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Towelhead (2008)

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R | 1 hr 56 mins | Drama, Adaptation | Released: 9/12/2008 |Box Office Total: $0.3M

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When Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, is exiled by her mother to live with her strict Lebanese father in Houston, she quickly learns that her new neighbors find her and her father odd and exotic. Worse, her budding womanhood makes her traditional and hot-tempered father uncomfortable. Lonely in this unfamiliar environment, Jasira seeks to connect with those around her and finds both comfort and cruelty. Discovering that her ethnicity and newfound sexuality make her a target, Jasira must confront racism and hypocrisy both at home and at school. Jasira is drawn to her Army reservist neighbor, Mr. Vuoso, who captivates her attention with his stacks of men’s magazines and confusing sweet talk. As she struggles to make sense of her raging hormones, she finds friendship and physical intimacy with an older schoolmate, Thomas. But even that relationship causes problems when her father discovers that Thomas is black. Driven by a deep longing for affection and acceptance, Jasira becomes the embodiment of the racial, sexual and political agendas of these very different men in her life--her father with his old world ideas of women; her dangerously alluring neighbor, Mr. Vuoso, and Thomas, who offers the promise of some feeling of connection through sex. When Melina, a concerned neighbor and expectant mother, tries to help her, Jasira’s explosive situation comes to a head.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
9/12/2008

Director	Credit
Alan Ball	Director
Cast	Credit
Aaron Eckhart	Travis Vuoso
Toni Collette	Melina Hines
Maria Bello	Gail Monahan
Summer Bishil	Jasira Maroun
Peter Macdissi	Rifat Maroun
Chris Messina	Barry
Eugene Jones	Thomas Bradley
Matt Letscher	Gil Hines
Chase Ellison	Zack Vuoso
Gemmenne De la Pena	Denise
Lynn Collins	Thena Panos
Robert Baker	Mr. Joffrey
Eamonn Roche	School Photographer
Carrie Preston	Evelyn Vuoso
Irina Voronina	“Snow Queen” Centerfold
Cleo King	Sales Clerk
Michael McShae	Middle School Jerk
D C Cody	Middle School Jerk
Soledad St Hilaire	Janitor
Nathalie Walker	“Golf Girl” Centerfold
Kimberly Knight	Topless Golfer
Loridawn Messuri	Topless Golfer
Lorna Scott	French Teacher
Shari Headley	Mrs. Bradley
Randy Goodwin	Mr. Bradley
Larry Cedar	Glamour Photographer
Virginia Louise Smith	Nurse
Lee von Ernst	OR – OB/GYN Nurse
Production Credits	Credit
Christina Jokanovich	Associate Producer
Scott Rudin	Executive Producer
Ted Hope	Producer
Alan Ball	Producer
Anne Carey	Executive Producer
Peggy Rajski	Executive Producer
Anthony Bregman	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Your Face Goes Here Entertainment	Production Company
Scott Rudin Productions	Production Company
This Is That	Production Company
Indian Paintbrush	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Benelux Film Distribution (BFD)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Red Envelope Entertainment	Domestic Distribution Rights
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Warner Independent Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Writer	Credit
Alicia Erian	Source Material
Alan Ball	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Herman Cox	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Ross Miller	Production Insurance - Insurance
Kelli Gillam	Post-Production Accountant
Kami Calevro	Assistant Accountant
