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Saturday
13Sep2008

Darren Aronofsky's 'The Wrestler' Gets a December Release Date

DateSaturday, September 13, 2008 at 4:31AM
Entertainment Weekly reports that the Venice Film Festival winner, The Wrestler - a movie that gained even more praise this past week at the Toronto Film Festival - will be released on December 19th, which qualifies it for Academy Awards recognition.

The film was acquired by Fox Searchlight, which knows a thing or two about building Oscar buzz, and will almost certainly make a mint off the film, considering the distribution rights only set the studio back $4 million.

Director Darren Aronofsky fought very hard for Mickey Rourke to play the title role of Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a professional wrestler at the tail end of his career. As part of the Fox Searchlight agreement, Rourke's performance will get a publicity campaign for Bet Actor considerarion.

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