"The Dark Knight" premiered Monday night in New York, and Heath Ledger’s parents and family were there to see the results.
I can tell you that the Ledgers wholeheartedly approved of the film, although it was incredibly difficult for them to watch their late son on the screen.
After the screening at the IMAX theater in Lincoln Square, the Ledgers gave me this statement: "'The Dark Knight' is everything we hoped it would be and more. Heath loved the experience of creating this character and working on the film. We are so proud of our boy.”
They should be. As you’ve probably read elsewhere by now, Heath gives the performance of a lifetime in Chris Nolan’s second Batman film as the Joker. He’s a much different Joker, though, than anything you’ve seen before in the world of the Dark Knight (that’s Batman’s nickname).
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