In the dark knight, gotham city stays in chicago with still a few filming locations in england. Film locations for christopher nolans the dark knight, in. Dark knight director shuns digital effects for the real. The dark knight cleverly built gotham out of chicago shooting. Moviesoonhk has a new hong kong promo banner for the dark knight featuring the night view of victoria harbour in hong kong. The dark knight, christopher nolans followup to batman begins, expands batmans universe with plenty of real locations in chicago, hong kong and london.
The following is a list of foreign movies set in hong kong. While the hong kong scene only amounts to about ten minutes of footage in the final film, it culminates in an epic finale where batman leaps from the second. Washington boulevard, downtown detroit in fact, the spectacular scenes of destruction were not filmed in china at all, but on a gigantic set constructed on washington boulevard at clifford street, in the heart of downtown detroit. While the hong kong scene only amounts to about ten minutes of footage in the final film, it culminates in. Photos graphics templates web themes fonts addons 3d. Batman the dark knight movie filming in hongkong streets youtube. Anthony hopkins inside a dark st bartholomewthegreat church in london.
When a sequel is acknowledged to be as good as or better than the original film, a third episode is always in danger of falling victim to tryingtoohard syndrome godfather part iii, spiderman 3 but, despite the unavoidable disappearance of the series most memorable character, the dark knight rises wraps up in satisfyingly epic style. Warner bros sent out notices yesterday to residences in hong kong involving upcoming aerial filming for the batman begins sequel, the dark knight. When youre dealing with an anarchist, somebody who is dedicated to chaos, the most visceral way of representing that is an explosion. The dark knight completes hong kong filming superherohype. The dark knight serious time discrepancies in hong kong. The dark knight christian bale 2008 view over central, hong kong my original screencaps for this film were done from a tv screen so the quality wasnt good enough to include this rather impressive helicopter or perhaps drone shot over central. He also filmed a cameo as a thug in the dark knight but because of the scandal, his role was reduced and was seen very briefly as a. The fourday filming in hong kong is one of several location shoots. The dark knight rises the worldwide guide to movie locations. The peninsula hong kong, salisbury road, tsim sha tsui, kowloon, hong kong, china 2 of 2 found this interesting interesting. Richard j daley center, daley plaza, washington street, chicago hq of wayne enterprises ibm building, 330 north wabash. Freeman plays lucius fox in the film directed by christopher nolan. The dark knight on location photo 1 pictures cbs news. Chicago post office, west van buren street at canal street, chicago robbery of gotham national bank.
Chicago was the basis for filming much of the dark knight. During a business meeting, lau speaks before the board of directors, suggesting a powerful joint business venture between their two companies. How the dark knight built upon an american metropolis. Christian bale and morgan freeman on the set of the dark knight, currently being filmed at the mid levels escalators in hong kong. So, up to the top of 2ifc goes the dark knight and he jumps off and after a bit of impressive spinning and flying around, rolls up into a ball and crashes through the windows of the lower ifc1 where his target is located.
The dark knight rises is the grand finale to christopher nolans batman trilogy. Based on the dc comics character batman, the film is the second part of nolans batman film series and a sequel tae 2005s batman begins. The dark knight director christopher nolan on the film s set in hong kong. The shot of the bank robber being picked up at the beginning of the movie was. Film locations for christopher nolans the dark knight, in chicago. The highest skyscraper in the picture, the two ifc, is also featured at. The dark knight completes hong kong filming superherohype monday, november 12, 2007 the international herald tribune reports that warner bros. It is an exaggerated new york, with elements taken from chicago, the elevated freeways and monorails of tokyo, and the walled city of kowloon in hong kong, writes filming locations. The dark knight rises is batman 3 title, riddler will be. We really blew up everything we could in the film, nolan notes. Just when we thought things couldnt get worse after such a wicked villain like the joker with no future for sole mantra, appears bane to fulfil the mission of ras al ghul and the league of shadows.
The man behind it all, multiawardwinning film composer hans zimmer is performing his iconic works live in hong kong for the first time on september 26 at the hong kong convention centre. The dark knight is a 2008 superhero film directed, produced, and cowritten by christopher nolan. His final film in hong kong as of 20 is the sniper, which was filmed before the edison chen photo scandal. Golden child creators react to art use in hong kong protests. Batman in two international finance centre rooftop was filmed in central, hong kong by john batman in two international finance centre rooftop was filmed in two international finance centre, hong kong. The main guest destination is hong kong where a few scenes were filmed. Discover the dark knight filming locations in chicago, hong kong and england and visit the places behind the duel between gothams dark knight and the joker home share your trip. The dark knight 2008, directed by christopher nolan film. Filming of morgan freeman in hong kong at the historic graham street market area on location for the new batman movie the dark knight.
