The Dark Knight [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures ; Legendary Pictures ; DC Comics ; Syncopy ; produced by Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas ; story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer ; screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan ; directed by Christopher Nolan.
Edition: [Widescreen ed.]
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2008.
ISBN: 1419861190
Description: 1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Batman (Fictitious character) Drama.
Joker (Fictitious character) Drama.
Criminal behavior Drama.
Criminal investigation Drama.
Batman (Fictitious character) Drama.
Joker (Fictitious character) Drama.
Criminal behavior Drama.
Batman films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Action and adventure films.
Fantasy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Credits: Director of photography, Wally Pfister ; editor, Lee Smith ; original music, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer.
Performers: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Ron Dean, Cillian Murphy.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of violence and some menace.
Notes: English, French, or Spanish audio; English, French, or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Title from container.
Based on the characters created by Bob Kane.
Summary: With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman raises the stakes on his war on crime and sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker. The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman morality makes him dangerous. Batman seeks to stop the mysterious Joker at all costs. He has no method at all and seeks to see the world plunge into the fire he has yet to light. But, Batman has come to represents the symbol of hope.
