Fan Made: The Dark Campaign
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In an effort to reach those Academy voters who haven't a clue what The Dark Knight is or was or could potentially become, folks have kick-started something called The Dark Campaign -- a site dedicated to getting their favorite film of the year a little recognition come Oscar time. Personally, I'm not sure what an Oscar nod or two could add to this film's resume, especially since it definitely doesn't need the money. Not only is The Dark Knight approaching $1 billion at the box office, but chances are it will also become the year's hottest-selling DVD when it arrives in stores next week. Obviously it's a popular movie. Obviously a lot of people really dug it. Obviously the Academy could use its massive following to bolster ratings. So even if voters decide not to reward this Batman sequel for all its accomplished, something tells me the flick's already made its mark and done its job. (And if there ever was an Oscar for Best Marketing Campaign, The Dark Knight would win it hands down.)
That said, as part of the Dark Campaign, one fan doctored-up this older Academy Awards poster to make it look like the Joker got his hands on it. Definitely a cute idea, and points go to the creator. Check out a larger version below. What do you think: If The Dark Knight does deserve an Oscar nod or two, which categories are we talking about here?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-04-2008 @ 5:18PM
Richard said...
Best pic, Best Director, Best original score, Besto supporting actor.
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12-05-2008 @ 12:33AM
Jon said...
Best Motion Picture-The Dark Knight
Best Director-Christopher Nolan
Best Supporting Actor-Heath Ledger
I love movies have since i was three, that was a while ago, but without a doubt Ledger deserves an Oscar nomination, in fact he deserves the Oscar. In the past decade I can not think of a performance where I saw an actor lose himself and become the character in question as well as Ledger's Joker. I watch the Academy Awards every year without fail and if Ledger isn't nominated it will be one of the truly shames that the Academy has ever done. Before the film I saw Ledger as a good actor with some talent afterwards i saw what the acting world lost. This isn't a pity award name me one performance that could honestly stand toe-to-toe with ledger's Joker.
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12-05-2008 @ 10:54AM
Kevin said...
Exactly. Like Michael Caine said (paraphrasing) "if he doesn't deserve then show me the performance that does". I agree with that the film itself deserves nods in the picture and directing categories, but I could also see it getting a bunch of technical nominations to. Screenplay, editing, etc. I think this is going to be a nice test of the ability of the academy to expand the movies they recognize to include any film regardless of genre. If this movie can't get nominated then no Comic Book ever made will be nominated, in which case the academy will say that they don't believe that type of movie can be "quality". The awards then will be reduced to the Best "swords and sandals, drama, historical, biopic" Picture, as opposed to the truly BEST picture each year. If they go that route they might as well go the way other awards shows have gone and have a seperate Best Performance in a Comedy/Musical category, etc. I'm beginning to ramble, but I think I've made my point...?
12-04-2008 @ 8:32PM
cough said...
Just give Heath Ledger a prize and end this madness.
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12-23-2008 @ 4:37AM
Vampyra said...
Isn't this exciting? All this support for The Dark Knight. Surely the panel at the Academy Awards will sit up and take notice. I don't think there has been anything like this campaign for a movie in cinema history. I'm hoping for a Best Picture nomination at least, but I really would like a posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger, a super performance. And an Oscar for Best Director wouldn't go astray!
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