The Wrestler (2008)

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Wikidata Q139326, film, IMDb tt1125849, TMDB 12163: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Mickey Rourke as actor (As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard); 3 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Cuba Gooding Jr.: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → The Wrestler. His O.J. role is like Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler: the character fits his own narrative.
    “I think the OJ thing is kind of like Mickey Rourke and the wrestler”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:11:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Darren Aronofsky: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): The Wrestler → Darren Aronofsky. Shoemaker attributes The Wrestler to Aronofsky.
    “the amazing Darren Aronovsky movie”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:04:31 · David Shoemaker (0.90 sure it was them)

Mickey Rourke: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Mickey Rourke → The Wrestler. After The Wrestler his battered face made casting hard, and a stylized comic-book villain was seen as a smart use of it.
    “And this had felt like, okay, we're going to book villain is a good call, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:25:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Nacho Libre: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Wrestler → Nacho Libre. Shoemaker calls The Wrestler the best wrestling movie ever but not the one to show his kids; he would show them Nacho Libre instead.
    “far and away the best wrestling movie that's ever been made, but it's not the movie that I would like show my kids to explain to them what pro wrestling is.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:06:20 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them)

Rocky III: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Rocky III → The Wrestler. Fennessey wonders whether Rocky III counts as a wrestling movie, in which case it might rank with The Wrestler.
    “whether or not Rocky 3 actually counted as a wrestling movie because if so, that's obviously like, that might be up there with the wrestler is the best wrestling thing ever made”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:07:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Cuba Gooding Jr. → The Wrestler. His O.J. role is like Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler: the character fits his own narrative.
    “I think the OJ thing is kind of like Mickey Rourke and the wrestler”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 1:11:12 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Mickey Rourke → The Wrestler. After The Wrestler his battered face made casting hard, and a stylized comic-book villain was seen as a smart use of it.
    “And this had felt like, okay, we're going to book villain is a good call, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 0:25:49 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Wrestler → The Wrestler. Shoemaker separates Aronofsky's The Wrestler from the 1974 film of the same name, which he treats as completist-only.
    “I'm talking about the amazing Darren Aronovsky movie and not the 1974 movie”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:04:31 · David Shoemaker (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): The Wrestler → Nacho Libre. Shoemaker calls The Wrestler the best wrestling movie ever but not the one to show his kids; he would show them Nacho Libre instead.
    “far and away the best wrestling movie that's ever been made, but it's not the movie that I would like show my kids to explain to them what pro wrestling is.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:06:20 · David Shoemaker (0.85 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): The Wrestler → Darren Aronofsky. Shoemaker attributes The Wrestler to Aronofsky.
    “the amazing Darren Aronovsky movie”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:04:31 · David Shoemaker (0.90 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Rocky III → The Wrestler. Fennessey wonders whether Rocky III counts as a wrestling movie, in which case it might rank with The Wrestler.
    “whether or not Rocky 3 actually counted as a wrestling movie because if so, that's obviously like, that might be up there with the wrestler is the best wrestling thing ever made”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:07:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

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