Howl
(2010)

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

Released: 2010-08-26

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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.

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James Franco

as Allen Ginsberg

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Todd Rotondi

as Jack Kerouac

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Jon Prescott

as Neal Cassady

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Aaron Tveit

as Peter Orlovsky

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David Strathairn

as Ralph McIntosh

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Jon Hamm

as Jake Ehrlich

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Andrew Rogers

as Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Bob Balaban

as Judge Clayton Horn

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Treat Williams

as Mark Schorer

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Jeff Daniels

as Professor David Kirk

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Alessandro Nivola

as Luther Nichols

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Alex Emanuel

as Six Gallery

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Cecilia Foss

as Beatnik Poet

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