Howl (2010)

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

Movie · Drama · 1h 24m · Rated 6.5/10 on TMDB · Released August 26, 2010

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.

Directed by Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

Cast

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

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