Howl (2010)
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
84 min
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.
- Release date
- January 6, 2011
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $1,183,258
Trailer
Cast
- James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
- Bob Balaban as Judge Clayton Horn
- David Strathairn as Ralph McIntosh
- Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich
- Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter
- Todd Rotondi as Jack Kerouac
- Jon Prescott as Neal Cassady
- Aaron Tveit as Peter Orlovsky
- Treat Williams as Mark Schorer
Crew
- Allen Ginsberg · Archive footage
- Rob Epstein · Director
- Jeffrey Friedman · Director
- Rob Epstein · Writer
- Jeffrey Friedman · Writer
- Allen Ginsberg · Writer
- Rob Epstein · Producer
- Jeffrey Friedman · Producer
- Elizabeth Redleaf · Producer
- Christine K. Walker · Producer
- Carter Burwell · Composer
- Edward Lachman · Cinematographer
- Jake Pushinsky · Editor
- Tiffany Little Canfield · Casting director
- Bernard Telsey · Casting director
- David Vaccari · Casting director
- Thérèse DePrez · Production designer