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Howl

Howl

# The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
Drama
📜 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.
💵 Budget: USD 5,000,000
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2010-08-26
⌚ Running Time: 84 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.5

Beloved Cast

James Franco original image
Allen Ginsberg
James Franco
Todd Rotondi original image
Jack Kerouac
Todd Rotondi
Jon Prescott original image
Neal Cassady
Jon Prescott
Aaron Tveit original image
Peter Orlovsky
Aaron Tveit
David Strathairn original image
Ralph McIntosh
David Strathairn
Jon Hamm original image
Jake Ehrlich
Jon Hamm
Andrew Rogers original image
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Andrew Rogers
Bob Balaban original image
Judge Clayton Horn
Bob Balaban
Mary-Louise Parker original image
Gail Potter
Mary-Louise Parker
Treat Williams original image
Mark Schorer
Treat Williams
Jeff Daniels original image
Professor David Kirk
Jeff Daniels
Alessandro Nivola original image
Luther Nichols
Alessandro Nivola
Allen Ginsberg original image
Himself
Allen Ginsberg
Sean Patrick Reilly original image
Six Gallery
Sean Patrick Reilly
Alex Emanuel original image
Six Gallery
Alex Emanuel
Cecilia Foss original image
Beatnik Poet
Cecilia Foss

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