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New 'Wrestler' Trailer An Appropriately Blunt Reminder That Mickey Rourke Wants an Oscar [Trailers]
Posted on November 21, 2008
You've read the raves. You've seen the clip. You've heard the whole motivational speech about blowing one's brains out. And finally, with less than a month remaining before the Mickey Rourke Comeback Explosion pulverizes American moviegoers, you can have a look at the trailer for The Wrestler. Interweaving Rourke's bedraggled mug with strip joints and Springsteen, the spot feels as much the marketing equivalent of the New Jersey state flag as it does a movie promo, but in the end that's just a fraction of its appeal. Ultimately this is the working man's Oscar bait, with a few well-timed pull q...
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