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Rugged, sullen looking leading man with the cynical, fatalistic mien of a James M. Cain protagonist. A former boxer who has since returned to his original avocation, Rourke burst onto movie screens with two attention-grabbing performances: that of the ruthless arsonist in Body Heat (1981) and the hapless hairdresser in Diner (1982). Promoted to stardom in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) and Year of the Dragon (1985), Rourke seemed to have the anti-hero charisma to carry a film. Then his choice of films veered from the offbeat (the erotic Nine Weeks in 1986) to the genuinely odd (1987's Angel Heart, 1989's Johnny Handsome) to the utterly worthless (1990's Wild Orchid, 1991's Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man). Combined with press accounts of his erratic behavior, and his increasingly unkempt appearance, the momentum he'd gathered in the mid 1980s eroded quickly. Rourke returned to boxing between now sporadic film assignments.
Title:
Mickey Rourke
Photographer:
Terry O'Neill
Media:
C-Type hand print
Print Size:
50.5 x 61 cm
Framed Size:
70.5 x 81
Limited Edition:
50
Signed Print:
Signed by photographer
Frame / Finishing:
Cost:
USD  3,903