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American Wrestler: The Wizard

He escaped one war, only to face another.

2017 · PG-13 · 1h 57m

Directed by Alex Ranarivelo

7.2

TMDB audience score
86 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • George Kosturos
    Ali

  • Jon Voight
    Principle Skinner

  • William Fichtner
    Coach Plyler

  • Lia Marie Johnson
    Kristi Larsen

  • Kevin G. Schmidt
    Rowan Knox

  • Gabriel Basso
    Jimmy Petersen

  • Shannon Collis
    Wendy

  • Courtney Hope Turner
    Jenny

  • Ali Afshar
    Hafez Tabad

  • Nicholas Guilak
    Pasha

  • Sasha Feldman
    Dan 'Toad' Webster

  • Michael Girgenti