The follow-up to the action hit "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. In the new film, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman 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.
With The Dark Knight Coaster, guests will experience the ride of their lives. Venturing through demented hallways of twists, turns and hallucinatory images, they are tormented by The Joker himself. Then as they set foot onto a distressed, vandalized train platform, they can only guess at what awaits them as they speed through six 180-degree hairpin turns, climb unseen hills, plunge into pitch darkness and dip into unforeseen danger. As they attempt to escape the terror, their only hope is that Gotham's Silent Guardian - Batman - can save them.
On Monday night, one person in each of the twelve selected cities to premiered the new The Dark Knight trailer got to take the reel home with him. Well, one lucky guy unspooled that short reel of film to find that The Joker had vandalized the entire thing. As any good Batfan would do, he ran down to the local Cineplex and convinced his boss to run it on the screen. So here is what the winning reel actually looks like.
If you watch carefully, you can see a black helicopter flying through the smoke and flames - that is the a camera helicopter filming the action. Several flashes can be seen as the explosion starts - then one side of the building collapses, and the rest of the building explodes in an amazing burst of flames.
And after the initial surge of smoke and flames, a large column of smoke filled the sky on the west side of Chicago. In the video clips below, the destrucion is evident, there is almost nothing left where the building used to stand.
The building demolition/implosion/explosion happened at the old Brach's Candy Factory on the west side of Chicago. The factory, empty for several years - was dressed to look like "Gotham General Hospital" - complete with a large red cross and pharmacy sign. Demolition experts packed a four-story building with explosives and cleared the area.
The clip features director Christopher Nolan and his director of photography Wally Pfister. In it they discuss the process of shooting scenes in the IMAX format. There are also short teasing shots from the prologue.
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