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The third and final film of the Dark Knight Trilogy created by Christopher Nolan.

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Why didn't the prisoners who helped Bruce try to escape from the pit themselves?

Indeed the other prisoners (or some of them, the younger ones maybe) still try to escape from the pit, they just don't make it. There is a scene where one tries to escape while Bruce is still lying pa …
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How did Bane get Gordon's speech?

He found it in the Pocket of Gordon's coat when Gordon was his captive down in the sewers. He orders one of his men to search his pockets and he finds the papers containing the speech before Gordon ca …
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Were the Gotham Rogue football team real football players?

Yes, the football players in that scene are to a large degree actually real football players from the Pittsburgh Steelers. The whole scene was filmed in Pittsburgh (as well as many other scenes of the …
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How does Batman know to rescue Selina Kyle outside the home of John Daggett?

He didn't know Selina was there at all and didn't come for her, but for Dagget (and ultimately Bane). So it was indeed a coincidence that he arrived just in time. As to the question of why he was vis …
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Why does Christopher Nolan end the Dark Knight Trilogy this way?

First of all it is an allusion to Alfred's previous story: When Bruce was away for many years during the events of Batman Begins (when he was an outlaw and later trained by the League of Shadows), Alf …
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What nationality is Bane?

First of all, there is this article from NBC (that is also referenced in another answer) which says that Bane's nationality/ethnicity is half British and half Caribbean: DC Comics describes Bane’s …
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Why does Bane rob the stock exchange, with Bruce Wayne's fingerprints?

Now first of all, as you correctly say in your answer and question, at that point Bane was supposedly working for John Daggett, who likely brought him into the country and funded his endeavours. So pa …
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What was Batman hoping to accomplish by fighting Bane in the sewer?

...the only reason I can think of [...] to have him fight Bane in this instance is because he doesn't yet know just how formidable Bane is... And that's exactly the point. A primary motif of the fir …
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Who is in the cafe scene in Dark Knight Rises

It is definitely Selina Kyle, never thought it could be someone else (and have never heard anybody not referring to her being Selina Kyle). Yet that particular screenshot is indeed a bit vague, but to …
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How long did it take Bruce to recover?

About 5 months. So, there have been quite a few confusions about the actual length of Bane's occupation of Gotham and Bruce's time in the pit. So let's go through the movie step by step and summarize …
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How much did Legendary Pictures' connections to the Pittsburgh Steelers really influence the...

As explained in previous questions, the fact that the football players of the Gotham Rogues in The Dark Knight Rises were largely played by actual football players from the Pittsburgh Steelers was nic …
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Regarding Miranda Tate's reappearance in Wayne Tower

Nearing the climax of The Dark Knight Rises we see Bruce return to Gotham while Miranda Tate gets captured together with Gordon's men. While the latter gets sentenced to "death by exile", the former b …
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Was Ra's al Ghul nearly immortal in the Dark Knight trilogy?

Well, yes and no. There is no clear evidence that he is or is not nearly immortal. We don't actually see him die at the end of Batman Begins, neither is any kind of Lazarus pit nor its absence ever m …
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Why is Bane not a Mexican wrestler?

There are indeed comments from various of the filmmakers why they went in this direction. The overall tenor of those comments has been nailed by you in the question already, though. It was for the sam …
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Why does Christian Bale change his voice when playing Batman

Well, most people often forget how easy it is to recognize somebody by voice and Bruce Wayne is kind of a celebrity. So changing his voice is a natural consequence of Nolan's making Batman more realis …
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