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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Ernest Miller, Mickey Rourke, Ajay Naidu, Gregg Bello, Todd Barry, Marisa Tomei, Mark Margolis, Judah Friedlander, Evan Rachel Wood, Necro Butcher, Charlotte Aronofsky, Abraham Aronofsky ...MORE

Cast: Ernest Miller, Mickey Rourke, Ajay Naidu, Gregg Bello, Todd Barry, Marisa Tomei, Mark Margolis, Judah Friedlander, Evan Rachel Wood, Necro Butcher, Charlotte Aronofsky, Abraham Aronofsky, Wass M. Stevens, Mike Miller, Romeo Roselli, Tommy Farra, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Anna-Karin Eskilsson ...LESS

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The Wrestler is a 2008 sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Robert D. Siegel and starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood. Production began in January 2008 and Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired rights to distribute the film in the U.S.; it was released in a limited capacity on December 17, 2008 and was released nationwide on January 23, 2009. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 21, 2009 in the United States. It was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2009. Aronofsky considers The Wrestler to be a companion piece to his 2010 film,... MORE

The Wrestler is a 2008 sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Robert D. Siegel and starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood. Production began in January 2008 and Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired rights to distribute the film in the U.S.; it was released in a limited capacity on December 17, 2008 and was released nationwide on January 23, 2009. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 21, 2009 in the United States. It was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2009. Aronofsky considers The Wrestler to be a companion piece to his 2010 film, Black Swan, as both films feature a character with a demanding art. Rourke plays an aging professional wrestler who continues to wrestle matches in an attempt to cling on to his 1980s heyday despite his failing health, while also trying to mend his relationship with his estranged daughter and find romance with a stripper. The film received universal critical acclaim and won the Golden Lion Award in the 2008 Venice Film Festival in August, where it premiered. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote it as one of the year's best films, while Rotten Tomatoes reported that 98% of critics gave the film positive LESS