| Message | i am 63 years old, and find myself writing my first fan letter to you, and your leading actor, mickeyrourke, for a beautiful, nuanced film,THE WRESTLER. never once, did you dip into the maudlin or the simplistic. there were so many defining moments in the film-the scene where ram does autographs and pictures with others from the past, the dance with his daughter(did you think of carnival of souls for that scene?), and , of course, ram'sfinal speech to his "family."not only should mickey rourke have gotten best actor,you should have gotten best film. thankyou for such a moving experience-i look forward to you both working together again. leslie saunders |