Synopsis
The Wrestler (2008) This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom. ??Matlock-6

Awards: 58 wins & 93 nominations total
Budget: $6,000,000 (estimated)
Worldwide Gross: $44,734,660
Soundtrack: (Bang Your Head) Metal Health (Written by Frankie Banali, Carlos Cavazo, Tony Cavazo, and Kevin DuBrow)


Darren Aronofsky
Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
2009-01-30 (United States, France)
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