was Washington & Jefferson college's
There was much speculation in the press when Anne Hathaway was announced as Selina Kyle if the actress would actually portray Kyle's costumed alter-ego, Catwoman. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey following her stint as host of the Academy Awards, Hathaw
Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately th
When referring to Bruce Wayne as a shut-in, Daggett says "we all know he's up there with 8-inch nails and mason jars full of urine." This is an obvious reference to reclusive and eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. Christopher Nolan was at one point atta
The building used for the exterior of the Gotham Stock Exchange is actually the J.P. Morgan building on the corner of Broad & Wall Streets in lower Manhattan. It is directly across the street from the actual NY Stock Exchange building, which can be seen i
Before starring in this film together, both Christian Bale (Batman) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (John Blake) had a lot in common with each other, 1. They've both played Jim Hawkins (Bale in Treasure Island (1990)) and Levitt in Treasure Planet (2002), they'v
Tom Hardy is technically the fifth actor to play Bane in a feature film. In Batman & Robin (1997), Michael Reid MacKay played serial killer Antonio Diego, who is selected for the "Venom" experiment and is transformed into Bane, who is then played by wrest
The football stadium scene was filmed at Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers' team colors are black and yellow, same as the Gotham Rogues. The fans were also seen twirling yellow rally towels, a nod to the real-life "Terrible Towel"
The orphanage where Blake grew up and visits in the film is named St. Swithin's. In England, St. Swithin's day takes place on July 15th and is a tradition where whatever the weather is like on this day it will be like for the next 40 days, and it is said
At point of 2012, this movie is the seventh Batman's movie where the budget is more expensive than the previous film. The complete list is this (estimated in dollars):
-Batman: The Movie (1966): $1,377,800.
-Batman (1989): $35,000,00
The second film in the Dark Knight Trilogy to not be made into a video game. (The first being The Dark Knight)
Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy appear in every film of The Dark Knight Trilogy. The only other 2 actors which have appeared in every Batman movie is Pat Hingle and Michael Gough who appear as Commissioner Gor
John Nolan: The uncle of director Christopher Nolan and co-writer Jonathan Nolan, as well as the father of actress Miranda Nolan, reprises his role from Batman Begins (2005) as Wayne Enterprises board member Douglas Fredericks. He previously appeared in C
The final shooting script features several deleted/extended scenes not found in the film. Most are "character moments" though some also clarify details of the plot. They include: A scene at Wayne Manor where the Congressman tells Foley that he's next in l
Christian Bale has stated that he would not play Batman if Robin appeared anywhere in the trilogy. Christopher Nolan agreed not to include Robin as it would undermine the dark tone of his series. At the end of the film, Detective John Blake's (Joseph Gord
There are several moments in the film where it is hinted that the child was not Bane. Bane tells Batman he never saw light 'til he was already a man. Furthermore, the child that escapes from the pit is not scarred despite the fact we know Bane was treated
In a final bit of foreshadowing as to her character's true nature, Miranda Tate, after Bruce apologizes for being unable to get her out of the city, tells Bruce to "do what is necessary." Her father, Ra's al Ghul, repeatedly derides Bruce for lacking "the
At the charity ball, Miranda Tate says "you must invest if you wish to restore balance to the world," hinting at her true identity as Talia. In Batman Begins (2005), Ra's al Ghul says that the mission of The League of Shadows is to restore balance to the
In all three Nolan Batman films, the spiked gauntlets on Batman's arms prove essential in defeating the main villain. They shatter Ra's al Ghul's sword in Batman Begins (2005), knock the detonator out of the Joker's hands in The Dark Knight (2008) and dam
Bane has a triangular scar on the side of his head, most visible during the stock exchange scene. Miranda Tate has an identical scar on her back, noticeable during her love scene with Bruce, thus hinting at her membership in the League of Shadows and true
In the film there are a total of five Oscar winners: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway and three Oscar nominees: Gary Oldman, Tom Conti, Liam Neeson. Additionally, Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal appears in arc
In the scene at the end where the lawyer's clerk, played by Jillian Armenante, reveals John Blake's real name, the word 'Robin' was dubbed-in post-production to keep this secret from all the crew, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who were on set at the tim
Some viewers found ambiguous the scene at the end of the movie in which Alfred sees Bruce and Selina at a café. While some took it at face value (that Bruce survived and Alfred really saw him), others thought that Bruce was dead and saw the café scene as
During the fight between Bane and Batman in the sewers, Bane lifts Batman above his head and drops him across his knee. This is a direct parallel to the first fight between Batman and Bane from the comics where Bane broke Batman's back during the "Knightf
The citizens of Gotham make several attempts, without Batman's aid, to rise up against Bane and the League of Shadows. These attempts all fail because they are caught by members of the league, indicating someone had sold them out. Miranda Tate appears wit