Marjorie Chodorov	Production Accountant
Greg Doyle	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Sarah Clifford	Animal Trainer
Art Department	Credit
Alex Wei	Art Director
Fainche MacCarthy	Set Decorator
Thomas Spencer	Gang Boss - Set Dressing Gang Boss
Stephen J Peirano	Greensman - Greens Foreman
Keith Sawyer	Painter - Paint Foreman
Diana Goodwin	Art Department Coordinator
Jeff Mossa	Assistant Art Director
Andrew Birdzell	Art Department - Art Department Production Assistant
Hillel Chaim Smith	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
grant samson	Leadman
James Chinlund	Production Designer
Evelyne Barbier	Set Designer
Raymond Consing	Storyboard Artist
Amanda Flick	Painter - Standby Painter
Chapel West	Gang Boss - Decorator Gang Boss
Isaac Amondson	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Joshua Pancer	Art Department - Art Department Intern
Josh Borgese	Greensman
Steven Hanks	Greensman
Juan Esparza	Painter - Paint Foreman
Tim Donelan	Set Dresser
William Constantine	Painter
Robert Pollard	Set Dresser
Noah Plunkett	Greensman
Neil David Pontecorvo	Greensman
Joshua Towers	Set Dresser
Simon Georgiou	Painter
Richard J Mclean	Painter
Curtis Mikolyski	Painter
Jeff Morris	Painter
Casting	Credit
Libby Goldstein	Casting Director
Dixie Webster-Davis	Extras Casting
Julie Tucker	Casting (New York)
Ross Meyerson	Casting Associate (New York)
Tammy L Smith	Extras Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Gary Arabia	Catering - Stage Catering
Luis Ambriz	Craft Service
Seamus Gibbons	Catering - Location Chef
Juan Gonzalez	Catering - Location Assistant Chef
Ricarda Arcega	Catering - Location Assistant Chef
Khris Hirsch	Catering - Location Assistant Chef
Film Camera	Credit
Geoff Shotz	Steadicam Operator
Geoff Shotz	Camera Operator
Dale Robinette	Photography - Still Photographer
George Mouradian	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist / 24 Frame Playback
Stephen Nakamura	Colorist - Digital Film Colorist
Trent Johnson	Color Correction
Chris Prejza	Film Lab - Digital Intermediate Supervisor
Jimmy Jensen	Assistant Camera
Christopher M Fisher	Camera Assistant - Camera First Assistant
Newton Thomas Sigel	Director of Photography
Ernie Camacho	Film Lab - Digital Conform
Craig Budrick	Colorist
Tulio Duenas	Camera Assistant - Camera Second Assistant
John Garrett	Assistant Camera
James A Young	Photography - Centerfold Photographer
Roxanne Stephens	Camera Assistant - Camera Production Assistant
Mike Duffy	Camera Assistant - Camera Production Assistant
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Celluloid Dreams	Distribution Sales International Sales
Legal	Credit
Alison Cohen	Legal Services - Production Legal Services
Gabriella Ludlow	Legal Services - Production Legal Services
Michael Mayerson	Legal Services
Susan Williams	Legal Services
Joe Rudge	Legal Services - Music Clearances
Brian Godshall	Legal Services - Music Licensing
Music	Credit
Randall Poster	Music Supervisor
Jim Dunbar	Music Coordinator
Leslie Morris	Music Contractor
Thomas Newman	Music
Larry Mah	Score Recording - Digital Audio
Tommy Vicari	Score Mixing - Music Scoring Mixer
Romeo Lahoud	Song
Salwa Al Katreeb	Song Performer
Assaad Sebaali	Song
Wadih el Safi	Song Performer
Jean Sablon	Song Performer
Pierre Dudan	Song
Faith No More	Song
Faith No More	Song Performer
David Steele	Song
Fine Young Cannibals	Song Performer
Roland Gift	Song
Edith Piaf	Song Performer
Marcel Louiguy	Song
Soul II Soul	Song Performer
Edith Piaf	Song
Johnny Mathis	Song Performer
Beresford Romeo	Song
Funkadelic	Song Performer
Serge Gainsbourg	Song Performer
Caron Wheeler	Song
