The Dark Knight Rises [SEP] production company
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world and overrun by gangs. The nickname "the Dark Knight" was first applied to Batman in "Batman" #1 (1940), in a story written by Bill Finger. Nolan confirmed the Joker would not return in the third film, and dismissed rumors that he considered using unused footage of Heath Ledger from "The Dark Knight". "The Dark Knight Rises" reunited Nolan with many of his past collaborators, including cinematographer Wally Pfister, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Lee Smith, costume designer Lindy Hemming
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had made a cameo appearance in "The Dark Knight", returned in "The Dark Knight Rises," as a Wayne Enterprises board member. Thomas Lennon, who had appeared as a doctor in "Memento", once again plays a doctor. India Wadsworth plays the wife of Ra's al Ghul and the mother of Talia. Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov had hoped a third film would be released in 2011 or 2012. Nolan wanted the story for the third installment to keep him emotionally invested. "On
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As with "The Dark Knight", viral marketing campaigns began early during production. When filming concluded, Warner Bros. refocused its campaign: developing promotional websites, releasing the first six minutes of the film, screening theatrical trailers, and sending out information regarding the film's plot. "The Dark Knight Rises" premiered in New York City on July 16, 2012. The film was released in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2012. The film received positive reviews, with praise being directed toward the
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, a progressive political commentator compared "The Dark Knight Rises" and the game "Call of Duty" to 1980s popular culture reflecting the political period of the time, accusing them of perpetuating a conservative agenda: "Just as so many 1980s pop culture products reflected the spirit of the Reagan Revolution's conservative backlash, we are now seeing two blockbuster, genre-shaping products not-so-subtly reflect the Tea Party's rhetorical backlash to the powerful Occupy Wall Street zeitgeist." An article in "Variety" reported Chuck
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of the Dark Knight's heroism. Upon release, "The Dark Knight Rises" received a positive critical response and was successful at the box office, going on to outgross its predecessor and become the 24th-highest-grossing film of all time grossing over $1.08 billion. However, unlike its predecessors, the film was not nominated for any Oscars during its year of eligibility at the 85th Academy Awards, much to the surprise of film industry insiders. In February 2007, during pre-production for "The Dark Knight
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difference between his designs for this film and fantasy-based designs for "Men in Black 3": "The difference for me was Christopher Nolan's visual style. One of the things that makes his Batman movies so compelling is their tone of plausibility. He will often prefer a raw, grittier design over one that is very sleek and product design pretty. It's sort of a practical military aesthetic. This stuff is made to work, not impress shoppers. "The Dark Knight Rises" is a war film.
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Batman films "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises", produced by his nephews Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. In April 2006, the BTP turned to the playwright who was recognised by all as 'The Master', Sir Noël Coward, with a production of his most famous play, Private Lives. This celebrated the 76th anniversary of the original West End production back in September the 24th 1930. The play first featured from 18 to 22 April in Singapore (Raffles Hotel’s
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The Dark Knight Rises is a 2012 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan, and the story with David S. Goyer. Featuring the DC Comics character Batman, the film is the final installment in Nolan's "The Dark Knight Trilogy", and the sequel to "The Dark Knight" (2008). Christian Bale stars as Bruce Wayne / Batman, alongside Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
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highest internationally, behind "Toy Story 3", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1". The film currently stands as the 44th-highest-grossing of all time. "Inception" is the third most lucrative production in Christopher Nolan's career—behind "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises"— and the second most for Leonardo DiCaprio—behind "Titanic". On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on
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Dark Knight Rises" throughout the weekend. Box office numbers will be released on Monday." "The Dark Knight Rises" earned $448 million in North America, and $636 million in other countries, summing up to a worldwide total of $1 billion($1084 million). Worldwide, it is the sixteenth-highest-grossing film of all time and the third-highest-grossing film of 2012. It had a worldwide opening weekend of $248.9 million. The film set a worldwide IMAX opening-weekend record with
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", a reboot of the Batman film series) and unsuccessful (such as 2004's "Catwoman"). With that resurgence, the subgenre has become a major element of mainstream film production with outstanding successes like 2008's "The Dark Knight", 2012's "The Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rises", 2013's " Iron Man 3", and 2015's "" attracting major revenue and critical plaudits. This trend was reinforced in 2016 with the outstanding success of the critically lauded "Deadpool"
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"The Dark Knight Rises" at the Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colorado, a gunman wearing a gas mask opened fire inside the theater, killing 12 people and injuring 58 others. Police responding to the shooting apprehended a suspect later identified as 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes shortly after arriving on the scene. Initial reports stated that Holmes identified himself as "the Joker" at the time of his arrest. Warner Bros. cancelled the Paris, Mexico, and Japan premieres of "The Dark Knight Rises", and suspended
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Square in London, England. The film was released in Australia and New Zealand on July 19, and was later released in North America and the United Kingdom on July 20. "The Dark Knight Rises" received highly favorable reviews from critics. Many have named it one of the best films of 2012. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave "The Dark Knight Rises" an approval rating of 87% based on 356 reviews, and a rating average of 8.01/10. The web site's critical consensus reads, ""The
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of the film, which is taken directly from the classic book. It was not until February 9, 2010, that it was announced that Nolan had "cracked" the story of a sequel to "The Dark Knight" and was committed to return to the project. Shortly afterward, it was announced David S. Goyer and Jonathan Nolan were working on a screenplay. Goyer would leave the project during pre-production to begin work on "Man of Steel"; Jonathan continued writing the script based on the story by his
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leased to Warner Bros. and is used as a studio for film and television productions. Director Christopher Nolan has used this location to film scenes for three of his movies; scenes from "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight", and "Inception" were filmed in Shed 2. Christopher Nolan returned to this location during the summer of 2011 to film the plane scene for his third and final Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises". Parts of "Curly's Airships", a concept album from 2000,
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. With production delays continuing, and the success of "The Dark Knight" in July 2008, Warner Bros. decided to focus on the development of individual films featuring the main heroes, allowing director Christopher Nolan to separately complete his "Batman" trilogy with "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2012. Warner Bros. relaunched development for a solo "Green Lantern" film, released in 2011 as a critical and financial disappointment. Meanwhile, film adaptations for "The Flash" and "Wonder Woman" continued to languish in development,
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The Dark Knight Rises (soundtrack)


