Out TODAY 7/20 from ABRAMS: The Art and Making of the Dark Knight Trilogy by By Jody Duncan Jesser and Janine Pourroy, with a Foreword by Christopher Nolan, Introduction by Michael Caine and Designed by Chip Kidd.
Page 10: Christopher Nolan, in harness, takes a trial run in preparation for shooting Batman’s Arkham Asylum (Bane's prison) stairway scene.
Page 58: Nathan Crowley and Christopher Nolan in Nolan’s garage, which served as a secret art department during the earliest stages of Batman Begins.
Page 104a, b, c: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan on the various sets of The Dark Knight Trilogy, interacting with his lead actors.
Page 119: Prosthetics makeup supervisor Conor O’Sullivan adjusts Ledger’s prosthetic scars on location in Chicago.
Page 139: The Cast and crew of Batman Begins on the monastery set during the climactic conclusion to Bruce Wayne’s battle with Henri Ducard and his ninjas.
Page 143: Christopher Nolan, in harness, takes a trial run in preparation for shooting Batman’s Arkham Asylum stairway “flight”.
Page 165: Christopher Nolan confers with Heath Ledger during the bank heist shoot.
Page 184-185: Aaron Eckhart, as Harvey Dent, transforms into Two-Face.
Page 190: Filming the Bat-The Dark Knight Trilogy’s third-generation Bat-vehicle. On location in Los Angeles during production of The Dark Knight Rises.
Page 199: Plane exterior from The Dark Knight Rises’s prologue.
Page 220: A set from The Dark Knight Rises.
Page 220: Batman (Christian Bale) throws a powerful blow at Bane (Tom Hardy) during principal photography in Pittsburgh.
Page 269: Director Christopher Nolan wields a freeze-dried bat-on-a-stick that was used to obtain the on-set visual effects lighting reference that would be used during post production.
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