Towelhead

Original title: Nothing Is Private

2007
R
2h 4m

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6.9/10

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This is the theatrical trailer for Towelhead, directed by Alan Ball.

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A young Lebanese-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.A young Lebanese-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.A young Lebanese-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

12K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Towelhead: Theatrical Trailer

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Trivia
Actress Summer Bishil turned 18 before filming started.

Goofs
When Jasira is talking to her mother on the payphone when her father has locked her out, there is a "We Card" sticker visible in the convenience store window. The "We Card" tobacco program was not started until 1995, several years after the movie takes place.

Quotes
Jasira Maroun: [about girlie magazine] Women look at these pictures?
Melina Hines: Yeah. They look at them and feel like crap.
Jasira Maroun: Do women ever look at them and feel good?
Melina Hines: Well, maybe. Is that how you feel? I mean, they're sexy pictures. How anyone feels when they look at them doesn't really matter. It's private. But how a kid your age got a magazine like this, that isn't private. Who gave you this?
Jasira Maroun: [no answer]
Melina Hines: Jasira, did an adult give you this?
Jasira Maroun: [no answer]

Connections
Featured in HBO First Look: Towelhead (2008)

Soundtracks
She Drives Me Crazy
Written by David Steele & Roland Gift
Performed by Fine Young Cannibals
(c) 1988 EMI Virgin Music Ltd.
All Rights Controlled and Administered by EMI Virgin Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Warner Music U.K. Ltd.
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

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8/10

Brutal American Beauty

Alan Ball steps on familiar yet virgin territory in more ways than one.An American suburb with the look and feel of a populated desert. American flags and neighboring spirits. Summer Bishil surfs uncannily the waves of her puberty. Innocence and awareness. Curiosity, excitement and fear. She has extraordinary moments as her father played by a superb Peter MacDissi marks and signs his territory with ancestral laws and American longings. A terrifying living contradiction. This time bomb of a man is the most realistic caricature I've ever seen. Played for real with frightening earnestness. There is also Aaron Eckhart who proves, once more, he's one of the most fearless actors around. His performance is as brilliant as it is uncomfortable to watch. I recommend it if you're in the mood for a couple of hours of gasps and nervous laughter.