The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, the sequel to Christopher Nolan's 2008 film "The Dark Knight". The soundtrack was released on July 17, 2012. The CD edition of the album contains an exclusive code to unlock three bonus tracks, titled "Bombers Over Ibiza (Junkie XL Remix)", "No Stone Unturned", and "Risen from Darkness". Two additional bonus tracks, "The Shadows Betray You" and "The End
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a more superficial level, I have to ask the question," he reasoned, "how many good third movies in a franchise can people name?" Nolan said that he never even thought a third film was possible in the foreword for his book "The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy". Nolan only agreed to a third film on the basis of finding a worthwhile story, fearing that he would become bored halfway through production if he discovered the film to be unnecessary. By December 2008, Nolan completed
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at Sgwd Henrhyd falls, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. Production photos from filming in Pittsburgh showed a second Tumbler chassis after the first was destroyed, indicating that a new Batmobile would be in the film, following the destruction of the first in "The Dark Knight". Further set photos revealed a "new vehicle" being transported to Wabash Tunnel, prompting speculation as to its nature. In June 2011, Autoblog confirmed the presence of the new Lamborghini Aventador on the film set. Several accidents
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Australian actors in the film. Production offices were moved to Vancouver Film Studios in Canada for an expected July 2008 start and a planned summer 2009 theatrical release date, but Warner Bros. ultimately canceled "Justice League" following the success of "The Dark Knight". Hammer's option on his contract lapsed and the studio was more willing to proceed with Christopher Nolan to finish his trilogy separately with "The Dark Knight Rises". On June 13, 2013, a source from Warner Bros. told "The Wrap" that they were
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Barbara Harris (voice casting director)


Barbara Harris is an American voice casting director. Harris is a voice casting director for motion pictures and television. Her credits include some of the top grossing films of all time, including "Black Panther, Jurassic Park, Titanic, The Lion King, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, , , , The Fate of the Furious, The Matrix Reloaded, , , Interstellar, Guardians of the Galaxy," and others. She founded the voice casting company,
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are celebrated by the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, a multicultural academy dedicated to the preservation and presentation of folk songs and dance. Hundreds of major films have been shot partially or wholly in Pittsburgh. "The Dark Knight Rises" was largely filmed in Downtown, Oakland, and the North Shore. Pittsburgh has also teamed up with a Los Angeles-based production company, and has built the largest and most advanced movie studio in the eastern United States. Pittsburgh's major art museums include the Andy Warhol Museum, the Carnegie Museum of
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was crowned by "Forbes" as the best modern comic book superhero adaptation on screen, outranking both its main summer blockbuster competitor, "Marvel's The Avengers", and the trilogy's previous installment "The Dark Knight". In 2014, "Empire" ranked "The Dark Knight Rises" the 72nd greatest film ever made on their list of "The 301 Greatest Movies Of All Time" as voted by the magazine's readers. "The Daily Mail" Chris Tookey said that the film was bloated and overly long
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Justice League in other media


Vancouver Film Studios in Canada. Filming was pushed back to July 2008, while Warner Bros was still confident they could release the film for a summer 2009 release. With production delays continuing, and the success of "The Dark Knight" in 2008, Warner Bros. decided to focus on development of individual films featuring the main heroes, allowing director Christopher Nolan to separately complete his "Batman" trilogy with "The Dark Knight Rises" in 2012. Gregory Noveck, senior vice president of creative affairs for DC Entertainment stated "we
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of people will be going to The Avengers!" The executive also commented that the trailer will "provide the best potential exposure for TDKR." Warner Bros. released the trailer online on April 30, 2012, approximately four days before they attached it to theatrical prints of "The Avengers". Continuing a method used with "The Dark Knight" whereby the opening sequence of the film was attached to IMAX prints of "I Am Legend" seven months before release, a six-minute prologue of "The Dark Knight Rises
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List of highest-grossing films in Malaysia


