Howl

Howl (2010)

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

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.

Date of release
2010-08-26
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (201)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

Casting

  • James Franco — Allen Ginsberg
  • Todd Rotondi — Jack Kerouac
  • Jon Prescott — Neal Cassady
  • Aaron Tveit — Peter Orlovsky
  • David Strathairn — Ralph McIntosh
  • Jon Hamm — Jake Ehrlich
  • Andrew Rogers — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
  • Bob Balaban — Judge Clayton Horn
  • Mary-Louise Parker — Gail Potter
  • Treat Williams — Mark Schorer
  • Jeff Daniels — Professor David Kirk
  • Alessandro Nivola — Luther Nichols

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