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"The Dark Knight" Crushes Box Office Records
As expected, The Dark Knight has begun its reign of terror on box office records, bringing in an estimated $18.5 million from midnight screenings last night, a record previously held by "Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith," which grossed ...
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Heath Ledger: Number ONE of The 9 Best Last Roles.
Last Role: The Joker in The Dark Knight (2008)
Before you write, "What about the Terry Gilliam movie he was filming when he died?" we say: "Don't count your Gilliam movies until they've hatched. They tend to fall apart faster than Britney Spears' s...
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New Flash Game Based on The Dark Knight
Play the official Batman City Street Chase video game based on the upcoming action film The Dark Knight by director Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Heath Ledger.Play Now
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"The Dark Knight" Lives Up to the Hype
"Some men aren't looking for anything logical. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn." These are the words Michael Caine's loyal Alfred uses to describe the Joker, Batman's nemesis i...
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'Dark Knight' nearly lives up to the hype
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Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
Heath Ledgers last movie. His last role that was not completed due to his untimely death. Will it be obvious that other actors are playing his role? Will it have a positive effect on the careers of Johnny Depp and others who are playing his part? ...
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Missing in Action
With the coming out of the Dark Knight, I think everyone knows who is going to be talked about and why he is. Heath Ledger is the main focus of the commercials and the main talk about an Oscar for this movie. Just based on the previews and comment...
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For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Ledger was nominated for a 2005 Oscar for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" and also was nominated and won "Best Actor" awards for that role from BAFTA and the Australian Film Institute and the New York Film Critics Circle, respectively, as well as won an MTV Movie Award with Jake Gyllenhaal for their "best kiss" in the film.
He completed filming his role as the Joker in the forthcoming movie The Dark Knight, hortly before dying, on January 22, 2008, from an accidental prescription drug overdose at age 28. His final film performance, uncompleted at the time of his death, is the role of Tony in Terry Gilliam's forthcoming film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Posthumously, on February 23, 2008, he shared the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the cast and crew of the film I'm Not There, in which he portrayed a character named "Robbie Clark", based on a stage in the life of Bob Dylan.
In addition to his work as an actor and as a producer and director of music videos, he also aspired to be a film director.
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Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 â January 22, 2008) was an Academy Award-, BAFTA-, Golden Globe-, and SAG Award-nominated Australian film and television actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a movie career, appearing in nearly 20 films. He starred in both critical and box-office successes, including 10 Things I Hate About You, The Patriot, Monster's Ball, A Knight's Tale, and Brokeback Mountain.
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