Batman : The Dark Knight - Release Date:18 July 2008 (USA) Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.(IMDb)
Here are an incredibly fine selection of high-resolution, in-focus images from the most recent Dark Knight trailer. They feature close ups of The Joker, Batman, Bruce Wayne, Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes and most importantly - that quick glimpse of Two-Face! They are all at the resolution of 1920×817 pixels - perfect for a widescreen wallpaper. The Two Face image is the very last one (and a smaller version is included after the break - hidden to save on spoilers!)
The LA Times recently sat down with Mr Eckhart (aka Harvey Dent) to discuss his role as a villain in The Dark Knight. Beware, spoilers lurk below.
“I can tell you that, basically, when you look at Two-Face, you should get sick to your stomach. Being the guy under all that, well, that was a lot of fun for me. It’s like you would feel if you met someone whose face had pretty much been ripped off or burned off with acid. I can’t talk about it beyond that because I don’t want to give away too much of the plans by Chris.”
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“The difference between Batman and Two-Face is how far they are willing to go and how they make their point,” Eckhart said. “Otherwise, we’re talking about vigilante crime-fighting. That’s what Batman is all about. He has a strong sense of justice. And Harvey Dent has an extremely strong sense of justice. His fiancée is killed. He’s horribly injured. But he is still true to himself. He’s a crime fighter, he’s not killing good people. He’s not a bad guy, not purely.”
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“You look at a good guy too long and it’s not that exciting, it’s the Boy Scout always doing the right thing. I’m interested in good guys gone wrong. They’re not the bad guy, they’re the good guy doing bad things.”
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“Really, all of it is more than an adventure tale, it’s somewhat of a mirror of our times. It deals with some fundamental questions of what’s going on in society. To me, this film is about how Batman feels about justice, how he takes care of the city, how he feels about the Joker when he meets him and sees what he is capable of doing. How he feels when Harvey Two-Face takes matters into his own hands. It’s not simple, and it gets ugly. I think people will be surprised.”
The follow-up to the action hit “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight”
reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the
role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his continuing war on crime.
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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.
Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger (”Brokeback Mountain”) stars
as arch-villain The Joker, and Aaron Eckhart plays District Attorney Harvey
Dent. Maggie Gyllenhaal joins the cast in the role of Rachel Dawes. Returning
from “Batman Begins” are Gary Oldman as Lieutenant Jim Gordon; Oscar winner
Michael Caine (”The Cider House Rules”) as Alfred; and Oscar winner Morgan
Freeman (”Million Dollar Baby”) as Lucius Fox.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary
Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Christopher Nolan film, “The Dark Knight.”
Nolan directed the film from a screenplay written by Jonathan Nolan and
Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. Emma Thomas,
Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan are the producers, with Benjamin
Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull serving as
executive producers. “The Dark Knight” is based upon characters appearing in
comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane.
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It’s fair to say that our excitement over The Dark Knight is borderline reaching fever pitch, even with the film still some way away from release. But unlike most blockbuster movies that seem to be finished at the last possible minute, the bulk of the new Batman flick is clearly in place, because it’s now been giving a PG-13 rating in the States.
What’s more, the film is set to be accompanied by a rating over there warning of, according to Digital Spy, “intense sequences of violence and menace”. Their report goes on to say that “There may be depictions of violence in a PG-13 movie, but generally not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence.”
The new trailer for The Dark Knight, meanwhile, is set to be officially unveiled any day now, after an early version of it seemed to leak onto the web. July, for us, simply can’t come soon enough…
Batman : The Dark Knight - Release Date:18 July 2008 (USA) Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.(IMDb)
