The Wrestler Page #3

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
1,777 Views


There you go.

- Cassidy around?

- I think she's working the V.I.P.

Yeah, thank you.

I got a question, if you can answer this

I got a question

Trust me, baby.

You're gonna be so happy.

I'm sorry, sweetie.

We said the other girl.

Yeah, the blonde girl with the belly chain.

Yeah, the other girl.

- Well, yeah, but she's on break.

- I'm sorry, but we really don't want you.

- How old are you anyway?

- Oh, you're like my mom's age.

Hey. There's nothing like experience.

I do things your fiance's

never even dreamed of doing.

Yeah, like graduate in 1985!

Hey, hey. You girls are being

a little rude to the lady.

- How about an apology?

- Who the f*** are you, man?

Don't talk to the lady like that.

- I'll talk to her like I wanna talk to her.

- No, it's okay. Thanks.

- You don't need to be talking to her like that.

- It's cool. I got it.

- I got it. It's all right, guys.

- No. Let me tell you something.

I guarantee you,

this lady's a hundred times hotter...

than any skank-ass p*ssy

you're gonna be marrying.

- What the f***? That's my f***ing sister.

- What you say?

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Are you kidding me?

- F***er.

- See you soon.

200 f***in' bucks walked out.

Hey, I'm just trying to help.

Oh, come on.

They were punks.

- You!

- Hey. Whoa. Easy there.

I'm sorry.

I'm better-looking than them anyway.

I didn't mean to piss you off.

Come on.

Yeah? Okay.

- It's good to see you, Ram.

- Good to see you. Goddamn.

I haven't seen you in a while.

How you been?

Now, I'm telling you,

it was one of the historic matches in history.

It was 20,000 people.

Another million and a half

sitting at home watching it on pay-per-view.

We're slamming the piss out of each other.

I mean, for God knows how long.

We're both gassing.

You ask any wrestling fan,

they've heard about that one.

- Million and a half. Sh*t.

- Oh, yeah, it was big.

And a rematch?

Hey. This could be history all over again.

Goddamn, look at you.

You are one smoking baby. Mmm.

Let me make an honest woman out of you.

Hmm?

I mean, who knows?

I'm in pretty good shape right now.

You know, with a little luck,

this could be my ticket back on top.

- You never know who's in that crowd.

- Yeah. Yeah.

That would be a dream.

Oh, Jesus. You're bleeding.

- Oh!

- Yeah, I got cut tonight.

Oh!

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, it's nothin'.

- They say wrestling's fake, huh?

- Fake? I'll show you fake.

Look at this.

1986, Denver Coliseum.

Billy Bob Banjo hit me with a two-by-four.

It had a loose nail in it,

split my bicep right the hell open.

- Mmm. Mmm.

- Look at that. I got a better one than that.

Take a look at this here.

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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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