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The Wrestler (Blu-ray Disc, 2009, Checkpoint; Sensormatic; Widescreen; Includes Digital Copy)

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At first glance, Darren Aronofsky's THE WRESTLER may seem like a departure for the oftentimes frenetic filmmaker, and in some ways it is. When this story of a past-his-prime performer is compared to PI, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, and THE FOUNTAIN, there is relatively little trace of psychoscientific addiction imagery, hip-hop editing, or grimly elegant peeks into dreams, nightmares, and otherworlds. Comic moments are plentiful. Aronofsky's signature close-ups of faces have been replaced with ones that force themselves into wounds inflicted for visceral spectacle. Much of the time the camera floats and bobs with an observant, almost documentary-like quietness, ethereally following the wrestler as if it were his past, and the viewer may perceive vague connections to a later, lonelier, less legitimate Rocky Balboa.But Mickey Rourke isn't the Italian Stallion--he's Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a man who has spent decades slicing himself open in choreographed fights while adoring crowds roar. Pro wrestling isn't as lucrative as it was for Randy in the 1980s, but he stays at it while working menial jobs because performing isn't just the only thing he craves--it's the only thing that, at 50, he knows how to crave. While courting his one true friend, a stripper named Cassidy (Marisa Tomei), Randy does his best to restart a relationship with the angry daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) he abandoned. But Rourke imbues the image of Randy, ready to pounce from the ropes, looking almost as unreal as the box art on action figure packaging, with an expression of pain, desperation, and joy. It's a close-up that makes two things clear. For one, Randy's charisma is inseparable from the crippling fixation that's kept him alive. For another, THE WRESTLER might be at once a simpler and more complex meditation on addiction and eternal struggle than any of Aronofsky's earlier work.

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UPC0024543575054
eBay Product ID (ePID)72316231

Product Key Features

ActorMarisa Tomei, Mickey Rourke
EditionCheckpoint; Sensormatic; Widescreen; Includes Digital Copy
RatingR
Movie/TV TitleWrestler
DirectorDarren Aronofsky
FormatBlu-ray Disc
Release Year2009
GenreDrama

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Display FormatCheckpoint; Sensormatic; Widescreen; Includes Digital Copy
Leading RoleMarisa Tomei, Mickey Rourke
Film CountryUSA
Release Date20090421

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  • by lilshophorror
    08 Mar, 2017

    Awesome

    A modern masterpiece. I had absolutely no respect for wrestling till I saw this film. Rourke's performance is so good that it is almost Brandoesque. Marisa Tomei is wonderful. Added with director Aronofsky's brilliant induced documentary camera. This is one for the ages. Definitely the modern day Raging Bull.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: New

  • by reneg-30
    29 Jun, 2021

    Action pack!

    Great movie awesome job!!!!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by llitorapper
    18 Aug, 2017

    Hardcore Wrestling Fan

    If you want to know what it takes to be a wrestler. This is one of the best movie I see behind the ropes. You need to see this movie.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: New

  • by chinadoll97
    17 Dec, 2018

    The wresler

    Thank you! My brother is gonna love this!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: New

  • by brocverna0
    16 Jul, 2020

    "The Wrestler" blu-ray

    This a great great great movie 🎥!!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by ph03_8
    15 Apr, 2023

    Poor guy needs a makeover!

    All real pain and gain.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by dublindog0_1
    26 May, 2024

    Perfect thank you!!!

    Perfect thank you!!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by leand-mato
    18 Nov, 2015

    Great product!

    Everything's fine! Product very well preserved, just like new. As described.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by manny98harley
    30 Nov, 2024

    good

    good movie

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

  • by cor1514
    08 Feb, 2022

    Excelent,

    Excelent, I have no complaints.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

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