The villainous character portrayed by Liam Neeson Ra's al Ghul, who died by the end of the first movie, makes an appearance before Bruce Wayne's eyes, claiming to be immortal the whole time, only to be revealed as a hallucination. This is a reference to R
The original story treatment by David S. Goyer as outlined before the production of Batman Begins (2005) was to have Two-Face as the principal antagonist for the film. Initially, at the end of The Dark Knight (2008), the Joker would have scarred Harvey De
When Batman is chasing after Bane for the first time after the stock exchange robbery an older policeman tells his younger partner to "sit back, you're in for a show". This is an almost direct quote from the graphic novel "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
In the comics, Bane carried an apparatus that contains a steroid that amplifies his strength and fighting ability. In the film, the apparatus he carries contains an anesthetic as he is in chronic pain. In both the comics and the film, Batman defeats Bane
Eva Green, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz and Kate Winslet were considered to play Miranda Tate before Marion Cotillard finally got the role in February 2011, when she was 6 months pregnant. Cotillard started filming one month after she gave birth to her son,
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Anne Hathaway's stunt double broke one of the IMAX cameras when she crashed the Batpod into it. This marks the second time an IMAX camera has been destroyed on a Christopher Nolan Batman film - a previous camera was sm
In addition to the numerous elements from the "Knightfall," "The Dark Knight Returns," and "No Man's Land" storylines, the film also borrows from the "Legacy" storyline, which involves Bane becoming Ra's Al Ghul's successor and plotting with the League of
John Blake's real name, Robin, is an allusion to the Robin sidekick character in Batman comic books, movies, and TV shows. Robin was added to the Batman comic books in 1940 to attract younger readers, and the character eventually evolved into a solo super
According to scriptwriter Jonathan Nolan, a major influence on the story is Charles Dickens's socio-political novel "A Tale of Two Cities", which dealt with revolution and class conflict. In homage to the story, two characters in the film are named Stryve
This marks the second trilogy of movies in which Liam Neeson plays a character who is killed in the first movie, only to subsequently return incorporeally to communicate with a central character in a later movie (the other trilogy being the Star Wars preq
In each part of the trilogy Batman/Bruce Wayne has either a Friend who turns into the villain or viceversa:
-Batman Begins (2005): Ra's Al Ghul trains Bruce Wayne then turns against him/Batman in Gotham/Arkham.
-The Dark Knight (2008
Christian Bale and Michael Caine spent several weeks filming exterior shots of Wayne Manor at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, but the director Christopher Nolan just used one shot of Bale as Batman in silhouette on the roof and one shot of Caine at the gravesi
The first Batman movie not to feature Batman driving the Batmobile. He only uses the Bat-pod and the Bat (flying vehicle). While several variations of Tumblers do make an appearance they are all operated by Bane and his thugs, after they steal them from W
The filmmakers cite the "Batman" comics 'The Dark Knight Returns' (an aged Batman operates in a future Gotham), 'Knightfall' (Bane pushes Batman physically and mentally, causing him to burn out) and 'No Man's Land' (Gotham descends into post apocalyptic g
Though not shown in the final cut, the fight scene on Gotham City Hall steps included an explosion that cleared the steps of all the fighters still alive. When filming the actual explosion, the heat triggered a fire alarm that went directly to the authori
Despite being portrayed by Caucasian actors in The Dark Knight Trilogy, the Batman comic books associate Ra's Al Ghul and his daughter Talia Al Ghul with Arabic-Asiatic attributes, and Bane is almost consistently associated with Hispanic-Caribbean traits
It is always alluded that Bane is the child that escapes from The Pit by the use of non-specific terms such as simply "a child" rather than "young boy" or "young girl" and the character having a shaved head. This allusion is fed back to Bruce in the form
While doing promotional interviews for the film Tom Hardy stated that the most difficult parts of the movie to shoot were the fight scenes. Not because of the physicality of them, but because he was such a huge Batman fan growing up that he said "it felt like I was beating up my childhood hero". However he also said that despite his worship of the character, the moment Christopher Nolan yelled 'action' Hardy just started throwing punches as hard as he could.
When Bruce Wayne traces the fake fingerprints that the Catwoman was wearing when she cracked his safe, the result shows a "Nikolai Ondrejko". This is the same name that was used by the Joker to author the fake obituary for the Mayor in The Dark Knight (2008).
Anne Hathaway has said that she desperately coveted the role of Catwoman, and was a complete nervous wreck after her audition. The first time her agent phoned after her screen test, he said he had good news and asked if Hathaway was sitting down. Hathaway immediately screamed "I'm Catwoman!" and ran around the room in a frenzy. Unfortunately, her agent had to calm the actress down--he had called to let her know that she'd been invited to host the Academy Awards. Hathaway has said she was so shocked she went numb at the offer. Fortunately, shortly thereafter, her agent phoned again to let her know that she had been offered the part of Catwoman as well.
