Towelhead Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Towelhead

Release Date: Friday, September 26, 2008

A 13-year-old Arab-American girl must navigate a sexual obsession with a bigoted Army reservist under the oppressive eye of her Lebanese father during the Gulf War.

Director: Alan Ball

Starring: Aaron Eckhart • Toni Collette • Maria Bello • Summer Bishil • Peter Macdissi

R Comedy 1 hr, 55 m

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Jasira wants something she can't define: attention, love, acceptance or a normal life. Unfortunately, she doesn't know the right way to find it. When Jasira's mother exiles her to Houston to live with her strict, quick-to-anger Lebanese father, she quickly learns what aspects of herself to suppress in front of him. In private, however, she conducts her sexual awakening with all the false confidence that pop culture and her neighbor's magazines have provided. The result is a funny, dark, bold and harrowing look at the confusion and misguided exploration of youth in America's track houses, public schools and suburban wastelands.

Comedy Drama

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Who stars in Towelhead – Cast List

Aaron Eckhart
Wander, Thieves Highway
Toni Collette
Goodbye June, Knives Out
Maria Bello
Prisoners, McFarland, USA
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Summer Bishil
Four Samosas, MOOZ-lum
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Peter Macdissi
Uncle Frank

Who is making Towelhead – Crew List

A look at Towelhead behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Alan Ball last helmed Uncle Frank and Untitled Alan Ball Project. The film's writer Alan Ball last penned Uncle Frank and What's Wrong With Margie?.

Director: Alan Ball
Screenwriters: Alan Ball
Alicia Erian
Producers: Anne Carey
Peggy Rajski
Scott Rudin

Studios: Warner Independent Pictures
Production Company: Your Face Goes Here Entertainment

Production – What we know about the Towelhead

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed Towelhead movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for strong disturbing sexual content and abuse involving a young teen, and for language
Runtime: 1 hr, 55 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Towelhead Release Date: When was the film released?

Towelhead was released in on Friday, September 26 , 2008. There were six other movies released on the same date, including Eagle Eye, Choke and Nights in Rodanthe.