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Released 25 July 2008

Certificate 12A

Cast Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Eric Roberts, Nestor Carbonell , Anthony Michael Hall, Melinda McGraw, Nathan Gamble , Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman

Director(s) Christopher Nolan

Screenwriter(s) Bob Kane, David S Goyer, Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan

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ETA 25 JULY 2008

THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
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Batman (Bale) hopes to hang up his cape and hand over crime-fighting duties to District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart). But the arrival of clown-faced master criminal The Joker (Ledger) forces the masked vigilante to question everything he stands for.

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TRAILERS AND VIDEO CLIPS
Clip: Tonight's Entertainment
IMAX Featurette
IMAX Prologue Featurette
Making of The Clown Masks
Teaser Trailer
Trailer 1
Trailer 2
Trailer 3
TV Spot
Two Face Clip
The Dark Knight (2008) NEWS
Nolan Off Batman 3?
Dark Knight director reluctant to go on
Jameson Empire Award Winners!
Dark Knight, Rambow & Solace among them
PGA And SAG Love Slumdog
Millionaire lands more love this weekend
Oscar Nominations Announced!
And it's a good year for...
BAFTA Nominations Announced!
Slumdog and Benjamin Button Lead
PGA Announces Best Feature Nominations
Producers Nominate Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Score Up For Oscar Again
The Academy reverses decision to ban
Warners Confirms Dark Knight Re-Release
Will it break the billion dollar mark?
No Oscar For Dark Knight Score
It's been disqualified by the Academy
Coens Shoot To The Top In The States
Burn After Reading is their first no. 1
The Dark Knight Returns In January
Warners plan Oscar run re-release
Two-Face Won't Be Back For Batman 3
Says Harvey Dent himself, Aaron Eckhart
The Dark Knight Breaks $500 Million
In the US; Tropic Thunder still no. 1
Dark Knight Rules The Box Office Again
Is there any stopping this movie?
The Dark Knight Hits $400m Domestic
Film is fastest ever to the milestone
Dark Knight Passes $300m in 10 Days
And takes $75m in its second week
Bat's Entertainment
The Dark Knight premiere report
Dark Knight Breaks Box Office Records
Biggest opening of all time for Batman
Vandalised Dark Knight Posters
The Joker's had his red pen out
A Bunch Of New Dark Knight Videos
Get your Batman fix right here
Amazing New Dark Knight Poster
Mayhem is on the cards
See The Dark Knight Early!
And get a limited edition poster...
Another Dark Knight Trailer Hits The Web
Yes, ANOTHER one
Tons Of Dark Knight Photos
Only a month to go now
More Dark Knight TV Spots
Not 1. Not 2. But 3. Not 4.
New Dark Knight TV Spot
"Ooh, very poor choice of words"
A Selection Of New Dark Knight Shots
Pow! Kaboom! Spaf!
Want To See Two-Face?
First clip of the other Batman villain
New Issue Of The Gotham Times
The town is turning on Batman
New Dark Knight Trailer Online
The eeriest one yet
Another Dark Knight TV Spot
A smidge more footage from the movie
Dark Knight Viral Campaign Off Again
Vote for Harvey Dent
Two New Dark Knight Featurettes
On the IMAX shooting and Joker masks
Two More Dark Knight Banners
We make that 4,679 posters now
Batman's Got Milk
Moo juice helps you save the world
Another New Dark Knight Poster
A very cool Joker image online
New The Dark Knight TV Spot
Y’know, just to keep you going
Two New Dark Knight TV Spots
A couple of ads for Batman Begins sequel
The New Dark Knight Trailer Is Online
In official, non-sucky-vision
Another Dark Knight Poster
How many of these things are there?!
New Dark Knight Trailer Online Sunday
Yes, sorry, the wait's a bit longer
New Dark Knight Posters
Lots of them
New Dark Knight Poster
And something else in four days
Dark Knight Trailer Debuts In Two Weeks
New promo coming for Batman sequel
Dark Knight Viral Update
Something's happening next week
Dark Knight Viral Mini-Update
Harvey Dent press conference goes awry
Rachel Dawes Believes In Harvey Dent
New Dark Knight viral video
UPDATED: Dark Knight Viral Shenanigans!
Now with photos of the swag
New Dark Knight Viral Developments
The Joker may have returned
New Issue Of The Gotham Times
Dark Knight viral campaign continues
Bale Talks Dark Knight Sequel
It's not definite? What?! Why?!
Two New Dark Knight Viral Sites
But don't get too excited just yet
Harvey Dent Is Mobile
Dark Knight hero/villain travelling USA
New Dark Knight Viral Campaign Kicks Off
Plus, Two-Face talks
New images from Batman: Gotham Knight
New look at the Batman 'toon
Nolan Pays Tribute To Ledger
The Dark Knight director on his star
Heath Ledger Found Dead
Dark Knight star dies at 28
Dark Knight Not The Joker's Story?
That's what Christopher Nolan says
The Dark Knight Promo T-Shirt
Do want!
The Official Dark Knight Trailer Hits
Experience the ultimate geekgasm
Another Dark Knight Poster
UPDATED: Make that two
Another New Dark Knight Poster
Batman is waiting
See The New Dark Knight Poster
Now this is freakin' awesome
Dark Knight Behind The Scenes Video
The Today Show heads on set
World Exclusive: The Joker Speaks
He's a cold-blooded mass-murdering clown
New Dark Knight Viral Site Online
UPDATE: And it leads to a whole lot more
New Dark Knight Featurette
Get a sneak preview of the Imax prologue
Another New Joker Pic Is Online
And a new line of dialogue, too!
New Joker Viral Site
What is this strange game?
7 Minutes of Dark Knight Coming Soon
Joker origin attached to I Am Legend
Whole Heapa Dark Knight Pics
Catch 'em before they're gone
First Dark Knight Footage Revealed!
Bats! The Joker and... Two-Face?
Behold Batman's Bike
First Batpod image revealed
See The New Bat Suit
Now with added grooves
Dark Knight To Shoot 4 Scenes in Imax
Including arrival of The Joker
The Joker Officially Revealed!
This time we're serious
Wednesday's News Round-Up (April 25)
Good Night, Dark Knight, Vader Calls...
Maggie Gyllenhaal Joins Dark Knight
Replacing Katie Holmes
Aaron Eckhart Is Two Face
Joining The Dark Knight
Thursday Round-Up (February 15)
New Batgirl, house parties and trailers
Charles Roven Talks The Dark Knight
Producer spills some Bat-details

