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The Joker's fundraiser party appearance

Nominees open with the bank robbery, maybe the best opening of a movie this century: note for note a recreation of elements of Heat, called an annoying homage, but with the hairs-on-the-neck feeling of zip lines across skyscrapers that look real and robbers in clown masks shooting each other; the clip is played.

Asked whether all the bank-robbery dialogue was recorded in post, a research tidbit is offered: not much went wrong on this set, but there were problems with the IMAX cameras in this scene and a couple of out-of-focus shots, so audio fixes would not be surprising.

The film

The Dark Knight (2008)

Directed by Christopher Nolan · Action

152 minutes

Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Christian Bale Bruce Wayne / Batman
Michael Caine Alfred Pennyworth
Heath Ledger the Joker
Gary Oldman James Gordon
Aaron Eckhart Harvey Dent / Two-Face
Maggie Gyllenhaal Rachel Dawes
Morgan Freeman Lucius Fox

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Aliens

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