American Wrestler: The Wizard

American Wrestler: The Wizard (2017)

Drama1 hour and 57 minutes
73%
User score

He escaped one war, only to face another.

Description

In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.

Ali Afshar
Story
Brian Rudnick
Story, Writer
Alex Ranarivelo
Director

Actors

George Kosturos
George Kosturos
Ali
Jon Voight
Jon Voight
Principle Skinner
William Fichtner
William Fichtner
Coach Plyler
Lia Marie Johnson
Lia Marie Johnson
Kristi Larsen
Kevin G. Schmidt
Kevin G. Schmidt
Rowan Knox
Gabriel Basso
Gabriel Basso
Jimmy Petersen
Shannon Collis
Shannon Collis
Wendy
Courtney Hope Turner
Courtney Hope Turner
Jenny
Ali Afshar
Ali Afshar
Hafez Tabad
Nicholas Guilak
Nicholas Guilak
Pasha
Sasha Feldman
Sasha Feldman
Dan 'Toad' Webster
Michael Girgenti
Michael Girgenti
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords
sportshostilitywrestlingwrestlerbased on true storywrestling coachiranteenage boyostracism1980swrestling team