Marshall Manesh
Also Known As: Marshal Manesh, Masha Manesh
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Height 5' 8" (1,73 m) Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian/American actor. He was born in Mashhad, Iran.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mashhad, Iran
Birthday: August 16, 1950
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Car Babes
Overview: A coming of age story about the quirky lives of car salesman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-26
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Life Blood
Overview: Forty years ago a supernatural force vanquished Brooke and Rhea, a sexy lipstick lesbian couple, after they committed an inconceivable murder. Now, on New Year's Eve, they'll rise from the dead. Still hot and still a couple, they're back as vampires. Enamored with their newfound power, it's no longer a question of whether they will kill again, but of how.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-16
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The L.A. Riot Spectacular
Overview: The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial for beating motorist Rodney King were found innocent. The city was engulfed by a massive riot, but the film plays these moments for laughs. In addition to recreating some of the images seen on television, the film skewers a variety of figures including the police, the media, and the citizens of the city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-25
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Overview: In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-21
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Shirin in Love
Overview: Despite being engaged to a successful Iranian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Shirin finds herself falling for a mysterious young man who lives in a lighthouse in northern California.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-14
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Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Overview: To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-20
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Showtime
Overview: A spoof of buddy cop movies where two very different cops are forced to team up on a new reality based T.V. cop show.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-14
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Playing with Stars
Overview: Playing with Stars is a 2021 Iranian drama film directed and written by Hatef Alimardani. The film screened for the first time at the 39th Fajr Film Festival and earned 2 nominations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 2021-02-20
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Carts
Overview: A group of misfit shopping cart attendants deal with another day at their dead end jobs.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-13
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Something from Tiffany's
Overview: One woman's life is forever changed by an engagement ring meant for someone else.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-08
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True Lies
Overview: A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-15
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Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-13
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The Big Lebowski
Overview: Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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Crossing Over
Overview: Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-10
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Overview: As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-22
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Year One
Overview: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-18
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Word of Mouth
Overview: Torri is a prostitute who has risen to the highest ranks of her profession -- she's beautiful, sophisticated, charming, and charges high rates that her wealthy clients are happy to pay. In fact, Torri's renown is such that a documentary filmmaker has decided to make a movie about her life and work.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-26
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Guests of Hotel Astoria
Overview: An Iranian couple (Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mohsen Marzban) declare themselves political refugees after police detain them on their way to Cuba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fa
Release Date: 1989-04-17
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Tiger
Overview: A practicing Sikh is banned by the boxing commission for refusing to back down from his religious beliefs. Through racial profiling and stereotypical threats, he does what any strong American would do: fight back.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Benjamin Troubles
Overview: Benjamin Troubles is a tale of urban magic that follows Ben, an out of luck loser, who finds himself suddenly endowed with large sums of money due to a mysterious gift, a pair of magic jeans that produce $100 bills every hour.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-27
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The Last Producer
Overview: An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-22
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The Next Big Thing
Overview: The Next Big Thing is a dark comedy about friendship, revenge and the lust for fame. The protagonist is Julian, who, despite his "talent," has never achieved the level of fame he thinks he deserves. When his deranged and estranged best friend Chuck shows up with a plan to make Julian famous by making a film about Julian becoming famous, Julian agrees to do it. Unfortunately for Julian, Chuck's real aim is to make a prank show centered on ruining Julian's life. After a series of embarrassing and painful events Julian begins to regret his decision, but the worse the situation is for Julian, the more popular the videos become. Julian's ego allows Chuck to bring him to the edge of his sanity and beyond.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-04
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The Poseidon Adventure
Overview: A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-20
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Hidalgo
Overview: Set in 1890, this is the story of a Pony Express courier who travels to Arabia to compete with his horse, Hidalgo, in a dangerous race for a massive contest prize, in an adventure that sends the pair around the world...
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-04
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Overview: A girl walks home alone at night and a man follows her with insidious intentions, but when he gets to her apartment, she turns the tables in the most surprising way…with her fangs.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-31
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The Magic Shoes
Overview: A USC Graduate Thesis Film about a nine-year-old Persian boy in 1992 Los Angeles who thinks a pair of Air Jordans will make him fly.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-23
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A Life Lived
Overview: The story about the life of a dollar bill, and the many lives it passes along the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-26
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Kazaam
Overview: When Max fools a gang of local toughs, he finds himself in big trouble. Fleeing from the thugs, Max runs into an old warehouse and bumps into a boom box. By doing that, he manages to release Kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-17
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Stealing Harvard
Overview: John and his girlfriend have vowed to marry once they save $30,000 for their dream house. But the minute they achieve their financial goal, John finds out his niece has been accepted at Harvard, and he's reminded of his promise to pay for her tuition (nearly $30,000). John's friend Duff convinces him to turn to petty crime to make the payment … but Duff's hare-brained schemes spin quickly out of control.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-13
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The Last Conception
Overview: The Sikand family learns they are part of an ancient bloodline and the only hope at continuing it is their gay daughter Savarna.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-04
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The Onion Movie
Overview: Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-31
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Checkpoint
Overview: A busload of College students, returning to Michigan from a Canadian field trip, is stopped at the US border at the time of the Iranian hostage crisis. The group includes a number of Iranian passengers, divided along ideological lines, whose debates about policy and politics soon lead to a full-scale confrontation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-14
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To the Ends of Time
Overview: In a mythical kingdom, a young boy must fight time for the love of his princess and the future of his land.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-21
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Guardian
Overview: With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates its cause: a new drug called Chaos. With help from his partner Carpenter, they delve into the mystery, only to discover a link between the drug and a terrifying supernatural power unleashed during the gulf war, witnessed by Kross twelve years ago. Now, Kross must race against time to stop the destruction, battle his own demons and come to grips with his destiny as he discovers that his reality has been mapped by a power much greater than himself.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-12
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Pants on Fire
Overview: A struggling actor's tall tales of fame and fortune are suddenly challenged when his hometown buddies make a surprise trip to Hollywood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-08
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Overview: Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann join forces with the revived Captain Barbossa to free Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' locker. The group must navigate dangerous waters, confront many foes and, ultimately, choose sides in a battle wherein piracy itself hangs in the balance.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-19
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Supreme Sanction
Overview: An elite assassin for a covert Government agency is marked for death after aborting an assignment to take out a journalist who could expose the corruption of the very institution that trained her as their weapon of choice.
Genres: Crime TV Movie Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-09
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New Car Smell
Overview: A Las Vegas car dealership contest pits an eclectic group of salespeople against each other to see who will become team sales leader.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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