Howl
184 reviews
Drama
1h 24m
2010
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...
OVERVIEW
PHOTOS
VIDEOS

Storyline
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.
- DirectorJeffrey Friedman
- Release26 August 2010
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 24m
- Budget$5,000,000
- Revenue$1,183,258
- Rate184 reviews
- Productions
Rabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works, Oscilloscope
Cast

James Franco
Allen Ginsberg

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

Mary-Louise Parker
Gail Potter

Treat Williams
Mark Schorer

Jeff Daniels
Professor David Kirk

Alessandro Nivola
Luther Nichols

Allen Ginsberg
Self

Sean Patrick Reilly
Six Gallery

Alex Emanuel
Six Gallery

Cecilia Foss
Beatnik Poet
Similar Movies

Big Sky
2015

Teenage Paparazzo
2010

Happythankyoumoreplease
2011

Fast Color
2019

The Happy Prince
2018

I Am Michael
2015

The End of the Tour
2015

Stranger Than Paradise
1984

Rumble Fish
1983

Dreams
1990

40 Days and 40 Nights
2002

On the Road
2012

Hunger
2008

Cosmopolis
2012

The Counselor
2013

Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984

The Art of Getting By
2011

The Ring Two
2005

Secretary
2002
