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07-04-2008, 01:19 PM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS   |  "A Better Class Of Criminal" Clip http://moviesmovies.ign.com/movies/v...qthighwide.mov "We're Tonite's Entertainment" Clip (Start at the 36sec mark) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqJeHW53Lp0 "There's A Batman" Clip http://moviesmovies.ign.com/movies/v...qthighwide.mov |
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07-09-2008, 01:01 PM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS |  "The Dark Knight" to Pack Theaters Just Before the Dawn Source: Fandango July 9, 2008 Need we say more? With more than a week to go before the highly-anticipated release of "The Dark Knight," Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, reports that many of its pre-opening Thursday midnight shows on July 17 are already sold out in cities across the country, from New York to Boise, Idaho. Theaters continue to add 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. pre-opening showtimes to meet the ticketing demand. "'The Dark Knight' may be responsible for a lot of bleary eyes at work next Friday morning," says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer for Fandango. "We're seeing a record number of late-night showtimes selling out in advance, while theaters are adding new performances every day." More than 1,500 late-night showtimes of the movie have been scheduled for the film's pre-opening on Thursday night (Friday morning), July 17-18, at Fandango.com/TheDarkKnight. An online survey of more than 3,000 "The Dark Knight" fans on Fandango.com over the holiday weekend offered the following information on the late-night surge: * 37% of respondents plan to see the film at least once during one of the late night performances on Thursday night. * 38% say that they intend to take off a few hours or the entire day from work on Friday as a result of seeing the movie the night before. * 60% of these moviegoers are male. * 71% are under the age of 35. * 39% plan to see the film in IMAX(R). * 92% expect that the Academy will recognize Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker with a posthumous Oscar(R) nomination next year. For Fandango, "The Dark Knight" is poised to be the year's top advance ticket-seller in wide release, outpacing "Iron Man," "Indiana Jones 4" and "Sex and the City" at the same point in those films' sales cycles. |
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07-09-2008, 08:05 PM
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| Mu nótahu  |  Only one week and 2 days left. This is probably the most anticipated movie since Star Wars, Two Towers and Matrix Reloaded. I always connected with Batman's themes and mythology much better than I do with Star Wars or any other comics heroes. I don't think I've been able to put together an interpretation of Batman that can quite escape from the easy Batman writer tendency to mine very broad archetypal forces for the sake of the easy grope, without successfully describing a convincing, nuanced reason for their existence in the first place. Frank Miller got the closest to getting down to primary causes with Dark Knight Returns and Year One. Let's hope Nolan is able to project that image and the nuances on screen. Last edited by Captain Beefheart : 07-09-2008 at 08:07 PM. |
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07-10-2008, 01:08 PM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS |  "Dark Knight" Opening in Record 94 IMAX Theaters! Source: IMAX Corporation, JackSandyClaws July 10, 2008 First up, don't miss HBO's First Look at The Dark Knight. Full schedule here! We just received the following announcement from IMAX: The Dark Knight Makes Motion Picture History in Imax(R) Theatres on July 18th Thursday July 10, 7:30 am ET Director's Groundbreaking Use of IMAX(R) Cameras Generates Anticipation Around the Globe Excitement Surrounding Film and Early Reviews Drives Record-Setting Advance IMAX Ticket Sales Worldwide Premiere to be Held at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX on July 14th LOS ANGELES, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that the studio's highly anticipated and technologically unprecedented summer movie, The Dark Knight, starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, and directed by Christopher Nolan, will open in a record 94 IMAX® theatres domestically on July 18th in conjunction with the film's wide release. The film will also open in 15 IMAX theatres day-and-date internationally, with at least 23 additional international locations opening in the coming weeks. The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience features six sequences filmed with IMAX® cameras, the first time ever that a major feature film has been even partially shot using IMAX cameras, marking a revolutionary integration of the two film formats. The worldwide premiere of the film will be held at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 with IMAX in New York on July 14th, the first time a Hollywood feature film has premiered in an IMAX theatre. Advance IMAX ticket sales demonstrate the huge enthusiasm surrounding the movie: - Advance IMAX ticket sales have already surpassed $2 million, more than a week prior to opening - Over 100 shows are already sold out - 93 domestic IMAX theatres have added midnight screenings - Many IMAX theatres in the USA are adding 3am shows, and some are screening non-stop for 24 hours to meet the high moviegoer demands - Chicago's Navy Pier and the Palisades Center (West Nyack, NY) IMAX theatres will run shows non-stop for 72 hours "The combination of Chris' inimitable vision and IMAX's groundbreaking technology produced a version of 'The Dark Knight' that will blow audiences away in theaters all over the world," said Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. Sequences shot in traditional 35mm have been digitally re-mastered into The IMAX Experience® with proprietary IMAX DMR® technology. The two formats will be seamlessly integrated and morph between IMAX and IMAX DMR. In other words, scenes shot in 35mm will appear in IMAX DMR (letterbox), while scenes shot with IMAX's cameras on 15/70mm film will expand vertically to fill the entire IMAX screen, which can be up to eight stories tall, for an all-encompassing IMAX Experience. "Chris Nolan's enthusiasm for IMAX technology has taken Hollywood filmmaking to a new level, and we're thrilled with the results on the screen and by the positive reactions to advance screenings," said Greg Foster, Chairman and President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment. "Warner Bros. Pictures, together with Chris Nolan and the entire filmmaking team, have created an unprecedented filmmaking event that can't be missed, and we are honored to be a part of the excitement." 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. Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman; 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. The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience is scheduled to play day-and-date at the following IMAX® Theatres beginning July 18th: UNITED STATES Alabama Huntsville - Spacedome IMAX at US Space and Rocket Center Arizona Mesa - Gateway 12 IMAX Theatre Phoenix - AMC Deer Valley 30 with IMAX Arkansas Little Rock - Promenade at Chenal California Anaheim - The Movie Experience at Anaheim Gardenwalk Cathedral City - Desert IMAX Theatre Dublin - Regal Hacienda Crossings IMAX Fresno - Fresno Stadium Cinema & IMAX Irvine - Edwards Irvine Spectrum IMAX Los Angeles - Universal CityWalk IMAX Theatre Los Angeles - IMAX Theatre at The Bridge: cinema de lux Ontario - Edwards Ontario Palace IMAX Sacramento - Esquire IMAX Theatre San Diego - San Diego IMAX at Mira Mesa 18 San Francisco - AMC Loews IMAX Theatre at Metreon Colorado Colorado Springs - Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Cinemark Carefree Circle Denver - UA Colorado Center IMAX Connecticut Manchester - IMAX Theatre at Showcase Cinemas Buckland Hills Florida Fort Lauderdale - AutoNation® IMAX® Theater at Museum of Discovery and Science Jacksonville - World Golf Hall of Fame IMAX Theatre Orlando - Pointe Orlando 20 & IMAX St. Petersburg - Muvico BayWalk 20 & IMAX Tampa - Channelside Cinemas IMAX Tampa - IMAX Dome Theatre at MOSI West Palm Beach - Parisian 20 & IMAX Georgia Buford - Regal Mall of Georgia IMAX Idaho Boise - Edwards Boise Stadium IMAX Illinois Batavia - Randall 15 IMAX Chicago - Navy Pier IMAX Theatre Lincolnshire - Regal Lincolnshire IMAX Woodridge - Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Seven Bridges Indiana Evansville - Showplace Cinemas IMAX Theatre Indianapolis - ShowPlace 16 IMAX Theatre Noblesville - Hamilton Towne Center 16 + IMAX Portage - Portage 16 IMAX Iowa Council Bluffs - Star Cinemas Council Bluffs Davenport - Putnam Museum and IMAX Theatre Des Moines - Science Center of Iowa & Blank IMAX Dome Theater Kansas Olathe - IMAX Theatre at AMC Studio 30 Kentucky Louisville - Cinema De Lux 20: Stonybrook IMAX Theatre Massachusetts Natick - Verizon IMAX 3D Theater at Jordan's Furniture - Natick Reading - Verizon IMAX 3D Theater at Jordan's Furniture - Reading Michigan Dearborn - The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre Grand Blanc - NGC Trillium IMAX Theatre Grand Rapids - IMAX Theatre at Celebration! Cinema Lansing - IMAX Theatre at Celebration! Cinema Sterling Heights - IMAX Theatre at AMC Forum 30 Ypsilanti - Showcase Cinemas Ann Arbor Minnesota Apple Valley - Great Clips IMAX Theatre St. Michael - CineMagic Metropolitan IMAX Theatre Missouri St. Louis - Ronnies 20 Cine IMAX Nevada Las Vegas - Brenden Theatres and IMAX at the Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas - Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAX New Hampshire Hooksett - Cinemagic IMAX Theatre New Jersey Atlantic City - IMAX Theatre at Tropicana Casino New York Garden City - Leroy R. and Rose W. Grumman IMAX Dome Theater New York City - AMC Loews IMAX Theatre, Lincoln Square New Rochelle - Regal New Roc City IMAX Rochester - Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Tinseltown USA West Nyack - IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center White Plains - IMAX Theatre at City Center: Cinema de lux Williamsville - Regal Transit Center IMAX North Carolina Charlotte - Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theatre, Discovery Place Raleigh - Wachovia