The Wrestler Page #2

Synopsis: This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom.
Genre: Drama, Sport
Director(s): Darren Aronofsky
Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 57 wins & 86 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
98%
R
Year:
2008
109 min
$26,136,413
Website
1,758 Views


- Bang off the ropes...

then super kick and, uh, Ram Jam...

and we go have a beer, okay?

- That sounds great, man.

- You hang in there. You got a lot of ability.

- All right. All right.

- Okay?

- Right.

- Thank you.

Bless you.

...Randy "The Ram" Robinson!

Yo, Ram!

Yeah! Come on, Ram!

You're the man!

Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

Ram Jam!

Come on! Come on!

You all right, Ram?

Ram, you all right?

- I'm gonna rip his arm off!

- You want me to stop it?

- Check him, ref!

- You want me to stop it?

Are you sure?

Come on.

I'll give you something to boo about!

- Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

- Yeah!

Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

You still suck!

You still suck!

You still suck!

You still suck!

You still suck!

You still suck!

Come on! Get up!

Is that what you want to see?

Come here, you fat piece of crap!

Get out there with the rest of the party!

I'm coming out there, and I'll beat the hell

out of each and every one of you!

You know who you're dealing with?

I will destroy you people!

Shut the hell up!

That's it, old man!

Ram Jam! Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

Ram Jam! Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

Yeah.

Huh?

Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

Ram Jam! Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

Ram Jam! Ram Jam!

One, two, three!

Ladies and gentlemen,

here is your winner...

Randy "The Ram" Robinson!

Ram, you really popped that crowd.

- I'm just gonna glue this up, okay?

- Yep.

Yo, Ram, you got a sec?

Come on in.

You realize what's coming up?

- Huh?

- April 6.

Twentieth anniversary of you

and Ayatollah at the Garden.

- I know. Hey. Mm-hmm.

- Yeah.

- Long time ago.

- Time f***ing flies, right?

Here's what I'm thinkin'.

Two words:
Re... match.

Okay, Ram.

You're all set.

We're doing this big Fanfest thing down in Wilmington

with Ring of Honor that weekend.

I wanna main event it with you two guys.

"Ram, Ayatollah II."

Hey. I heard Bob was doing really good

with his used car lot out in Arizona.

- I don't know if he's gonna- You know.

- Come on. For this?

Bob's gonna dust off the old turban.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Hey, bring it.

- Okay.

Hey.

- That's for Ram!

- Ram!

- Good stuff. Good stuff.

- Good stuff. Just like the old days.

Come on, guys.

Let's all go take a shower together.

What's up, Ram?

How you doing?

- What's up, Big Chris? What's shaking?

- I'm all right.

Yo, baby, you still got that hookup

with that quack at your gym? The juice head?

- What do you need?

- Yo, my back is killing me.

Vicodin, Perc, Nubain, whatever he's got.

- Come by the mansion in a couple of days, I'll hook you up.

- You the man, Ram. You the man.

Grab some. Yeah.

- Hey, Ruby. How you doing, baby?

- Hey, Ram. How's it goin'

- I'll take a cold one.

- All right.

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Robert D. Siegel

Robert D. Siegel (born November 12, 1971) is an American screenwriter for The Onion Movie and The Wrestler, as well as the writer and director of Big Fan. more…

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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