Monday, April 12, 2010

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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Award of the Japanese Academy Best Foreign Film

BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Leading Actor
Mickey Rourke

Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei

Bodil Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2010 Nominated Bodil Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
Darren Aronofsky

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won BSFC Award Best Actor
Mickey Rourke
Tied with Sean Penn for Milk (2008/I).
British Independent Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated British Independent Film Award Best Foreign Film

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated Artios Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Drama/Comedy
Mary Vernieu

Central Ohio Film Critics Association
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Won COFCA Award Best Actor
Mickey Rourke

Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won CFCA Award Best Actor
Mickey Rourke

Chlotrudis Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated Chlotrudis Award Best Actor
Mickey Rourke

Costume Designers Guild Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated CDG Award Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary
Amy Westcott

David di Donatello Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated David Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
Darren Aronofsky

ESPY Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated ESPY Best Sports Movie

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won FFCC Award Best Actor
Mickey Rourke

Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei

Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated Best Film
Darren Aronofsky (director/producer)
Scott Franklin (producer)

Grammy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Sierra Award Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei

London Critics Circle Film Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Song from a Movie
Bruce Springsteen
For the song "The Wrestler".
Online Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated Prism Award Feature Film

Performance in a Feature Film
Mickey Rourke

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won SDFCS Award Best Actor
Mickey Rourke

Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei

San Francisco Film Critics Circle
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Mickey Rourke

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won TFCA Award Best Performance, Male
Mickey Rourke

Venice Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Golden Lion
Darren Aronofsky

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won WAFCA Award Best Actor
Mickey Rourke

World Soundtrack Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/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
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2009 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Original Screenplay
Robert D. Siegel



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

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