A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Maz Jobrani | ... | Jimmy Vestvood | |
| John Heard | ... | J.P. Monroe | |
| Sheila Vand | ... | Leila | |
| Deanna Russo | ... | Marcy Monroe | |
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Vida Ghahremani | ... | Maman |
| Marshall Manesh | ... | Mehdi the Butcher | |
| Waleed Zuaiter | ... | Malek | |
| Matthew Glave | ... | Hank Shannity | |
| Navid Negahban | ... | Mohammad Mohammad Mohamadi | |
| Sam Golzari | ... | Homayoun | |
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Niousha Noor | ... | Homeira (as Niousha Jafarian) |
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Matt Ballard | ... | Karl |
| Chris Williams | ... | ICE Agent | |
| Kevin Christy | ... | Rick | |
| Michael Panes | ... | Docent | |
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A wannabe private investigator wins the Green Card lottery and moves to America to pursue his dream only to find himself embroiled in a conspiracy to start the next world war.
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iranian abroad | passport lottery | persian diaspora | iranica | iranian diaspora |Taglines:
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13 May 2016 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$60,860, 15 May 2016Gross USA:
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It's a sort of propaganda movie used for political reasons. This movie reminds of the 70s till 90s' ones which depicted USSR as a demonic country. These kinds of movies represent US foreign policy towards hostile countries such as Iran. A quick summary; Our hero wins a lottery and comes to America with his mother. He wants to be a Private Eye like his idol, Steve McQueen, but is quickly mistaken for a jihadist. Meanwhile, he is hired by a U.S. Senator as a bait for a payoff to an enemy agent for weapons to a foreign country to start a war. Got it so far? Doesn't matter - confusion is part of the fun, so just go with our hero (Maz Jobrani), who is brilliantly funny in a way that Sasha Baron Cohen ("Borat") tries to be. Jobrani, however, succeeds and is funnier. Sound like a good movie? Too bad, it's already gone from the NYC area. It's a stupid way of depicting great civilization through trivial means.