The Dark Knight Rises Features an Hour of IMAX Footage

The Dark Knight Rises features over an hour of IMAX footage
The Dark Knight Rises features over an hour of IMAX footage
The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan went back behind the 65mm lens, filming over an hour of footage in the IMAX format for the film. The director also shot a large amount of IMAX footage for 2008's The Dark Knight, where he first saw how much impact the format had with an audience.

Here is what the director had to say about his experience watching The Dark Knight with IMAX fans.

"I remember looking at the audience every time a helicopter banked, and everyone was leaning slightly to the side. I had never seen an audience so immersed in a film."


Vice chairman of Paramount Pictures, Rob Moore also commented on the direction of IMAX films.

"I think audiences are starting to associate IMAX with the big event movies - that the two things go hand in hand."


This project marks the most IMAX footage used in a Hollywood film, making it a milestone for the director.

The Dark Knight Rises was released July 20th, 2012 and stars Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman. The film is directed by Christopher Nolan.



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Comments (17)

  1. The Knight Has Risen

    This pleases me.

    1 year agoby @thehost91Flag

  2. Dan

    I look at how many positive comments there are versus negative... yeah, pretty sure the majority are hyped about it.

    1 year agoby @dan1Flag

  3. felipe-11

    Amazing news, can't wait to see it in IMAX!

    1 year agoby @felipe-11Flag

  4. mikehd

    i can't wait to see it's amazing how the movie pans over and the resolution goes way up i am looking forward to this on blu ray also

    1 year agoby @mikehdFlag

  5. Ghostman

    @ROFLitschristian Lol that's funny I'm Thor and you're Loki.

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

  6. Kashmanthillet

    Looking good.

    1 year agoby @kashmanthilletFlag

  7. ROFLitschristian

    Thankfully I'll be seeing ALL the IMAX footage this year!

    1 year agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag

  8. Sean

    Awesome!

    1 year agoby @themoviefanaticFlag

  9. moviegeek

    SWEET.

    1 year agoby @moviegeekFlag

  10. fanboy

    Wow! this is going to be truly epic!

    1 year agoby @fanboyFlag

  11. ridgl

    whoop di doo

    1 year agoby @ridglFlag

  12. kingbrady

    @SpaceCowboy i agree hopefully the trailer attached to the Avengers will give me or us a bit more to look forward to....more people are excited to see The Avengers or even the reboot of Spider-man

    1 year agoby @kingbradyFlag

  13. SpaceCowboy

    @ghostman The Dark Knight had about the same. But with M:I:4 I barely noticed it. And I don't hate TDKR. I'm just getting less and less excited for it.

    1 year agoby @SpaceCowboyFlag

  14. Ghostman

    @SpaceCowboy you just really hate this movie don't you? :P Ghost Protocol had about 30min of IMAX footage and their 'flip ratio' didn't make me nauseous.

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

  15. SpaceCowboy

    That ratio flip is gonna make me nauseous.

    1 year agoby @SpaceCowboyFlag

  16. Ghostman

    Holy crap! That's a lot of IMAX footage! This is gonna be so amazing to see in that spectacular format!

    1 year agoby @ghostmanFlag

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