THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)****

(focus on force of anarchy)

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Contains 11 movie quotes & 30 Academic Words (AWL*).
When The Joker (Heath Ledger - Academy Award, Best Supporting Actor)  comes to Gotham City, the rules for good and evil turn upside down, as Batman (Christian Bale), Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by this anarchist mastermind until his evil finally drives each of them to their limit.  The Joker’s trick is to force people to choose between two evils.  This way The Joker always wins.  Batman, Gordon, and Dent must find a way to defeat The Joker while remaining true to the standards of virtue and heroism. Rated PG-13 (152 min.)  paul  dykman & mike  laib 2011

http://thedarkknight.warnerbros.com/dvdsite/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/

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