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Howl

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.

2010 |1h 24m |  Drama

Videos

Cast

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James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

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Jon Prescott

Neal Cassady

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Aaron Tveit

Peter Orlovsky

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David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh

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Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich

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Andrew Rogers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn

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Mary-Louise Parker

Gail Potter

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Treat Williams

Mark Schorer

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Jeff Daniels

Professor David Kirk

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Alessandro Nivola

Luther Nichols

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Allen Ginsberg

Himself

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Sean Patrick Reilly

Six Gallery

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Alex Emanuel

Six Gallery

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Cecilia Foss

Beatnik Poet

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000.00

Revenue

$1,183,258.00