The Dark Knight Rises Has Some Serious Oscar Pedigree

Further adding to insane levels of hype for "The Dark Knight Rises" is this morning's oscar nomination for Gary Oldman for "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." Oh, wait, did I mention insane levels of hype, consider the fact that people are scalping midnight tickets for this bad boy at a somewhat evil $100 dollar mininum bid. Back to the Oscar nominations for Oldman, can we say what only some bloggers have pointed out before....this movie has a crazy amount of Oscar Winners/Nominees:

• Christian Bale - Won for The Fighter
• Morgan Freeman - Won for Million Dollar Baby (Four previous nominations)
• Anne Hathaway - Nominated for Rachel Getting Married
• Michael Caine - Won for both The Cider House Rules & Hanna and Her Sisters (Four other nominations)
• Marion Cotillard - Won for La Vie En Rose
• Gary Oldman - Nominated for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Liam Neeson - Nominated for Schindler's List
• Christopher Nolan - Nominated for "Inception" and "Memento"
• Wally Pfister (Cinematographer) - Won for "Inception"

That's a lot of firepower!