Who is the guy at the beginning of Dark Knight?

William Fichtner portrayed the Manager of Gotham National Bank in The Dark Knight.
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What happens at the beginning of The Dark Knight?

One year after the events of Batman Begins (2008), Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and District Attorney Harvey Dent plan to launch an attack on the mob by arresting the shady accountant of the mob, Lau. Lau is abducted from his building by Batman and is thrown into jail.
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Who is the guy in the ambulance in The Dark Knight?

Played by. Thomas Schiff was a paranoid schizophrenic and a former patient of Arkham Asylum. He was attracted to work for the Joker, an anarchist who wanted to cause chaos in Gotham, and Schiff was part of the Joker's plan to assassinate Mayor Anthony Garcia.
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What happened to the bank guy in The Dark Knight?

From a back office, the Manager calmly removed his glasses and secured a sawed-off Remington 870 pump-action shotgun from underneath his desk. The Manager shot through his office glass window and hit Chuckles in the back, which instantly killed him.
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Where is the opening scene of The Dark Knight?

The opening scene where the Joker (Heath Ledger) brilliantly robs the Gotham National Bank was filmed at the Chicago Post Office on 404 West Harrison. The exterior buildings are the ones located at the northern corner of West Van Buren Street and Canal Street.
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What state is Gotham City located in?

Gotham City is traditionally depicted as being located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Gotham's look and atmosphere was primarily influenced by New York City and Chicago, although it was designed to more generally resemble any major American city.
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Is Gotham Chicago?

Is Gotham City Chicago or NYC? Although New York City is Gotham and Gotham is New York City, The Dark Knight Trilogy established an indelible link between Batman's city and Chicago. It is a well-known fact that Batman's Gotham City is modeled after New York City.
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Who is the banker in the opening scene of The Dark Knight?

William Fichtner: Bank Manager.
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Did the Joker know Harvey was Batman?

Ok, when the Joker threw Rachel out the window at Bruce's party, Batman jumped out the window to save her. In doing this, the Joker figured that Harvey Dent had to be Batman due to them dating. But he later figured out he wasn't, in fact, Harvey.
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How did Batman survive the knife?

After a while Batman took his bat and flew away to detonate the bomb. Then at the end of the movie he was at the dining table with Selina Kyle. How is it possible for Batman to survive when he was strongly stabbed by Miranda? He is alive because he fixed the auto pilot right before.
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Who played the fake Batman in The Dark Knight?

Brian Douglas | Batman Wiki | Fandom.
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Who was the schizophrenic in The Dark Knight?

Thomas Schiff was a paranoid schizophrenic and former resident of Arkham Asylum.
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Was Harvey Dent schizophrenic?

In the comics, Harvey Dent has bipolar disorder, rage issues, and a form of schizophrenia. After his face is scarred, he develops a dissociative identity with an obsession over chance and opposites.
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Why does Bane wear a mask?

Bane is someone ravaged by pain from a trauma suffered long ago, and the mask dispenses a type of anesthetic that keeps his pain just below the threshold so he can function.
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Are Joker and Batman the same age?

The Joker was initially depicted as being much older than Batman. However, The Killing Joke presented his origin as a young comedian with a pregnant wife, and he was about 25 in it. This was nine years before the common DC canon, making him 34 now, so maybe the Joker is the same age as Batman.
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Is The Batman connected to The Dark Knight?

Ultimately, The Batman's Gotham City owes much to that of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. Though Reeves' version of the character and his story is distinctly different from previous cinematic versions, it does lean on themes and elements from the films that came before it.
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Why did Batman go for Dent instead of Rachel?

Batman (Bruce Wayne) loved Rachel Dawes, so he decided to save her and left Dent for the Gotham Police Department to save. They didn't both try to save Dent; Gordon went after Dent while Wayne went after Dawes, but The Joker lied about who was located where.
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Why did Batman go to Harvey instead of Rachel?

Batman chooses to save Rachel, while Commissioner Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) moves to save who he thinks is Harvey. But in actuality, The Joker has used Bruce's love for Rachel as an Achilles' Heel, and it leads him to being tricked into really saving Harvey.
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Did the Riddler know Batman was Bruce Wayne?

Fittingly, The Batman makes a mystery of it—a riddle, if you will—playing the Riddler/Batman dynamic in such a way as to leave viewers confused as to whether or not Riddler (Paul Dano) knew the secret. I'm here to tell you: Riddler does not know who Batman is.
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Why is William Fichtner in The Dark Knight?

In an interview here, Fichtner explained that he was asked by writer-director Christopher Nolan – who he knew through a mutual friend -- to play a bank manager in the opening scene in which the audience meets the Joker played by the late Heath Ledger. “I haven't seen it,” said Fichtner.
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What did the Joker put in the Bankers mouth?

The grenade was a smoke grenade. As the Joker drove away the grenade went off and smoke started spewing out... Hence Joker saying "I believe whatever doesn't kill you makes you...
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What bank did the Joker Rob in The Dark Knight?

The Joker's Robbery of Gotham National Bank.
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Why is NYC called Gotham?

Gotham City, whose atmosphere and appearance were influenced by New York City's infrastructure, actually takes its name from a store called Gotham Jewelers.
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What city is closest to Gotham?

Batman artist Neal Adams has long believed that Chicago has been the basis for Gotham, stating "one of the things about Chicago is Chicago has alleys (which are virtually nonexistent in New York). Back alleys, that's where Batman fights all the bad guys."
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Is New York City Gotham?

Gotham isn't New York, of course. It's a fictional city that serves as a backdrop for a dude in a bat mask to play with gadgetry and beat the hell out of bad guys. But Gotham is based on New York, and I hope I can be forgiven for being a little protective when it comes even to loose depictions of my home city.
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