Christopher Nolan wanted Marion Cotillard so much for the role of Miranda Tate that he modified the filming schedule to accommodate her pregnancy. When Nolan invited Cotillard for the film in 2010, she told him that she was pregnant and didn't know if she would be able to do it, but Nolan decided to keep her in the film. Cotillard started filming just one month after giving birth and Nolan also made room on set for her family. In the last months of filming, Cotillard also shot another film at the same time in France, Rust and Bone (2012), she was flying back and forth between USA and France to shoot both movies. During an interview for Vogue in August 2012, Nolan marveled at Cotillard's ability to do her job so soon after giving birth, calling it "amazing to see" and describing her as "Superwoman".
During the motorcycle chase scene, Bane is wearing a red helmet with black visor as well as a brown motorcycle jacket. This is the original costume Jason Todd took under his Red Hood persona, which is itself a callback to The Joker's original criminal identity.
Bruce Wayne's doctor visit in which the doctor lists off all the degenerative injuries to his body (lack of cartilage, scar tissue, etc.) and the use of a mechanical knee brace both are reminiscent of Mark Waid's Justice League novel Kingdom Come (set in a hypothetical future), where an older Bruce Wayne requires the use of an exoskeleton to move due to years of physical wear and tear on his body.
At one point it was rumored that the Penguin was to have been featured as one of the film's major villains, as would have been played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Christopher Nolan quickly denied the rumors, saying that the character would have been difficult to adapt for his version of Batman.
Anne Hathaway has revealed that during her audition, she thought that she was auditioning for The Joker's on again-off again girlfriend/partner-in-crime Harley Quinn. it was only after she had a discussion with Christopher Nolan that she found out that she was auditioning for Catwoman.
During one of the scenes involving the kangaroo court, Bane can be seen sitting in the rear of the courtroom quietly knitting. Given the numerous allusions to Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" in the film, this is presumably an allusion to Madame Defarge and her practice of knitting while watching public guillotine executions.
Selina's method of escaping Wayne manor is highly reminiscent of tall tale involving one of Catwoman's inspirations, Hedy Lamarr, whom Anne Hathaway studied for the role. Lamarr claimed she escaped her possessive Austrian arms dealer husband by dressing as one of her maids, collecting all her jewelry, and jumping out a window.
The Batsuit consisted of 110 separate pieces. The base layer was made of a polyester mesh, utilized by the military and high-tech sports manufacturers due to its breathability and moisture-retaining properties; molded pieces of flexible urethane were then attached to the mesh to form the overall body armor plating. Carbon fiberpanels were placed inside the sections on the legs, chest and abdomen. The cowl was sculpted from a cast of Christian Bale's face and head to become a perfect fit for Bale.
During Bane's first encounter with Batman, Bane's footsteps on the steel grating of the walkways produce loud, heavy thuds while Batman's footsteps make little sound at all. This was done by the sound effects team to further contrast Bane's "brute" style from Batman's "stealth" method of combat.
Tom Hardy described Bane as an absolute terrorist: "He's brutal, but also incredibly clinical in the fact that he has a result-based and oriented fighting style. The style is heavy-handed, heavy-footed... it's nasty. It's not about fighting, it's about carnage!"
According to costume designer Lindy Hemming, she took two years to design Bane's coat; it was inspired by a Swedish army jacket and a French Revolution frock coat, to make Bane look equally dictatorial and revolutionary, "like an amalgam of all sorts of bits and pieces he cobbled together as he passed through some very remote places."
The nickname "Catwoman" is never spoken in the movie; rather newspaper articles and police files refer to her as "The Cat." This is in keeping with the original incarnation of the character (not yet named Selina Kyle) who was a jewel thief, and was known only as "The Cat" before becoming "The Catwoman." However, various official merchandise and marketing material refer to Selina Kyle as Catwoman when she is wearing her masked costume. Furthermore, the shooting script refers to Kyle as "Catwoman" when in costume.
In designing the Bat, production designer Nathan Crowley approached it as if it were an actual military project, emphasizing the need for it to "fit into the same family as the Tumbler and the Batpod": he incorporated designs from military aircraft, including the Harrier Jump Jet, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey and the Boeing AH-64 Apache.
According to Tom Hardy, he based his voice for Bane on Bartley Gorman (1944 - 2002), an Irish Traveller who was the undefeated Bare-knuckle boxing champion of the United Kingdom: "The choice of the accent is actually a man called Bartley Gorman, who was a bare knuckle fighter, a Romani gypsy. So I wanted to underpin the Latin, but a Romani Latin opposed to Latino."
The actual plane used in the movie by the CIA operative to transport Dr. Pavel later crashed almost a year later after the film was released. The aircraft, a Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante registered ZS-NVB, crashed on June 29th, 2013 in Botswana. Both the pilot and co-pilot died in the crash.
