The Dark Knight named one of 2008s Top 10 movies
December 16th, 2008 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 16 (ANI): The American Film Institute has named The Dark Knight as one of the Top 10 movies of 2008.
Others in the list are political biopic Milk, animated fantasy Wall-E and Brad Pitt’’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Alongside the independent dramas Frozen River and Wendy and Lucy, Clint Eastwood’’s Gran Torino and comic book blockbuster Iron Man also feature, reports BBC.
The list, which has been compiled by a panel of filmmakers, reviewers and academics, has been completed by Frost/Nixon and The Wrestler.
Unlike other awards bodies, the institute does not rank films or pick one as the year’’s best.
The filmmakers behind the AFI’’s Top 10 choices will be honoured at a luncheon on 9 January. (ANI)
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