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Howl (2010)

The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

  • Aug 26, 2010
  • 1h 24m
  • R

6.5/10

TMDB user score
201 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Howl is a 2010 drama film directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Its leading cast includes James Franco, Todd Rotondi and Jon Prescott. It runs for 1 hour 24 minutes.

Synopsis

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.

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Time needed
1 hour 24 minutes
Age rating (US)
R
Language
English
Audience signal
6.5/10 from 201 TMDB votes

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Official Theatrical Trailer · plays from YouTube

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Cast

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

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