The Wrestler
(DVD)

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2008.

Special features: Within the ring [featurette] (43 min.); "The Wrestler" Music video-written and performed by Bruce Springsteen (4 min.).

Director of photography, Maryse Alberti ; editor, Andrew Weisblum ; original score, Clint Mansell ; production designer, Timothy Grimes.

Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis, Todd Barry, Wass Stevens, Judah Friedlander, Ernest Miller.

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.

A wrestler in the downswing of his career tries to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned as a child as he attempts one more match with his former rival that he hopes will make him a star once more.

MPAA rating: Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity, language and some drug use.

DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital surround; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 2.35:1, dual layer.

In English or dubbed Spanish, with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned.

Winner, Golden Lion: Darren Aronofsky, Venice Film Festival 2008; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture: Mickey Rourke, Golden Globes 2009, Screen Actors Guild 2009, BAFTA Film Awards 2009.