The Wrestler

It's released in spurts, according to this list ...

Opening Friday, Dec. 26th
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Washington, D.C.

Opening Friday, Jan. 9th
Austin
Dallas/Ft. Worth
Denver
Detroit
Hartford/New Haven
Minneapolis
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Diego
Seattle


Opening Friday, Jan. 16th
Albany
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boca Raton/West Palm Beach
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Madison
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale
Milwaukee
Northampton/Springfield
Orlando
Portland
Rochester
Sacramento
Salt Lake City/Boise
St. Louis


Opening Friday, Jan.23rd
Anchorage
Asheville
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Buffalo
Champaign/Decatur/Springfield
Charlotte
Charlottesville
Colorado Springs
Corpus Christi
Dayton
Des Moines
Ft. Myers
Gainesville
Grand Rapids
Harrisburg, PA
Ithaca
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Lansing
Lexington
Lousiville
Memphis
Nashville
New Orleans
Norfolk/Newport News
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh/Durham
Reno
Richmond
San Antonio
Santa Fe
Sarasota
Spokane
Syracuse
Tallahassee
Tampa/St. Petersburg
Tucson

 

I've got to wait until January 23rd? What the piss?

 

I don't get that, either. And I'm looking forward to seeing this movie, too.

Hell, I'll probably forget about it a month from now.

 

I've been actively following movies for close to 11 years now and I've never had to wait a month between a movie like this (I.E. Mainstream) being released in a limited way vs. being released wide.

With all the Oscar-buzz for Roarke, I've got to say...this makes no sense.

 

You'd think they'd want to get the movie to the masses quicker. Especially with all the buzz surrounding it.

 

I figured that they'd start small with like 1,000 screens at first and then expand as necessary. The movie was only seen on FOUR screens last weekend. Hopefully, as the money starts rolling in they realize they should expand quicker.

 

I read a story on it and it said that Rourke actually blades himself in the movie.

He was having too much trouble with a prosthetic forehead so he just said screw it and got juice.

Gotta give a guy props for that.

 

He couldn't use blood capsules instead?

I do admire him for being willing to subject his body to that. A guy I know who used to be a semi-pro wrestler told me he came close to doing major nerve damage doing it.

 

You ever seen his face? He tried pro boxing for a couple years. A little bladeage ain't gonna do much to that

 

He was on the Today show the other morning and I had a really hard time watching him and his face....what a mess he's become.

And he was so gorgeous at one point. Sad.

 

Actually, it's the smart play, with so many major releases on Christmas Day. It's the classic small release for Oscar eligibility.
How many Oscar-worthy (or even decent) movies get released in January? By the 23rd, people will have seen all the major holiday releases, and with the word of mouth this is getting, it'll do three, four times the numbers it would've if it had gone into general release this week.
IIRC, "Million Dollar Baby" got the same treatment.

 

And boxing doesn't explain it.

Plenty of guys have been hammered through longer careers and look pretty much the same as they did when they were young.