Howl

Howl

2010
1h 24m
6.4

6.4/10

195 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"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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Status: Released

Budget: $5,000,000

Revenue: $1,183,258

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Rabbit Bandini Productions Werc Werk Works Oscilloscope
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

freedom poetry literature psychiatric hospital male homosexuality counter-culture 1950s gay theme

Quick Facts

Release Date August 26, 2010
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt1049402
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Cast

James Franco
James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

Todd Rotondi
Todd Rotondi

Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott
Jon Prescott

Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit

Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn
David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm
Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich

Andrew Rogers
Andrew Rogers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn

Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker

Gail Potter

Treat Williams
Treat Williams

Mark Schorer

Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels

Professor David Kirk

Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola

Luther Nichols

Key Crew

Rob Epstein
Writer
Jeffrey Friedman
Writer
Rob Epstein
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Gus Van Sant
Executive Producer
Jawal Nga
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Redleaf
Producer