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The Wrestler THE WRESTLER EEN FILM VAN DARREN ARONOFSKY WILD BUNCH HAARLEMMERDIJK 159 - 1013 KH – AMSTERDAM WWW.WILDBUNCH.NL THE PUBLICITY COMPANY [email protected] The Wrestler – Darren Aronofsky PROJECT SUMMARY SYNOPSIS NL Eind jaren ’80 was Randy “The Ram” Robinson Een productie van Protozoa Pictures (Mickey Rourke) , een succesvol professioneel Taal Engels worstelaar. Nu -20 jaar later- teert hij nog Lengte 105 minuten steeds op zijn succes van vroeger door shows Genre Drama te geven voor een handvol fanatieke fans. Land van herkomst Verenigde Staten Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky Vervreemd van zijn dochter (Evan Rachel Hoofdrollen Mickey Rourke, Wood) en niet in staat om een echte relatie te Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei behouden, leeft Randy voor de adrenaline van Releasedatum 12 februari 2009 zijn shows en de adoratie van zijn fans. Nominaties Academy Awards 2009 Vanwege een zware hartaanval wordt Randy gedwongen vervroegd met pensioen te gaan. Best Performance by an Actor in a Een vooruitzicht dat hij moeilijk kan Motion Picture - Drama accepteren, maar die hem dwingt om zijn Mickey Rourke leven te evalueren. Hij probeert de relatie met zijn dochter nieuw leven in te blazen en een Best Performance by an Actress opbloeiende romance met stripper Cassidy in a supporting Role in a Motion Picture (Marisa Tomei) een serieuze kans te geven. Marisa Tomei Maar dit lijkt niet op te wegen tegen de allure van het leven in de ring, waardoor Randy zich Awards Golden Globes 2009 tegen beter weten in, nog één keer voorbereidt om een grote finale te worstelen. Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama SYNOPSIS ENGELS Mickey Rourke Back in the late ’80s, Randy “The Ram” Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining Best Original Song professional wrestler. Now, twenty years Motion Picture - Bruce Springsteen later, he ekes out a living performing for "The Wrestler" handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around Film Festival Venetië 2008 New Jersey. Gouden Leeuw – Beste Film Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real Premisse relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the Eind jaren ’80 was Randy “The Ram” Robinson show and the adoration of his fans. However, (Mickey Rourke), een succesvol professioneel a heart attack forces him into worstelaar. Nu -20 jaar later- teert hij nog retirement. As his sense of identity starts to steeds op zijn succes van vroeger door shows slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of te geven voor een handvol fanatieke fans. his life -- trying to reconnect with his Vanwege een zware hartaanval wordt Randy daughter, and striking up a blossoming gedwongen vervroegd met pensioen te gaan. romance with an aging stripper (Marisa Hoewel hij dit vooruitzicht moeilijk kan Tomei). Yet all this cannot compete with the accepteren, grijpt hij deze kans aan om zijn allure of the ring and his passion for his art, privéleven op orde te krijgen. Randy kan de which threatens to pull Randy “The Ram” back allure van het leven in de ring echter niet into his world of wrestling. weerstaan en bereidt zich tegen beter weten in, nog één keer voor op een grote wedstrijd. The Wrestler – Darren Aronofsky CAST CREW Randy MICKEY ROURKE DIRECTED BY DARREN ARONOFSKY Cassidy MARISA TOMEI PRODUCER SCOTT FRANKLIN Stephanie EVAN RACHEL WOOD CO-PRODUCER MARK HEYMAN Lenny MARK MARGOLIS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS VINCENT MARAVAL Wayne TODD BARRY AGNES MENTRE Nick Volpe WASS STEVENS JENNIFER ROTH Scott Brumberg JUDAH FRIEDLANDER SCREENPLAY ROBERT SIEGEL The Ayatollah ERNEST MILLER PRODUCTION DESIGNER TIM GRIMES Necro Butcher DYLAN SUMMERS DP MARYSE ALBERTI STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER NIKO TAVERNISE CASTING DIRECTOR MARY VERNIEU SUZANNE SMITH-CROWLEY COSTUME DESIGNER AMY WESTCOTT EDITOR ANDY WEISBLUM ORIGINAL SCORE CLINT MANSELL MUSIC SUPERVISOR JIM BLACK SET DECORATOR THEO SENA SOUND RECORDIST KEN ISHII SFX MAKE-UP ARTIST MIKE MARINO STUNT COORDINATOR DOUGLAS CROSBY ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS ARI HANDEL EVAN GINZBURG A PROTOZOA PICTURES WILD BUNCH COPRODUCTION The Wrestler – Darren Aronofsky DARREN ARONOFSKY – DIRECTOR SCOTT FRANKLIN – PRODUCER Writer, director and producer Darren π (1998) Associate Producer Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn. Director: Darren Aronofsky His latest film, THE