Howl (2010)

US:: R 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.

Updated May 11 2020

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2010-09-24

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Keywords:

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Runtime: 84 mins Revenue: $1,183,258 Budget: $5,000,000 Rating: 6.7 Tag Line: The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation. Homepage: Website

Cast

Treat Williams

Mark Schorer

Alessandro Nivola

Luther Nichols

Jeff Daniels

Professor David Kirk

David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh

Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn

James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

Mary-Louise Parker

Gail Potter

Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich