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Howl

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

  • Movie
  • 2010
  • R
  • 1h 24m

Directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein

6.5

TMDB audience rating
6.5 out of 10 from 201 votes

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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 and crew

  • James Franco

    James FrancoAllen Ginsberg

  • Todd RotondiJack Kerouac

  • Jon Prescott

    Jon PrescottNeal Cassady

  • Aaron Tveit

    Aaron TveitPeter Orlovsky

  • David Strathairn

    David StrathairnRalph McIntosh

  • Jon Hamm

    Jon HammJake Ehrlich

  • Andrew Rogers

    Andrew RogersLawrence Ferlinghetti

  • Bob Balaban

    Bob BalabanJudge Clayton Horn

  • Mary-Louise Parker

    Mary-Louise ParkerGail Potter

  • Treat Williams

    Treat WilliamsMark Schorer

  • Jeff Daniels

    Jeff DanielsProfessor David Kirk

  • Alessandro Nivola

    Alessandro NivolaLuther Nichols

  • Allen Ginsberg

    Allen GinsbergSelf

  • Sean Patrick Reilly

    Sean Patrick ReillySix Gallery

  • Alex Emanuel

    Alex EmanuelSix Gallery

  • Cecilia Foss

    Cecilia FossBeatnik Poet

Director
Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein
Writer
Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein
Music
Carter Burwell
Cinematography
Edward Lachman