NYFF '08 | Aronofsky, Rourke Talk "Wrestler," Folman "Waltzes" With New York - indieWIRE
Wednesday afternoon at the Walter Reade Theatre in New York marked a big day for the 46th New York Film Festival. "The Wrestler" Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei and producer Scott Franklin joined director Darren Aronofsky to discuss the film after its first screening for New York press and industry. The movie, acquired shortly after its North American debut last month at the Toronto fest, will close the NYFF on October 12th. Meanwhile, Ari Folman's acclaimed animated documentary, "Waltz With Bashir" made its
Marisa Tomei’s Nipple Trouble On “The Wrestler”
Apparently Mickey Rourke wasn’t the only one wrestling on the set of Darren Aronofsky’s new film; Marisa Tomei wrestled with her fake nipple piercings for much of the shoot, according to WENN. Tomei plays a tattooed and pierced stripper in The Wrestler and director Aronofsky told the New York Daily News that the fake piercings were a real pain - because they took so long to attach: “The hardest part was fitting the fake nipple piercings on her. You’d be surprised at how long that too
Ten Things You Need to Know About ‘The Wrestler’
Photo: Courtesy of Fox SearchlightThe first wave of stories about Mickey Rourke in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, which closes the New York film Festival in two weeks, mostly ask: "What in the hell happened to Mickey’s face?" But once everyone sees the movie — which is like The Champ if Jon Voight listened to Motley Crue, had his own action figure, and occasionally let another man in tights shoot him in the chest with a staple gun (it is to the movie’s endless credit that this
Video: "The Wrestler" at the New York Film Festival
"If I knew it was going to take me 15 years to get back in the saddle and work again because of the way I handled things, I really would have handled things differently... Change, for me, didn't come easily. I didn't want to change, until I lost everything." Mickey Rourke's role as faded professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson in "The Wrestler" is rightly being hailed the comeback, and one of the best performances, of the year. At the film's U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival, he, co-star Ma
The Wrestler Review, NYFF 2008
A review of Darren Aronofsky's THE WRESTLER, starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, from the New York Film Festival.
'Wrestler' grips NY Film Festival
Film News: Film takes physical, emotional toll on Rourke -- The Mickey Rourke comeback campaign alighted on the New York Film Festival with "The Wrestler" on Wednesday. The thesp choked up at one point during a post-screening news conference as he was asked about the similarities between the down-and-out grappler he plays in the Darren Aronofsky film and his own career.
Mickey Rourke’s Oscar Pitch: ‘You Change, or You Blow Your Fucking Brains Out’ [Piledriver]
After picking up its hardware in Venice and a distribution deal in Toronto, Mickey Rourke's comeback The Wrestler screened for the first time in the United States this morning in New York. We crashed the joint, and we can confirm that everything you've heard about Rourke's Oscar future is essentially on the nose: He'll nab a Best Actor nomination for his performance as Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a 40-something pro wrestler on the downswing with pretty everything in his life including his relationship with hi
The Envelope's first Oscars predictions of the 2008 derby
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" is the only consensus choice in a tight race.
‘Angel Heart’ gets remake treatment
Producers Michael De Luca, Alison R. Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta are set to develop a remake of Alan Parker’s 1987 mystery thriller “Angel Heart,” according to Variety.
The original was based on William Hjortsberg’s novel “Falling Angel” and followed Harry Angel, a New York detective who encounters supernatural forces after being hired to track down a singer.
Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet and Charlotte Rampling starred in the 1987 version, which the trade reports “caused a s
Oscar Watch: Five Films (Four of Them Unseen) Lead 'TDK' for Best Pic
Take this with a barrel of salt. Mickey Rourke is far out in front in the Best Actor race for "The Wrestler'' as Movie City News' Gurus o'Gold (including yours truly) weigh in with their first predictions of the season. The fact is that fewer Oscar contenders than usual were unveiled at Toronto this year than in the recent past, so pretty much we're guessing based on past performances. In the Best Picture race, for instance, Ron Howard's unseen "Nixon/Frost'' is slightly ahead of Gus Van Sant's "Milk,'' whi
Mickey Rourke's choice: change or blow brains out - Reuters
Troubled Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke said he had a tough choice to make to get his life back on track -- change or "blow your ... brains out."
After 15 years in the acting wilderness, Rourke has sealed his comeback and has Hollywood talking Oscar with a critically acclaimed performance as a lonely, washed out professional athlete in director Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," which won the 2008 Venice film festival top prize.