On July 20, 2012 during a midnight screening for the film in Aurora, Colorado a man entered the theater and opened fire. James Holmes ended up killing twelve people and injured fifty-eight. He was arrested outside the theater minutes after the shooting and was charged with 24 counts of murder and 116 counts of attempted murder. Holmes was sentenced in August 2015 to life in prison without parole for the crime. After the incident several cast and crew members, including Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Gary Oldman released statements expressing their sorrow over the attack. Their publicity appearances, including a lavish premiere in France, were canceled. Warner Brothers, the studio that released the film, decided not to release opening weekend grosses until the following Monday out of consideration for the victims. Christian Bale went and visited the surviving victims at the hospital days later.
During the film's production in Pittsburgh, a local man was arrested for attempting to steal an unmarked police car; he claimed to authorities that he was only an actor and that his crime was actually a scene for the film. Local newspapers later ran the story with the headline, "Like Batman, car thief's story does not fly."
Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman, Keira Knightley, Kate Mara, Gemma Arterton, Jessica Biel, Blake Lively and Charlotte Riley (Tom Hardy's fiancee at the time), all auditioned for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman. After the initial audition process Hathaway, Biel and Mara all screen tested. Ultimately, Hathaway won the role.
Christopher Nolan used a heavy mask motif through out the movie; Batman, Bane, and Catwoman all wear masks, Bruce Wayne has a collection of African tribal masks in the room where he and Officer Blake first talk in Wayne manor, and Miranda Tate hosts a masquerade party.
Christopher Nolan offered James Newton Howard the opportunity to write the score with Hans Zimmer as he did for Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008) but Howard felt that due to the collaboration between Nolan and Zimmer on Inception (2010), he would be like a third wheel.
Selina Kyle's (Anne Hathaway) relationship with her accomplice (Juno Temple) is highly reminiscent of Kyle's relationship with Holly Robinson in the comic "Batman: Year One." In that story, Kyle and Robinson had been prostitutes together and even had an implied lesbian relationship before Kyle became Catwoman.
In addition to its director, Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises shares a number of its main cast with Inception (2010): Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Marion Cotillard and Michael Caine all appear in both movies, as does Christopher and Jonathan Nolan's cousin Miranda in a cameo. Early in the film, when Daggett says of Bruce Wayne "We all know he's up there with 8-inch nails and mason jars full of urine" he's making a reference to billionaire Howard Hughes, played by Inception lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator (2004). Nolan also considered making a Hughes biopic at one point.
Around 10,000 extras were used to shoot the Gotham Rogues scene in Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Some of the Pittsburgh Steelers played football players: Hines Ward, Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, Willie Colon, Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Wallace, Heath Miller, Aaron Smith, Ryan Clark, James Farrior, LaMarr Woodley, and Casey Hampton. Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher appears as the coach. Pittsburgh mayor Luke R. Ravenstahl plays a kicker. Thomas Tull, CEO of the film's production company Legendary Pictures, is part-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
With their appearances in this movie, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Gary Oldman have each appeared in three Batman movies. Only Michael Gough and Pat Hingle have done the same thing in the previous Tim Burton/Joel Schumacher Batman tetralogy.
Jack Nicholson 3 Oscars, 9 nominations 7 Golden Globes, 10 Nominations
George Clooney 2 Oscar, 4 nominations 4 Golden Globes, 7 nominations
Michael Caine 2 Oscars, 4 nominations 3 Golden Globes, 8 nominations
Tommy Lee Jones 1 Oscar, 3 nominations 1 Golden Globe, 3 nominations
Christian Bale 1 Oscar, 2 nominations 1 Golden Globe, 2 nominations
Halle Berry 1 Oscar 1 Golden Globe, 3 nominations
Heath Ledger - (only actor to win Oscar/GG for a Batman's character) 1 Oscar, 1 nomination 1 Golden Globe, 1 nomination
Kim Basinger 1 Oscar 1 Golden Globe, 1 nomination
Nicole Kidman 1 Oscar, 2 nominations 3 Golden Globes, 6 Nominations
Ben Affleck 2 Oscars 2 Golden Globes, 1 nomination
Morgan Freeman 1 Oscar, 3 nominations 2 Golden Globes, 4 nominations
Anne Hathaway 1 Oscar, 1 nomination 1 Golden Globe, 2 nominations
Marion Cotillard 1 Oscar, 1 nomination 1 Golden Globe, 2 nominations
Michelle Pfeiffer 3 Oscar Nominations 1 Golden Globe, 5 nominations
Tom Wilkinson 2 Oscar nominations 1 Golden Globe, 3 nominations
Uma Thurman 1 Oscar nomination 1 Golden Globe, 3 nominations
Liam Neeson 1 Oscar nomination 3 Golden Globe nominations
Gary Oldman 1 Oscar nomination
Danny DeVito 1 Oscar nomination 1 Golden Globe, 5 nominations
Maggie Gyllenhaal 1 Oscar nomination 1 Golden Globe, 2 nominations
Michael Keaton 1 Oscar nomination 1 Golden Globe, 1 nomination
Tom Hardy 1 Oscar nomination
Matthew Modine 2 Golden Globe nominations
Joseph Gordon-Levitt 2 Golden Globe nominations.
