Behind The Scenes of The Dark Knight

In the past, I’ve talked about my distain for the standard studio produced behind the scenes movie documentaries which you usually find on special edition DVDs. They’re usually stock, standard, intercut with EPK interviews, and overall, not very interesting. I would rather just be a fly on the set. In the past few months we’ve posted b-roll footage from Indiana Jones and WALL-E. I’ve been completely surprised at the response these videos have gotten. Below I have included the 8 minute B-roll package for The Dark Knight. Beware of minor spoilers. Enjoy.

  • A Better Class of Criminal
    Yeah, I'd like to watch it but the stupid thing keeps skipping constantly on me.
    Is this on YouTube?
  • A Better Class of Criminal
    Neer mind, it's working now.

    God I hate technology...
  • Josh G
    HBO will be premiering their "First Look" for TDK tonight at 10:45
  • JFK
    Worst behind the scenes doc of all time: Jurassic Park 3

    Everyone is pitching and selling that movie like a dealer at a used car lot.
  • Jelohac
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    Fansastic! I hope this movie is as good as Hancock.

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  • Steve
    Yeah, I am usually not a big fan on these BTS videos but the b-roll seems to catch my attention with all tyhe different ones smashed into one. Only one more week until the real thing!
  • Jeff
    This is pretty cool .Thanks for posting.

    P.S.: I have yet to see any behind-the-scenes documentaries more in-depth than the ones found on the Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVDs.
  • september11th
    OLD NEWS
  • Steve
    Hey I didn't know where to put this but apparently something is going on over at whysoserious.com/overture/ some kind of countdown ending in 11 minutes.
  • Tom
    awesome stuff
  • AHAHAHAHAHAH
    www.whysoserious.com/kickingandscreening

    ...if there are any left! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
  • I love how Nolan dresses up when he's on set.
  • Great offering, Pete. For people with Comcast, there's a slew of behind-the-scenes On Demand stuff that's been changing fairly regularly. The Gotham news reports are pretty funny.
  • Derek
    damn i really wanted those tickets from http://www.whysoserious.com/kickingandscreening but i wasn't at hte computer at 8:30 :(
  • vader182
    The Lord of the Rings expanded edition special features set a totally new standard for me. They were expansive, and a joy for me, being a massive enthusiast of the series, to watch. This was a pretty rad watch. One Week! Imax!
  • Andrew
    I was lucky enough to score tickets from the Kicking and Screening site. Looks like I'll be seeing the film on Tuesday night and then again at the midnight screening on Friday. I'm so excited!
  • orange cinema
    @ better class of..

    yeah, all this stuff has been on youtube for a while. also, i dunno if you have comcast, but there are a ton of featurettes - better than what is posted here - that are great to watch.
  • orange cinema
    also, the new 'gotham tonight' is up, and it features aaron eckhart as dent - very cool stuff!
  • charles
    don't watch only one more week
  • i dont get what was the minor spoilers?
  • skribble
    I see the London IMAX wasnt included in the kicking and screening list............

    :(
  • YoungZe
    Hm, Spoilers? Okay, gonna pass this one. :?
  • Tom
    Please, there are no spoilers greater than what you can already see on a trailer
  • feed me a stray cat
    this was decent except there was no ledger.
  • Chris Swanberg
    I must disagree with the comment by Peter Sciretta about studio Behind the scene segments on Special Editions of DVD. While some are barely covering any really BTS footage, I find that most are more in depth than not. Do they show everything I want to see? no, maybe not, but for the most part I find them very interesting. As a filmmaker, I know that sometimes, being on a set can be a long tedious time of inaction. What these documentaries do is take the best , moments and make a "highlight" reel of the making of a movie. Pearl Harbor, Open Range Pirates of the Carribean 2 and Superman Returns are the most indepth but the Lord of the Rings
    (all 3 ) Special Edition and the King Kong Special Edition are the best. They take you from start to finish.

    I was disappointed with Revenge of the Sith, the BTS for that could have been better. I would have liked to have seen a BTS for Last of the Mohicans and the Rock. I learned many tricks and ideas from these BTS programs and have used the in sight to better understand the art of filmmaking.
    So I think that BTS segments are getting better because people want to see more. The want to see the "tricks of the Trade"
  • chris
    why hasn't anyone released behind the scenes heath ledger scenes. thats what everyone wants to see
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