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7.5
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Summary: Facing certain death on the front lines of the Iran-Iraq War, 17 year-old Ali Jahani is smuggled out of Iran and sent to live with his uncle in the small Northern California town of Petaluma. Upon his arrival, Ali is faced with a different kind of adversity – Racial slurs, dirty looks, and bullying. It’s 1979, the midst of the Iran Hostage Crisis. The front page of every newspaper has images of blindfolded hostages or Iranians burning American flags. Ali’s uncle, Hafez, embittered from being ostracized by his community, also doesn’t want him there. He feels Ali has brought bad luck with him from Iran. Rejected by everyone, but determined to fit in and to make a new life for himself, Ali decides that joining a school sports team will make him seem “like everyone else.” After failed tries at basketball and football, Ali impresses Coach Plyler and makes it onto the school’s floundering wrestling team.
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Runtime: 117 min
Rating: Rated PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, language and thematic material
Official Site: http://wizardmovie.com/
Production: ESX Entertainment
Genres: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Language: English
Director Credit
Alex Ranarivelo Director
Writer Credit
Brian Rudnick Writer
Cast Credit
Alex Lorre Border Control
Ali Afshar Hafez Tabad
Barnaby Falls Hafez's Friend
Caelan Scrivener Cafeteria Kid
Courtney Hope Turner Jenny
Derek Stefan Announcer #1
Gabriel Basso Jimmy Petersen
George Kosturos Ali
Iyad Hajjaj Border Captain
Jackie Dallas Woman At Diner
Jon Voight Principal Skinner
Judy Cerda Hafez's Friend
Kevin G. Schmidt Rowan Knox
Lia Marie Johnson Kristi Larsen
London Freeman Teen #1
Michael Girgenti Basketball Player
Natalie Stephany Aguilar High School Student
Nicholas Guilak Pasha
Ramsey Hanchette Scorekeeper
Sasha Feldman Dan 'Toad' Webster
Shannon Collis Wendy
Shauna Richardson Kristi's Friend
Teresa Navarro Wrestling Fan
Tom O'Reilly Hafez's Friend
William Fichtner Coach Plyler
Producer Credit
Ali Afshar Producer
Ashley Michaelsen Associate Producer
Forrest Lucas Executive Producer
Frank R. Gardner Line Producer
Hadeel Reda Producer