and more addition of midnight shows. "The Avengers" was retained in cinema for 15 weeks. On 22 July, "The Dark Knight Rises" opened to RM6,972,371, which is more than double the debut of "The Dark Knight", RM3,249,930 back in 2008. "The Dark Knight Rises" was the second film retained the longest in cinema for 17 weeks while "" was the animated film retained the longest in cinema for 24 weeks in 2012. Both "CZ12" and "" continued their strength from last
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2011, in almost 500 IMAX venues worldwide a week before its wide release where it earned third place in the box office and $12 million dollars. Like with "The Dark Knight", Christopher Nolan decided to film sequences of the sequel, "The Dark Knight Rises", in 15/70mm IMAX. Nolan elected not to film in 3D and stated that he intends to focus on improving image quality and scale using the IMAX format. In a then-Hollywood record, "The Dark Knight Rises" featured 72 minutes
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instead stated that he intended to focus on improving image quality and scale using the IMAX format. "The Dark Knight Rises" featured over an hour of footage shot in IMAX (by comparison, "The Dark Knight" contained 28 minutes). Nolan had several meetings with IMAX Vice-President David Keighley to work on the logistics of projecting films in digital IMAX venues. Wally Pfister had expressed interest in shooting the film entirely in IMAX, but because of the considerable noise made by IMAX cameras, 35mm and 70mm
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an interview in October 2010, composer Hans Zimmer confirmed that he would be returning to score "The Dark Knight Rises." James Newton Howard was offered to return and write the score with Zimmer as he did for "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight", but he chose not to because he noted that the chemistry established between Zimmer and Nolan during the making of "Inception" would make him seem like a "third wheel". Zimmer included several cues from the earlier scores, but explains that he wanted
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Joker (The Dark Knight)


crimes; however, Bane (Tom Hardy) publicly reveals the truth about Dent eight years later, as depicted in "The Dark Knight Rises". Ledger's performance as the Joker has been acclaimed as one of the greatest movie villains of all time. In the novelization of The Dark Knight Rises, the Joker’s current status is briefly referenced, as possibly being the only criminal locked up in Arkham Asylum who had perhaps escaped when Bane and his crew took over Gotham City. As a starting actor, Heath Ledger did
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Garry Pastore


2013). His stunt work film credits include "Do the Right Thing", "" (1994), "Godzilla" (1998), "The Dark Knight Rises", the episode "The Milkmaid's Lot" of the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" (2012), and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014). In 2012, he was in the ensemble nominated for a SAG Award for "The Dark Knight Rises". Pastore has appeared in numerous television programs including the series
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a superhero," comparing it with "The Godfather Part II" and praising Hardy's performance as well as the film's intricate plot and narrative. Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" thought the film was "potent, persuasive and hypnotic" and that it was "more than an exceptional superhero movie, it is masterful filmmaking by any standard." "The Playlists" Todd Gilchrist wrote "A cinematic, cultural and personal triumph, "The Dark Knight Rises" is emotionally inspiring, aesthetically significant and critically
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Morgan Freeman


In 2005 alone, he provided narration for two films, "War of the Worlds" and the Academy Award-winning documentary film "March of the Penguins". Freeman appeared as God in the hit film "Bruce Almighty" and its sequel, "Evan Almighty". He appeared in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy – "Batman Begins" (2005) and its sequels, "The Dark Knight" (2008) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) – as Lucius Fox. He starred in
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1995), appeared as himself in the film "Batman & Robin" (1997), and appeared twice in the Dark Knight Trilogy as a Wayne Enterprises board member. In "The Dark Knight" (2008), he tells the Joker "We're not intimidated by thugs", to which the Joker replies, "You know, you remind me of my father. I hated my father." In "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), he defended the legacy of the Wayne family against attempts
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Nolan's third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, and the publication of his book "Hunting the Dark Knight: Twenty-First Century Batman", Brooker published several high-profile articles on the character, including contributions to SFX, "The Huffington Post", "Newsweek", "The Guardian", Total Film and "The Independent". His work was also quoted in "The New York Post". "Hunting the Dark Knight" was well received by SFX magazine: 'Taking multi-faceted
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controls to simulate movement. When designing the Batcave set, Crowley and fellow production designer Kevin Kavanaugh hit upon the idea of flooding the Batcave and having Batman's equipment, the Batsuit and a supercomputer rise from the water. Another set was designed at Cardington as an "underground prison", a rough-hewn labyrinth of stone cells in a vast abyss with a vertical shaft leading to the surface. Exteriors above the prison were filmed in Jodhpur, India, chosen because the "forbidding landscape added to the desolation". In
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in its opening weekend in North America, eventually grossing over $374 million worldwide. The film was met with highly positive reviews, with critics praising the tone, Bale's performance, action sequences, score, direction, and the emotional weight compared to previous Batman films. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and three BAFTA awards. It was followed by "The Dark Knight" (2008) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), which constitute "The Dark Knight Trilogy".
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Trilogy. The film was released in July 2012. Zimmer described himself as "devastated" in the aftermath of the 2012 Aurora shooting, which occurred at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises", commenting "I just feel so incredibly sad for these people." He recorded a track entitled "Aurora", a choral arrangement of a theme from the "Dark Knight Rises" soundtrack, to raise money for the victims of the shooting. He co-composed the music for the television series "The Bible"
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Christopher Knight (actor)


