The Dark Knight

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American film crime film film superhero film thriller film

The Dark Knight is a critically acclaimed 2008 superhero crime thriller directed by Christopher Nolan, known for its dark tone, complex moral themes, and Heath Ledger’s iconic portrayal of the Joker.

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The Dark Knight canonical 58
The Dark Knight (film) 5
The Dark Knight (2008 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
award Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardWinner Heath Ledger ⓘ
basedOn Batman ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Bill Finger ⓘ
Bob Kane ⓘ
boxOfficeStatus blockbuster ⓘ
character Batman ⓘ
Harvey Dent ⓘ
James Gordon ⓘ
Rachel Dawes ⓘ
Joker ⓘ
surface form: The Joker
cinematographer Wally Pfister ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director Christopher Nolan ⓘ
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editor Lee Smith ⓘ
followedBy The Dark Knight Rises ⓘ
follows Batman Begins ⓘ
genre action film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
superhero film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Hans Zimmer ⓘ
James Newton Howard ⓘ
notableFor Heath Ledger ⓘ
surface form: Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker

complex moral themes ⓘ
dark tone ⓘ
partOf The Dark Knight trilogy ⓘ
surface form: The Dark Knight Trilogy
producer Charles Roven ⓘ
Christopher Nolan ⓘ
Emma Thomas ⓘ
productionCompany Legendary Pictures ⓘ
Syncopy ⓘ
ratingSystem MPAA film rating system ⓘ
surface form: MPAA
releaseYear 2008 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 152 ⓘ
screenwriter Christopher Nolan ⓘ
Jonathan Nolan ⓘ
setIn Gotham City ⓘ
starring Aaron Eckhart ⓘ
Christian Bale ⓘ
Gary Oldman ⓘ
Heath Ledger ⓘ
Maggie Gyllenhaal ⓘ
Michael Caine ⓘ
Morgan Freeman ⓘ
storyBy Christopher Nolan ⓘ
David S. Goyer ⓘ

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Legendary Pictures → notableWork → The Dark Knight ⓘ
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Charles Roven → notableWork → The Dark Knight ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Dark Knight (2008 film) score
Jonathan Nolan → notableWork → The Dark Knight ⓘ
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this entity surface form: The Dark Knight (film)
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