Jim Carrey 2 Golden Globes, 4 nominations
Cinematographer Wally Pfister expressed interest in shooting the entirety of the film in the IMAX format, as both Pfister and Christopher Nolan expressed distaste for shooting the film in 3-D. Ultimately, the film would feature approximately 72 minutes of IMAX footage, while the rest was shot in a combination of 35mm and 70mm, as IMAX cameras proved to be too noisy for shooting the films dialogue scenes.
The Pittsburgh football stadium used in the film was slated for extensive field resurfacing at that time of filming. Explosive squibs were placed to simulate explosion points for the field to collapse. It was executive producer Thomas Tull who gave the film crew access to use the stadium since he's the co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team.
During the football sequence shown in the preview a player is seen wearing a jersey with the last name of Ravenstahl on it. This is Luke R. Ravenstahl, the Mayor of Pittsburgh, where portions of the movie were shot. He was Washington & Jefferson college's starting place kicker on the football team for three years and was team captain for his senior year. He holds the school record for most consecutive extra points.
There was much speculation in the press when Anne Hathaway was announced as Selina Kyle if the actress would actually portray Kyle's costumed alter-ego, Catwoman. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey following her stint as host of the Academy Awards, Hathaway let slip that her character indeed would don the Catwoman costume.
When referring to Bruce Wayne as a shut-in, Daggett says "we all know he's up there with 8-inch nails and mason jars full of urine." This is an obvious reference to reclusive and eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes. Christopher Nolan was at one point attached to direct a Howard Hughes biopic.
The building used for the exterior of the Gotham Stock Exchange is actually the J.P. Morgan building on the corner of Broad & Wall Streets in lower Manhattan. It is directly across the street from the actual NY Stock Exchange building, which can be seen in the background in some shots.
Part of the film involves the destruction of a football stadium by Bane. At earlier points it was considered this event would be at either a hockey or basketball game to go along with the demolition of Pittsburgh's now-vacant Civic Arena. Unfortunately the city of Pittsburgh had difficulties and a court case in deciding the fate of the arena that by the time demolition began, filming was finished.
Before starring in this film together, both Christian Bale (Batman) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (John Blake) had a lot in common with each other, 1. They've both played Jim Hawkins (Bale in Treasure Island (1990)) and Levitt in Treasure Planet (2002), they've both done two Disney movies (Bale: Newsies (1992) and Pocahontas (1995) and Levitt: Angels in the Outfield (1994) and Treasure Planet (2002), their first Disney movie were live-action and their seconds were animated, and they've already starred in Christopher Nolan movies prior to this film (Bale: Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008) and Levitt: Inception (2010)).
The football stadium scene was filmed at Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers' team colors are black and yellow, same as the Gotham Rogues. The fans were also seen twirling yellow rally towels, a nod to the real-life "Terrible Towel" made famous by the Steelers and their long time announcer Myron Cope.
Although cinematographer Wally Pfister worked on all three Dark Knight films, the styles change drastically from the start of the trilogy. In Batman Begins (2005), the fight scenes are shot with predominantly shaky-cam technique whereas in this film, the fight scenes are shot very smoothly, with little to no shaky-cam style.
Tom Hardy is technically the fifth actor to play Bane in a feature film. In Batman & Robin (1997), Michael Reid MacKay played serial killer Antonio Diego, who is selected for the "Venom" experiment and is transformed into Bane, who is then played by wrestler Jeep Swenson. The remaining two actors voiced Bane in two DC Animated direct-to-video films, and they were Hector Elizondo in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) and Carlos Alazraqui in Justice League: Doom (2012).
The orphanage where Blake grew up and visits in the film is named St. Swithin's. In England, St. Swithin's day takes place on July 15th and is a tradition where whatever the weather is like on this day it will be like for the next 40 days, and it is said that if it rains that day it will rain for the next 40. The rhyme goes: "St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain, for forty days it will remain St. Swithin's day if thou be fair, for forty days 'twill rain nae mair." Water and rain are common motifs in Christopher Nolan's films.
-Batman (1989): $35,000,000.
-Batman Returns (1992): $80,000,000.
-Batman Forever (1995): $100,000,000.
-Batman & Robin (1997): $125,000,000.
-Batman Begins (2005): $150,000,000.
-The Dark Knight (2008): $185,000,000.
-The Dark Knight Rises (2012): $250,000,000.
