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Wedding Breaks Out at Dark Knight Rises Fight Scene

When Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale met the press last week to preemptively thank Pittsburgh for letting The Dark Knight Rises have its run of the Steel City, they could really only anticipate the standard logistical headaches that accompany location filmmaking. You know: Traffic jams, parking shortages, detours, new brides wanting to check out the Batmobile… The usual.

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Wedding Breaks Out at Dark Knight Rises Fight Scene

Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan Thank Pittsburgh For Hosting The Dark Knight Rises

On Thursday, Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan and Steel City first-timer Christian Bale held a Pittsburgh press conference to thank the city for hosting production on the final installment in the Batman trilogy. Nolan said that they chose Pittsburgh because “it is a very beautiful city on a very impressive scale and yet one which has a community that hasn’t lost its human scale.” So, not because of the Wiz Khalifa song ” Black and Yellow “? Go figure. Filming begins tomorrow. Principal photography started in May. [ Post-Gazette ]

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