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Worth Watching - April 27: Alan Ball's Towelhead Trailer

by Alex Billington
April 27, 2008

Towelhead is the feature film directorial debut of Alan Ball, best known as the screenwriter of American Beauty and "Six Feet Under". Based on the novel of the same name from Alicia Erian, the film is about a 13 year old Arab-American struggling with sexuality and her strict father. The film premiered at Toronto last year, where I missed it, and showed again at Sundance this year, where I missed it again, but I've heard nothing but rave reviews. I wasn't sure what to expect, but this trailer gives a great introduction and now I'm definitely much more interested. Although we're just about to start the summer, don't forget that this is an indie film.

Towelhead currently has a 78% on Rotten Tomatoes. Neil over at Film School Rejects gave the film a solid A grade and praises Alan Ball's "style and grace", saying "the themes are there, but the filmmaker never crosses the line into being inappropriate." I trust in Neil's opinion, and when he ends by saying "if you combine a solid cast with a great script from an immensely talented director then you are going to have a film worth watching" - then I'm there.

Watch the trailer for Towelhead:

Towelhead is both written and directed by Oscar winning screenwriter Alan Ball, of American Beauty and creator of "Six Feet Under". The film is based on Alicia Erian's novel of the same name (published in 2006) and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year under the title Nothing Is Private. Warner Independent Pictures is releasing Towelhead in limited theaters starting on August 8th this year. The poster for the film is featured below.

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