The same musical cue is used in all three movies of The Dark Knight Trilogy when Batman deals the final blow to his main adversary. All three of these moments involve gravity getting the best of the villain. The train careens off the tracks in Batman Begins (2005) with Raz Al-Ghul inside. The Joker falls off the Pruitt Building in The Dark Knight (2008). And Talia Al'Ghul drives off the upper level of Grand Avenue in The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
The character of Miranda Frost in the James Bond film Die Another Day (2002) is considered to be a major influence behind Miranda Tate.
Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy appear in every film of The Dark Knight Trilogy. The only other 2 actors which have appeared in every Batman movie is Pat Hingle and Michael Gough who appear as Commissioner Gordon and Alfred in the original Batman Quadrilogy.
There were seven Tumblers created for the trilogy and after filming was completed for The Dark Knight Rises, they were all shipped to the UK for storage and display to the public.
Christian Bale (Batman) tells Joseph Gordon Levity (Officer Blake) to "Lead an Exodus" of Gothams people aross one of Gothams bridges, incase there plan fails. This is a reference to the Bible where Moses leads the enslaved Hebrews out of Egypt and into there promised land. Christian Bale later then plays Moses in Ridley Scott's Exodus: God's and King (2014)
Wade Williams has a cameo in this film as a prison warden, a possible reference to his previous role as Bellick on the TV series Prison Break 2005 - 2009)
The second film in the Dark Knight Trilogy to not be made into a video game. The first being The Dark Knight (2008).
William Devane also played the President of the United States in "Stargate SG1"
John Nolan: The uncle of director Christopher Nolan and co-writer Jonathan Nolan, as well as the father of actress Miranda Nolan, reprises his role from Batman Begins (2005) as Wayne Enterprises board member Douglas Fredericks. He previously appeared in Christopher's debut film, Following (1998).
The final shooting script features several deleted/extended scenes not found in the film. Most are "character moments" though some also clarify details of the plot. They include: A scene at Wayne Manor where the Congressman tells Foley that he's next in line for the role of Police Commissioner if he does well, giving Foley one more incentive of chasing Batman for the murder of Harvey Dent other than Batman being public enemy number one, ;
A conversation between the two thugs that capture Commissioner Gordon where they debate killing him before taking him to Bane (giving a direct explanation on how Gordon learned Bane's name)
A scene at Wayne Enterprises where Miranda warns Lucius Fox that Daggett is trying to take control of the company;
A longer scene of Bruce Wayne and Lucius Fox at the Applied Sciences warehouse in which Fox wants to give Wayne the special leg brace which allows him to walk again;
Bruce testing the leg brace in the Batcave, explaining to Alfred how it works to match the muscle patterns of his uninjured leg;
A longer and slightly different scene outside the stock exchange and a lengthy chase scene between Bane, the police and Batman where they race around Gotham. The script has the stock exchange scenes all occurring in the evening instead of the late afternoon as the film had started at;
An argument in the Batcave between Bruce and Alfred revealing that Bruce bought up all the land and homes surrounding Wayne Manor to prevent anyone from seeing him coming and going as Batman;
An extended, much more heated confrontation between Bruce and Alfred. Alfred threatens to leave Wayne Manor if Bruce continues as Batman and Bruce argues that since Rachel Dawes's death, Batman is his only reason to live. Alfred confesses that he burned Rachel's letter and lied about her choosing to marry Bruce. Bruce accuses Alfred of betrayal before Alfred gives his speech about protecting Bruce's life, which does appear in the final film;
A longer conversation between Bruce, Miranda & Fox discussing the reactor and Dr. Pavel;
An extended conversation between Bruce & Blake in Blake's care where Blake jokingly gives Bruce cash for cab fare.
A much extended scene of Bane storming Blackgate Prison. Bane burns a picture of Harvey Dent and explains that Dent became the villain Two-Face after his injuries and encourages the city's poor to attack the wealthy and powerful before he destroys Blackgate, releasing all the inmates;
A brief scene of Selina escaping Blackgate;
A series of extended or omitted scenes showing the mercenaries seeing the burning Bat-signal on Gotham Bridge.
An extensive flashback sequence after Batman defeats Bane. Bane confesses that his devotion to Ra's Al Guhl stems from the League of Shadows rescuing him from the pit. A flashback scene then shows Ra's Al Guhl training Bane, who he has provided with a crude prototype mask to numb his pain;
A scene of Talia openly taking charge of the League of Shadows to form a convoy to detonate the neutron bomb. She then floods the reactor core and, as in the film, Fox tries to escape, though even the finished scenes of Fox in the film occur earlier in the script version;
A longer argument between Blake and the Army blockade on Gotham Bridge. Blake argues with the commanding officer, trying to convince him that Batman has returned and battle has broken out in the city streets.
