[Street Spirit]

The Dark Knight Appreciation






Art By: Jenn





Batman and James Gordon join forces with Gotham's new District Attorney, Harvey Dent, to take on a psychotic bank robber known as The Joker, whilst other forces plot against them, and Joker's crimes grow more and more deadly.








Animations by Ashley

Trivia:
1. This is the first Batman film to not have "Batman" in the title.
2. Robin Williams, Lachy Hulme, Paul Bettany, and Adrien Brody all expressed interest for the role of the Joker before Heath Ledger was cast.
3. When asked, "Why Heath Ledger as the Joker?" Christopher Nolan said, "Because he's fearless."
4. The Joker's character is based on his first two appearances in the comic books, as well as his portrayal in the graphic novel "The Killing Joke." To prepare for the role, Heath Ledger lived alone in a hotel room for a month researching the character and developing his performance, which he claims is based upon Sid Vicious and the character of Alex in A Clockwork Orange (1971). Ledger found the role extremely difficult, and suffered insomnia as a result.
5. Heath Ledger's sudden death on January 22, 2008 prompted immediate speculation as to the state of this film. Late the same day, Warner Bros. released a statement declaring that Ledger had completed all his scenes and post-production work, thus making the Joker the actor's final completed appearance in a film.
6. Sir Michael Caine said of Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker: "He is going to surprise a lot of people. He is absolutely terrifying. I'd say that he is the scariest thing I've ever seen on screen."

Made by: Pebbles_xx

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Records at the time
1 - LARGEST NUMBER OF OPENING THEATRES WITH 4,366 (MORE THAN THE 4,362 DEBUT THEATRES OF PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END IN 2007).

2 - BIGGEST MIDNIGHT PREVIEW GROSS WITH $18.489 MILLION IN 3,040 THEATRES (BEATS STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH AND ITS $16.9 MILLION IN 2,915 THEATRES IN 2005).

3 - BIGGEST IMAX MIDNIGHT PREVIEWS SET AN NEW RECORD WITH $640,000 (INCLUDED IN THE $18.489 MILLION PREVIEW NUMBER).

4 - BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY GROSS IN BOX-OFFICE HISTORY WITH $67.850 MILLION (BESTS THE $59,841,919 SET BY SPIDER-MAN 3 IN 2007).

5 - BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND GROSS IN BOX OFFICE HISTORY WITH $155.340 MILLION (BESTS THE $151,116 MILLION SET BY SPIDER-MAN 3 IN 2007).

6 - BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND GROSS FOR AN IMAX RELEASE IN BOX OFFICE HISTORY WITH $6,214,061 MILLION IN 94 THEATRES WITH $66,107 PER THEATRE. (BESTS THE $4.7 MILLION SET BY SPIDER-MAN 3 IN 2007.) IMAX SHOWING AT FULL CAPACITY $1.9 MILLION ON SATURDAY ALONE.

7 - BIGGEST OPENING WEEKEND OF 2008 WITH $151.340 (BEATS INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL‘S $101.137 MILLION FROM MAY 23-25, 2008)

8 - BIGGEST JULY OPENING EVER (BEATS PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST‘S $135,634,554 ON JULY 7, 2006)

9 - FASTEST TO $400M - 18 DAYS

10 - 2ND HIGHEST ALL TIME GROSS

Other title suggestions :


TDK/Joker Appreciation # : The best villain in history.
TDK/Joker Appreciation # : "And I thought my jokes were bad."

[change my luck]

TFTNT Jas! Love the title.

[Street Spirit]

You're welcome. I adore it too. A big thanks to Jenn for it!

Here's a link to a sound clip of Heath as Joker saying the line.

[bring me home]

Thanks for the new thread! And the link

I loooove the OP still

[Street Spirit]

No problem! And The OP is great, love everything and the animations.

Do you want me to add links to 'previous threads' in the OP. I can do that.

[change my luck]

That would be awsome Jas.

[Street Spirit]

I'll do it soon. Squeeze it in somewhere.

I'd actually love to read past posts when TDK came out.

[bring me home]

Yes please, add them!

[Calgaryfan2006]

tftnt
He did such a great job in this movie

[change my luck]

It feels like so long ago that it came out.

[zacsbabyboo]

tftnt!

[bring me home]

Originally Posted by only dreaming (View Post) It feels like so long ago that it came out.

It does!

Serioulsy, my favorite promo stuff


Source

[Street Spirit]

I'll add in the links later tonight. Shouldn't be too hard to gather.

You're welcome, Connie!

Originally Posted by Calgaryfan2006 (View Post) tftnt He did such a great job in this movie

NO problem. Heath did wonderfully. One of his best, if not his best.


Jenn, love that pictures. There are some promo stuff for TDK and especially Joker.

[change my luck]

The promos for TDK were awsome IA.

[Street Spirit]

Check out this quick teaser. You don't get to see anything but you do get to hear Heath's voice as the Joker at the end, including his laugh. I got chills.