The dark knight rises filming locations nyc, pittsburgh. The dark knight rises is next batman film, riddler will be absent by brian willett christopher nolan, the director of the latest incarnation of batman movies, has revealed that the next batman film will be titled the dark knight rises, and that the film will not feature the riddler as the main villain. It was released on july 18, 2008 in the united states. The future is young batman dark knight message now part. The dark knight movie simple english wikipedia, the. Although film editor lee smith and first assistant john lee had been working on the movie since preproduction began, the hard work of assembling the footage, adding music, sound and visual effects in order to have the dark knight ready to be released this. In the past week the dark knight has been biffed by a hollywood legend. In the scene where batman kidnaps lau from hong kong, he set his explosives for a 2. The chinese government was a nightmare in terms of filming stuff, pfister. The main guest destination is hong kong where a few scenes. It stars christian bale, heath ledger, michael caine, and aaron eckhart. Dark knight fails to light up hong kong film the guardian. Film pilgrimage this site gathered many significant film locations in hong kong.
Where was the dark knight filmed discover the the dark. The dark knight rises in hong kong in hong kong island. Lau is the ceo of lau security investments holdings, a major business in hong kong whose success drew the attentions of wayne enterprises. Thats why he transported his hero to the very real city of hong kong.
Where did the shooting of the dark knight take place. Both towers international finance centre and two international finance centre feature in the next scene when batman is preparing to launch his strike at his chinese target. The dark knight filming locations chicago, hong kong, uk. When the menace known as the joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of gotham, batman. The dark knight christian bale 2008 midlevels escalator, lyndhurst terrace this is another scene that made big news in the local papers, however, for some unknown reason the hk standard now limits its archive to the previous 4 years previously we could browse articles from about 1994 onward and so i cant link to anything useful. Frank miller and rafael grampa comment on the use of artwork from their comic the dark knight returns. The dark knight was filmed primarily in chicago, as well as in several other locations in the united states, the united kingdom, and hong kong. The dark knight is a 2008 britishamerican superhero movie. The dark knight, the sixth film in the latest saga of the caped crusader. While the dark knight is already showing in hong kong, warner brothers has opted not to open it in china, or even offer it to government censors for their consideration, because of what the. Not just an outstanding batman movie, the dark knight is a masterpiece on its own that paves the way to, in my opinion, the best opus of nolans trilogy. Why was pittsburgh used as gotham city for the majority of. Batman kidnaps lau from hong kong the dark knight 4k.
Filming locations 39 filming dates 1 filming locations. Actor morgan freeman, right, is seen on the set of the upcoming batman movie, the dark knight, in hong kong on nov. Nolans gotham is a modern city that reflects various architecture and socioeconomic strata. The dark knight 2008 batman in hong kong hd 90s guy. The dark knight rises in hong kong south china morning post. Film locations for christopher nolans the dark knight, in chicago, london, bedfordshire and china. The dark knight 2008 batman in hong kong hd youtube. When principal photography on the dark knight wrapped in hong kong last november, work on the film was really only halfway done.
Find out about all the goofs from the dark knight 2008 on imdb. I do not claim own anything seen in this video or website. The dark knight serious time discrepancies in hong kong scene kidnapping lau. Batman finds lau in hong kong and brings him back to gotham to testify, allowing dent to apprehend the entire mob under rico.
The dark knight, christopher nolan s followup to batman begins, expands batmans universe with plenty of real locations in chicago, hong kong and london. Memories of adam west and cesar romero s sixties hijinks are banished completely as the mood shifts from dark to downright grim. The dark knight 2008 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. The dark knight is a film thats fantastic on the action front, seeds its acrobatics in its own reality, and always feels relevant even when its ideas are drowned out by clatter. The film was the first mainstream feature to partially utilize imax 70 mm cameras, with nolan using them for 28 minutes of the film, including the jokers first appearance. Batman also visits hong kong for a brief period during the early parts of the movie. The latest batman film appears to have its work cut out battling a dastardly trio of enemies while on location in hong kong. While most of local hong kong movies were filmed locally, several foreign movies were also, at least partly, set in hong kong. The dark knight christian bale 2008 the centre, central.
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