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Mar 23, 2017 · ‘American Wrestler: The Wizard’ Comes to U.S. Cinemas for One Night on May 3 From Fathom Events and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, starring William Fichtner, Jon Voight and George Kosturos # ...
American Wrestler: The Wizard is a 2016 American sports biographical film directed by Alex Ranarivelo. The film centers around the world of competitive high school wrestling and stars George Kosturos as Ali Jahani, a 17–year old who escapes Iran in the 1980s after the Iran hostage crisis and must adjust to life in a small California town only to face more hostility in America due to the ...
Sep 7, 2018 · George Kosturos as Ali Jahani and Ali Afshar as Hafez Tabad in “American Wrestler: The Wizard.” (Courtesy photo/ESX Entertainment)
1 hr 57 min. 7.1 (2,655) Set in the late 1970s, American Wrestler: The Wizard is the inspiring story of a young Iranian boy named Ali (George Thomas). After the Iranian revolution of 1979, Ali's family flees their home in Iran, seeking refuge in the United States. They settle in a small, working-class town in California, where Ali struggles to ...
Jun 15, 2017 · The movie I watched is “American Wrestler: The Wizard”. It’s about a young Iranian who comes to the United States as an immigrant in 1980 at the height of the Iran Hostage Crisis. Based loosely on a true story, Ali Afshar is a high schooler who struggles to fit into his new life in California. Ultimately, Afshar finds himself on the ...