In 1991, he co-founded Visual Software, a pioneering 3D graphics company. In 1995, he founded Kidwise Learningware, a company that manufactures interactive educational products. In 1996, he joined the keyboard manufacturer Adesso, and in 1997, he became Vice President of Marketing at iXMicro, a video hardware company. In 1998, he founded his own TV tuner company, Eskape Labs; it was purchased by Hauppauge Computer Works in 2000. On April 17, 1994, Knight lost his professional wrestling debut in a "Dark
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securing permission to close sections of the Konkan Railway. Similar problems in obtaining filming permits were encountered by production crews for "The Dark Knight Rises" and "". Permission was eventually granted to the Bond production crew; however, the production ultimately did not shoot in India. Principal photography was scheduled to take up to 133 days, although the actual filming took 128. Filming began on 7 November 2011 in and around London, with the cinematographer Roger Deakins using Arri Alexa digital cameras to shoot the entire film. Scenes were
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endorsement in the District Attorney election. In the "Dark Knight Trilogy", Rachel is Bruce Wayne's childhood sweetheart and one of the few people who truly knows him. The conflict between Bruce's love for her and his secret life as Batman is one of the main themes of the first two films in the trilogy, while her death in "The Dark Knight" in part motivates his actions in the third and final film, "The Dark Knight Rises". Rachel is Bruce Wayne's closest childhood friend. Rachel
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playing Harry Potter's godfather Sirius Black. The following year, he starred as James Gordon in Christopher Nolan's commercially and critically successful "Batman Begins", a role that he reprised in the even more successful sequel "The Dark Knight" (2008) and once more in the conclusion, "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012). Prominent film critic Mark Kermode, in reviewing "The Dark Knight", downplayed claims that Heath Ledger's Joker was the highlight of the film, saying, "the best performance
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of "granite, monolithic intensity", yet also calling it a "hammy, portentous affair". Andrew O'Hehir of "Salon" writes "if "The Dark Knight Rises" is a fascist film, it's a great fascist film, and arguably the biggest, darkest, most thrilling and disturbing and utterly balls-out spectacle ever created for the screen". Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film three out of four stars, stating "the film begins slowly with a murky plot
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record for most combined downloads from iTunes, beating the previous record held by "The Avengers". However, the second trailer for "The Avengers" again set the record with 13.7 million downloads. Warner Bros. attached a second theatrical trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises" to theatrical prints of "The Avengers". An "unnamed" Warner Brothers executive clarified that "We see this placement as a good strategic decision. We always want our trailers to be seen with films that people want to see—and a lot
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Dark Knight Rises" is an ambitious, thoughtful, and potent action film that concludes Christopher Nolan's franchise in spectacular fashion." Metacritic, another review aggregator, assigned the film a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. "The Telegraph" granted the film a maximum score of five stars, stating that it is "a superhero film without
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Jonathan Chait opined in "New York" that "What passes for a right-wing movie these days is "The Dark Knight Rises", which submits the rather modest premise that, irritating though the rich may be, actually killing them and taking all their stuff might be excessive." Writing in "USA Today", Bryan Alexander called Bane "the ultimate occupier" and reported that Christian Bale was amazed that the script had "foreseen" the Occupy movement. Nolan has denied the film criticizes the Occupy movement and
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"Avatar") to reach $100 million in worldwide IMAX grosses. "The Dark Knight Rises" opened on Friday, July 20, 2012. It earned an estimated $30.6 million in midnight showings, which was the second-highest midnight gross behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" ($43.5 million). It did, however, set an IMAX midnight-gross record with $2.3 million (overtaken by ""). The film made $75.8 million during its opening day, achieving
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Outside North America, the film opened with $88.0 million from 7,173 theaters in just 17 markets. It was in first place at the box office outside North America for four consecutive weekends. Its three largest markets are the UK, Ireland and Malta ($90.3 million), where it is the highest-grossing superhero film, China ($52.8 million) and Australia ($44.2 million). "The Dark Knight Rises" was released on November 28, 2012 in Hong Kong and New Zealand. On December 3
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the biographical sports drama "The Fighter" (2010) as Dicky Eklund. The film was critically acclaimed and a commercial success. "The Fighter" earned Bale the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 83rd Academy Awards. In 2012, Bale starred in the third, and final, installment of Nolan's "Batman" film trilogy entitled "The Dark Knight Rises" as Wayne / Batman. As with its prequels, the film received positive acclaim from movie critics. "The Dark Knight Rises" has earned more
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The Dark Knight Rises (soundtrack)


