The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky, 2008)

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Antoine Doinel · #1 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:48 pm

First pic.

flyonthewall2983 · #2 Post by **flyonthewall2983** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:56 pm

*wonders who can name the guy he's standing with there*

CSM126 · #3 Post by **CSM126** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 8:59 pm

flyonthewall2983 wrote:*wonders who can name the guy he's standing with there*

Afa! Now that's a nostalgia kick.

flyonthewall2983 · #4 Post by **flyonthewall2983** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:35 pm

Pro wrestling is filled with enough backstage drama that is made for film adaptation. This story doesn't sound like it has any of it, but appealing anyway.

Antoine Doinel · #5 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:39 pm

Marisa Tomei has joined the cast.

Cold Bishop · #6 Post by **Cold Bishop** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:02 am

Here's hoping it's the Fat City of wrestling films, which is really the only way to make a proper wrestling film.

flyonthewall2983 · #7 Post by **flyonthewall2983** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:04 pm

RagingNoodles wrote:I'm somewhat puzzled as to why Darren would do such a film, is he or was he a fan of the product? Nevertheless, I am very curious as to see what is the finished product.

Saw this over at SlashFilm:

The Wrestler treats professional wresting with a respect and realism unseen previously in fictional films… Wrestlers talk through their match in the makeshift backstage (aka The cafeteria) and common in the ring practices like Blading (using a razor blade to open a gash on forehead) are seamlessly worked into the script.

If you search the internet, you will find compilations of slang words which are used behind the scenes in the wrestling lifestyle (from “mark” to “ringrat” to “pop” to “heel”). I once heard that the lingo was something that wrestling adopted from its carney days. Siegel has done his research. These terms are integrated into the dialogue without sounded inserted (something I find all the time on tv - Chuck for example has a lot of geek references, but they are inserted into the dialogue, and the show sometimes feels like actors reading a script, because no real geek would ask his friend “Do you want to go play Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare?” Siegel gets all the details right. At one point Randy collects a $5 bill from a fan at an autograph show and puts it into his FANNYPACK! Any real wrestling fan knows that wrestlers and old people vacationing at Disneyland are the only people who wear fannypacks.
At the very least, it sounds like it'll be different to all the pro wrestling films we've seen and the small details like fannypacks and blading is a positive note.

This sounds very promising now. I thought at first it would be treated with some sentimentality mixed with a Rocky scenario. Now that doesn't seem to be the case.

Surely, a crew's worst nightmare.

Also, isn't Darren aware there's another movie with the same title?

moviscop · #8 Post by **moviscop** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:03 am

Production Clips

Second Clip

Third Clip

flyonthewall2983 · #9 Post by **flyonthewall2983** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:37 pm

Fourth and fifth clips from the shoot.

Antoine Doinel · #10 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:29 pm

The film will be closing the Venice Film Festival, mostly because final mixing isn't finished as they await a new song from Bruce Springsteen that will be played over the end credits.

Tom Hagen · #11 Post by **Tom Hagen** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:24 pm

More on Bruuuuuuce's contribution.

Antoine Doinel · #12 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:28 pm

The Playlist reports that The Wrestler also features music from AC/DC, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Cinderella, Great White...

Wow.

#13 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:30 pm

For those who were worried this would be his prestige picture

flyonthewall2983 · #14 Post by **flyonthewall2983** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:37 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:
The Playlist reports that The Wrestler also features music from AC/DC, Def Leppard, Mötley Crüe, Cinderella, Great White...
Wow.

Probably just source music. Any song from <place critic's darling here> wouldn't go over too well as a wrestler's entrance theme.

tavernier · #15 Post by **tavernier** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:45 pm

Tom Hagen wrote:More on Bruuuuuuce's contribution.

linked article wrote:"wonderful acoustic piece"

Christ -- I hope it's better than that godawful (but Oscar-winning!) "Streets of Philadelphia."

Antoine Doinel · #16 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:48 pm

tavernier wrote:Christ -- I hope it's better than that godawful (but Oscar-winning!) "Streets of Philadelphia."

I kinda like that song

tavernier · #17 Post by **tavernier** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:28 pm

So you're the one! (Maybe Patti likes it too.)

Tom Hagen · #18 Post by **Tom Hagen** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:33 pm

I've got Antoine's back on this one. Makes two of us.

tavernier · #19 Post by **tavernier** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:17 pm

So you guys like tuneless, mumbled songs. That's fine.

flyonthewall2983 · #20 Post by **flyonthewall2983** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:27 pm

Neil Young's song was 10 times better and more emotionally effective. Enough so that Bruce and Tom Hanks both thanked him for his contribution when they won their respective Oscars.

jesus the mexican boi · #21 Post by **jesus the mexican boi** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:02 pm

I like Bruce's song AND Neil's song. So there. Can't we all get along?

#22 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:06 pm

Doesn't matter, "The Day I Fall in Love" was robbed

Cosmic Bus · #23 Post by **Cosmic Bus** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:48 pm

Antoine Doinel wrote:I kinda like that song

I think I like Bettye Lavette's version every bit as much, if not moreso.

Antoine Doinel · #24 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:33 am

Todd McCarthy gives the film a rave.

moviscop · #25 Post by **moviscop** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:01 pm

more rave reviews

Ain't It Cool

The Hollywood Reporter

Times Online

Yahoo News

Also,

"Wrestler" Brings Venice Fest to Feet