THE DARK KNIGHT


Written by

Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan



Story by

Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer


Batman created by

Bob Kane





BURNING. Massive flames. A dark shape emerges- The BAT
SYMBOL. Growing. Filling the screen with BLACKNESS.

CUT TO:
DAYLIGHT. Moving over the towers of downtown Gotham...
Closing in on an office building... On a large window...
Which SHATTERS to reveal-

INT. OFFICE, HIGH RISE -- DAY

A man in a CLOWN MASK holding a SMOKING SILENCED PISTOL
ejects a shell casing. This is DOPEY. He turns to a second
man, HAPPY, also in clown mask, who steps آگے with a
CABLE LAUNCHER, aims...