Movies
TV Shows
People
26/08/2010 Drama 1h 24m
64
User score

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.

  1. Rob Epstein

    Director, Writer

  2. Jeffrey Friedman

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. James Franco

    Allen Ginsberg

  2. Todd Rotondi

    Jack Kerouac

  3. Jon Prescott

    Neal Cassady

  4. Aaron Tveit

    Peter Orlovsky

  5. David Strathairn

    Ralph McIntosh

  6. Jon Hamm

    Jake Ehrlich

  7. Andrew Rogers

    Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  8. Bob Balaban

    Judge Clayton Horn

  9. Mary-Louise Parker

    Gail Potter

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Recommendations

  1. Boy Erased70%
  2. Remember73%
  3. Sing Sing74%
  4. The Giver65%
  5. Prayers for Bobby80%
  6. Fathers and Daughters71%
  7. Adopt a Highway66%
  8. Killer's Kiss63%
  9. The Hurricane74%
  10. Brute Force73%
  11. Buddies82%
  12. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere66%
  13. Home67%
  14. TalhotBlond63%
  15. Freud's Last Session66%
  16. Helen65%
  17. Trumbo71%
  18. Synecdoche, New York75%
  19. No Way Out69%
  20. The Imitation Game79%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$1,183,258.00

Keywords