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cinemablend.com - 4/10/2008

Joker Scenes Cut From The Dark Knight?

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Cinema Blend has heard something interesting from a friend of the site today, who for anonymity's sake we will call Dick Grayson. According to our very own caped crusader there have been recent secret screening of The Dark Knight going on in various locations around the country. This may be of no surprise a couple of months short of release, however, what is of interest and concern is a scene ...

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Will Some of Heath's Joker Scenes Be... Bagged?
Cinematical — ... However, according to Cinema Blend, there have already been screenings, and they've presented problems for the dark and sure-to-be-awesome film. One scene in particular has been bothering audiences to the point that it might be completely removed from the film. ...

Rumor: Controversial Joker Scene(s) in The Dark Knight Being Cut
/Film — ... Cinema Blend recieved a tip via a friend who tells them that execs at Warner Bros. are considering cutting a rather unsettling and meta scene from The Dark Knight featuring The Joker due to Heath Ledger’s unfortunate passing. The source says the scene is not playing well with test audiences. Read on if you want to know the scene, nothing too spoilerish in such limited context. And keep in mind this is just a rumor. ...

The Dailies: April 10, 2008
MTV Movies Blog — ... - Some of Heath Ledger’s scenes for “The Dark Knight” reportedly on the chopping block due to eerie parallels to actor’s death? (Cinema Blend) ...

Rumor: Joker Scene From The Dark Knight Getting Cut?!
FirstShowing.net — ... As Cinema Blend reports, the "scene involves Ledger's Joker character pretending to be dead and being pictured in a body bag. Apparently the aftershocks of Ledger's unfortunate death are such that many in the screening reacted rather badly to this moment and now execs are considering excising the scene altogether." I completely agree with Stuart Wood - this is an atrocity of the utmost proportions and (despite ...

Warner Brothers to cut Joker scenes from ‘Dark Knight’!?
FilmoFilia — ... According Cinema Blend there will be problems about particular scene from ‘Dark Knight‘, which due to the tragic death of Heath Ledger, may never see the light of day because of reactions in many of the screenings. ...

Rumor: Joker Scenes to be Cut from The Dark Knight?
Film School Rejects — ... There’s a rumor floating around Cinema Blend that a scene in The Dark Knight featuring The Joker playing possum in a body bag might be cut due to negative reactions from audiences in test screenings. ...

Joker's fake death cut?
Filmstalker — ... into a body bag and pretends to be dead. Now that this has been seen by test audiences who have made the studio think twice about including it in the final film. I saw this story last night and decided to digest it over night – I was in a fowl mood yesterday – and the more I thought about it the more I wondered if this was really an issue. It all lies with why the scene is being considered for the cutting room floor, and even if it actually is at all. According to the source through Cinema Blend they are considering removing the scene altogether because of the reaction from ...

Joker Scenes Too Dark For Dark Knight?
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... Cinemablend has a rumor about The Dark Knight…apparently a tipster told them that in recent test screenings, a scene in which the Joker, Heath Ledger’s character, crawls into a body bag and pretends to be dead has gotten a very negative reaction from audiences and now studio execs are considering cutting it. ...

Controversy surrounding The Dark Knight and the late Heath Ledger
Pop Critics — ... This is an interesting story that’s sort of come out this week and is making the rounds at all the entertainment sites out there. ...

Holy BS Internet Rumor, Batman!
Screen Rant — ... enough sensitivity regarding this film after the tragic death of Ledger. But Nolan and Warner Brothers have been beyond classy regarding how to handle all of this. They're doing the right thing here, folks. One more thing; I have a problem with the title of the Cinema Blend article that started all this. "Joker Scenes Cut From The Dark Knight?" Talk about deliberately misleading people... Sources: Cinema Blend, Movie Hole and Batman-On-Film News ...