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"Towelhead" - In Theaters September 12, 2008

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"Towelhead" - "Towelhead" follows the dark, bold and shockingly funny life of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening. When Jasira's mother sends her to Houston to live with her strict Lebanese father, she quickly learns that her new neighbors find her and her father a curiosity. Worse, her budding womanhood makes her traditional and hot-tempered father uncomfortable. Lonely in this new environment, Jasira seeks friendship and acceptance from her neighbors Mr. Vuoso, an Army reservist, and Melina, a meddling but caring expectant mother.

Thrown into an unfamiliar suburban world, Jasira must confront racism and hypocrisy at home and at school - and at the same time struggle to make sense of her raging hormones and newfound sexuality. Her boyfriend, Thomas, though a few years older, provides some comfort - but even that relationship causes problems when her father discovers that Thomas is black. Surrounded by adults who are just as lost as she is, Jasira yearns for understanding, even amidst often brutal acts. Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Alicia Erian and written for the screen and directed by Alan Ball (Oscar winning writer of "American Beauty" and creator of "Six Feet Under"), "Towelhead" stars Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi and newcomer Summer Bishil as Jasira.

Read the controversial Fox News "Towelhead" story by Roger Freidman.

STARRING: Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Summer Bishil
DIRECTOR: Alan Ball
STUDIO: Warner Independent Pictures
RATING: R (Sexual situations, incest, rape of a child under 14, violence, nudity, language)
THEATER COUNT (Opening Weekend): TBD
RUNNING TIME: TBD
TOTAL DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE: TBD
U.S. DVD RELEASE DATE: TBD

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Editor's note: At the 2007 Toronto Film Festival, "Towelhead" was shown under the title "Nothing Is Private." We're not sure, though, how releasing the movie in its original title form (the movie is based on a novel titled "Towelhead") will do anything but incite Muslim fanatics in this and every other country in the world. We cannot imagine the books "Nigger" (by award winning writer Randal Kennedy), nor "Faggots" (by award winning writer Larry Kramer) getting the same titles if they were made into big screen movies, no matter the context.

WIP, "Towelhead's" distributor, apparently knows their movie is SO bad that they seem to be stooping to any level possible - renaming the movie, from "Nothing Is Private" to "Towelhead" - to try and drum up enough controversy and news, so that their movie gets a plethora of free publicity.

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