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Amir Naderi (Persian: امیر نادری, Persian pronunciation: [æˈmiːr naːdeˈriː], born 15 August 1946, in Abadan) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for The Runner and Vegas: Based on a True Story .
Vegas: Based on a True Story is a 2008 American indie drama film co-written and directed by Amir Naderi. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It entered the main competition at the 65th edition of the Venice Film Festival .
Inspired by director Amir Naderi’s own boyhood, it sets the tone for many of the films that followed: realism, children's perspective of the world, innocence, gentleness, set in poor neighbourhoods, exposing great disparities in wealth, resting much of the film on the shoulders of one young actor, using children's lives as analogies for, or ...
Vividly restored, Iran-born filmmaker Amir Naderi's 1984 film "The Runner" evokes the work of Buster Keaton, Vittorio De Sica and Francois Truffaut.
Real estate operator Rick Carver is in charge of the eviction, and police officers who provide the enforcement call him "boss". Dennis and his family move into a shabby, cramped motel room. Dennis goes to Rick's office and tries to take back his tools stolen by Rick's men. Rick sees the confrontation and is impressed by Dennis' gumption.
Cut was initially inspired by the director Amir Naderi's relationship with the late John Cassavetes. After he met the actor Hidetoshi Nishijima at the Tokyo Filmex festival in 2002, he decided to adapt the story to Japan. [1]
By Amir Naderi (Iran, 1973, 76 minutes, Color) Restored by: Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults – Kanoon/Roashana Laboratory
The true story even inspired a 2022 Netflix docuseries, Don’t Pick Up the Phone, which follows the investigation into a series of hoax calls that targeted fast food chains across the United ...