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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 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.[1] William Fichtner, Jon Voight, Ali Afshar, Gabriel Basso, Kevin G. Schmidt and Lia Marie Johnson also star in supporting roles.

Cast

Production

Development

The idea for American Wrestler: The Wizard is heavily transpired by producer Ali Afshar who took up wrestling in his high school after fleeing from his home country of Iran due to the political outrage in the 1970s.[2] Speaking on his take of biographical films, Ali stated that he wanted to show that any tough situation can have a positive impact no matter what the outcome. He wanted to emphasise the demeanour of how one's loss can actually be turned into a win.[3]

Majority of the filming took place in Petaluma, California, with scenes being shot at Casa Grande High School (which was renamed to East Petaluma High School for the film), as well as Tomales high school for hallway scenes, cafeteria scenes, as well as the gymnasium being used for some wrestling scenes. Some scenes were also shot in Santa Rosa mainly in the Sonoma County area.

Music

Jamie Christopherson who previously worked on Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and The Crow: Wicked Prayer composed the film's score. Christopherson used a blend of traditional orchestra and synths and worked with Iranian musicians.[4] He also co-composed the film's theme song titled "Rise" with Armenian-Iranian singer, Andy featuring American singer Shani Rigsbee.[5]

Release

The film premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 23, 2016 and had a limited theatrical run starting May 3, 2017.

Accolades

Event Date of ceremony Category Recipients and nominees Result Шаблон:Abbr
Austin Film Festival 25 October 2016 Heart of Film Brian Rudnick Шаблон:Won [6]
Boston Film Festival 22 Sep 2016 Best Film Alex Ranarivelo, Ali Afshar and Hadeel Reda Шаблон:Won [7]
Best Ensemble Cast Jon Voight, William Fichtner, George Kosturos, Ali Afshar
Gabriel Basso, Lia Marie Johnson, Kevin G. Schmidt
Nicholas Guilak, Sasha Feldman and Salome Azizi 		Шаблон:Won
Best Screenplay Brian Rudnick Шаблон:Won
Breakout Performance George Kosturos Шаблон:Won
Napa Film Festival 12 November 2016 Favourite Actor Шаблон:Won [8]
Special Jury Award – Best Performance in a Lounge Feature Film Шаблон:Won
Favorite Narrative Feature American Wrestler: The Wizard Шаблон:Won
Newport Beach Film Festival 23 April 2016 Honor Award for Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking Alex Ranarivelo Шаблон:Won [9]
Jury Award for Best Actor George Kosturos Шаблон:Won

Sequel

The sequel titled American Wrestler: The Fighter was announced by producers Forrest Lucas and Ali Afshar. Principal photography began in North Carolina in June 2017. George Kosturos returns to star with Tommy Flanagan, Bryan Craig, Sean Patrick Flanery and Parviz Sayyad joining as new cast members.[10]

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