Heath Ledger's Posthumous Oscar Campaign Rolls On [Short Ends]

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· The eldest denizens of the Dark Knight cast, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, made an obligatory promotional stop-off to hobnob with the ladies of The View this morning. And, of course, they used the opportunity to stump for a Heath Ledger Oscar nomination. We'll weigh in tomorrow morning with our own thoughts, as both Seth and STV saw the movie earlier this eve. [ The View ] ... [link]

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Aaron Eckhart, the Forgotten Great Performance of ‘The Dark Knight’
Published 7/16/2008 at Vulture
... The Heath Ledger posthumous Oscar campaign has kicked into full gear, with the late actor's Dark Knight co-stars rightly pronouncing the genius of Ledger's live-wire performance as the Joker and stumping for him for awards season. It's particularly touching that Aaron Eckhart, who plays the film's other bad guy, upstanding D.A. turned revenge-obsessed maniac Two-Face, is joining in the chorus, saying, ...

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