IMAX Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum Ohio Cincinnati -Cinema De Lux 18: Springdale IMAX Theatre Columbus - IMAX Theatre at AMC Easton Town Center 30 Oklahoma Tulsa - Cinemark IMAX Theatre at The Tulsa Oregon Tigard - Portland IMAX at Bridgeport Village Stadium 18 Pennsylvania Harrisburg - Select Medical IMAX Theater at The Whitaker Center King of Prussia - UA King of Prussia IMAX Philadelphia - Tuttleman IMAX Theatre, Franklin Institute Tarentum - Cinemark IMAX Theatre at the Galleria Pittsburgh Mills Rhode Island Providence - Feinstein IMAX Theatre Providence Place Tennessee Knoxville - Pinnacle 18 Complex at Turkey Creek Nashville - Regal Opry Mills IMAX Texas Austin - The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theatre Dallas - Cinemark IMAX Theatre at Cinemark 17 Houston - Edwards Marq(x)E IMAX Houston - Silverado Station 18 IMAX San Antonio - Palladium IMAX Theatre Utah Sandy - Megaplex 17 IMAX at Jordan Commons Virginia Chantilly - Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center IMAX Theater Hampton - Riverside 3D IMAX Theater at the Virginia Air & Space Center Virginia Beach - The Virginia Aquarium IMAX 3D Theater Washington Seattle - Pacific Science Center Boeing IMAX Theater Spokane - Riverfront Park IMAX Theatre Wisconsin Fitchburg - Star Cinema IMAX CANADA Alberta Calgary - Scotiabank Theatre Chinook Edmonton - Scotiabank Theatre West Edmonton Mall British Columbia Langley - Cineplex IMAX Theatre, Colossus Langley Richmond - Cineplex IMAX Theatre, SilverCity Riverport Nova Scotia Halifax - The Empire IMAX in Bayers Lake Ontario Mississauga - Cineplex IMAX Theatre, Coliseum Mississauga Ottawa - Cineplex Entertainment IMAX Theatre, SilverCity Gloucester IMAX Theatre Toronto - Cineplex IMAX Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre Toronto Woodbridge - Cineplex Entertainment IMAX Theatre, Colossus Woodbridge Quebec Montreal - Cineplex Entertainment IMAX Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre Montreal Quebec City - IMAX Le Theatre INTERNATIONAL Argentina Buenos Aires - IMAX Center Norte Australia Melbourne - IMAX Theatre, Melbourne Museum Sydney - LG IMAX Theatre Sydney Ecuador Guayaquil - Fundacion Malecon 2000 France Paris - Gaumont Disney Village IMAX Germany Berlin - CineStar IMAX 3D, Sony Center Berlin Guatemala Guatemala City - Pradera Concepcion Hong Kong Kowloon - UA MegaBox IMAX Theatre India Hyderabad - PRASAD IMAX Theatre Israel Haifa - IMAX Kiryon at GlobusMax Kiryon Korea Ilsan - CGV Ilsan Incheon - CGV Incheon Seoul - CGV Yongsan Mexico Cuernavaca - Cinemex Diana IMAX Theatre Guadalajara - Cinepolis IMAX Theatre Galerias Guadalajara Mexico City - Cinepolis IMAX Theatre Perisur Mexico City - Cinepolis IMAX Theatre Universidad Monterrey - Cinepolis IMAX Theatre Galerias Valle Oriente Netherlands Amsterdam - Pathe Arena New Zealand Auckland - SKYCITY IMAX Theatre Queen Street Philippines Manila - San Miguel Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre Poland Warsaw - Orange IMAX Warszawa Russia St. Petersburg - Coca-Cola IMAX Kinostar City South Africa Durban - Gateway IMAX Theatre Pretoria - Menlyn IMAX Theatre Spain Barakaldo - Yelmo Cines Megapark Malaga - Yelmo Cines Plaza Mayor Oviedo - Yelmo Cines Los Prados Taiwan Taipei - Samsung IMAX Miramar Cinemas Thailand Bangkok - KrungSri IMAX Siam Paragon Turkey Ankara - IMAX Odeon Cineplex Istinye - AFM IMAX Istinye Park UAE Dubai - Grand Megaplex 21 IMAX UK Birmingham - IMAX Theatre at Millennium Point Bradford - IMAX National Media Museum Glasgow - Glasgow Science Centre IMAX Cinema London - BFI London IMAX Cinema Manchester - ODEON IMAX Cinema Manchester @ The Printworks Additional theatres will be confirmed. 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07-11-2008, 10:17 AM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS | See the Bat-Pod & The Tumbler in person at the following locations & dates: FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2008 Toronto See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Cineplex Scotiabank Theatre SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2008 Toronto See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Eaton Centre SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2008 Niagara Falls, NY See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Niagara Falls State Park MONDAY, JULY 14, 2008 New York City See the Bat-Pod live on the Today Show See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler on the red carpet at AMC Lincoln Square IMAX WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2008 Chicago See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Navy Pier – Crystal Garden See the Bat-Pod and Bat Tumbler at the Chris Nolan Gala Event at Navy Pier SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2008 Los Angeles See the Bat-Pod all week at the Arclight Hollywood Theater/Cinerama Dome |
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07-11-2008, 10:40 AM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS |  The Joker Has the Last Laugh! http://www.whysoserious.com/overture/ All the viral sites including the official The Dark Knight have been defaced by The Joker. To see all the viral sites just visit: http://www.whysoserious.com/ http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/ Also anyone who took part in all of The Joker's Scavenger Hunts were rewarded with FREE Tickets to any of the locations listed at: http://www.whysoserious.com/kickingandscreening (There are still some locations up for grabs)  |
