The Wrestler
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The Wrestler is a 2008 drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky that follows an aging professional wrestler, played by Mickey Rourke, as he struggles with declining fame, health issues, and personal redemption.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Wrestler canonical | 20 |
| The Wrestler (2008 film) | 1 |
| The Wrestler (film) | 1 |
| The Wrestler (score) | 1 |
| The Wrestler (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T543971 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Wrestler Context triple: [Maryse Alberti, knownFor, The Wrestler]
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Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 romantic comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell, known for its blend of offbeat humor and mental health themes and for earning Jennifer Lawrence an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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B.
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man is a 2005 biographical sports drama film about Depression-era boxer James J. Braddock, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ron Howard.
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Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle that follows a Mumbai slum dweller whose appearance on a game show reveals the story of his life.
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Raging Bull
Raging Bull is a 1980 biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro as troubled boxer Jake LaMotta.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a 2014 dark comedy-drama film, shot to appear as a single continuous take, that follows a washed-up superhero actor’s desperate attempt to revive his career on Broadway.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wrestler Target entity description: The Wrestler is a 2008 drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky that follows an aging professional wrestler, played by Mickey Rourke, as he struggles with declining fame, health issues, and personal redemption.
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A.
Silver Linings Playbook
Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 romantic comedy-drama film directed by David O. Russell, known for its blend of offbeat humor and mental health themes and for earning Jennifer Lawrence an Academy Award for Best Actress.
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B.
Cinderella Man
Cinderella Man is a 2005 biographical sports drama film about Depression-era boxer James J. Braddock, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ron Howard.
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C.
Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle that follows a Mumbai slum dweller whose appearance on a game show reveals the story of his life.
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D.
Raging Bull
Raging Bull is a 1980 biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro as troubled boxer Jake LaMotta.
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E.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a 2014 dark comedy-drama film, shot to appear as a single continuous take, that follows a washed-up superhero actor’s desperate attempt to revive his career on Broadway.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drama film
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film ⓘ sports drama film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Lion ⓘ |
| boxOfficeGrossWorldwide | approximately $44 million ⓘ |
| budget | approximately $6 million ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Maryse Alberti ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Darren Aronofsky ⓘ |
| discusses | aging and physical decline ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Searchlight Pictures
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surface form:
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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| editedBy | Andrew Weisblum ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Pam / Cassidy
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Stephanie Robinson ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | naturalistic ⓘ |
| follows | an aging professional wrestler ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
sports ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasSong |
The Wrestler
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Wrestler (song)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActorAwardNominations | Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for Mickey Rourke ⓘ |
| leadActorPerformance |
Mickey Rourke
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surface form:
Mickey Rourke as Randy 'The Ram' Robinson
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| mainCharacter | Randy 'The Ram' Robinson ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Clint Mansell ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
estranged family relationships
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life outside the ring ⓘ |
| portrays |
economic hardship of performers
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independent wrestling circuit ⓘ professional wrestling ⓘ |
| premieredAt |
Venice Film Festival
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surface form:
65th Venice International Film Festival
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| productionCompany | Protozoa Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 109 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Robert D. Siegel ⓘ |
| setting |
New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
New Jersey
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| songPerformedBy | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Evan Rachel Wood
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Marisa Tomei ⓘ Mickey Rourke ⓘ |
| supportingActressAwardNominations | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Marisa Tomei ⓘ |
| theme |
declining fame
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health issues ⓘ personal redemption ⓘ |
| visualStyle | handheld camera work ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Wrestler Description of subject: The Wrestler is a 2008 drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky that follows an aging professional wrestler, played by Mickey Rourke, as he struggles with declining fame, health issues, and personal redemption.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Wrestler (film)
this entity surface form:
The Wrestler (score)
this entity surface form:
The Wrestler (song)
this entity surface form:
The Wrestler (2008 film)