Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Includes Within the ring featurette, "The wrestler" music video with Bruce Springsteen.

Director of photography, Maryse Alberti ; editor, Andrew Weisblum ; original music, Clint Mansell.

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

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.

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.

MPAA rating: R; content not suitable for minors.

Adult,Follett Library Resources.

DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround in English; Dolby digital surround in Spanish; region 1.

English or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; 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.