26 Facts From the Making of 'The Dark Knight'

Some facts from the making of one of those movies where magic happened. 

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  • Photo caption - Two-Face's disfigurement was created through computer graphics rather than prosthetic make-up, as Christopher Nolan felt that, no matter how good the make-up was, fit is still inherently adding something onto an actor's face, when Two-Face's appearance requires part of his face to be burned away.
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  • Text - WHY sp SERQOUS? Elaborate, interactive marketing campaigns were launched in the months leading up to the release of this film. One of these was an event at the 2007 San Diego Comic-con called Why So Serious, which involved fans following clues hidden around the city. The legions of Joker-painted fans ended up congregating in the street across from the convention center, where one of their numbers was welcomed into a black Escalade (with Gotham license plates) that had just pulled up. Afte
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  • Tire - According Christopher Nolan, Bruce Wayne's reasons for needing a new Batsuit (to be faster and more agile) were, in fact, the real reasons why Nolan wanted the Batsuit to be redesigned for this film.
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  • Font - The sky-hook device is in.contrast to many other Batman gadgets not fictional. The full name is the "Fulton surface-to-air recovery system" and was developed in the 1950s by inventor Robert Edison Fulton, Jr., for the Central Intelligence Agency The first pick-up of a human, happened in 1958. The experience lis described asless violent than that of opening a parachute.
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  • Batman - Before filming the interrogation scenesHeath Ledger told Christian Bale to hit him as hard as if Batman was really hitting the Joker.
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  • Patient - Aaron Eckhart spoke about a unigue experience he had with Heath Ledger during the hospital scene. He said that before lines were exchanged, Ledger would just walk around, in character, mumbling to himself in an odd manner, All Eckhart could do at the time, was just watch him while still in character This went on for several minutes, until Ledger got close to him. Eckhart felt compelled at this point to fiercely raise his hand up. Immediately, Ledger grabbed Eckhart's raised hand in an
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  • Supervillain - The final fight scene between Joker and Batman was shot in the Trump Tower in Chicago during its construction
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  • Lighting - 39 vehicles are crashed, shot, blown up, bumped, or otherwise involved in some sort of violence in this film.
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  • Architecture - Bruce Wayne's penthouse was actually shot on the ground floor of an office building in downtown Chicago. During the daytime, the same space was re dressed and used for Harvey Dent's press conference scenes.
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  • Joker - In preparation for his role as The Joker, Heath Ledger hid away in a motel room for about six weeks. During this extended stay of seclusion, Ledger delved deep into the psychology of the character. He devoted himself to developing The Jokers every tic, namely the voice and that sadistic- sounding laugh. Ledger's interpretation of The Joker's appearance was primarily based on the chaotic, disheveled look of punk rocker Sid Vicious combined with the psychotic mannerisms of Malcolm McDowell
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  • Photo caption - Aaron Eckhart described his portrayal of Harvey Dent as simultaneously coming from, and being apart from, the same world as Batman (Dent is the white knight of Gotham, as opposed to the Dark Knight). His challenge was "looking for the similarities and the tension between the two; to find what's similar to Batman, and then what's opposite to him." Eckhart prepared for his role by studying split personalities.
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  • Poster - D A RK KNIG HT тHE during a PR campaign Trouble arose before the movie's release, when a website related to the film, sent out several cakes purportedly from The Joker, containing a cell phone inside which made the cake vibrate, and had wires sticking out, making the cake look like a bomb. One such news station, which received one of the cakes, believed it to be an actual terrorist act, and the entire building had to be evacuated.
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  • Suit - The luminous ceiling in Batman's secret bunker was lit by a grid of three hundred fixtures, each containing six 800-watt bulbs, consuming a total of 1.44 megawatts.
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  • People - In Sir Michael Catne's opinion, Heath Ledger beat the odds and topped Jack Nicholson's Joker from Batman (1989): "Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh. Heath's gone in a completely different direction to Jack, he's like a really scary psychopath." Caine bases this belief on a scene where the Joker pays a visit to Bruce Wayne's penthouse. He'd never met Ledger before, so when Ledger arrived and performed he gave C
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  • Text - Heath Ledger directed both homemade videos that the Joker sends to GCN himself. The first video involving the fake Batman, was done under Christopher Nolan's supervisionNolan thought Ledger had done so well with that sequence, he felt there was no need for him to be there when it came time to film the scene where reporter Mike Engel reads the Joker's statement. He put his trust in Ledger and let him.do whatever he wanted, ultimately pleased with the result, after he'd seen the outcome. AD
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  • Transport - SCHOOL BUS The bus crashing backwards into the bank in the opening sequence was much harder to pull off than was anticipated. The bus had to be taken apart and reassembled inside the building (adisused post office), concealed behind a large false wall,and then propelled backwards with an air cannon.
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  • Font - The Batman theme is heard only twice in the film, as composers Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard decided that a heroic theme that a viewer could hum would overlook the complexity and darkness of the character. Hearing the tune only twice would create what Zimmer calls "a musical foreshadowing."
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  • Batman - Christopher Nolan had the initial full-size mock model of the Batpod built in his garage.
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  • Text - That's really Christian Bale standing on top of the Sears Tower in Chicago, over one hundred stories high. They were originally going to use a stunt double, but Bale insisted he do it himself.
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  • Joker - The Joker make-up was composed of three pieces of stamped silicone, which took less than an hour to apply to Heath Ledger on each day of shooting. Ledger described it as "new technology which is much quicker to apply than regular prosthetics"; he felt like he was not wearing any make-up at all.
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  • Motorcycle - Christian Bale never got to ride the Batpod himself. Only one of the stuntmen was able to stay on it.
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  • People - Off-duty Chicagopolice officers played Gothamipoliceofficer extras, along with officers from Elyria, Ohio, Hammond, Indiana, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and Joliet, Illinois.
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  • Motor vehicle - While the movie was filming a chase scene on Lake Street, the Chicago Police Department received several calls from concerned citizens stating that the police were involved in a vehicle pursuft with a dark vehicle of unknown make ormodel
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  • Joker - Heath Ledger had interviewed Jack Nicholson personally about his role as The Joker in Batman (1989), and Nicholson said The role of being The Joker will haunt you, the role is so dark that you probably won't be able sleep, but enjoy the role as the Clown Prince of Crime, because it's nothing but good fun"
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  • Explosion - The hospital that the Joker blows up, was actually an old, out-of-use candy factory in the Chicago suburbs. It was redressed and imploded for the film
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  • Joker - Heath Ledger kept licking his lips, because the way he speaks during his performance, requires him to have a moist mouth. Many people said it was a habit of his own beforehand, (which it was), however, he ensured he did it "a lot more to keep his performance consistent".
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