The Dark Knight Movie Overview

The Dark Knight - Overview

Genre: Crime, SciFi/Fantasy, Action/Adventure

Opened: Jul 18, 2008 Run Time: 2hrs 30min

Cast: Christian Bale Maggie Gyllenhaal Heath Ledger Michael Caine

Director: Christopher Nolan

Producer: Emma Thomas Chuck Roven Christopher Nolan

Executive Producer: Benjamin Melniker Michael E Uslan Thomas Tull

Synopsis

The Dark Knight: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante.

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Box Office Data
# Weeks	33

# Total Gross	$533.3M

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Trailers & Video Clips (39)

Clip: Some men want to watch the world burn.

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The Dark Knight

Studio:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Domestic Theatrical Distributor:

Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Production Company:

Syncopy Films

Cast & Crew (12)

Christian Bale

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Heath Ledger

Reviews (75)

Eddie

Heath Ledger saved this movie!

This movie was okay. I thought the action was good and the dialogue brilliant. First negative- way too long. The movie could've done without Harvey Dent/Two Fac...

Calja...

Dark Knight flies!

Brilliant! Surpasses the original in many ways. Nolan's take is so dark and that's what makes the film so eerily good. Ledger's posthumos perfromance is amaz...

The Dark Knight - Overview