In the script, after Batman harnesses the bomb to The Bat, he's never seen again--The Bat simply flies out to sea and the bomb detonates. The scene of Fox and the technicians examining the autopilot of The Bat then follows, with Fox realizing that Batman had ejected before the bomb detonated, and that Bruce Wayne must have survived the explosion.
Christian Bale has stated that he would not play Batman if Robin appeared anywhere in the trilogy. Christopher Nolan agreed not to include Robin as it would undermine the dark tone of his series. At the end of the film, Detective John Blake's (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) legal name is revealed to be "Robin", and he quits the police force and is shown to enter the Batcave by following the instructions presumably left by Bruce Wayne in his will.
In a final bit of foreshadowing as to her character's true nature, Miranda Tate, after Bruce apologizes for being unable to get her out of the city, tells Bruce to "do what is necessary." Her father, Ra's al Ghul, repeatedly derides Bruce for lacking "the courage to do what is necessary" in Batman Begins (2005)
There are several moments in the film where it is hinted that the child was not Bane. Bane tells Batman he never saw light 'til he was already a man. Furthermore, the child that escapes from the pit is not scarred despite the fact we know Bane was treated within the prison.
At the charity ball, Miranda Tate says "you must invest if you wish to restore balance to the world," hinting at her true identity as Talia. In Batman Begins (2005), Ra's al Ghul says that the mission of The League of Shadows is to restore balance to the world.
In the scene at the end where the lawyer's clerk, played by Jillian Armenante, reveals John Blake's real name, the word 'Robin' was dubbed-in post-production to keep this secret from all the crew, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who were on set at the time.
In all three Nolan Batman films, the spiked gauntlets on Batman's arms prove essential in defeating the main villain. They shatter Ra's al Ghul's sword in Batman Begins (2005), knock the detonator out of the Joker's hands in The Dark Knight (2008) and damage Bane's mask in The Dark Knight Rises.
Bane has a triangular scar on the side of his head, most visible during the stock exchange scene. Miranda Tate has an identical scar on her back, noticeable during her love scene with Bruce, thus hinting at her membership in the League of Shadows and true identity as Talia.
During the fight between Bane and Batman in the sewers, Bane lifts Batman above his head and drops him across his knee. This is a direct parallel to the first fight between Batman and Bane from the comics where Bane broke Batman's back during the "Knightfall" story line.
The villainous character portrayed by Liam Neeson Ra's al Ghul, who died by the end of the first movie, makes an appearance before Bruce Wayne's eyes, claiming to be immortal the whole time, only to be revealed as a hallucination. This is a reference to Ra's al Ghul's comic book counterpart in which the character IS immortal by the use of Lazarus Pits.
Some viewers found ambiguous the scene at the end of the movie in which Alfred sees Bruce and Selina at a café. While some took it at face value (that Bruce survived and Alfred really saw him), others thought that Bruce was dead and saw the café scene as a non-literal fantasy nod to Alfred's stated wish from earlier in the movie that Bruce might be able to someday find peace and a normal life. In a December 2012 interview with the LA Times, actor Michael Caine (Alfred) seemed to settle the question when he said that Bruce was supposed to be unambiguously alive during the scene: "They were there....They were real. There was no imagination. They were real and he was with Anne Hathaway [who played Selina Kyle], the cat lady, and I was happy ever after for him as I told him during the picture." Furthermore, the film's shooting script also specifies that Bruce is alive during the café scene. A line of spoken dialog towards the end of the film also notes that Martha Wayne's pearls are missing from the Wayne estate. In the final scene, Selina is seen wearing the necklace.
In the film there are a total of five Oscar winners: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Marion Cotillard, Anne Hathaway and three Oscar nominees: Gary Oldman, Tom Conti, Liam Neeson. Additionally, Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal appears in archive footage, bringing the total nominees to nine, unprecedented in a comic book film.
The original story treatment by David S. Goyer as outlined before the production of Batman Begins (2005) was to have Two-Face as the principal antagonist for the film. Initially, at the end of The Dark Knight (2008), the Joker would have scarred Harvey Dent at a courtroom trial, setting up the third film. Dent's death and fall was put in at the end of the second film instead to set up the aftermath that follows. Following the release of this film, Nolan elaborated on his choice to include the Two-Face story in the prior film: he wanted each movie to stand on its own as a complete story, and not "tease" any sequels--a practice that had become common among comic book films. Nolan feels that holding back story or leaving a film open-ended for a sequel to build on is a cheat to the audience which deserves to see a movie that has consumed all of the filmmakers' creative energy.
The citizens of Gotham make several attempts, without Batman's aid, to rise up against Bane and the League of Shadows. These attempts all fail because they are caught by members of the league, indicating someone had sold them out. Miranda Tate appears with rebellious citizens in each of these scenes.
When Batman is chasing after Bane for the first time after the stock exchange robbery an older policeman tells his younger partner to "sit back, you're in for a show". This is an almost direct quote from the graphic novel "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns."
