Fusion Rental

Movie: The Wrestler (2008)

“This is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom. Written by Matlock-6″

• Director: Darren Aronofsky
• Release Date:
  30 January 2009 (USA)
• Run Time:
  109 min
• Country: USA , France
• Genre: Drama , Sport
• MPAA:
  Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity, language and some drug use.

Tagline: Love. Pain. Glory.

Trivia: Darren Aronofsky and Marisa Tomei attended the same high school, Edward R. Murrow High School.

Goofs: Plot holes: When Randy invites Stephanie out to dinner, they agree on Saturday night, but they don’t specify what time and which restaurant.

Movie: There Will Be Blood (2007)

“The film follows the rise to power of Daniel Plainview - a charismatic and ruthless oil prospector, driven to succeed by his intense hatred of others and psychological need to see any and all competitors fail. When he learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son H.W. to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview’s gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life. Written by Denny Gibbons”

• Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Release Date:
  11 January 2008 (USA)
• Run Time:
  158 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Thriller
• MPAA:
  Rated R for some violence.

Tagline: When Ambition Meets Faith

Trivia: In the summer of ‘06, during filming, a photographer snapped an onset photo of a person they believed to be Daniel Day-Lewis, albeit with a great deal of physical alterations. The photo appeared used on various film websites and in magazines as an example of how drastically Day-Lewis had changed himself for the role. Upon viewing the film and applying common sense, it turns out, this person was NOT, in fact, Daniel Day-Lewis; it was instead actor Vince Froio, who portrayed Plainview’s “closest associate” at the end of the film.

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: In the early scenes where the two miners are hauling buckets up the wells, a modern day “bow” shackle is used to hold the bucket to the rope.

Movie: Donnie Darko (2001)

“Donnie Darko doesn’t get along too well with his family, his teachers and his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him. He has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank - a large bunny which only Donnie can see. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his bedroom, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie’s escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie’s mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure. Written by J. Spurlin”

• Director: Richard Kelly
• Release Date:
  30 January 2002 (France)
• Run Time:
  113 min | 133 min (director's cut)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Thriller
• MPAA:
  Rated R for language, some drug use and violence.; Rated R for language, some underage drug and alcohol use, and violence. (director's cut)

Tagline: Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions.

Trivia: The movie takes place in 1988. Frank tells Donnie the world will end in 28 days, 06 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. If you add these numbers, the sum is 88. When Samantha asks when she can have kids, Donnie says: “Not until 8th grade.” Donnie mentions to his therapist that his dog Callie died when he was eight. (He is later seen holding a stuffed toy dog in her office.) Donnie jokes about the Back to the Future (1985) DeLorean which had a speed of 88 MPH. According to the television reporter, the fire at Jim Cunningham’s house was extinguished “sometime after 8:00 last night.” The red-eye flight that almost crashes is Flight 2806 which boards at Gate 42 at 12 AM. The climax of Donnie Darko occurs one week before the 1988 US presidential election, when George Bush won on November 8, 1988 [11/08/88]. The movie was shot (for a budget of less than US$5 million) in 28 days. There are 28 scenes in the director’s cut of this film.

Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When the students all write “They made me do it” on the board, Sam Bylen is followed by Donnie Darko. Cherita Chen wrote between those two, but the original cut skips her moment. It is restored in the director’s cut.

Movie: Star Trek (2009)

“On the day of James Kirk’s birth, his father dies on his ship in a last stand against a mysterious alien vessel. He was looking for Ambassador Spock, who is a child on Vulcan at that time, disdained by his neighbors for his half-human nature. Twenty years later, Kirk has grown into a young troublemaker inspired by Capt. Christopher Pike to fulfill his potential in Starfleet even as he annoys his instructors like young Lt. Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency at Vulcan and the newly commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself thanks to Leonard McCoy’s medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever even as the new version of it is just beginning. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)”

• Director: J.J. Abrams
• Release Date:
  8 May 2009 (USA)
• Run Time:
  127 min
• Country: USA , Germany
• Genre: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi
• MPAA:
  Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and violence, and brief sexual content.

Tagline: The future begins.

Trivia: The computer listed in the credits that was used to help create the movie is called the “Roddenberry”.

Goofs: Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When the Kelvin encountered the Narada, the latter was emerging from a black hole, thus the “lightning storm in space”. Before it started to attack Vulcan, there was another “lightning storm in space”; this was the arrival of Spock Prime’s vessel, the Jellyfish.

Movie: Into the Wild (2007)

“Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life. Written by Lisa Kelley”

• Director: Sean Penn
• Release Date:
  21 September 2007 (USA)
• Run Time:
  148 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Biography , Drama
• MPAA:
  Rated R for language and some nudity.

Tagline: Your great adventure on Alaska.

Trivia: Brian H. Dierker was originally hired as the technical consultant for the white-water rafting scenes. Sean Penn cast him as Rainey after Emile Hirsch suggested him for the role.

Goofs: Anachronisms: Multiple vehicles in the highway and city scenes were models that were unavailable in the early ’90’s.