To date, The Dark Knight Rises has earned S$8,663,523 at the local box office and is Warner Bros. Pictures Singapore`s top-grossing film of all time.
Starring Christian Bale, the Dark Knight trilogy first sees Bruce Wayne donning the cape and cowl to combat forces of darkness in crime-ridden Gotham City in 2005`s Batman Begins. In 2008`s The Dark Knight, Batman joins forces with Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent to rid the city of the violent criminal mastermind, The Joker, played by the late Heath Ledger.
The Dark Knight Trilogy Retrospective will end with this year`s most anticipated movie, The Dark Knight Rises. Eight years have passed since Batman took the fall for Two Face`s crimes, but now Gotham City is in need of his help again as brutal terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms the city`s finest.
Warner Bros. Pictures` and Legendary Pictures` The Dark Knight Rises is the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan`s Dark Knight trilogy.
Leading an all-star international cast, Oscar winner Christian Bale (The Fighter) again plays the dual role of Bruce Wayne/Batman. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, as Selina Kyle; Tom Hardy, as Bane; Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose), as Miranda Tate; and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as John Blake.
Returning to the main cast, Oscar winner Michael Caine (The Cider House Rules) plays Alfred; Gary Oldman is Commissioner Gordon; and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) reprises the role of Lucius Fox.
The screenplay is written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. The film is produced by Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Charles Roven, who previously teamed on Batman Begins and the record-breaking blockbuster The Dark Knight. The executive producers are Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull, with Jordan Goldberg serving as co-producer. The film is based upon characters created by Bob Kane and published by DC Comics.
Behind the scenes, The Dark Knight Rises reunites the director with several of his longtime collaborators, all of whom worked together on The Dark Knight. The creative team includes director of photography Wally Pfister, who won an Oscar for his work on Nolan`s Inception; production designer Nathan Crowley and Kevin Kavanaugh; editor Lee Smith; and Oscar-winning costume designer Lindy Hemming (Topsy-Turvy). In addition, Paul Franklin and Chris Corbould, who both won Oscars for the effects in Inception, supervised the visual and special effects, respectively. The music is composed by Oscar winner Hans Zimmer (The Lion King).
In helming the film, Christopher Nolan is utilizing IMAX cameras even more extensively than he did on The Dark Knight, which had marked the first time ever that a major feature film was partially shot with the large-format cameras.
Christopher Nolan stated, “Having shot almost half the picture with large-format IMAX film cameras, it is very important to me that we show The Dark Knight Rises in the IMAX film format wherever possible. Audiences everywhere should be assured that every presentation of the film will be of the highest standard having benefited from the clarity and depth IMAX cameras offer.
The Dark Knight Rises is a presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Film by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises. Released on 19 July, 2012, the film is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
About IMAX
The IMAX Digital Theatre System offers the most immersive movie-going experience possible. Its projection technology delivers crystal-clear images. The dual projection system projects left-eye and right-eye images simultaneously thus eliminating depth distortion during fast-moving scenes.
The IMAX audio system creates laser-aligned digital sound for accurate and realistic sound images with the largest dynamic range. This enables the sound to be crisp enough to hear a pin drop and precise enough to know exactly where it dropped!
Then there is the customised IMAX theatre geometry, which maximises your field of view. The high-gain screen results in exceptionally bright images and unparalleled 3D effect. The screen is also slightly curved and sits closer to the audience, creating a larger effective screen, which is equivalent to a 20% to 230% increased in screen area.
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