The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller • 2h 45m
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Matthew Modine, Alon Aboutboul, Ben Mendelsohn, Burn Gorman, Daniel Sunjata, Aidan Gillen, Sam Kennard, Aljaž Tepina, Nestor Carbonell, Brett Cullen, Nick Julian, Miranda Nolan, Claire Julien, Reggie Lee, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Chris Ellis, Tyler Dean Flores, Juno Temple, Duane Henry, James Harvey Ward, Gonzalo Menendez, Cameron Jack, Lex Daniel, Thomas Lennon, Trevor White, Rob Brown, Fredric Lehne, Courtney Munch, Chris Hill, Travis Guba, Jay Benedict, Will Estes, David Dayan Fisher, P.J. Griffith, Glen Powell, Ben Cornish, Russ Fega, Andres Perez-Molina, Brent Briscoe, John Nolan, Oliver Cotton, Mark Killeen, Sarah Goldberg, John Macmillan, Robert Wisdom, Ronnie Gene Blevins, John Hollingworth, Ian Bohen, Uri Gavriel, Noel Gugliemi, Max Schuler, Daina Griffith, Hector Atreyu Ruiz, Patrick Cox, Aramis Knight, Josh Stewart, William Devane, Harry Coles, Joey King, Liam Neeson, Julie Mun, Cillian Murphy, David Gyasi, Patrick Jordan, Tom Conti, Joshua Elijah Reese, Desmond Harrington, Mychael Bates, Rory Nolan, Tomas Arana, Peter Holden, David Monahan, Jillian Armenante, Aja Evans, Aldous Davidson, Michael James Faradie, Wade Williams, Antwan Lewis, Jake Canuso, Josh Pence, India Wadsworth, Kevin Kiely Jnr, Daniel Newman, Massi Furlan, Warren Brown, Luke Rutherford, Phillip Browne, Christopher Judge, Aldo Bigante, Charles Jackson Coyne, Patrick Leahy, Todd Gearhart, Gus Lewis, Isiah Adams, Charlie Alejandro, Robert Arensen, Grant Babbitt, Rick Bolander, Kyle Patrick Brennan, Scott Churchson, Bill Cowher, Graham Curry, Stephanie Domini, John Farrer, Frank Fata, Christopher Bryan Gomez, Vito Grassi, Michael Wren Gucciardo, Ed Heavey, John W. Iwanonkiw, Cindy Jackson, Daniel Jordano, Tiffany Kemp, Sun Jae Kim, Hrvoje Klecz, Alex Kruz, Tyler La Marr, LeJon Stewart, Joe Lipari, Silvia Lombardo, Jorge Mardel, Cale McConnell, David Dale McCue, Michael Papajohn, Salomon Passariello, Allen Merritt, Olan Montgomery, Alex Moore, Shane Nolan, Kyle David Pierce, Troy Polamalu, Michael Power, Sebastian James, Kirsten Roeters, Ben Roethlisberger, Mark Roman, Eric Salazar, Emily Schooley, Thomas Tull, Chris Vaina, Barbara Vincent, Jason Yee, John Zion, Alex Ziwak, Tommy Bayiokos, Jeff Moffitt, Diogo Hausen, Gary Sievers, Orion McCabe, London May, Joe Fishel, Ming Wang, Simon Rhee, Hines Ward, Heath Miller, Collin Taylor, Jackson Nunn, Leonard Zimmerman, Antonio Piluso, Shawn P. Farrell
Best video release
Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
Updated 4 months ago
Additional info
Best Buy exclusive Steelbook Blu-ray has the exclusive The Dark Knight Reborn Featurette
UHD tiers
Caveat: mild DNR throughout
About the film
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
- Alternative Titles
- Batman 3 The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Dark Knight 3 - The Dark Knight Rises, Batman III: The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight 3: The Dark Knight Rises
Director: Christopher Nolan
Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
Director: James Cameron
Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version
35mm scan for original theatrical cut
4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled
The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
4K Blu-ray has DNR, see caps https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=11748&d2=11747&s1=115760&s2=115776&i=0&l=0
Best Buy Blu-ray has a bonus disc
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray > WB US 4K Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos: Sony/Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Sony Blu-ray only has 5.1, not Atmos
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Sources: tfwiki.net (opens in a new tab)
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Alternate version: iTunes stream
Target Exclusive Blu-ray has exclusive extras
The film has several changes internationally and on digital platforms: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film)#Other_editions
Hound's crosses were red on the theatrical cut, but blue on home video and digital platforms.
Caveat: does not contain natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Director: Christopher Nolan
Spain Selecta Vision 4K Blu-ray
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Collector's edition of a new restoration from Umbrella
Spain Selecta Vision 4K Blu-ray > other releases and old 2006 release - impressions of Selecta Vision release
Comparison of extras between different releases:
https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=999
https://dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=9670
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