Asylum Arena

RECAP - The Wrestler Screening at Asylum

PFS filmadelphiaCLASSICS series on location, continued last week with a screening of the 2009 Oscar nominated film, The Wrestler.

The Film was shown at Asylum Arena (South Philly) because the wrestling scenes in the movie were actually shot there! I knew director, Darren Aronofsky had Philly connections with his film Black Swan, as the PA Ballet is all over that film, but this was news to me that Mickey Rourke had been here filming in 2008.

Prior to the screening, the audience was surprised by a visit from wrestlers, Claudio Castagnoli and his partner Tursas