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When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. The Chechen : [During a private sit down meeting with the gangsters] What do you propose? The Joker : It's simple. We, uh, kill the Batman. Salvatore Maroni : If it's so simple, why haven't you done it already? The Joker : If you're good at something, never do it for free. Sign In Sign In.

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Sign In. Edit The Dark Knight Joker Aaron Eckhart Harvey Dent Michael Caine Alfred Maggie Gyllenhaal Rachel Gary Oldman Gordon Morgan Freeman Lucius Fox Monique Gabriela Curnen Ramirez Ron Dean Wuertz Cillian Murphy Scarecrow Chin Han

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Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. In Sir Michael Caine 's opinion, Heath Ledger beat the odds and topped Jack Nicholson 's Joker from Batman : "Jack was like a clown figure, benign but wicked, maybe a killer old uncle. He could be funny and make you laugh. Heath's gone in a completely different direction to Jack, he's like a really scary psychopath. He's a lovely guy and his Joker is going to be a hell of a revelation in this picture.

It creates characters we come to care about. Batman is good, yes, The Joker is evil, yes. But Batman poses a more complex puzzle than usual: The citizens of Gotham City are in an uproar, calling him a vigilante and blaming him for the deaths of policemen and others. And the Joker is more than a villain. The key performance in the movie is by the late Heath Ledger , as the Joker. Will he become the first posthumous Oscar winner since Peter Finch? His clown's makeup more sloppy than before, his cackle betraying deep wounds, he seeks revenge, he claims, for the horrible punishment his father exacted on him when he was a child. In one diabolical scheme near the end of the film, he invites two ferry-loads of passengers to blow up the other before they are blown up themselves. By the end, the whole moral foundation of the Batman legend is threatened. Eckhart does an especially good job as Harvey Dent, whose character is transformed by a horrible fate into a bitter monster.

The dark knight imdb

Before Murphy became a regular in Christopher Nolan movies like Inception and Dunkirk , the Irish actor first joined forces with the auteur ever since he played the fear toxin-using supervillain Scarecrow in The Dark Knight trilogy. Evoking fear with his steel-eyed gaze as Dr. Before achieving further recognition with Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer , Murphy was already revered among Batman fans. From the clown prince of crime to an ambivalent District Attorney to a lover-turned-enemy, these iconic comic book characters have all been brought to life with notable dramatic range from Oscar-winning artists. Along with some of the ensemble-driven DCEU movies, every live-action Batman movie has featured either an Oscar winner or a nominee as one of the villains. After winning a Best Actor Oscar for playing the titular nuclear physicist in Oppenheimer , Cillian Murphy is the fifth actor to have both won an Oscar and played a Batman villain. Marshall in The Fugitive. Interestingly, the Joker remains one of the few characters to have been played by two actors to be awarded an Oscar for both portrayals. Over a decade later, Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for reinterpreting the Joker from a more sympathetic lens in the blockbuster Joker.

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Richard Strobel Detective uncredited. Dent's Secretary uncredited Amit Shah He then explains to Two-Face how he needs to introduce a little anarchy and chaos, how easy it is to bring down all the good people in the world and how it's all fair. A true lasting legacy in superhero story telling and summer-blockbusters. Hemphill Lora Hirschberg The Joker shares a cell with a large man who complains about his insides hurting. Passenger Sutara Gayle The Joker : [ giving him a look ] Very poor choice of words Maroni Ritchie Coster Watch Holy Martin Scorsese! Underwear Honor Guard uncredited Gene Fojtik Grumpy : [ as Bozo moves a few paces to one side ] Bus driver? Eight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane. You'll have to choose. What bus driver?

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Cameraman uncredited. Salvatore Maroni : [ incredulous ] Friends? Tristan Tait Uniform Cop. Civilian uncredited R. As the unstoppable criminal mastermind wreaks havoc, bringing Gotham to its knees with widespread anarchy and chaos, Batman must face his greatest challenge to battle injustice. Just read the comics. Cop at Hospital. Mob Boss uncredited Charles Jarman See our predictions. Gang Member uncredited. You've known her, her whole life! During this extended stay of seclusion, Ledger delved deep into the psychology of the character.