The Wrestler

Was very good dramatic look at a wrestler who was past his prime abused his body and his family to do what he thought he loved the most and that was to wrestle. He works in a grocery store tries to get his daughter not to hate him and make amends.finds a woman at a strip club he falls in love with who keeps him at arms length. He has a heart attack after a match and has a triple bypass which the doctor tells him he cant wrestle again. He works at the store talks to his daughter and is getting close with the stripper. He tries to get serious with the stripper who turns him down goes out gets drunk and does drugs with another woman goes home with her. When he gets home he sleeps past a time he is supposed to have dinner with his daughter he goes to her house where she tells him she wants nothing to do with him. He gets to the end of his rope and calls the promoter for the big wrestling show coming up and he has a match with his arch rival where at the end he is jumping off the ropes to do his signature move and the movie cuts off. The film looked like it was made to look like an older movie kinda back in the 80s didn't have the fine quality to it that the pictures do now.
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writer: Robert Siegel
Release Date: Jan 30th 2008
Genre: Drama Sport

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	Oscar	Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Mickey Rourke
			Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Marisa Tomei
Art Directors Guild
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	Excellence in Production Design Award	Contemporary Films Tim Grimes (production designer) Matthew Munn (art director) Travis Child (scenic artist) Theo Sena (set decorator)
Awards of the Japanese Academy
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Award of the Japanese Academy	Best Foreign Film
BAFTA Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	BAFTA Film Award	Best Leading Actor Mickey Rourke
	Nominated	BAFTA Film Award	Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
Bodil Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Bodil	Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) Darren Aronofsky
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	BSFC Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke Tied with Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I).
British Independent Film Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	British Independent Film Award	Best Foreign Film
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	Critics Choice Award	Best Song Bruce Springsteen For the song "The Wrestler".
	Nominated	Critics Choice Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
			Best Picture
			Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
Casting Society of America, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	Artios	Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Drama/Comedy Mary Vernieu
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	COFCA Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
			Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	CFCA Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
Chlotrudis Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	Chlotrudis Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	CDG Award	Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary Amy Westcott
David di Donatello Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	David	Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero) Darren Aronofsky
ESPY Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	ESPY	Best Sports Movie
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	FFCC Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
			Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
Golden Globes, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	Golden Globe	Best Original Song - Motion Picture Bruce Springsteen (music/lyrics) For the song "The Wrestler".
			Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Mickey Rourke
	Nominated	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Marisa Tomei
Gotham Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Nominated	Best Film	Darren Aronofsky (director/producer) Scott Franklin (producer)
Grammy Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Grammy	Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Bruce Springsteen For the song "The Wrestler".
Independent Spirit Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	Independent Spirit Award	Best Cinematography Maryse Alberti
			Best Feature Darren Aronofsky Scott Franklin
			Best Male Lead Mickey Rourke
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	KCFCC Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
			Best Director Darren Aronofsky
			Best Screenplay - Original Robert D. Siegel
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	Sierra Award	Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
London Critics Circle Film Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	ALFS Award	Actor of the Year Mickey Rourke
			Film of the Year
	Nominated	ALFS Award	Director of the Year Darren Aronofsky
MTV Movie Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	MTV Movie Award	Best Song from a Movie Bruce Springsteen For the song "The Wrestler".
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Won	OFCS Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
			Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
	Nominated	OFCS Award	Best Director Darren Aronofsky
			Best Picture
			Best Screenplay, Original Robert D. Siegel
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	PFCS Award	Best Original Song For the song 'The Wrestler'.
			Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Marisa Tomei
Prism Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	Prism Award	Feature Film
			Performance in a Feature Film Mickey Rourke
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	SDFCS Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
			Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	SFFCC Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke Tied with Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I).
			Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei
Satellite Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Nominated	Satellite Award	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Mickey Rourke
			Best Original Song Bruce Springsteen For the song "The Wrestler".
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	Actor	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Mickey Rourke
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	TFCA Award	Best Performance, Male Mickey Rourke
Venice Film Festival
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	Golden Lion	Darren Aronofsky
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2008	Won	WAFCA Award	Best Actor Mickey Rourke
World Soundtrack Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	World Soundtrack Award	Best Original Song Written for Film Bruce Springsteen For the song "The Wrestler".
Writers Guild of America, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2009	Nominated	WGA Award (Screen)	Best Original Screenplay Robert D. Siegel

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Cast

(Cast overview, first billed only)

	Mickey Rourke	...	Randy
	Marisa Tomei	...	Cassidy
	Evan Rachel Wood	...	Stephanie
	Mark Margolis	...	Lenny
	Todd Barry	...	Wayne
	Wass Stevens	...	Nick Volpe
	Judah Friedlander	...	Scott Brumberg
	Ernest Miller	...	The Ayatollah
	Dylan Keith Summers	...	Necro Butcher (as Dylan Summers)
	Tommy Farra	...	Tommy Rotten
	Mike Miller	...	Lex Lethal
	Marcia Jean Kurtz	...	Admissions Desk Woman
	John D'Leo	...	Adam
	Ajay Naidu	...	Medic
	Gregg Bello	...	JAPW Promoter Larry Cohen