The Dark Knight Rises" showcases the best and the worst of Hans Zimmer's musical personality in one all-encompassing score", "on the one hand, the intellectual design and intelligent use of Bane’s Chant shows Zimmer at his creative best, taking a simple idea and working it around to suggest complex concepts and subtle changes in context", and that "On the other hand, you have the same old arguments: the Zimmer sound permeating the Hollywood mainstream to such a degree that composers as talented as Alan Silvestri
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", with projections as high as $185million. However, Warner Bros. insiders were more conservative in their estimates projecting in the lower range of $110million. According to Deadline Hollywood, an undisclosed rival studio box office analyst indicated that if the film is truly pacing in tandem with "The Dark Knight Rises", then "Dawn of Justice" could possibly be looking at a $180million+ debut. The film also became Fandango's top pre-selling superhero film ever, beating "The Dark Knight Rises" and ""
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in Chicago, the film was given the false title "Rory's First Kiss" to lower the visibility of production, but the local media eventually uncovered the ruse. Richard Roeper of the "Chicago Sun-Times" commented on the absurdity of the technique, "Is there a Bat-fan in the world that doesn't know "Rory's First Kiss" is actually "The Dark Knight", which has been filming in Chicago for weeks?" Production of "The Dark Knight" in Chicago generated $45million
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of which the human Hawkin can neither possess nor partake of. In "The Dark Is Rising" his appearance in Will Stanton's town precipitates Will's "awakening" and rise to power. He presents Will with his second sign. The Sleepers: Ancient knights who served during the time of King Arthur. In "The Grey King" they are awakened from a mystic slumber by the Harp of the Light, to ride against the Dark during the final battle in "Silver on the Tree". Pendragon: This is
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Heath Miller, Aaron Smith, Ryan Clark, James Farrior, LaMarr Woodley, and Casey Hampton, and former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher as the head coach of the Rogues. Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl, a kicker in college, appears as the kicker for the Rogues' opponents, the Rapid City Monuments. In 2008, the Rooney family sold a minority stake in the team to Thomas Tull, the CEO and president of Legendary Pictures, which produced "The Dark Knight Rises". United States Senator Patrick Leahy, who
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, to Universal CityWalk's IMAX theatre for a private screening of the first six minutes of "The Dark Knight Rises", which had been shot on IMAX film and edited from the original camera negative. Nolan, feeling that the use of film stock in cinema is currently being phased out due to the introduction of digital cinematography and projection, used this screening to make a case for the continued use of film, which he asserts still offers superior image quality to any digital format, and warned the filmmakers that unless they continued
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the film's marketing campaign in Finland. Several broadcast networks also suspended television ads for the film in the United States. The trailer for "Gangster Squad", another Warner Bros. movie included in the screening of "The Dark Knight Rises", was removed as it contains a scene which shows gangsters shooting submachine guns at moviegoers through the screen, similar to the shooting in Aurora. Director Christopher Nolan released a public statement calling the shooting "unbearably savage". Other stars of the film released statements expressing their condolences, with
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star Christian Bale paying a personal visit to the survivors and the memorial in Aurora. On July 6, 2012, Warner Bros. held a special IMAX screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" for more than one hundred reporters and critics. However, technical issues with the computer device synchronizing the sound and picture forced the studio to postpone the screening by a day. The film later premiered on July 16 at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater in New York City, New York, followed by a European premiere on July 18 at Leicester
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also received BAFTA, Golden Globe, DGA, and PGA Award nominations, as well as a WGA Award for his work on the film. In 2012 Nolan directed his third and final Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises". Although he was initially hesitant about returning to the series, he agreed to come back after developing a story with his brother and David S. Goyer that he felt would end the series on a high note. "The Dark Knight Rises" was released on 20July 2012 to positive reviews; Andrew
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The Dark Knight Rises (soundtrack)


", are digital-download exclusive tracks. The soundtrack was officially released online for streaming purposes on July 10, 2012. Additional cues were released through an iPhone app titled "The Dark Knight Rises Z+ App Origins Pack". The app contains four original suites ("Wayne Manor", "Selina Kyle", "Orphan", and "Bane") that were created during the early stages of development for the film. The main themes were composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, but Howard did not
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predominantly orchestral will find a great deal of it boring, or unpalatable, or both." Digital Bonus Tracks Enhanced CD Bonus Tracks MovieTickets.com Exclusive Track Z+ App Origins Pack Tracks not included within the release of the soundtrack: The score of "The Dark Knight Rises" contains many musical references to the previous films in the trilogy. Some notable examples of this are the following: With regard to recurring themes for the Batman character, Zimmer said, "I thought if we set up a couple of things you can recognise in
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Syncopy Inc.