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07-12-2008, 01:14 AM
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| Member of Sylar's Army  | out of all the coolest things to ever happen, and it was probably fate, i ended up having the day off on thursday evening. this means i'll get to go to one of the midnight screening being held around town. now i'll just have to go and buy my tickets when they start selling them at the theater. they won't sell them until four days before the movie premiers. but i can't wait. i can't believe it's finally almost here. |
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07-12-2008, 12:03 PM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS | "Dark Knight" Insight "The Dark Knight" cast discuss the Sears Tower stunt, and working with Heath Ledger. http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/thed...ml?showVideo=1 |
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07-14-2008, 11:04 AM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS | HBO First Look: The Dark Knight "What is that, a bazooka?" Clip http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=256470 |
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07-14-2008, 06:55 PM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS |  "The Dark Knight" Cast and Director Remember Heath Ledger Source: Scott Huver July 14, 2008 There was a method to his madness. Never before has an acting performance in a comic book superhero-derived film inspired such an advance avalanche of popular, critical and inside-Industry acclaim as Heath Ledger's turn as The Joker in The Dark Knight. Though only 28 when he took on the role, Ledger was already ranked among the upper echelon of film actors after receiving an Academy Award nomination for 2005's Brokeback Mountain. But as word of his fierce and uniquely inspired performance began to filter through Hollywood and fandom, there was a growing buzz that the actor might just be poised to do something other Oscar-caliber thespians in cape-and-tights cinema – Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Ian McKellen and Halle Berry among them – have yet to achieve: earning the industry's most coveted honor for a three-dimensional interpretation of a character first rendered in the two-dimensional pages of the comics. Ledger's shocking, unexpected death from an overdose of prescription drugs in January only increased the mystique surrounding his portrayal of The Joker – his last fully complete performance - inspiring everything from a mournful interest to morbid curiosity, especially given the character's more dark, deadly overtones. Once advance audiences finally took in the full force of the actor's chilling, mesmerizing spin on the screen in what may be the most serious, intense and artistic interpretation of a comic book icon to date, the praise reached a fever pitch, suggesting that, sentiment aside, Ledger's a near-lock for a posthumous Oscar nomination. Of course, no one had a better vantage point to gain insight on his performance and especially his personal character underneath the clown makeup than the film's director, Christopher Nolan, and Ledger's fellow "Dark Knight" actors – Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Aaron Eckhart among them.. They shared their thoughts with ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype! on the actor, the Oscar, the man, and truth as to whether or not, as some have speculated, there may have also been a madness to his method. The Actor Christopher Nolan - "When I was working on the script and he'd gone off to think about what he was going to do with the character he would call me from time to time and talk about the things that he was working on. But the truth is that when you're outside that process before you get to set it's all a bit abstract. So he was talking to me about how he'd been studying the way that ventriloquist dummies talk and things like that, I'd be sitting on the other end of the line going, 'Well, that's a bit peculiar. But what I'm really hearing is an actor really invested in trying to come up with something very unique.'" Christian Bale - "I love that dynamic between The Joker and Batman: he completes him in a sense that he finally has a really worthy challenge, a worthy opponent that challenges him in a way that nobody else ever has. Yeah, [I've had that] with other actors, but I found that with Heath his immersion into the character makes it incredibly easy to work opposite and up everybody's game… I felt a real enjoyment. I was almost kind of chuckling inside and I didn't want to let it show when we were doing our first scene… I saw what he was going to do with it, and I felt I recognized the satisfaction he seemed to be getting in the pleasure from the role to be similar to the satisfaction that I get from acting as well. I felt very comfortable working with him." Gary Oldman - "Heath can take those lines and he's got the freedom in the role