Dark Knight, The (2008)

Batman – the secret crime-fighting vigilante alter ego of tortured billionaire Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) who was introduced in Batman Begins (2005) – has formed a powerful alliance with police lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Gotham City’s idealistic new District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), successfully disrupting organised crime in the city.

Their crusade is suddenly and violently derailed by a psychopathic, anarchistic criminal mastermind named The Joker (Heath Ledger), who plunges Gotham into absolute chaos

The Joker subjects the city to intense psychological warfare, assassinating key public officials and staging complex traps to prove that even the most righteous citizens can be corrupted.

His machinations push Batman/Wayne to the brink of breaking his strict moral code and corrupt Dent into the vengeful villain Two-Face.

This second instalment in the Dark Knight Trilogy is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comic book movies ever made.

The film made cinematic history as the first major feature film to utilise native 70mm IMAX cameras for select action sequences.

Tragically, Heath Ledger passed away in January 2008. He was just 28 years old. An autopsy concluded his death was accidental, resulting from the abuse of prescribed medications and the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine.

Bruce Wayne/Batman
Christian Bale
The Joker
Heath Ledger
Harvey Dent
Aaron Eckhart
Alfred
Michael Caine
Rachel
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Lieutenant Jim Gordon
Gary Oldman
Lucius Fox
Morgan Freeman
Ramirez
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Wuertz
Ron Dean
Scarecrow
Cillian Murphy
Lau
Chin Han
Mayor
Nestor Carbonell
Maroni
Eric Roberts
Chechen
Ritchie Coster
Engel
Anthony Michael Hall
Stephens
Keith Szarabajka
Loeb
Colin McFarlane
Reese
Joshua Harto
Barbara Gordon
Melinda McGraw
James Gordon
Nathan Gamble
Rossi
Michael Vieau
Dopey
Michael Stoyanov
Happy
William Smillie
Grumpy
Danny Goldring
Gambol
Michael Jai White
Chuckles
Matthew O’Neill
Bank Manager
William Fichtner
Natascha
Beatrice Rosen
Judge Surrillo
Nydia Rodriguez Terracina
Brian
Andy Luther
Judge Freel
Patrick Clear
Maroni’s Mistress
Sarah Jayne Dunn
Acting Commissioner
Richard Dillane
Murphy
Philip Bulcock
Polk
K. Todd Freeman
Berg
Matt Shallenberger
Evans
William Armstrong
Fox’s Secretary
Gertrude Mosley
Gordon’s Daughter
Hannah Gunn

Director
Christopher Nolan

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