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The Wrestler (2008)

Name: The Wrestler
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Genre: drama film, sport film
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.9

The Wrestler is a 2008 American sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Robert Siegel. The film stars Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. 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. He also tries to mend his relationship…

Directed by Darren Aronofsky · Shot by Maryse Alberti · Cut by Andrew Weisblum · Music by Clint Mansell · Ratio 2.35:1 · 105 min

Behind the scenes

Behind the Scenes: The Wrestler (Aronofsky, 2008) with Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei — Serious Feather · 28 min
The Wrestler - Behind the Scenes — The Hollywood Reporter · 3 min
THE WRESTLER Roundtable (part one) — SearchlightPictures · 3 min
Asi se hizo EL LUCHADOR (THE WRESTLER) (Making Of subtitulado en español) — Kitus Cine · 35 min
The Wrestler 'Roundtable' Featurette #5 (R) 2008 ‧ Sport/Romance ‧ Mickey Rourke — Filmography Guy · 3 min
The Wrestler 'Roundtable' Featurette #4 (R) 2008 ‧ Sport/Romance ‧ Mickey Rourke — Filmography Guy · 5 min
The Wrestler — STUDIOCANAL Germany · 3 min

Elsewhere

More by Darren Aronofsky

Supermarket Sweep — 1991
Protozoa — 1993
Pi — 1998
Pi - The Movie. Blind Rage — 1998
Requiem for a Dream — 2000
The Fountain — 2006
Black Swan — 2010
Noah — 2014
Mother! — 2017
The Whale — 2022
Postcard from Earth — 2023
Caught Stealing — 2025

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