"There was a 38 minute sequence cut from TDKR detailing how Wayne got from..."

[miltonh]

"There was a 38 minute sequence cut from TDKR detailing how Wayne got from here back into Gotham."

Tweeted by Will McCrabb who's close to Nolan and he's working on Dunkirk.

 

[BlZARRO]

"There was a 38 minute sequence cut from TDKR detailing how Wayne got from here back into Gotham."

Tweeted by Will McCrabb who's close to Nolan and he's working on Dunkirk.

It was never much of a mystery to me and i wouldn't wanna watch a sequence like that in the TC.

 

[Greens]

Sounds like a joke to me.

 

[C. Lee]

It was already around an hour too long....another 38 minutes, yeesh.

 

[metaphysician]

I could only see that making sense if you split TDKR into two movies. *Then* you'd have room ( and need ) for a return sequence. As is? No. Sometimes, "I'm Batman" really is answer enough.

 

[MadVillainy]

I didn't care about how he got back to Gotham.

I always hated the criticism for not showing that.

 

[kguillou]

Damn 38 MINUTES??? That can't possibly be right. Nolan is a very economical director, I can't imagine him shooting that much footage just to show how Bruce got back to Gotham. A few minutes, maybe, but 38 minutes??

 

[Greens]

Damn 38 MINUTES??? That can't possibly be right. Nolan is a very economical director, I can't imagine him shooting that much footage just to show how Bruce got back to Gotham. A few minutes, maybe, but 38 minutes??

That's why I think it's a joke, as a belated response to the criticism that part of the movie got.

 

[Drizzle]

I know the sequence he's talking about. It's 38 minutes of Bruce Wayne hitchhiking to the airport, then waiting at the airport because his flight was delayed then cancelled, then arguing with the desk agent who tells him the best they can do is to put him up in a hotel near the airport until the next flight leaves in the morning, then getting to the hotel and checking into his room two hours later after an error at the concierge desk, then watching an episode of "Diff'rent Strokes" in Turkish before falling asleep and waking up three hours later to trek back to the airport, then finally getting on his flight which taxis on the runway for an hour due to engine trouble, then getting off the plane because the ground crew needs to check the engine, then getting back on the plane four hours later, then flying to London where he waits for another three hours for a connecting flight to Philly, on which we see him watch the in-flight movie (Green Lantern, because Warner Brothers) before finally landing back in the States, where he takes a cab from the airport back to Gotham, but the cab breaks down halfway there and he decides to hitchhike the rest of the way back, so he's picked up by a trucker (played by Kris Kristofferson) who talks to him about life and they both sing "Help Me Make It Through The Night" before he gets dropped off on the outskirts of Gotham, where he sneaks back in through the batcave, stops off at the mansion to shave and shower, and goes out into the city where he finds Selina.

I mean, they really could have kept that in.

 

[Greens]

I know the sequence he's talking about. It's 38 minutes of Bruce Wayne hitchhiking to the airport, then waiting at the airport because his flight was delayed then cancelled, then arguing with the desk agent who tells him the best they can do is to put him up in a hotel near the airport until the next flight leaves in the morning, then getting to the hotel and checking into his room two hours later after an error at the concierge desk, then watching an episode of "Diff'rent Strokes" in Turkish before falling asleep and waking up three hours later to trek back to the airport, then finally getting on his flight which taxis on the runway for an hour due to engine trouble, then getting off the plane because the ground crew needs to check the engine, then getting back on the plane four hours later, then flying to London where he waits for another three hours for a connecting flight to Philly, on which we see him watch the in-flight movie (Green Lantern, because Warner Brothers) before finally landing back in the States, where he takes a cab from the airport back to Gotham, but the cab breaks down halfway there and he decides to hitchhike the rest of the way back, so he's picked up by a trucker (played by Kris Kristofferson) who talks to him about life and they both sing "Help Me Make It Through The Night" before he gets dropped off on the outskirts of Gotham, where he sneaks back in through the batcave, stops off at the mansion to shave and shower, and goes out into the city where he finds Selina.

I mean, they really could have kept that in.

You forgot the best part: he needed a fake passport made to get through airport security. For a while he was known as Carlos Wayne.

 

[Mjölnir]

Damn 38 MINUTES??? That can't possibly be right. Nolan is a very economical director, I can't imagine him shooting that much footage just to show how Bruce got back to Gotham. A few minutes, maybe, but 38 minutes??

I don't know what I think about this thing, but Nolan has made a couple of movies that have felt a bit too long. TDKR being one of them.

 

[Man in the Suit]

I didn't care about how he got back to Gotham.

I always hated the criticism for not showing that.

Same. I figured he used what he learned in Begins: traveling the world and his training on the ice.

 

[Victarion]

I wanted them to go full Lud with Gotham. Banes people hhanging gcpd officers from the lampposts, military vs Banes civilian army...Bruce's return trip never registered where critiques are concerned.

 

[AnneFan]

I could only see that making sense if you split TDKR into two movies. *Then* you'd have room ( and need ) for a return sequence. As is? No. Sometimes, "I'm Batman" really is answer enough.

Batman managed to walk across the ice to save Gordon and the others. In my head, Bruce re-entered the United States, manoeuvred himself close to Gotham, and bypassed the security by crossing the frozen river. But really, it's not a big deal. I think of that part like King Kong. We never see Kong transported to New York. It's a tale of two locations, the island and the city. TDK Rises is somewhat similar. It's a story of Gotham and the pit. Bruce returns to Gotham, saves it and moves on with his life.

 

[dude stannis]

I enjoy the hell out of the movie, so an extra 38 minutes wouldn't bother me.

 

[Cobblepot]

A 38 minute 80's inspired training montage was very needed.
A few situps don't cut it Nolan! (atleast Bruce should have done some dragonflags)

 

[titansupes]

"There was a 38 minute sequence cut from TDKR detailing how Wayne got from here back into Gotham."

No, there wasn't.

Tweeted by Will McCrabb who's close to Nolan

No, he's not.

and he's working on Dunkirk.

And no, he's not.

This guy's been at it a while. He's the damn near the SuperShadow of Nolan-world, just not as nonsensically brazen.

 

[BatLobster]

Shooting a 38 minute sequence that is unnecessary to the story and then cutting it is pretty much the last thing Nolan would ever do as a director, haha. That's not something a director with the reputation for finishing ahead of time and budget would do.

I think the post was meant sarcastically.

I will say, the McCrabb guy does post some random behind the scenes pics that I've never seen before, but there's no way he's anywhere near as close to the Nolan camp as he likes to let on. He strikes me as a guy who's lived in LA his whole life and has lots of peripheral "friends of friends of friends" type vague connections to the industry and tweets some of the stories he's heard.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

I didn't care about how he got back to Gotham.

I always hated the criticism for not showing that.

well seeing as how gotham was under involuntary quarantine, and all of wayne enterprise's money's been drained, it kinda is important to know how bruce wayne got back into the city undetected.

 

[TheVileOne]

Why is this garnering so much discussion? It was obviously a sarcastic joke.

 

[HR-PUFF&STUFF]

now i want to watch tdkr

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

Random story, but the only time I've ever seen a bat in the wild was when I went travelling in India (about a month before the movie came out) and came to this fort. I saw it hanging in the doorway of a path that's just off to the right of this photo. I wish I could say it was one of the bats they brought for the pit scene, but there's no actual pit there, so just a strange coincidence.

 

[P Supreme]

I would welcome a special addition with more Bane but that's about it

 

[AlluAllu]

Why is this garnering so much discussion? It was obviously a sarcastic joke.

This.