Directed by:
Alan BallScreenplay:
Alan BallCinematography:
Newton Thomas SigelComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Summer Bishil, Chris Messina, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Gemmenne de la Peña, Aaron Eckhart, Carrie Preston, Chase Ellison, Irina Voronina, Cleo King (more)VOD (1)
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Set around the time of the first Gulf war, TOWELHEAD examines a young girl's sexual awakening in an extremely dysfunctional family--and community. Summer Bishil stars as Jasira, a 13-year-old girl being shuttled between her mother's (Maria Bello as Gail) home in Syracuse and her father's (Peter Macdissi as Rifat) in a suburban Houston cul-de-sac. Rifat, a Lebanese American, is overprotective of his daughter, who makes extra money by baby-sitting for neighbor Zack (Chase Ellison). But when Zack's father, Travis (Aaron Eckhart), a National Guardsmen waiting to be called to serve in Iraq, begins taking an unhealthy interest in Jasira, another neighbor, Melina (Toni Collette), becomes suspicious and befriends Jasira, who is suddenly trapped in a grown-up world she might not understand as well as she might think. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Summer Bishil
USA
Best movies:
Crossing Over (2009)
Towelhead (2007)
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Chris Messina
USA
Best movies:
Argo (2012)
Rounders (1998)
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Maria Bello
USA
Best movies:
Prisoners (2013)
Payback: Straight Up (2006)
Payback (1999)
Peter Macdissi
Lebanon
Best movies:
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Three Kings (1999)
Uncle Frank (2020)
Gemmenne de la Peña
USA
Best movies:
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Towelhead (2007)
The Weather Man (2005)
Aaron Eckhart
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Sully (2016)
Carrie Preston
USA
Best movies:
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The Holdovers (2023)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Chase Ellison
USA
Best movies:
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That's What I Am (2011)
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Irina Voronina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Towelhead (2007)
Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002) (TV movie)
Hollywoo (2011)
Cleo King
USA
Best movies:
Magnolia (1999)
Dogville (2003)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Nathalie Walker
France
Best movies:
Towelhead (2007)
Ira & Abby (2006)
Beer League (2006)
LoriDawn Messuri
Best movies:
Towelhead (2007)
Beautiful Dreamer (2006)
The Big Hustle (1999)
Lorna Scott
Best movies:
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Ghost World (2001)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Lynn Collins
USA
Best movies:
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
50 First Dates (2004)
Unconditional (2012)
Toni Collette
Australia
Best movies:
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Mary and Max (2009)
Knives Out (2019)
Shari Headley
USA
Best movies:
Coming to America (1988)
Towelhead (2007)
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club (2008)
Eugene Jones III
USA
Best movies:
Towelhead (2007)
College Road Trip (2008)
And Then Came Love (2007)
Matt Letscher
USA
Best movies:
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Gettysburg (1993)
Randy J. Goodwin
USA
Best movies:
Towelhead (2007)
Annie Claus is Coming to Town (2011) (TV movie)
Down 'n Dirty (2001)
Lisa Catara
USA
Best movies:
The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006)
Towelhead (2007)
Holy Water (2009)