American Wrestler: The Wizard (2017)
He escaped one war, only to face another.
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.
- Date of release
- 2017-05-16
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (86)
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alex Ranarivelo
Casting
- 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
Recommended
- Coach Carter 2005 · ★ 7.6
- Giant Little Ones 2019 · ★ 7.1
- Indian Horse 2018 · ★ 6.9
- Billy Jack 1971 · ★ 6.0
- Creed II 2018 · ★ 7.0
- WWE WrestleMania 21 2005 · ★ 8.4
- WWE WrestleMania XXIV 2008 · ★ 8.1
- Peaceful Warrior 2006 · ★ 7.5
- The Fabelmans 2022 · ★ 7.6
- The War 1994 · ★ 6.7
- Rebel Without a Cause 1955 · ★ 7.5
- Hud 1963 · ★ 7.3