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unusual facts about The Dark Knight



Black ribbon

After the death of Heath Ledger in January 2008, Warner Brothers placed a black ribbon on their marketing website for The Dark Knight in his memory.

Cross-cutting

Christopher Nolan uses cross cutting extensively in his films like The Dark Knight, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises where two or three scenes take place simultaneously to build towards a grand climax.

Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

The Omni shows documentaries daily, as well as showing feature length films including Star Trek, The Hobbit, Skyfall, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Night at the Museum, and Polar Express, among others.

Glasgow smile

The Glasgow smile has been inflicted on characters in multiple films and television programs, including Green Street, House of Tolerance, The Krays, Sons of Anarchy, Pan's Labyrinth, and 2008's The Dark Knight, in which Heath Ledger as the Joker both has the scar and carves it on numerous victims.

Halloween on Franklin Street

Notable costumes from the 2008 celebration included the Joker from the popular 2008 Batman movie, The Dark Knight, and a Tetris-themed group costume.

Hüseyin Kalkan

He gained international notoriety November 2008 after he announced plans to sue Christopher Nolan, director of The Dark Knight film, over the allegedly unauthorized use of his city's name.

International Finance Centre

The IFC's towers have featured in several Hollywood films, including Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, where Lara Croft leaps off the then-under-construction 2 International Finance Centre, landing on a ship out in the Kowloon Bay, and The Dark Knight, where Batman leapt from 2 IFC to 1 IFC, where an action scene then takes place.

Monique Gabriela Curnen

Curnen has appeared in several films including Bollywood Calling (2001), Half Nelson (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008), in which she played rookie Detective Anna Ramirez.

Scarlet Blade Theatre

Male members were also part of the stunt team in the Feature Film; Faintheart, under the fight direction of Richard Ryan, (FD: Troy, Stardust, The Dark Knight).

The All-Knighters

They also have had small parts in various movies and television ads such as The Dukes of Hazzard, The Dark Knight, The Express, Style By Jury and many other appearances.

Tim Webber

He has been the visual effects supervisor in some of the most technically and artistically challenging projects, including, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008), James Cameron's Avatar (2009), and Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans (2010).


see also

Batman 1

Batman Begins, the first installment of The Dark Knight trilogy.

Batman 3

The Dark Knight Rises, the third and final installment in The Dark Knight trilogy

Batman: Dead White

According to Gordon, crime lord Carmine Falcone was rumoured to have disappeared during Ra's al Ghul's attack on Gotham with many of the other inmates of Arkham Asylum, but he is said to be spending time in prison, tying into Sal Maroni and Gambol fighting for underworld control in The Dark Knight.

Christy Mack

Mack portrayed Zatanna in the 2012 pornographic film The Dark Knight XXX from Vivid Entertainment.

Clock King

He later appears in "Day of the Dark Knight!", trying to escape from Iron Heights Penitentiary, but was thwarted by Batman and Green Arrow.

Felix Faust

He is later shown in "Day of the Dark Knight!" as an escaping inmate from Iron Heights Penitentiary only to be stopped by Batman and Green Arrow.

The Dark Knight Strikes Again

Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again, also referred to as DK2, is a three-issue limited series comic book written and drawn by Frank Miller and colored by Lynn Varley.