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Saturday, September 6
2:30pm – Pre-Event Mingle (VIP Only)
3:00pm – Panel discussion
4:30pm – The Dark Knight screening
Ticketing
$40 /VIP TICKET
Includes exclusive access to Pre-Event Mingle + 1 drink ticket
$20 /SINGLE TICKET
Includes 1 drink ticket
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Ever wondered what it takes to make a genre-defining film like Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight? Take a behind-the-scenes tour with our panel of crew members and get their insider insights into the film’s most notable stunts, costume designs, and special effects.
Praised by critics, comic-cons, action obsessives, and mere mortals alike, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight redefined the superhero movie genre. Filmed in Chicago throughout the summer of 2007 – Nolan insisted that the film be shot almost entirely on-location and not on a studio backlot, performing live stunts, practical special effects, and with minimal use computer generated imagery.
Nolan’s Gotham is a dark, muscular megalopolis, that, unlike previous Batman franchises, is genuinely ominous and beautifully real. His childhood recollection of downtown Chicago (the family lived in the north suburbs for several years), with its garrison of bascule bridges, subterrain roadways, and narrow skyscraper canyons, fit his vision of a comic book cityscape come-to-life. The results are perhaps the most ambitious production ever filmed in Chicago.
The event is preceded by a VIP Mingle, exclusive to VIP Ticket holders, followed by the crew member panel, and concluding with a screening of the film.
PRE-EVENT VIP MINGLE
VIP ticket holders are invited to arrive early and mingle with host Rich Moskal and the panelists, and enjoy complimentary beverage and bites
CREW PANEL
Our crew member panel will provide behind-the-scenes perspectives on the film’s most notable stunts, costume design and special effects.
James McAllister – In Person
James McAllister is a veteran production manager whose long-standing and continuing collaboration with Christopher Nolan includes serving as supervising location manager on The Dark Knight, unit production manager on Tenet (2020), and location manager on Batman Begins (2005). With more than 40 film and television credits to his name, McAllister has also worked with such acclaimed directors as Michael Mann, Ron Howard, Gore Verbinski, David Fincher, Christopher McQuarrie, Zack Snyder, and Sam Mendes.
Jennifer Jobst – In Person
Jennifer Jobst began her film career in the costume department during the early 1980s and today serves as President of IATSE Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 769. She has worked on more than fifty productions, including The Dark Knight (as Chicago Costume Supervisor), Man of Steel, High Fidelity, Barbershop, and Home Alone. Jennifer is a board member of the Illinois Production Alliance, where she champions industry sustainability through workforce diversity initiatives to open doors for new and aspiring members of the film community.
Stella Cottini – In Person
Stella Cottini is a veteran film costumer with 30 years’ experience on more than 25 feature and television productions. Her credits include Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Man of Steel, Contagion, Public Enemies, The Time Traveler’s Wife, and The Fugitive. She served as the Chicago key costumer on both Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Rick LeFevour – In Person
Rick LeFevour is a stuntman and actor whose career spans over 40 years and 250 film and television credits. He is currently the stunt coordinator of Chicago Fire, PD & Med, as well as The Bear. He has performed or coordinated stunts in Chicago’s most iconic films including The Untouchables, High Fidelity, Home Alone, Backdraft, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He was stunt coordinator of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
Jordan Goldberg – Live on Zoom
Jordan Goldberg began his career as Christopher Nolan’s assistant on Batman Begins. He went on to serve as associate producer of The Prestige and The Dark Knight, and later as co-producer of Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and Interstellar. He was a writer/executive producer of HBO’s Emmy Award–winning series Westworld and currently is in Budapest where he serves as writer/executive producer of HBO’s Dune: Prophecy.
Lindy Hemming – Pre-Recorded
Lindy Hemming garnered great critical praise and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the lavishly detailed musical Topsy-Turvy. She also enjoyed a long-standing association with the James Bond film series, designing the franchise’s attire for more than a decade, from GoldenEye through Casino Royale.
Hemming achieved further critical acclaim for providing the costumes in The Dark Knight trilogy, for which she won the Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Fantasy Film and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design for her work The Dark Knight.
CHICAGO ON SCREEN
The Dark Knight is part of FACETS’ Chicago on Screen 50th Anniversary series, a screening and discussion showcase of Chicago’s most celebrated films, filmmakers, and the crews that made them happen. Thank you to Lead 50th Anniversary Sponsor Liz Stiffel for making this series possible.
