Howl (2010)
August 26, 2010
Drama
1h 24m
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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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Rob Epstein
- Allen Ginsberg James Franco
- Neal Cassady Jon Prescott
- Peter Orlovsky Aaron Tveit
- Ralph McIntosh David Strathairn
- Jake Ehrlich Jon Hamm
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti Andrew Rogers
- Judge Clayton Horn Bob Balaban
- Gail Potter Mary-Louise Parker
Videos
Recommendations
Keywords
- freedom
- poetry
- literature
- psychiatric hospital
- male homosexuality
- counter-culture
- 1950s
- gay theme