The Dark Knight Rises

"The legend ends."

2012 2h 45m EN

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Synopsis

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Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

“The legend ends.”

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Cast

Christian Bale
Bruce Wayne
Gary Oldman
Commissioner Gordon
Tom Hardy
Bane
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Blake
Anne Hathaway
Selina
Marion Cotillard
Miranda
Morgan Freeman
Fox
Michael Caine
Alfred

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Jonathan Nolan
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 165 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Budget of $250M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Dark Knight Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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727+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christopher Nolan, shot by Wally Pfister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christopher Nolan directs. Wally Pfister behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. Lee Smith cuts. A long sit — settle in. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Clocks in at 165 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Budget of $250M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
3Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
4Released 14 years ago.
5International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
6Part of the "The Dark Knight Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
7727+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
8Directed by Christopher Nolan, shot by Wally Pfister. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
9Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
10Editor Lee Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
11Christian Bale and Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy carry the top of the cast.
12Marketing tagline: "The legend ends.".
13IMDB entry: tt1345836 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1425,071 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
15Classified under 20 themes, including "airplane", "fight", "burglar", "hostage".
16Released under 19 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Wally Pfister
Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Lee Smith
Production design: Nathan Crowley
Costume design: Lindy Hemming
Makeup / hair: Kentaro Yano
VFX supervisor: Paul Franklin
Sound: Michael Babcock
Stunt coordinator: Sy Holland
Runtime: 165 min · 2h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $250,000,000
Box office: $1,081,041,287
Return: 432% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

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The Dark Knight Collection

With minimal usage of CGI and a focus on character driven narratives, Christopher Nolan's dark, gritty portrayal of Bruce Wayne's transition into Batman and his struggles as Gotham's superhero set the precedent for modern superhero films.

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Travis Bell2012-07-25
★ 9/10
I felt like this was a tremendous end to Nolan's Batman trilogy. The Dark Knight Rises may very well have been the weakest of all 3 films but when you're talking about a scale of this magnitude, it still makes this one of the best movies I've seen in the past few years. I expected a little more Batman than we got (especially with a runtime of 2:45) but while the story around the fall of Bruce Wayne and Gotham City was good I didn't find it amazing. This might be in fact, one of my only criticisms—it was a long movie but still, maybe too short for the story I felt was really being told. I feel confident in saying this big of a story could have been split into two movies. The acting, editing, pacing, soundtrack and overall theme were the same 'as-close-to-perfect' as ever with any of Christopher Nolan's other films. Man does this guy know how to make a movie! You don't have to be a Batman fan to enjoy these movies and I hope any of you who feel this way re-consider. These 3 movies are without a doubt in my mind, the finest display of comic mythology ever told on the big screen. They are damn near perfect.
Chris2012-07-28
★ 10/10
I personally thought this film is on par if not better than the Dark Knight. Whilst some think the film is too long for the story I didn't find this. The length of the film is longer than some (but doesn't feel it), I liked that the film took it's time rather than shoving more elements in it - I think this contributed to the dramatic ending (much like a classical piece of music will be relaxed and calm before the final crescendo). At the end of the day whether you like this film will boil down to if you like films Christopher Nolan has directed and/or you like the Christopher Nolan Batman series so far. Stupendously good film in my opinion.
GeekMasher2013-03-15
★ 9.5/10
The Dark Knight Rises is one of the best movies to come out in 2012. The story compels you to watch it time and time again. It also has I of, I my opinion, the best bad guys in any movie, Bane! Batman was well played as all ways and the cast where well selected. I think this movie is the best batman to see the light of day or the darkest nights (pun intended).