There was no question that the “Dark Knight” is one of its kind, and the People’s Choice Awards was the first of several awarding bodies recognize this phenomenal movie. “The Dark Knight” won was the people’s choice in every category is was nominated for – favorite cast, superhero, action movie and on-screen match-up for Christian Bale’s Batman and Heath Ledger’s Joker
Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, director Christopher Nolan and producer Charles Roven all went onstage to accept the awards and it took Bale several minutes before he can speak amidst the continued applause of the crowd.
Finally, the actor thanked the fans and a tribute to the late actor Heath Ledger. “Thank you very, very much. And on behalf of all of the cast from the movie, thank you very much to the fans. Here’s to Heath. Thank you.”
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