“Price for Freedom” Winner of the 2017 top prize – Best Picture Film – at the prestigious 22nd Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival.

  LOS ANGELES, CA - 07/06/2017 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

• “An important story masterfully told.” ‎Edward James Olmos.
• “A riveting and very important movie.” Larry King
• “Enthralled… Mesmerized… Completely engrossed.” Dan Crotty, General Manager KIRN RADIO

These are just a few of the reactions to the new film “Price for Freedom” which had its Los Angeles premiere in a red carpet event at the Laemmle Music Hall on June 28, 2017.

Some of the celebrities in attendance included: 

• Michele Burk (Producer of “Bay Watch”) 
• Shahla Dorriz (International Couture Designer for Natalie Cole, Hillary Clinton and many others) 
• Roger Cooper (Producer of the smash Broadway show, “Sunset Boulevard”) 
• Edward James Olmos (Academy Award Nominee Stand and Deliver)) 
• Paul Sorvino (Good Fellows)
• Mary Apick (Winner of the Best Actress Award Moscow Film Festival)
• Martin Cove (Karate Kid)
• Ken Davitian (Borat, Get Smart)
• Eric Etebari (2 Fast and Furious) 
• Joanne Baron (Spiderman)
• Vachik Mangassarian (Mentalist)
• Marc Benhri (Author of the Best-selling book, “Price For Freedom”)

Based on the true story and best selling novel by Dr. Marc Benhuri, Price for Freedom recounts the harrowing saga of an ordinary man swept up in terrifying events that forced him to react in extraordinary ways. His story personalizes a very tumultuous moment in world history.

Starring Navid Negahban (Homeland, American Sniper), Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas, Nixon, The Firm), Mary Apick (Best Actress Award at Moscow Film Festival, Dead End, The Mission, Homeland), Sally Kirkland (Academy Award nominee, Anna, JFK), Martin Kove (Karate Kid, Rambo), Joanne Baron (Spiderman 2, Universal Soldier), Eric Etebari (Too Fast, Too Furious, The Lincoln Lawyer), Herzal Toby (You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, The Mentalist), Ken Davitian (Borat, Get Smart), and Vachick Mangassarian (The Mentalist), the film tells the raw, emotional story of a Jewish businessman who will do anything to keep his family alive in a country that now hates him.

Produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio, Mary Apick and Roger Cooper. Directed by Dylan Bank. Screenplay by Dylan Bank and Kenneth Del Vecchio.

Website: www.priceforfreedommovie.com

Watch the Trailer here:

https://youtu.be/wuRAldLs0GM 

Story synopsis:

Originally working as a dentist for the Shah of Iran, Dr. Victor Daniels went on to establish the largest car manufacturing plants in Iran. Then the Revolution hit. A prosperous, progressive society was destroyed and a country ruined. And Victor’s life was ruined too. On the personal order of the leader of the Islamist regime, Victor’s manufacturing plants were attacked and destroyed, killing or wounding over 150 of his factory workers.
The murderous rampages spread throughout Iran. Victor’s father was imprisoned and tortured. His brother-in-law was murdered. All this was done on the orders of the tyrannical Islamist regime, which also spearheaded the formation of Hezbollah, Hamas and the Party of God in Egypt, which eventually became Al-Qaeda.

Victor decided to wage private war against the radical Islamic leadership. He used his own money. He used politics. He used manipulation. He even created his own underground railroad.

When a close friend was shot by a firing squad, it caused the friend’s young wife to go a revenge spree, killing the Mullahs and Ayatollahs who were responsible. Victor, at great risk to his own life, managed to smuggle the young woman out of Iran and on to safety in America. He did this as well for his widowed sister, her family, and his parents.

Finally escaping to the U.S., himself, Victor worked as a translator for President Reagan, providing Reagan with the key advice that secured the release of the American hostages in Teheran.