The Dark Knight's Gotham City Hospital Explosion

[Aznswordsman007]

PU~~~!!!!!!!

[thunk420]

@Trancy Tara....that's what she said

[thunk420]

It seems the only CG was for the windows

[xhappyxlifex]

No wonder the explosion looked amazing on the movie, it didnt look like CG crap

[rybo30]

You can see Heath Ledger walking away as the Joker around :30 in the middle left.

[waksibra]

how the hell did they afford this?

[Steve1306]

This scene has got the best bass sound i have ever heard im my live! It was so loud, that the pictures in my flat were crooked.

[konman001]

Say. . .where is joe the doughnut boy?

Joe, Joe. . . hmmmmp

[counterstrikenerd321]

The Helicopter was filming, the bus down there had Heath in it

[PHANTOMDEPPSPONGEBOB]

Holy shite, that scene was real?!

[MacraStraba]

I'm impressed at how they done this in one go. It really did look like they took two camera shots at once.

[Halfbloodprince101]

This is really a lolly factory.

[cisan]

nice to see a movie using old fashioned explosions again, especially on this scale. movies these days go overboard on CG, sometimes to the point that its silly...

[TheUltimateBastich]

@cisan not sometimes, most of the time, which is sad

[smartgal5]

this is so lame

[happosai21]

i mean its faked for a movie ^^ like 911 is fake too

[Steveduenas]

for your information, that really was heath leaving the hospital. Though, I cannot see it in the video here.

They rehearsed the scene countless times, because they obviously only had one chance to get it right. Christopher Nolan was very pleased that Heath didnt even flinch even as pieces from the explosion were being thrown at him. So yes, the scene really has heath in it. This can all be found out on the DVD extras.

[FangnclawWasHereX]

A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

Can't imagine being in that helicopter that u see in this either. *whistles*

[maulcs]

You can actually see him starting at around :05 to the left by the white van with the camera moving in front as well.

[ChaoticDrakness]

I SEE HEATH!!!!!!

[anjet148]

I SAW THE JOKER

[wendysman08]

are you sure you can see him walking away? i wasnt sure after the last 10 people said it... no shit... and its not him its his stunt double they wouldnt put him tat close to a building thats blowing up

[Jaguarsfan2006]

yeahh u can actually point out the joker as he's walking away

[cpssnorman]

just half of the building..........

[DarthBlade48]

seeed 4life

[pspgreeny645]

Haha you can see Heath and the camera man at the beginning on the left side.

[Anakin323]

if you look to the far left of the hospital, you can see Heath Ledger walking out of the building doing his scene. you can see him from 0:07-0:11

[PredatorElite666]

lol 1 of my favourite scenes

[BlackHelloKitty18]

D; where?

[happosai21]

look at all the explosions.. looks kind of like 9/11 lol

[MasterGracey16]

wow youre a dick

[wendysman08]

thats not even remotely funny you fuck head

[danieldeibler]

Oh no! It collapsed into a smoldering pile of mpeg artifacts!

[katucheegee]

damn it! i can't see it clearly..but this is one of the best scenes...

[54spiritedwill54]

woweee!

[remyw18]

If you look closely, at 0.50 at the left side of the screen, the bus from the scene (supposedly containing Ledger and the passengers) crosses the screen. That all proves it was shot in one take.

[hbiubri]

No, napyuu, that's just a happy nurse. Don't be so serious.

[abu3333]

Thats right napyuu they took they film the scene in on shot so thats gotta be him!

[napyuu]

If you look very carefully, on the sidewalk/road with the white van on it next to the building on the left side of the screen, you can see Heath Ledger walking out of the shot.

[MortalisEU]

damn that helicopter was close to that

[davebritboy]

this is a great movie.. heath was hillarious

[SupremeX2C]

Ha! You can see Heath walking out of the building and jumping over the curb with the camera in front of him at around 8 seconds.

This film was AWESOME! And this scene was one of the best parts.

[TrancyTara]

I don't see it..... too small I guess.

[balmungofazureskies]

That was my absolute favorite part when he was messing with the detonator then running into the bus! xDDD

[cluckbeef]

Heath was an incredible actor. I read somewhere that the detonator was set to blow up the building on his first press, but when he turned around he saw there was no explosion he improvised by playing with the remote until it blew up.

One of my favourite movies/actors ever!

RIP Heath!

[masternatsu]

Heaths best scene, just the little things he does was hilarious

[onidraky]

Many movies destroy old, unused buildings for scenes. This is nothing new.

[tvboy223]

this was the biggest real destruction of a building in any movie, most others were either full CGI or partial CGI.

[stupidexample]

Lethal Weapon 2 had a pretty big one too.. but this movie is just incredible.

[tdog3456]

:O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[caramelkissx]

how the hell did u film this???? is this real??

[flaminghawk555]

holy shit

[dice283]

my god they destroyed an actual structure for this? holy shit

[chicagodom]

They did the city a favor. It used to be the Brach's Candy Company administration building, and has been vacant since 2003. It is good it was taken down. google brach;s candy chicago for more.