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Howl
“The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.”
6.4 / 10• 2010• 1h 24m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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
James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
LeadTR
Todd Rotondi
Jack Kerouac
Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky
David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm
Jake Ehrlich
Andrew Rogers
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob Balaban
Judge Clayton Horn
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jeffrey Friedman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Howl is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
