The Wrestler

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The Wrestler

film by Aronofsky [2008]

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Darren Aronofsky
The Fountain, The Wrestler, and Black Swan
…more warmly received was Aronofsky’s The Wrestler (2008), a moving story of an aging professional wrestler (Mickey Rourke) who attempts to maintain his fading career while building a relationship with a stripper (Marisa Tomei) and to reunite with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). The film briefly resurrected Rourke’s career,…
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…more warmly received was Aronofsky’s The Wrestler (2008), a moving story of an aging professional wrestler (Mickey Rourke) who attempts to maintain his fading career while building a relationship with a stripper (Marisa Tomei) and to reunite with his estranged daughter (Evan Rachel Wood). The film briefly resurrected Rourke’s career,…
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Marisa Tomei
…a stripper in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler (2008). Her later films included The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011), and The Big Short (2015). Tomei had a recurring part in 2015 in the TV series Empire, and she played Peter Parker’s guardian, Aunt May, in such box-office hits as…
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…a stripper in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler (2008). Her later films included The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011), and The Big Short (2015). Tomei had a recurring part in 2015 in the TV series Empire, and she played Peter Parker’s guardian, Aunt May, in such box-office hits as…
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