Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The wrestler [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents in association with Wild Bunch, a Protozoa Pictures production, a film by Darren Aronofsky ; produced by Scott Franklin ; written by Robert Siegel ; directed and produced by Darren Aronofsky.

Publisher, Date:

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009]

Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Back in the late '80s, Randy 'The Ram' Robinson was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, decades past his prime, he barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. He faces health problems that may end his wrestling career and is attempting to come to terms with his life outside the ring. He wants to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and begins a relationship with a stripper. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, 'The Ayatollah,' which might just be his ticket back to stardom.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R; content not suitable for minors.

Subjects:

Wrestlers -- United States -- Drama.

Wrestling matches -- United States -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- United States -- Drama.

Fathers and daughters -- United States -- Drama.

Supermarkets -- United States -- Drama.

Lucha deportiva -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.

Relaciones hombre-mujer -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.

Sports films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.