American Wrestler: The Wizard

American Wrestler: The Wizard is a 2016 sports biographical film set in the world of competitive high school wrestling, and starring William Fichtner, Jon Voight, Ali Afshar, Gabriel Basso, Kevin G. Schmidt, Lia Marie Johnson and George Kosturos. In 1980, 17-year-old Ali Jahani escapes Iran 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 hostage crisis. Wanting to fit in, Ali joins the school's wrestling team and becomes the squad's star member. Ali faces a mountain of adversity everywhere he turns, but through determination and with a chance to change how others see him, Ali must step up and learn to be a hero against all odds.

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