Howl

1h 24min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Rabbit Bandini Productions

Werc Werk Works

Oscilloscope

Cast

James Franco

James Franco

Allen Ginsberg
Todd Rotondi

Todd Rotondi

Jack Kerouac
Jon Prescott

Jon Prescott

Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit

Peter Orlovsky
David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich
Andrew Rogers

Andrew Rogers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn
Treat Williams

Treat Williams

Mark Schorer
Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Professor David Kirk
Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Luther Nichols
Alex Emanuel

Alex Emanuel

Six Gallery
Cecilia Foss

Cecilia Foss

Beatnik Poet

Release date

26th Aug 2010

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English