Howl Poster

Howl

65.29% | August 26, 2010 | 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.

Featured Crew

Rob Epstein
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Writer

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