Simon Law	Song
Mariachi Mexico de Pepe Villa	Song Performer
Paul Hooper	Song
Randy Travis	Song Performer
George Clinton Jr	Song
Carl Fischer Chorale	Song Performer
Eddie Hazel	Song
R.E.M.	Song Performer
The Gregg Allman Band	Song Performer
Serge Gainsbourg	Song
INXS	Song Performer
Jose Lopez Alaves	Song
Tom Tom Club	Song Performer
Adolfo Utrera	Song
Nilo Menendez	Song
The Sundays	Song Performer
World Party	Song Performer
Hugh Prestwood	Song
Mykola Leontovich	Song
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians	Song Performer
Peter J Wilhousky	Song
William Berry	Song
Peter Buck	Song
Mike Mills	Song
Michael Stipe	Song
Tony Colton	Song
Phil Palmer	Song
Andrew Farriss	Song
Michael Hutchence	Song
Steven Jc Stanley	Song
Adrian Belew	Song
Christopher Frantz	Song
Tina Weymouth	Song
David Gavurin	Song
Harriet Ella Wheeler	Song
Karl Wallinger	Song
Brandon Aly	Song
Edie Arlisa Brickell	Song
John Walter Bush	Song
John Houser	Song
Kenneth Withrow	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Lou Simon	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Tracy Scott	Script Supervisor
Jonathan Ferrantelli	Post-Production Supervisor
Samson Mucke	Production Supervisor
Karla Torres	Production Coordinator
Crystal McAlerney	Assistant Production Coordinator
Nathan Taylor	Assistant Location Manager
Jill Borba	Location Assistant - Locations Production Assistant
Noga Isackson	Assistant Director
Alasdair Boyd	Location Manager
Peggy Rajski	Unit Production Manager
Joanna Lara	Production Coordinator
J J Linsalata	Assistant Director
Lisa Chu Dietze	Assistant Director
Juana Franklin	Assistant Director - 2nd 2nd Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Bill Cowley	Assistant Sound Editor
Daniel Korintus	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Ira Spiegel	Sound Designer
Steve Pederson	Rerecording Mixer
Marlena Grzaslewicz	Supervising Sound Editor
Jason King	Sound Effects Editor
Lawrence L Commans	Boom Operator
Mark Fay	Sound - Utility Sound Technician
Mark Weingarten	Sound Mixer - Production Sound Mixer
Mariusz Glabinski	Sound Designer
Andy Kris	Rerecording Mixer
Ross Levy	Sound - Sound Technician
Avram D Gold	Supervising Sound Editor
Kate Jesse	Boom Operator
Lisa Pinero	Sound Mixer
Dan Fulton (Diego)	Sound - Sound Assistant
Brad Sherman	Rerecording Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Louis Morin	Visual Effects Supervisor
JD Street	Special Effects
Jean-Pierre Boies	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Fannie Laroche	Visual Effects - VFX Coordinator
Patrick Faille	CGI Artist - CG Artist
Chris Byron	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Antonin Messier Turcotte	CGI Artist - CG Artist
Jean-Pierre Boies	Visual Effects Supervisor
Nathalie Tremblay	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Marie Josee Auclair	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Ricki Fournier	Costumer
Elisabeth Fry	Makeup - Make-Up Department Head
Lorie Young Shew	Set Costumer - Principal Set Costumer
Joann Stafford-Chaney	Hair - Hair Department Head
Erica Arbelaez	Costumes - Costume Production Assistant
Greg Johnson	Prosthetic Makeup - Prosthetic
Cheryl Scarano	Costume Supervisor
Danny Glicker	Costume Designer
Marie Larkin	Hair Stylist - Personal Hair Stylist
Dan Rebert	Prosthetic Makeup - Prosthetic
Jean Carson	Costumer
Rosie Duprat-Fort	Makeup
Brian Andrew-Tunstall	Hair
Brian Banks	Hair
Hilary Niederer	Costumer
Tonya Cryer	Hair
Silvia Raiano Robinson	Costumer
Mimi Jafari	Hair
Behnaz Shokouhi	Costumer
Emily Wyss	Costumer

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