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Howl(2010)

08/26/2010

(US)

1h 24m

100%
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The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

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.

Top Billed 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

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Media

HowlHowl

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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$ 5,000,000

Revenue

$ 1,183,258

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