6.3 Score

2010 • 1h 24min • R • Drama

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.

IMDb 6.6

RT 63%

MC 63

Director

Rob Epstein

Writers

Jeffrey Friedman

Rob Epstein

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James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

Todd Rotondi

Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott

Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit

Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich

Andrew Rogers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn

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James Franco Allen Ginsberg

Todd Rotondi Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm Jake Ehrlich

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Bob Balaban Judge Clayton Horn

Mary-Louise Parker Gail Potter

Treat Williams Mark Schorer

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