The Dark Knight Stands a Good Chance with the Oscars
Unless there’s something wrong with you or you’ve been hiding in a cave this past year, you would have seen this coming. I mean, come on, Nolan’s version of the caped crusader just set milestones in comic book movies.
Of course, Heath Ledger’s phenomenal performance as the Joker also helps this buzz keep its legs.
The Dark Knight may actually have a chance for best picture, best director and best supporting actor.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the box-office bankroll climbed for “The Dark Knight” last summer, the Hollywood consensus was that a posthumous nomination for Heath Ledger was the Batman blockbuster’s best Academy Awards hope.
Now that critics have gotten a peek at all the last-minute Oscar contenders, “The Dark Knight” has emerged as a solid contender for best picture and best director for Christopher Nolan.
Web sites such as TheEnvelope.com and Awardsdaily.com rank Nolan and Ledger among key Oscar contenders and list “The Dark Knight” alongside best-picture possibilities such as Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon,” Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” and David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
