Wrestler Trailer Displays Realism in Fake Sport. Clip of the Day (video)

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Trailer Preview: The Wrestler
Published 11/20/2008 by Variety.com * at Thompson On Hollywood
Fox Searchlight will send out its first trailer for The Wrestler today. Their mission: to make filmgoers want to see a movie that looks very male--Mickey Rourke plays a down-on-his-luck, aging wrestler facing the end of his career who suddenly needs to reach out to his daughter, poignantly played by Evan Rachel Wood, and a ...

The Wrestler Gets an AWESOME Traler
Published 11/20/2008 at Row Three
Goon : its not original enough stuff to be stolen, and Im sure the Stranger joke existed before Gone in 60 Seconds. People did... Henrik : I just mean when you’re stealing jokes from shit like the Gone in 60 seconds remake, it’s a new low... Goon : (by, ‘other stuff that would prove you wrong’, i mean there are things far ‘lower’ by what your... Goon : if you think thats a new low for Kevin Smith, there’s other stuff in that movie that would prove you wrong. Huh,... Henrik : For once I knew some, I knew no. 3 (great film) and 4 (shit film). If no. 4 is in Zack and Miri that’s a new low... Domenic : ...

Finally, The Trailer For 'The Wrestler'
Published 11/20/2008 by The Playlist (theplaylist@gmail.com) at :: The Playlist ::
Fox Searchlight has given Variety exclusive dibs on the trailer to "The Wrestler," the Darren Aronofsky-directed film that everyone is touting as the comeback for actor Mickey Rourke. And with good reason, he's excellent in it and very-deserving of the Oscar. We love this trailer too, it starts out rockin' with Quiet Riot's "Bang Your Head (Metal Health Will Drive You Mad)," but quickly moves to the personal, somber tone of the film which is about shame, loss, struggling with ones identity, loneliness and finding your ...

The Wrestler Trailer Online
Published 11/20/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
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Grapple with This: the Trailer for 'The Wrestler'
Published 11/21/2008 by Eric D. Snider at Cinematical
There was no hotter ticket at the Toronto International Film Festival in September than The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky's new drama about a washed-up professional body-slammer played by Mickey Rourke. I vividly recall the press screening, where every seat in the fest's largest theater was occupied by eager journalists, many of whom had sworn they'd miss whatever other films they had to as long as they could see this one. It paid off, too -- the acclaim for the film was nearly universal. (Read Cinematical's James Rocchi's rave review here.) Now, in advance of the film's limited release on ...

Wrestler Trailer
Published 11/21/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
[image] Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch -ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the ...

The Wrestler is Coming
Published 11/21/2008 by filmexperience@gmail.com (NATHANIEL R) at Film Experience Blog
The first trailer to Darren Aronofsky's miniature gem has arrived After my marathon movie day yesterday (Australia, Milk, Revolutionary Road) as well as earlier screenings (Doubt, Slumdog Millionaire) I've seen all but a few of the presumed Oscar giants (still waiting on: Frost/Nixon, Benjamin Button and The Reader). And having weighed the contenders I must inform that I'm still rooting for The Wrestler to displace almost any of them in the ring to sweat it out and do bloody theatrical battle for that coveted Best Picture ...

Wrestler Trailer Displays Realism in Fake Sport. Clip of the Day
Published 11/21/2008 by Christopher Campbell at SpoutBlog
There are two kinds of people in the world: hardcore fans of professional wrestling and those of us who think the “sport” is a big joke.  But Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler may change all that. It may not influence the WWE’s television ratings or increase pay-per-view sales for the next Wrestlemania, but it could create more sympathy for the staged spectacle. And this is something that hasn’t really been achieved with past attempts to showcase the sad realities found within one of the fakest forms of showbiz there is. ...