Howl
- Released on
- Runtime
- 84 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- James Franco
- Todd Rotondi
- Jon Prescott
- Aaron Tveit
- David Strathairn
- Jon Hamm
- Andrew Rogers
- Bob Balaban
- Mary-Louise Parker
- Treat Williams
- Jeff Daniels
- Alessandro Nivola
- Allen Ginsberg
- Sean Patrick Reilly
- Alex Emanuel
- Cecilia Foss
Director
- Rob Epstein
- Jeffrey Friedman
Producers
- Rob Epstein
- Jeffrey Friedman
- Elizabeth Redleaf
- Christine K. Walker
