I just got back from Chicago about 15 minutes ago, I couldn't wait to break all of this new information I discovered from my trip!
Yesterday afternoon, I was walking around the Navy Pier in Chicago when I saw someone dangling from a helicopter. I came to Chicago mainly to see some filming for The Dark Knight, and I knew this had to be part of it.
We walked over and talked to some police officers, I knew they were aware of what was being filmed because of the "RFK staff" badges they had.
I asked them if they were filming Batman, he said yes. He said that the man was rehearsing for the jump in Hong Kong in a few weeks. He was jumping off a building and being dragged by helicopter.
It was Christian Bale's double! He landed about a block away from where I was standing, so I went over to talk to him. Of course he was not in a batsuit since they were just rehearsing, I was a little disappointed, but happy to meet him!
I asked a few of the other security staff if they were filming any other scenes today. He said yeah, they are filming a funeral scene on the other side of town. At LaSalle and Adams.
I had to get there, we took a cab to the location. There were about three-hundred police officers and several bagpipers for the scene. Also there were about a hundred extras dressed in black.
As we were watching, no one would let us take photos, but I still got a few.
Interestingly enough, every so often we would hear a pop, of which sounded like a gun. We waited a few minutes and in fact it was a gun!!!! Characters from the film were on a podium giving speeches for the funeral when a gunshot sounded, everyone scrambled dropping the flags and running until a loud CUT! was shouted from the director.
This happened about five times, until they got the right take. As the police officer extras were walking back I asked them. What Happened??? Did someone get shot?? They said yes. It was the mayors funeral. Aaron Eckhart (sorry if mispelled) Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, and a few other actors were on the podium. The Comissioner, I can only assume this is the black guy from Batman Begins, was giving a speech when THE JOKER ran up and SHOT HIM WITH A GUN!!!!
I was soooo exited, That was Heath Ledger I said??? How did he look???
The extra simply said... Creepy! As if he was actually scared of him.
He said: Yeah, He looked insane, he had stitches on the sides of his mouth!!!
Could this mean, he gets his Glasgow Grin in the movie???
We were walking back from the Sears Tower, (we did some touring after the funeral scene).
We saw a passing truck, towing a flatbed (sort of like a semi truck), and on the flatbed was a suburban, and behind it was a GPD squad car with its lights flashing. I was on my phone at the time, and I looked inside. In the back seat directly behind the driver I saw Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart talking to each other. I am 100% sure they were filming because there were two seats facing them, kind of like a limo where the seats face each other. And in those seats I saw Christopher Nolan and someone else I couldn't make out, and a camera in front of them pointing at Oldman & Eckhart. I said on the phone: I just saw Gary Oldman and Aaron Eckhart!! They were not but 10 feet from me passing by in a car.
We crossed the street quickly after they passed, I saw the way the camera was pointing, and I knew if I went fast enough I could get in the shot.
I'm really hoping that it was a perfect take. If so I might get to see myself in the background talking on the phone in a scene when Oldman talks to Eckhart in a Suburban.
I will answer any questions my fellow IMDB board members need to ask. And my cousin should have a video of Christian Bale's stuntman performing on YouTube soon!!!
None of this is bull *beep* I swear to God.
The Knight Will Be Dark.
Thats what The Dark Knight movie set workers had on their Motion Picture T-Shirts, along with the Batman Logo.
I want one SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bad!!!
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