Howl
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
2010-08-26 | 84 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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James FrancoAllen Ginsberg
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Jon PrescottNeal Cassady
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Aaron TveitPeter Orlovsky
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David StrathairnRalph McIntosh
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Jon HammJake Ehrlich
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Andrew RogersLawrence Ferlinghetti
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Bob BalabanJudge Clayton Horn
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Mary-Louise ParkerGail Potter
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Treat WilliamsMark Schorer
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Jeff DanielsProfessor David Kirk
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Alessandro NivolaLuther Nichols
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Allen GinsbergSelf
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Sean Patrick ReillySix Gallery
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Alex EmanuelSix Gallery
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Cecilia FossBeatnik Poet
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