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The Dark Knight
Seen it last night . An absolute masterpiece ! Heath Ledger is fantastic ! Movie of the decade. Thanks for all of your comments ! ... Read More

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19:10, 22 July 2008 | Report This Post

this film is not what i expected at all. absolutely amazing. i thought most of the good parts had been seen already but how wrong was i ... Read More

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Review
The Sun has freakin seen the film before yous hurry up !!!!! ... Read More

Arcanine About me

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Two-Face Picture
Just got sent a Two-Face picture, obviously shot in a preview screening. I wanted to be strong, wait a couple of weeks, but couldn't do it. Had to look. Not the best picture, but looks pretty gruesome. There's apparently a link on the Total Film website if, like me you just can't wait!! ... Read More

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Whysoserious?
Hey I got the email this morning too in my inbox. Just go to www.whysoserious.com All the viral campaign websites have been 'foiled' by gotham PD. Its really good fun - plus each page has been jokered. look out for jigsaw pieces too with letters - i don't know what they spell - any ideas. CHECK THIS OUT ... Read More

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Joker Email!! FREE Dark Knight Tickets!!
Anybody get a email from the Joker this morning??? loads of hahahahahah...with this address attached http://www.whysoserious.com/kickingandscreening Unfo rtunately all the free tickets have gone....and its in the States :( Free showings in the UK please!!!!!!! ... Read More

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09:25, 11 July 2008 | Report This Post

I'll be reading the review before as per normal as I'm sure it will be glowing. Going to see it in IMAX at the Glasgow GSC on 26th. HURRY UP! ... Read More

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21:05, 04 July 2008 | Report This Post

RE: When Is Empire's Review Coming?
only 2 weeks or so to go!! w tickts for the 23rd!! anyone else gonna try to avoid the review from Empire before they go and see this? ... Read More

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RE: When Is Empire's Review Coming?
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