Syncopy Films Inc. is a British film production company based in London, England. The company was founded by film director, screenwriter and producer Christopher Nolan and his wife, producer Emma Thomas. The name Syncopy Films derives from "syncope", the medical term for fainting or loss of consciousness. Christopher Nolan partnered with Legendary Pictures to produce "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Prestige" (2006), "The Dark Knight" (2008), "Inception" (2010), and "The Dark
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and Morgan Freeman. Eight years after the events of "The Dark Knight", merciless revolutionary Bane forces an older Bruce Wayne to resume his role as Batman and save Gotham City from nuclear destruction. Christopher Nolan was hesitant about returning to the series for a third film, but agreed after developing a story with his brother and Goyer that he felt would conclude the series on a satisfactory note. Nolan drew inspiration from Bane's comic book debut in the 1993 "" storyline, the 1986 series "The Dark Knight Returns"
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Grand Prix, when the now-defunct Toyota F1 carried a livery to promote "The Dark Knight". Two digital comic books entitled "Batman Origins" and "The Dark Knight: Prologue" were released exclusively for Nokia Lumia devices. A special movie application has also been released, featuring trailers, wallpapers, movie schedules and Batman trivias. Limited editions of the Lumia 710, Lumia 800 and Lumia 900 were also released featuring a laser-etched Batman logo. On July 20, 2012, during a midnight showing of
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with the previous two. Nolan had several meetings with IMAX Vice-President David Keighley to work on the logistics of projecting films in digital IMAX venues. "The Dark Knight Rises" featured more scenes shot in IMAX than "The Dark Knight". Cinematographer Wally Pfister expressed interest in shooting the film entirely in IMAX. During the film, set eight years after "Dark Knight", the arrival of new foe Bane forces Bruce to return to his old role as Batman, only to find himself overpowered and captured by Bane
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Warner Bros. Pictures


, "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938), "Four Daughters" (1938), "Jezebel" (1938), "Dark Victory" (1939), to name a few. Warner Bros. Pictures has produced five films that have grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, "The Dark Knight" (2008), "", "The Dark Knight Rises" (both 2012), "Harry Potter and the Deathly
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takes control of Gotham in "The Dark Knight Rises". Trump had given the film a positive review in 2012. In 2019, Warner Bros. threatened legal action after Trump borrowed the film's score for a 2020 campaign video. According to Matthew Rozsa of "Salon", "The Christopher Nolan-directed film — and, more specifically, its fascistic revolutionary villain, Bane — has been referenced in racist hate speech directed against Black Lives Matter protesters by the popular alt-right site Virginia Dare and throughout the far right
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The Dark Knight Returns


production deadlines. Comics historian Les Daniels wrote that Miller's idea of ignoring deadlines was "the culmination of the quest towards artistic independence". The issues of "The Dark Knight Returns" were presented in packaging that included extra pages, square binding and glossy paper to highlight the watercolor paintings by colorist Lynn Varley. Despite the cost of the single-issue packaging, "The Dark Knight Returns" sold well. Priced at $2.95 an issue, DC Comics promoted "The Dark Knight Returns" as a "thought-
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The Dark Knight Rises


Mellon University. A letter sent out to residents and business owners detailing road closures revealed that the streets of the city would be featured "as the start of [the] film". 9-1-1 operators were told to expect an increase in calls related to gunshots and explosions in the film's production. The Pittsburgh leg of production wrapped after three weeks on August 21, 2011. The next portion of the filming began in Los Angeles in late August and finished up on October 23 after nine weeks of filming
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List of Mighty Med characters


real height has him near the same size as Oliver. He wields a utility belt which contains various weapons and gadgets. Aside from being a parody of him, Dark Warrior appears to be based on many portrayals of Batman where his suit is similar to the Batsuit from "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight", and "The Dark Knight Rises". He has a dark, corrupt personality and he has a tendency to break that character. Valkira is a valkyrie-themed superhero. She first appeared in "
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John Browning


Church) in Georgia beginning on March 28, 1887. He married Rachel Theresa Child (14 Sep 1860 – 30 Sep 1934) on April 10, 1879 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, and the couple had 10 children, two of whom died in infancy. Production examples of the Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle caught the attention of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who dispatched a representative to evaluate the competition. Winchester bought the design for $8,000 and moved production to their Connecticut factory. From 1883, Browning
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The Lego Batman Movie


quotes Batman's previous movies, he mentions: the 1940s "Batman" serials; the films "Batman" (1966), "Batman" (1989), "Batman Returns" (1992), "Batman Forever" (1995), "Batman & Robin" (1997), "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), "" (2016) and "Suicide Squad" (2016); the television
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The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game


websites "The Dark Council" and "Cheeseweb". Another notable side of the community is the influence of its reaction to the company's products: many Tolkien purists, for example, reacted against the company's rendition of the Swan Knights of Dol Amroth, with some choosing to convert their own, impacting the hobby and the sales of the products. When Games Workshop subsequently showed the planned release of the Men-at-Arms of Dol Amroth, it was suggested that they had taken the response of the community into
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Playmobil


them.". The 1973 oil crisis made it possible for Playmobil to be considered a viable product. The rising oil prices imposed on geobra Brandstätter, for whom Beck worked as head of development, demanded that the company turn to products that required less solid plastic material than the hula hoops and other large plastic items the company had been producing toys. In 1974, the company put the first sets of knights, Native Americans, and construction workers on show in its display rooms. Initially, visitors were reluctant to accept the
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Richard Donner


influenced later genre directors such as Tim Burton ("Batman", "Batman Returns"), Bryan Singer ("X-Men", "X2", ""), Christopher Nolan ("Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight", "The Dark Knight Rises"), and Zack Snyder ("Man of Steel", "", "Justice League"), who have made successful superhero films of their own. However, the influence of "Superman" can be seen in superhero films
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Lindy Hemming


The Krays" (1990), "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), "" (2001), "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002), "" (2003), Christopher Nolan's Batman films "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), and "Wonder Woman" (2017). At the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2008 and Costume Designers Guild Awards 2017, she won
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Working title


