The Dark Knight | |
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Directed by | Christopher Nolan |
Screenplay by | Christopher Nolan Jonathan Nolan |
Story by | Christopher Nolan David S. Goyer |
Based on | Characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics |
Produced by | Christopher Nolan Charles Roven Emma Thomas |
Starring | Christian Bale Michael Caine Heath Ledger Gary Oldman Aaron Eckhart Maggie Gyllenhaal Morgan Freeman |
Cinematography | Wally Pfister |
Edited by | Lee Smith |
Music by | Hans Zimmer James Newton Howard |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates | July 14, 2008 (New York City) July 18, 2008 (United States) July 25, 2008 (United Kingdom) |
Running time | 152 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $185 million[1] |
Box office | $1.006 billion[1] |
The Dark Knight is a 2008 British-American superhero movie. It was directed, produced, and co-written by Christopher Nolan. Based on the DC Comics character Batman, the movie is the second installment of Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy and a sequel to 2005's Batman Begins. It stars Christian Bale and supported by Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman. In the movie, Bruce Wayne / Batman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) form an alliance to take down organized crime in Gotham City, but are menaced by an anarchistic mastermind known as the Joker (Ledger), who seeks to undermine Batman's influence and throw the city into anarchy.