to just take it places, and I think it also reflects in the way that it's shot. There's an immediacy and a danger in the scenes with Heath. Chris just says 'You know what? Put it on a Steadicam, put it on a handheld, and let's see what this kid does. Let's just sort of see what he's going to do as The Joker,' and there's this sort of freedom there." Christopher Nolan - "Everything about what he does from every gesture, every little facial tick, everything he's doing with his voice – it all speaks to the heart of this character. It all speaks to this idea of a character who's devoted to a concept of pure anarchy and chaos. It's hard to get a handle on how those elements combine. The physicality reminds me of the great silent comedians. It has a bit of [Buster] Keaton and [Charlie] Chaplin about it." Aaron Eckhart - "He loved this character of The Joker. It was his baby. He cared about The Joker very much, making the decisions and really thinking about him and creating him and creating his look. Really putting his stamp on it. It was fun because I was in the trailer while Heath was doing his makeup, so we got to have that time together and for him to play around with his makeup and do the funny faces and the noises and kind of do whatever that brought to us." Maggie Gyllenhaal - "I knew immediately that he was doing something really unusual and rare and extremely special, even for the most talented and experienced actors, which is that he sort of found this stride where he was totally free. What's so incredible about that is that when that happens it bleeds over into everyone around you. Although the scene that I did with him was scary and full of tension, it actually was so fun, because he'd take anything that I threw at him. He threw all sorts of interesting things at me." Christopher Nolan - "He always knew it would have to be iconic, but never losing sight of the reality of it. He plays the guy as a human being the whole time and The Joker's form of evil is a very human form of evil. And I think it is very important you believe in him as a human being as well as a monster." Aaron Eckhart - "The crew was electrified by Heath. And doesn't always happen. Crews are usually blasé about the moviemaking process, but not with Heath. They wanted to be a part of it. They wanted to see what he was doing. I remember after that day was done and I, really tired, said 'That's why I'm an actor.' Because to work with guys like Heath – Heath was the consummate actor… Heath is one of those actors that other actors admire and want to be. To be so young and to be so good and to be so smart is rare." Gary Oldman - "You can think of people like Jack Nicholson in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' Al Pacino in 'Dog Day Afternoon'… There's certain landmark performances where you just think that they just fly. And Heath has done that here. He's just tuning in to a radio station – he's got a frequency that none of us can hear. It was like he found something. And I knew it was special the first day I worked with him. I called a friend and they said "How is it?" and I said "It's good, it's good," and they said "How's Heath as The Joker" and I said "He's going to be sensational. You can tell already." How good he turned out to be is beyond my expectation, really." Christian Bale - "Seeing Heath's commitment [in the first scene we shot together] – Heath, man, he received some heavy bangs and bruises and he loved every second of it. He just adored it – he was egging me on for more. The walls were buckling in from doing that scene. He had total commitment to it, he created this really iconic villain, portrayed The Joker in a way that he's never been portrayed before: far creepier, far more anarchic than anything we've seen. You know, "Clockwork Orange"-style Joker, and it was a great scene to kick off with, literally." Christopher Nolan - "I would say, honestly, every scene he did as The Joker was surprising in some way. I always knew he was going to be able to produce the degree of intensity that we needed, to do something extraordinary, but I really had no idea how he was going to do that. The performance is very complex and it has very particular elements that make it up… There's an unpredictability to everything and that is what you felt on the set every day, the unpredictable nature of the character. You felt that in the performance as well, and there were always choices he made and the way he chose to perform them that were not at all what I had in mind when I visualized the scene at script stage, but really seemed to work. He really did his homework. He had the entire film precisely plotted out." Aaron Eckhart - "I don't think Chris could've stopped Heath if he wanted to." The Oscar Christian Bale - "I love the fact that – regardless of whether it ever comes to fruition or not – the fact that Chris has created in this movie even the possibility that people are talking about accolades for an actor in a superhero action genre movie. Usually that is never even considered. So kudos to Chris for doing that, and to Heath for coming forward with that devastating performance. He has raised the bar completely with it. He was absolutely committed." Gary Oldman - "I think [he'll be nominated]. I