Corporate Headquarters"; and the Batman films "Batman Returns", "Batman Forever", "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises", which were produced under the titles "Blinko", "Dictel", "The Intimidation Game", "Rory's First Kiss", and "Magnus Rex", respectively. In some cases a working title may ultimately be used as the official title, as in the case of the films "Cloverfield", "Project X
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American Sniper


-rated film of all time (behind "The Passion of the Christ" and "Deadpool"), Warner Bros.' fourth-highest-grossing film (behind "The Dark Knight", "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"), and the eighth-highest-grossing Best Picture nominee film (behind "Avatar", "Titanic", "Star Wars", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Toy Story 3", ""
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Jonathan Nolan


, the siblings co-wrote the mystery thriller film "The Prestige" (2006), the superhero films "The Dark Knight" (2008) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), and the science fiction film "Interstellar" (2014). Nolan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Memento", and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Westworld", among a number of other awards.
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Batcycle


for "The Dark Knight" (2008) and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012). The bike has 20" front and rear tires and is powered by a high-performance, water-cooled, single-cylinder engine - geared toward the lower end for faster acceleration and with no exhaust pipes: the exhaust is routed through the hollow steel/aluminum/magnesium tubing used for the frame of the bike. The Batpod is steered by the shoulders instead of hands, and the rider's arms are protected
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Wally Pfister


" (2002), "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Prestige" (2006), "The Dark Knight" (2008), which he partially shot with IMAX cameras, and "Inception", which was shot partially in 5-perf 65 mm. He is the only cinematographer that has worked with director Christopher Nolan between "Memento" and "The Dark Knight Rises", and has served as cinematographer for all of Nolan's films except for "Following" (1998), for which Nolan acted
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Anne Hathaway


(2008), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She followed this with roles in the commercially successful romantic films "Bride Wars" (2009), "Valentine's Day" (2010) and "Love & Other Drugs" (2010), and the fantasy film "Alice in Wonderland" (2010). In 2012, Hathaway starred as Selina Kyle in her highest-grossing film "The Dark Knight Rises", the final installment in "The Dark Knight" trilogy.
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The Dark Knight (film)


for anyone attempting to write a supervillain". Jerry Robinson, one of the Joker's co-creators, was consulted on the character's portrayal. Nolan decided to avoid divulging an in-depth origin story for the Joker, and instead portray his rise to power so as to not diminish the threat he poses, explaining to MTV News, "the Joker we meet in "The Dark Knight" is fully formed... To me, the Joker is an absolute. There are no shades of gray to him– maybe
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Batman: The Dark Knight (video game)


game, preceding "" (2011). Elevation Partners acquired the license for a video game based on "The Dark Knight" shortly after it was green-lit by Warner Bros. It outsourced development to Pandemic Studios, known for "", "Destroy All Humans!", and "Mercenaries"; Pandemic's management assigned production to its Brisbane branch. Electronic Arts (EA), which had previously published the "Batman Begins" tie-in game, was to publish "Batman: The Dark Knight".
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Joker (The Dark Knight)


memory. Ledger's death affected the marketing campaign for "The Dark Knight" and also both the production and marketing of Terry Gilliam's film "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"; both Nolan and Gilliam celebrated and paid tribute to Ledger's work in these films. On July 31, 2006, "The Dark Knight" was officially announced by Warner Bros with the casting of Heath Ledger as the Joker. The casting decision surprised others, and was seen as a controversial move at the time, receiving notable negative reactions on
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Dark Rising


entire series of films. The series continued with the television series "Dark Rising: The Savage Tales of Summer Vale" (2011), the television film "Dark Rising: Summer Strikes Back" (2011) and the five-episode television series "Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds" (2014). The franchise is a joint production of Harilaid's Black Walk Films and Cymek's Defiant Empire Films. There are two Earths. Our Earth, the one we know and love, and Dark Earth, a world
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The Dark Knight Rises


to assert their choice to use film in their productions, they may eventually lose it as an option. Nolan explained; "I wanted to give them a chance to see the potential, because I think IMAX is the best film format that was ever invented. It's the gold standard and what any other technology has to match up to, but none have, in my opinion. The message I wanted to put out there was that no one is taking anyone's digital cameras away. But if we want film to
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Gotham City


Palisades of the Wayne Manor estate are within the city limits. In terms of population, Lucius Fox says that the city houses "30 million people". The film indicates that the city's area code is 735, which in real life is an unused code. Compared to the previous film, less CGI was used in Gotham's skyline, resulting in plenty of shots of a digitally unaltered Chicago skyline. For "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012), the production utilized Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, New York City
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Hybrid novel


whereby 1986 was a critical year, with the emergence of the first installments of Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' "Watchmen". Rather, the rise of the graphic narrative as a literary form appeared from the social need for relevant storytelling, with the public turning to other forms of literary storytelling, irrespective of the artistic value of its products or to non-literary forms, such as movies and comics and graphic novels, which took the place that high art literary storytelling
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Junkie XL


