Howl

Howl

Drama · 2010 · 1h 24m

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The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

Overview

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

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Cast & crew

James FrancoAllen Ginsberg
Todd RotondiJack Kerouac
Jon PrescottNeal Cassady
Aaron TveitPeter Orlovsky
David StrathairnRalph McIntosh
Jon HammJake Ehrlich
Andrew RogersLawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob BalabanJudge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise ParkerGail Potter
Treat WilliamsMark Schorer
Jeff DanielsProfessor David Kirk
Alessandro NivolaLuther Nichols
Allen GinsbergSelf
Sean Patrick ReillySix Gallery
Alex EmanuelSix Gallery

Information

Release date
26 August 2010
Director
Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
Genres
Drama
Runtime
1h 24m
Country of origin
United States

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