think the Academy tends to overlook movies like this. They somehow seem to don't take it so seriously because it just doesn't fall into their thing. They don't tend to look at work in movies like this. But in this case I think the acting is so good, I think his performance is so good, I think it's going to be very hard to avoid it." Christopher Nolan - "I'm very confident that the performance has been edited exactly as it would've been had Heath not died. It was very important to me that his performance be put out there exactly the way that we had intended it, and that he had intended it to be seen as well." The Joker Almost immediately after news of Ledger's death broke, many media outlets began speculating about a connection with insanity, chaos and darkness within the mind of The Joker and whatever personal demons may have ultimately contributed to the actor's demise, suggesting that Ledger never fully shook the character out of his head. Christopher Nolan - "I'll answer that simply to say that it diminishes his skill as an actor. The job of an actor is someone who takes on a character and distinguishes between real life and a character. Anyone who's spent time on a movie set knows that it's a very artificial environment and the great skill of someone like Heath Ledger or Christian Bale, all these guys is that they can be jobbing along in a workaday environment and then when the camera rolls they can find this great character. Aaron Eckhart - "This was a movie [set] where kids were all around. Everybody was talking about kids. Everybody was showing pictures of their kids. I was the only one in the trailer that didn't have kids. Heath showed me pictures and talked about it and would come in say 'Matilda did this, and she did that,' and Maggie just had her child. Gary has two kids. Chris just had a kid during the movie." Gary Oldman - "People talk about the intensity of someone like Christian. And I've heard someone say 'Christian's a Method actor.' Well, Christian's still alive. I mean, Heath, in between takes, would laugh and joke and sit down on the curb and have a cigarette and talk about Matilda. I think it's just the sort of thing that everybody wants to go 'Oh, it's the role. It drove him…' You'd have to be neurologically f**king mental, you'd have to have a disorder to play a part and let it affect you so much that you can't sleep. People want a darker story than there really is… I don't know if he had substance abuse in the past – people talk about partying and the stuff he used to do, but I was never witness to that." The Man Christopher Nolan - "I would say he was a very charismatic, very ordinary person. Very warm, very friendly, he put everyone at ease. He was very considerate of the people around him while he was working, really a great pleasure and a great professional. Those that knew him and those that had the privilege of working with him, it's pretty amazing the disparity between the person he was and the monster that he created for us for the film. To see that on a daily basis, to see that being created from this very gentle person is a real testament to his skill as an actor and it was very exciting to watch." Aaron Eckhart - "I think that Heath will give me strength as an actor, opening up and being vulnerable and going for the fences and stretching myself as an actor, by virtue of his performance. I think that my time with Heath, however small, will always live with me and make me be a braver actor." Gary Oldman - "I worked with a sweet kid who had such a heart, who was a lovely guy. I worked with this guy who was completely committed to the role and the work, wanted more than anything to be taken seriously as an actor. He was on time, he knew the lines, and he was a nice kid." Christian Bale - "I enjoyed working with him immensely. Clearly it is tragic that we are talking about this as his last complete performance. I would love it if he were to be walking in the room right now – he would be talking, he's great company. I looked forward to working with him many times in the future, I looked forward to being his friend for many years to come. But this movie can be a celebration of his talent… He was a fierce talent and I was very fortunate to get to witness that talent and work with it and know the man during his lifetime." Gary Oldman - "The saddest thing is, really, it's a shame he's not here to talk about it." |
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07-16-2008, 06:27 PM
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| AgEnT oF ChAoS | "The Dark Knight": The Viral Story Source: TheBadandUgly.com July 16, 2008 Did you not have a chance to participate in the impressive viral marketing for The Dark Knight? Are you interested in reading a recap of the story that was told during the campaign? Our friends at TheBadandUgly.com have done a pretty bang up job summarizing the events that begun a long time ago and all led up to the beginning of the movie. While it doesn't cover all the sites and games that went along with the story, you can easily view all those now at WhySoSerious.com. Want to get up-to-date on the events in Gotham before seeing the movie in theaters? Go here! |
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