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Howl

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

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.

Top 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

  • Jon Hamm

    Jon Hamm

    Jake Ehrlich

  • Andrew Rogers

    Andrew Rogers

    Lawrence Ferlinghetti

  • Bob Balaban

    Bob Balaban

    Judge Clayton Horn

  • Mary-Louise Parker

    Mary-Louise Parker

    Gail Potter

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.

Rating

6.4 / 10
197 Reviews
1 Popular

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