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The Wrestler
€2.50 Surcharge for nonstop
Part of the special series IT’S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMN IT!
On October 10, we present The Wrestler as a special screening, followed by a live, once-in-a-century cinema wrestling match in the foyer of the Gartenbaukino – and afterwards, a party with wrestling theme songs & wrestling-themed drinks.
The epitome of the wrestling film. With Mickey Rourke as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a fading wrestling legend reluctantly heading into retirement, wrestling against a bleak trailer park life devoid of spotlights and spandex.
The character may be fictional, but the story is all the more real. The Wrestler draws inspiration from the biographies of “Razor Ramon” Scott Hall and Jake “The Snake” Roberts, among countless others less famous: both were chewed up and spat out by the superstar machine, ending up in half-empty gymnasiums or battling crack addiction. Even Randy’s strained relationship with his daughter is uncomfortably close to Jake Roberts’ real-life story (also featured in our retrospective of Beyond the Mat).