In the comics, Bane carried an apparatus that contains a steroid that amplifies his strength and fighting ability. In the film, the apparatus he carries contains an anesthetic as he is in chronic pain. In both the comics and the film, Batman defeats Bane in a similar way, by damaging his mask, depriving him of the drug.
In addition to the numerous elements from the "Knightfall," "The Dark Knight Returns," and "No Man's Land" storylines, the film also borrows from the "Legacy" storyline, which involves Bane becoming Ra's Al Ghul's successor and plotting with the League of Shadows to destroy Gotham City.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Anne Hathaway's stunt double broke one of the IMAX cameras when she crashed the Batpod into it. This marks the second time an IMAX camera has been destroyed on a Christopher Nolan Batman film - a previous camera was smashed when filming the Joker's underground truck chase in The Dark Knight (2008).
Eva Green, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz and Kate Winslet were considered to play Miranda Tate before Marion Cotillard finally got the role in February 2011, when she was 6 months pregnant. Cotillard started filming one month after she gave birth to her son, Marcel. In October 2010, it was reported that she had turned down the roles of Catwoman and Talia Al Ghul in the film, but as of 2016, there is no official confirmation that she was considered to play Catwoman.
John Blake's real name, Robin, is an allusion to the Robin sidekick character in Batman comic books, movies, and TV shows. Robin was added to the Batman comic books in 1940 to attract younger readers, and the character eventually evolved into a solo superhero, Nightwing. Blake, though an original character, combines elements of the various Robins from the comics - an orphan (like Dick Grayson), a street kid (like Jason Todd) and a skilled detective who deduces Batman's true identity (like Tim Drake), all of whom trained as Batman's sidekick with the implication that they one day would don the Batman costume.
According to scriptwriter Jonathan Nolan, a major influence on the story is Charles Dickens's socio-political novel "A Tale of Two Cities", which dealt with revolution and class conflict. In homage to the story, two characters in the film are named Stryver and Barsad, after two similarly named characters in the book. Also when Commissioner Gordon gives a eulogy for Bruce, he uses the ending soliloquy in regards to Batman, who like the novel's hero Sydney Carton sacrificed himself to save people.
This marks the second trilogy of movies in which Liam Neeson plays a character who is killed in the first movie, only to subsequently return incorporeally to communicate with a central character in a later movie (the other trilogy being the Star Wars prequels.)
-The Dark Knight (2008): Harvey Dent/Two-Face is an Ally of Bruce Wayne then after opposes Batman blaming him for Rachel's death and his transformation.
-The Dark Knight Rises (2012): Catwoman/Selina Kyle initially steals from Bruce Wayne (Lamborghini & Necklace), then tricks him into Banes underground hiding. Near the end she sides with Batman over Bane.
Also Miranda is initially an ally of Bruce Wayne/Wayne enterprises. Near the end she reveals herself to be the villain all along.
The filmmakers cite the "Batman" comics 'The Dark Knight Returns' (an aged Batman operates in a future Gotham), 'Knightfall' (Bane pushes Batman physically and mentally, causing him to burn out) and 'No Man's Land' (Gotham descends into post apocalyptic gangland territory and is cut off from the rest of the US) as major influences on the film.
Though not shown in the final cut, the fight scene on Gotham City Hall steps included an explosion that cleared the steps of all the fighters still alive. When filming the actual explosion, the heat triggered a fire alarm that went directly to the authorities; which caused production to stop for more than 30 minutes while the film staff cleared everything with the police and fire marshal when they arrived.
Christian Bale and Michael Caine spent several weeks filming exterior shots of Wayne Manor at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, but the director Christopher Nolan just used one shot of Bale as Batman in silhouette on the roof and one shot of Caine at the graveside.
The first Batman movie not to feature Batman driving the Batmobile. He only uses the Bat-pod and the Bat (flying vehicle). While several variations of Tumblers do make an appearance they are all operated by Bane and his thugs, after they steal them from Wayne Enterprises' Applied Science Division, and these have a desert camouflage paint job, so it could be argued that the Batmobile doesn't make any appearance at all.
Despite being portrayed by Caucasian actors in The Dark Knight Trilogy, the Batman comic books associate Ra's Al Ghul and his daughter Talia Al Ghul with Arabic-Asiatic attributes, and Bane is almost consistently associated with Hispanic-Caribbean traits and origins.
It is always alluded that Bane is the child that escapes from The Pit by the use of non-specific terms such as simply "a child" rather than "young boy" or "young girl" and the character having a shaved head. This allusion is fed back to Bruce in the form of the hallucination of Ra's Al Ghul.
The entrance to the Batcave shown in the ending sequence when Blake is following the instructions, was shot in Wales, Christian Bale's home country.
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3 - The Dark Knight
4 - The Godfather: Part II
5 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
6 - Pulp Fiction
7 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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