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MOVIE • 2010

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.

TMDB ★ 3.3/5Votes: 201
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Top Cast

James Franco

James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

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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

Treat Williams

Treat Williams

Mark Schorer

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Professor David Kirk

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Luther Nichols

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Self

Sean Patrick Reilly

Sean Patrick Reilly

Six Gallery

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Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

August 26, 2010

Runtime

84 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$1,183,258