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- Rourke plays an aging professional wrestler who, despite his failing health and waning fame, continues to wrestle due to financial hardship and in an attempt to cling to the success of his 1980s heyday.
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Rourke plays an aging professional wrestler who, despite his failing health and waning fame, continues to wrestle due to financial hardship and in an attempt to cling to the success of his 1980s heyday.
Dec 18, 2008 · Rourke plays aging pro-wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson, once a star on the circuit, and he has long yellow hair and looks like a battered lion — like hell, but in his tragic way, beautiful.
Robin Ramzinski, better known by his stage name Randy "The Ram" Robinson, is an aging wrestler who achieved fame in the 80s. Twenty years later, Randy is now a has-been, barely getting by with wrestling gigs over the weekend while working part-time at a local grocery store during weekdays.
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Robin Ramzinski, better known by his ring name Randy "The Ram" Robinson, is a professional wrestler who became a celebrity in the 1980s. Now past his prime, Randy wrestles on weekends for independent promotions in New Jersey while working part-time at a supermarket under Wayne, a demeaning manager who mocks Randy's wrestling background. A regular a...
Rourke's performance in the film gave renewed interest to his career.*Mickey Rourkeas Robin Ramzinski / Randy "The Ram" Robinson 1. Marisa Tomeias Pam / Cassidy 2. Evan Rachel Woodas Stephanie Ramzinski 3. Mark Margolisas Lenny 4. Todd Barryas Wayne 5. Judah Friedlanderas Scott 6. Ernest Milleras Bob / "The Ayatollah" 7. Ajay Naiduas Medic 8. Wass ...
Scenes where Rourke and Wood's characters try to bond were filmed on theAsbury Parkboardwalk. The Wrestler was written by Robert D. Siegel, a former writer for The Onion and entered development at director Darren Aronofsky's Protozoa Pictures. Actor Nicolas Cage entered negotiations in October 2007 to star as Randy. The following month Cage left th...
The Wrestler has received universal critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 98% of critics gave the film positive write-ups based upon a sample of 215, and gave it a golden tomato for best drama of 2008. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of ...
Main article: List of accolades received by The Wrestler (2008 film) The film won the Golden Lion at the 65th Venice International Film Festival and was nominated for two Academy Awards.
An aging wrestler, grappling with mortality and a lifetime of bad decisions - played by Mickey Rourke, semi naked much of the time. A stripper with a heart of gold - played by Marisa Tomei, mostly naked most of the time.
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Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit.
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Rourke plays an aging professional wrestler who, despite his failing health and waning fame, continues to wrestle in an attempt to cling to the success of his 1980s heyday. He also tries to mend his relationship with his estranged daughter and to find romance with a woman who works as a stripper.
