20 Things You Didn't Know About Batman Begins

2. "Wait... Does That Cop Have A Twin?"

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During Batman Begins€™ breathless car chase €“ as Batman outruns the cops to get Rachel the antidote for Crane€™s fear toxin €“ a cop appears when Batman is briefly cornered at the top of a parking garage, ordering Batman to €œTurn off your engines!€ About a minute later, the same damn cop appears asking over the scanner, €œCan you at least tell me what looks like?€€only to follow up with a sheepish, €œNever mind€ as the Tumbler roars past. In the script, the latter scene is supposed to happen before the former: the cop sees the Tumbler, joins the chase, and then yells €œTurn off your engines!€ on top of the parking garage. In the film, the two have been placed €œout of order€ editorially; perhaps Nolan and editor Lee Smith felt that coming almost right on top of the line €œIt€™s a blank€TANK€, two comedy beats was a bit much. For viewers with sharp eyes, it€™s a bizarre moment; are there identical twins working on the GCPD?
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