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{{Infobox Film
| name= The Dark Knight Trilogy
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| director=[[Christopher Nolan]]
| producer=Christopher Nolan<br>Emma Thomas<br>Charles Roven<br>Larry Franco
| writer=Bob Kane (original)<br>David S. Goyer<br>Christopher Nolan<br>Jonathan Nolan
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| starring=Christian Bale<br />Michael Caine<br />[[Morgan Freeman]]<br />Gary Oldman<br />Joseph Gordon-Levitt<br />Katie Holmes<br />Maggie Gylenhaal<br />Liam Neeson<br />Cillian Murphy<br />[[Heath Ledger]]<br />Aaron Eckhart<br />Tom Hardy<br />Marion Cotillard<br />Anne Hathaway<br />Tom Wilkinson<br />Ken Watanabe<br />Eric Roberts
| music= Hans Zimmer<br />James Newton Howard
| cinematography=Wally Pfister
| editing=Lee Smith
| distributor=[[Warner Brothers]]
| released=2005 - 2012
| runtime=142 minutes (''Batman Begins'')<br />153 minutes (''The Dark Knight'')<br />165 minutes (''The Dark Knight Rises'')
| country=[[United States]]
| language=[[English]]
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'''The Dark Knight Trilogy''' is a series of films directed by [[Christopher Nolan]] and based on the [[DC Comics]] character [[Batman]], released between June of 2005 and July of 2012. The first film of the series, ''Batman Begins'', served as a reboot of [[Warner Bros.]]' ''Batman'' film franchise following the disappointing response to 1998's ''Batman & Robin''. Unlike previous on-screen depictions of Batman, Nolan steered away from the fantasy comic boook themes of the character and instead aimed for a more dark, realistic approach for his films.
''The Dark Knight Trilogy'' has been tremendously successful both with film critics and audience members. The second installment of the series, ''The Dark Knight'', became the fourth highest-grossing domestic film of all time (behind ''[[Titanic (film)|Titanic]]'', ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]'', and ''[[The Avengers (film, 2012)|The Avengers]]''), and was nominated for a total of eight Academy Awards, of which it won two, including Best Supporting Actor for the late [[Heath Ledger]]'s portrayal of the arch-villain [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]].
The second and third installments of the trilogy, ''The Dark Knight'' and ''The Dark Knight Rises'', are considered to be two of the [[Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies|greatest conservative films of all time]].
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[[Category:Comic Book Movies]]
[[Category:Greatest Conservative Movies]]