in 2007 and received the Grand Prix award for Best Original Music Score at the 2008 Aubagne International Film Festival. Holkenborg continues to work in the film and television industry, collaborating with composer Hans Zimmer on Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises". The film marks the fourth scoring collaboration between Holkenborg and Zimmer, including "Megamind" (2010), "Inception" (2010) and "" (2012). Since moving into Zimmer's Remote Control Productions studio, the two have worked together on many other musical
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Warrior (2011 film)


a night raid. Hardy went through a demanding training routine for gaining muscle during the film's pre-production, gaining around 28 pounds (13 kg) of muscle (a physique which he also used to portray Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises"). The "Men of Warrior" book was released on July 19, 2011. Lionsgate's "We Are All Warriors" project to support the release of "Warrior" by highlighting everyday heroes was launched August 1, 2011. "Warrior" debuted in third
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Batman: The Dark Knight (video game)


of it during production. Since the game's cancellation, numerous video game journalists have retrospectively considered its potential. "Batman: The Dark Knight" was an action-stealth game in which the player controlled the DC Comics superhero Batman. Based on Christopher Nolan's 2008 film "The Dark Knight", it would have been a sequel to the 2005 game "Batman Begins". The story closely followed that of the film's and the cast was signed on to voice their respective characters for the game. The film's
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Christopher Nolan


from the 1980s in his films, i.e. Rutger Hauer ("Batman Begins"), Eric Roberts ("The Dark Knight"), Tom Berenger ("Inception"), and Matthew Modine ("The Dark Knight Rises"). Modine said of working with Nolan, "There are no chairs on a Nolan set, he gets out of his car and goes to the set. And he stands up until lunchtime. And then he stands up until they say 'Wrap'. He's fully engagedin every
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Rugby league in Malta


league players from Malta and Heritage players from England and Australia. The team is nicknamed the "Knights". Malta XIII is a national representative team for the Republic of Malta. Players must satisfy international eligibility criteria or be a resident of Malta or Gozo. Eligible players of Malta XIII can be selected for Malta Knights. 2012 Rugby League Results Sep 29th Denmark 12 - Malta 74 (Dove Men+Care International Series) Jun 9th Malta 24 - Denmark 12 (Dove Men+Care International Series) 2011 Rugby League Results Sep 2nd Malta 64 -
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Wednesday Theatre


production, by Ron Callanderbr 35. "Almost a Honeymoon" (aired 31 Aug. 1966). Previously aired in the UKbr 36. "The Stag "(aired 7 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 37. "The Interior Decorator" (aired 14 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 38. "A Crack in the Ice" (aired 21 Sep. 1966). By Ronald Eyrebr 39. "Hamlet" (aired 28 Sep. 1966) British production, starring Laurence Olivier.br 40. "Flight into
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Dragon Knight


", wherein she is introduced; but depicted as malicious in later books. Renegade dragon who left the Cliffside dragon community (whereof Smrgol and Gorbash were members) to serve the Dark Powers. Killed by Smrgol and Secoh. A rogue magickian in league with the Dark Powers. A long-time rival of Carolinus. Defeated by Jim and company. Matriarchal, rodentine creatures that impel terror in their intended victims by production of high-frequency sound. These sounds have no effect on wolves, but take full effect on dragons
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Jonathan Nolan


credit, the brothers shared a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as the film was released before the story was published. In 2005, Jonathan and Christopher co-wrote the screenplay for "The Prestige", which is based on Christopher Priest's novel of the same title. The brothers collaborated on the screenplay for the 2008 film "The Dark Knight". The film went on to become the most financially successful Batman film, which has since been surpassed by its sequel, "The Dark Knight Rises"
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Wayne Manor


Dark Knight", and Wollaton Hall (which Mentmore Towers is a near replica of) in Nottingham as Wayne Manor's exterior and interior. The Selina Kyle drawing room scene in "The Dark Knight Rises" was filmed in Osterley Park House in Hounslow, England, which is in a suburb of London. In the movie, the mastermind criminal Bane destroyes a secret underground facility, an event that leads to the discovery of The Batcave. The film's drawing room is the real life mansion's entrance hall. The interior
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Michael Caine


his role as Alfred in Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed "Batman" sequels, "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises" as well as starring in the British drama "Is Anybody There?", which explores the final days of life. It was reported by "Empire" magazine that Caine had said that "Harry Brown" (released on 13 November 2009) would be his last lead role. Caine later clarified that he had no intention of retiring, stating that "You don’t retire in
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Morgan Freeman on screen and stage


: "Batman Begins" (2005), "The Dark Knight" (2008), and "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012). During that time, Freeman also appeared in "The Bucket List" (2007) opposite Jack Nicholson, "Wanted" (2008) with Angelina Jolie, and "Invictus" (2009) with Matt Damon. In 2011, Freeman received the AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. Two years later he starred in action thriller "Olympus Has Fallen" (
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Hans Zimmer


the zeitgeist," he said. "But I suppose that's exactly what trailers are looking for: something iconic lasts less than a second, and shakes the seats in the theater." In 2012, Zimmer composed and produced the music for the 84th Academy Awards with Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes. He also composed a new version of the theme music for "ABC World News". Zimmer also composed the score for "The Dark Knight Rises", the final installment of Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight"
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