American wrestler : the wizard

Resource Information

The work American wrestler : the wizard represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

American wrestler : the wizard

Title remainder

the wizard

Statement of responsibility

produced by Hadeel Reda, Ali Afshar ; written by Brian Rudnick ; directed by Alex Ranarivelo

Contributor

• Johnson, Lia Marie
• Reda, Hadeel
• Fichtner, William
• Afshar, Ali
• Rudnick, Brian
• Schmidt, Kevin G., 1988-
• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Ranarivelo, Alex
• Voight, Jon, 1938-

Actor

• Voight, Jon, 1938-
• Schmidt, Kevin G., 1988-
• Johnson, Lia Marie
• Fichtner, William

Film director

• Ranarivelo, Alex

Film producer

• Afshar, Ali
• Reda, Hadeel

Publisher

• Warner Bros. Entertainment

Screenwriter

• Rudnick, Brian

Subject

• Sports films
• Sports films
• Sports films
• Teenage boys
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Wrestling
• Wrestling -- Drama
• Drama
• California
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Teenage boys
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Immigrants
• Immigrants -- California -- Drama
• Immigrants -- Iran -- Drama
• Iran

Genre

• Feature films
• Drama
• Fiction films
• Sports films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

In this inspiring tale based on true events, seventeen-year-old Ali Jahani is a newcomer to a small California town, where he stands out as different in an unwelcoming community. Living with his embittered uncle, the boy faces a mountain of adversity everywhere he turns. Rejected by everyone but determined to fit in, he joins the schools' floundering wrestling team. With a chance to change how others see him, Ali must step up and learn to be a hero

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Jamie Christopherson ; edited by Brett Hedlund ; director of photography, Reuben Steinberg

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, some disturbing images, language and thematic material

Language note

Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

PerformerNote

William Fichtner, Jon Voight, Lia Marie Johnson, Kevin G. Schmidt, Gabriel Basso

Runtime

117

Technique

live action