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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Where The Dark Knight Rises says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Gotham City is Pittsburgh, a stadium, and a fort in India

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The Dark Knight Rises
Photo: Enchufla Con Clave · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Scenes and places

A CIA plane over Uzbekistan (2012)

Bane's men hijack a CIA plane to seize a nuclear physicist, Dr. Pavel. Aboard, a CIA agent questions a captured man about Bane and the mask, and learns that being caught was part of the plan.

Set in CIA aircraft over Uzbekistan — A CIA plane carrying nuclear physicist Dr. Leonid Pavel is attacked in mid-air by Bane's men.

The place is an aircraft in flight, so there is no fixed spot on the ground to mark.

Wayne Manor and the stolen fingerprints (2012)

Bruce is a recluse in his manor eight years after Harvey Dent's death. Selina Kyle, a cat burglar, steals his fingerprints from a safe there, and Bruce finds out what she was really after.

Set in Wayne Manor — The Wayne family estate outside Gotham, where Bruce lives as a recluse.

A 17th-century Nottinghamshire country house, the kind of grand estate the film needs for the Wayne family home.

Filmed at Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, England — The Elizabethan hall used for the exterior of Wayne Manor. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Wayne Enterprises loses its owner (2012)

Bane uses Bruce's fingerprints to push through fraudulent trades, and Bruce is left bankrupt and out of his own company. Daggett closes in while Miranda Tate becomes the new CEO.

Set in Wayne Enterprises headquarters — The company tower in Gotham where the board fights over who controls Wayne Enterprises.

A 58-story Manhattan skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, used in place of the Daley Center in Chicago.

Filmed at Trump Tower, New York — Stood in for the Wayne Enterprises headquarters. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Gotham Rogues game (2012)

While the crowd sings the anthem, Bane's explosives seal thousands of Gotham police in the tunnels and cut the bridges around the city. Bane begins to take Gotham.

Set in Gotham football stadium — The home field of the Gotham Rogues, where the anthem is sung before a game.

A National Football League stadium on Pittsburgh's North Shore, used as the Gotham Rogues' home field.

Filmed at Heinz Field (now Acrisure Stadium), Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh Steelers players played the Gotham Rogues, with over 11,000 extras. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Blackgate Prison opens (2012)

Bane tells Gotham that Harvey Dent was a lie and that the men in Blackgate were jailed for it. He opens the prison and sets the inmates loose.

Set in Blackgate Penitentiary — Gotham's maximum-security prison, where about a thousand men were held under the Dent Act.

A research building at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, used for Blackgate's exterior.

Filmed at Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh — The institute building served as Blackgate Prison. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The underground prison (2012)

Bane takes Bruce to a prison pit in the Middle East. There Bruce hears how Ra's al Ghul's wife was sent there pregnant, and how her child was raised in the pit.

Set in Underground prison in the Middle East — An ancient prison pit where a mercenary's child was raised.

A 15th-century hill fort above the blue city of Jodhpur, in Rajasthan.

Filmed at Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, India — First location of principal photography; the prison interior was a set. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh — Gotham City Hall Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Newark City Hall and Military Park, New Jersey — Gotham city streets Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Wabash Tunnel, Pittsburgh — A new vehicle arrives (reported from set photos) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Sgwd Henrhyd, Wales — The waterfall entrance to the Batcave Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

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