Rourke, 52, starred in 1980s hits "9-1/2 Weeks
Dispatches From The New York Film Festival: The Wrestler
Ever since Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and inspired one of those famed late-night bidding wars in Toronto , everyone has been all aflutter to see the film. It’s due to close the 46th New York Film Festival on October 12th (and released by Fox Searchlight in theaters in December) but those wrinkled press and industry types got to see the film this morning. Mickey Rourke, who is in practically every scene of the film, turned in as good a performance as p
Yep, They're Remaking 'Angel Heart'
waste resources on something that frankly doesn't have a very high ceiling the second time around.
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The Wrestler Press Conference, NYFF 2008
I’ve been sitting here for two hours trying to figure out how to shoehorn press conference quotes into a review of The Wrestler, the NYFF closing night film which screened for the press this morning. But Stu at Defamer already beat me to posting the money quotes from star Mickey Rourke. Here’s the part that I planned to use to great dramatic effect, which Rourke spat out in response to the last question of the session, all the while gesticulating with what appeared to be a half-smoked, unlit cig
They're Remaking 'Angel Heart'?
I'm starting to think I'm the only one out there who still follows the old maxim: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But, it's downright silly of me to think that a movie producer would ever miss the chance to earn a few bucks on a remake. Variety reports that Michael De Luca has partnered with Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta on a remake of Alan Parker's (Evita) 1987 horror-suspense flick, Angel Heart.
Angel Heart originally starred Mickey Rourke as a seedy private investigator hired to locate a nightcl
De Luca to Produce Remake of 'Angel Heart'
One of the most underrated films of all time has to be the 1987 supernatural thriller Angel Heart, which starred Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet and Robert De Niro in a surprising twist of a role. Today it was announced that the great Michael De Luca has partnered with Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta to develop a bigscreen remake of the film. All of the details can be found by reading on.
Producers optioned remake rights from a private U.K. firm, which owns the rights to the original film, which was produced
Mickey Rourke's choice: change or blow brains out
Troubled Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke said he had a tough choice to make to get his life back on track -- change or "blow your ... brains out."
Rourke's romp with strippers
HOLLYWOOD star Mickey Rourke gets down and dirty with strippers in nightclub
Mickey Rourke's choice: change or blow brains out
Reuters - Troubled Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke said he had a tough choice to make to get his life back on track -- change or "blow your ... brains out."
Oscar Eye: Predicting The Best Actor Winners, Round One
Mickey Rourke and Benicio Del Toro give awards glory a go at NYFF.
Mickey Rourke's choice: change or blow brains out
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Troubled Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke said he had a tough choice to make to get his life back on track -- change or "blow your ... brains out."
After 15 years in the acting wilderness, Rourke has sealed his comeback and has Hollywood talking Oscar with a critically acclaimed performance as a lonely, washed out professional athlete in director Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," which won the 2008 Venice film festival top prize.
Rourke, 52, starred in 1980s hits "9-1/2
'Angel Heart' Re-Make Coming
A remake of seminal 1980s horror flick Angel Heart may be coming back to a theater near you.
Michael De Luca, Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta bought the rights to the Bayou-set, voodoo-oriented flick that originally starred Mickey Rourke and featured Lisa Bonet covered in chicken blood.
The original flick is pretty awesome, but dated, and while we usually aren't in favor of remakes, this one could be awesome. It's way too early in the process to talk about directors, stars or release dates, but we'l
Trio developing 'Angel Heart' remake
Exclusives: De Luca, Rosenzweig, Gaeta producing thriller -- Michael De Luca has partnered with Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta to develop a bigscreen remake of the 1987 Mickey Rourke supernatural thriller "Angel Heart."
Mickey Rourke's choice: change or blow brains out
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Troubled Hollywood outsider Mickey Rourke said he had a tough choice to make to get his life back on track -- change or "blow your ... brains out."
After 15 years in the acting wilderness, Rourke has sealed his comeback and has Hollywood talking Oscar with a critically acclaimed performance as a lonely, washed out professional athlete in director Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler," which won the 2008 Venice film festival top prize.
Rourke, 52, starred in 1980s hits "9-1/2
Remake of 1987's Angel Heart in the Works
Michael De Luca has partnered with Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta to develop a remake of the 1987 Mickey Rourke supernatural thriller Angel Heart, reports Variety.
Producers optioned remake rights from a private U.K. firm, which owns the rights to the original film, which was produced by Carolco and distributed by TriStar. De Luca, Rosenzweig and Gaeta also optioned the underlying book rights to William Hjortsberg's novel "Falling Angel," from which the original film was adapted.
The original
