The Dark Knight is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Jonathan. It is based on the DC Comics superhero Batman, played by Christian Bale (pictured), and is the second installment in The Dark Knight Trilogy and the sequel to Batman Begins (2005). In the film, Batman, police lieutenant Jim Gordon, and district attorney Harvey Dent ally to dismantle organized crime in Gotham City. They are derailed by the Joker, an anarchistic mastermind played by Heath Ledger. Ledger's posthumous awards included Academy, BAFTA, and Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actor. The ensemble cast also included Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman. The film was the fourth-highest-grossing film ever at the time. It has been assessed as one of the best films ever made. The Library of Congress selected it for the National Film Registry in 2020. A sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, concluded the trilogy in 2012.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1902:
The medieval St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapsed, also demolishing the Loggetta del Sansovino. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Campanile
1950:
Early in the Korean War, North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in Taejon, South Korea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon
1987:
More than 100 mm (3.9 in) of rain fell in a two-and-a-half- hour period in parts of Montreal, causing severe flooding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_flood_of_1987
2016:
A man deliberately drove a truck into crowds in Nice, France, resulting in 86 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
bastille: 1. (transitive, also figuratively) To confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille (noun sense 2.1) or prison; to imprison. 2. Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion (“projecting part of a rampart or other fortification”) or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress. 3. (figuratively) 4. A jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners. 5. (Britain, derogatory) Synonym of workhouse (“an institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work”) 6. (military, historical) The fortified encampment of an army besieging a place; also, any of the buildings in such an encampment. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bastille
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Race hatred cannot stop us, this one thing I know Poll tax and Jim Crow and greed have got to go You're bound to lose You fascists are bound to lose. --Woody Guthrie https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie