The Dark Knight Rises Page #6

Synopsis: It has been eight years since Batman (Christian Bale), in collusion with Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman), vanished into the night. Assuming responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for what he and Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and a merciless terrorist named Bane (Tom Hardy) force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be able to win.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 38 wins & 102 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.4
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
2012
164 min
$448,130,642
Website
3,298 Views


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Alfred spots a couple at another table and looks

closer, hopeful. But they are strangers.

I never wanted you to come back to

Gotham. I knew there was nothing

there for you but pain and tragedy,

and I wanted more for you than

that. I still do.

Alfred leaves Wayne to his cave. His bats.

EXT. WATER TREATMENT FACILITY - DAY

Blake and his partner, Ross, get out of their patrol car. A

DWP Man leads them down a long concrete trough.

DWP MAN:

They wash up a couple times a

month. More when in gets colder -

homeless sheltering in the tunnels.

We had to pull him to clear the

basin, but other than that we

didn't touch him...

21.

They come out by the catchment basin. Above the grille lies

a body - a teenage boy. Blake looks down at him. Freezes.

ROSS:

What?

BLAKE:

Name's Jimmy. He's at St.

Swithin's. (Off look.) The boys

home where I...I coach some ball.

EXT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - DAY

Blake looks up at the shabby building.

INT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - MOMENTS LATER

Blake is talking to Father Reilly.

FATHER REILLY:

Jimmy hadn't been here for months.

BLAKE:

Why?

FATHER REILLY:

You know why, Blake - he aged out.

We don't have the resources to keep

boys on after sixteen -

BLAKE:

The Wayne Foundation gives money

for that -

FATHER REILLY:

Not for two years now.

BLAKE:

He has a brother here, right?

FATHER REILLY:

Mark. I'll tell him.

BLAKE:

I'd like to, if that's okay.

22.

EXT. PLAYGROUND, ST. SWITHIN'S - MOMENTS LATER

Father Reilly watches as Blake sits with Mark - ten.

BLAKE:

I'm sorry.

Mark nods slowly. Staring straight ahead.

BLAKE:

What was he doing in the tunnels?

MARK:

Lot of guys been going down the

tunnels when they age out. Say you

can live down there. Say there's

work down there.

BLAKE:

What kind of work are you gonna

find in the sewers?

MARK:

More than you can find up here, I

guess.

Blake considers this. Troubled.

INT. DIVE BAR - NIGHT

Selina Kyle, in a little black dress, walks in with a drunk

in a Hawaiian shirt. She sits him on a bar stool - walks

over to a table where a neatly dressed man, Stryver, sits.

STRYVER:

You brought a date?

SELINA:

I like having someone around to

open doors for me.

Selina glances around. Things scattered throughout the bar.

Jumpy. Selina hands an envelope to Stryver.

SELINA:

Right hand. No partials.

Stryver slides a transparency out of the envelope. Holds it

up to the light. Four perfect fingerprint transfers.

23.

STRYVER:

Very nice.

He pockets the envelope.

SELINA:

Not so fast, handsome. You got

something for me?

STRYVER:

Oh, yes.

Stryver signals a Thug who locks the door. Another Thug

joins them at the table. Selina smiles.

SELINA:

I don't know what you're going to

do with Mr. Wayne's prints...but

I'm guessing you'll need his thumb.

As Stryver checks the envelope again -

SELINA:

You don't count so good, huh?

STRYVER:

I count fine.

The Second Thug puts a gun to Selina's head.

STRYVER:

In fact, I'm counting to ten right

now...

Selina looks in his eyes. The Thug c*cks his gun. She

blinks.

SELINA:

Okay, okay -

She reaches for her purse. The Thug stops her, reaches in

himself - pulls out a cellphone. Slides it across the table.

SELINA:

My friend is waiting outside. Just

hit 'send'...

Stryver looks at the phone. Hits 'send'. Selina sizes up her

options. A knock on the door. Second Thug hides his gun. The

door opens - a young woman, Jen. She enters, cheerful, spots

Selina. Pulls out an envelope, looks around.

24.

JEN:

Place is a little dead.

SELINA:

(takes envelope, tense)

It'll liven up in a minute, trust

me.

JEN:

Everything okay?

SELINA:

Great. Catch you later.

Jen leaves. Stryver checks the envelope. Satisfied.

SELINA:

It would've been a lot easier to

just give me what we agreed.

STRYVER:

We can't have loose ends. And even

in that dress, no one's going to

miss you.

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Jonathan Nolan

Jonathan "Jonah" Nolan (born 1976) is a British-American screenwriter, television producer, director and author. He is the creator of the crime drama series Person of Interest. He has co-written several screenplays with his elder brother, filmmaker Christopher Nolan, including The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, and Interstellar, and his short story "Memento Mori" was the basis for Memento. more…

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