WRESTLER, stars Mickey Cast: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Rourke, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. Shenkman Awards: Best Director Award Sundance Film His previous film THE FOUNTAIN was called a Festival, Independent Spirit Award for Best “psychedelic fairy-tale” (Aint it Cool News) First Screenplay, Open Palm Gotham Award, and stars Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. It National Board of Review Special Recognition, premiered at the 2006 Venice Film Festival Palma Majorca Best Director, Malaga and won the Sloan prize at the Hamptons Film International Screenplay Award, Thessaloniki Festival. Before that, 2000’s REQUIEM FOR A Fipresci Special Mention, Chlotrudis DREAM, premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Cinematography Award. Festival and was named in over 150 Top Ten Lists of 2000. It received many international Requiem For A Dream (2000) Co-Producer awards, five Independent Spirit Award Director: Darren Aronofsky nominations, and star Ellen Burstyn received Cast: Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Golden Globe and Academy Award© Best Wayans, and Ellen Burstyn Actress nominations. Aronofsky’s debut, π, Awards: Ellen Burstyn Nominated for an premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival Academy and Golden Globe Award, Best where it won the Director’s Award. It went on Actress and Cinematography Independent to win several international awards including Spirit Awards, Boston, Chicago, Southeastern, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Phoenix, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Florida Film Screenplay. Critics Best Actress, Chlotrudis Best Film, National Board of Review special recognition, Aronofsky studied filmmaking at Harvard Online Film Critics Awards for best director, University and the American Film Institute. In actress, score and editing, Satellite Award for 2001, the AFI awarded him the Franklin J. Best Actress, Stockholm Film Festival for Schaffner Alumni Medal. In 2006, the Best Actress, Valladolid Golden Spike Stockholm Film Festival awarded him the Golden Horse “Visionary” award. His Hounddog (2006) Producer company Protozoa Pictures presently has a Director: Deborah Kampmeier first look deal with Universal Studios. Cast: Dakota Fanning, Robin Wright-Penn, David Morse, Afemo Omilami Sundance Film Festival 2007 The Wrestler – Darren Aronofsky SELECTED FILMOGRAPHIES MARISA TOMEI BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS 2007 MICKEY ROURKE YOU’RE DEAD KILLSHOT 2007 GRACE IS GONE 2007 STORMBREAKER 2005 WILD HOGS 2007 DOMINO 2004 FACTOTUM 2006 SIN CITY 2004 LOVERBOY 2006 MAN ON FIRE 2004 MARILYN HOTCHKISS’ BALLROOM 2006 MASKED AND ANONYMOUS 2002 DANCING & CHARM SCHOOL ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO 2002 ALFIE 2004 SPUN 2001 ANGER MANAGEMENT 2003 THE PLEDGE 2000 THE GURU 2003 GET CARTER 2000 JUST A KISS 2002 THE ANIMAL FACTORY 2000 IN THE BEDROOM 2001 OUT IN FIFTY 1999 KING OF THE JUNGLE 2001 SHERGAR 1999 HAPPY ACCIDENTS 2001 SHADES 1999 SOMEONE LIKE YOU 2001 THURSDAY 1998 WHAT WOMEN WANT 2000 BUFFALO ’66 1998 THE WATCHER 2000 POINT BLANK 1997 THE SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS 1998 THE RAINMAKER 1997 WELCOME TO SARAJEVO 1997 LOVE IN PARIS 1997 A BROTHER’S KISS 1997 DOUBLE TEAM (AKA THE COLONY) 1997 UNHOOK THE STARS 1996 BULLET 1996 FOUR ROOMS 1995 EXIT IN RED 1996 THE PEREZ FAMILY 1995 FALL TIME 1995 ONLY YOU 1994 F.T.W. 1994 THE PAPER 1994 WHITE SANDS 1992 EQUINOX 1993 HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE UNTAMED HEART 1993 MARLBORO MAN 1991 CHAPLIN 1992 WILD ORCHID 1990 MY COUSIN VINNY 1992 DESPERATE HOURS 1997 OSCAR 1991 JOHNNY HANDSOME 1989 ZANDALEE 1991 FRANCESCO PLAYING FOR KEEPS 1986 (AKA ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI) 1989 THE FLAMINGO KID 1984 HOMEBOY 1988 ANGEL HEART 1987 EVAN RACHEL WOOD BARFLY 1987 THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES 2007 A PRAYER FOR THE DYING 1987 KING OF CALIFORNIA 2007 NINE ½ WEEKS 1986 ACROSS THE UNIVERSE 2007 YEAR OF THE DRAGON 1985 RUNNING WITH SCISSORS 2006 THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE 1984 DOWN IN THE VALLEY 2005 RUMBLE FISH 1983 THE UPSIDE OF ANGER 2005 EUREKA 1982 PRETTY PERSUASION 2005 DINER 1982 THE MISSING 2003 BODY HEAT 1981 THIRTEEN 2003 FADE TO BLACK 1980 SIMONE 2002 HEAVEN’S GATE 1980 LITTLE SECRETS 2001 1941 1979 PRACTICAL MAGIC 1998 DIGGING TO CHINA 1998 .
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