Howl

Howl (2010)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2010-08-26
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 175 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 24min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Rabbit Bandini Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein.
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Summary

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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  • 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
  • Allen Ginsberg

    as Himself
  • Sean Patrick Reilly

    as Six Gallery
  • Alex Emanuel

    as Six Gallery
  • Cecilia Foss

    as Beatnik Poet
Directing Jeffrey Friedman Director
Directing Rob Epstein Director
Writing Jeffrey Friedman Writer
Writing Rob Epstein Writer
Costume & Make-Up Bart Mueller Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Kurt Swanson Costume Design
Production Bob Rosenthal Associate Producer
Production Lynn Appelle Line Producer
Production Rob Epstein Producer
Production Brian Benson Co-Producer
Production Ken Bailey Associate Producer
Production Jawal Nga Executive Producer
Production James Chan Associate Producer
Production Peter Hale Associate Producer
Production Andrew Peterson Co-Producer
Production Mark Steele Co-Producer
Production Jeffrey Friedman Producer
Production Tiffany Little Canfield Casting
Art Robert Covelman Set Decoration
Production Bernard Telsey Casting
Production Christine K. Walker Producer
Art Thérèse DePrez Production Design
Art Russell Barnes Art Direction
Production Gus Van Sant Executive Producer
Production David Vaccari Casting
Production Kelly Gilpatrick Associate Producer
Production Elizabeth Redleaf Producer
Editing Jake Pushinsky Editor
Sound Carter Burwell Original Music Composer
Camera Edward Lachman Director of Photography
Sound Lora Hirschberg Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Lora Hirschberg Supervising Sound Editor

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