Howl
★ 6.5·2010·1h 24min·Drama
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
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.
- Director
- Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Sep 24, 2010)
Where to watch
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- Free
- Free with ads
- Buy or rent
Cast
16 people
James FrancoAllen Ginsberg- TRTodd RotondiJack Kerouac
Jon PrescottNeal Cassady
Aaron TveitPeter Orlovsky
David StrathairnRalph McIntosh
Jon HammJake Ehrlich
Andrew RogersLawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob BalabanJudge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise ParkerGail Potter
Treat WilliamsMark Schorer
Jeff DanielsProfessor David Kirk
Alessandro NivolaLuther Nichols
