Dark Knight, Australia battle for Oscar

The Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight is one of seven films competing for the Oscar, along with fellow comic-book adaptations Iron Man and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

The other four nominees are Baz Luhrmann's Australia, starring Nicole Kidman; Pitt's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; and two Brendan Fraser action films, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Members of the academy's visual effects branch will view 15-minute excerpts from each film and choose three nominees for the February 22 Oscars.

The Oscar nominations come out on January 22.

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