Summary:
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.
| Runtime: | 90 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Telling Pictures |
| Genres: | Drama, Animation |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Jan 4, 2011 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Friedman | Director |
| Rob Epstein | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Friedman | Writer |
| Rob Epstein | Writer |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Aaron Tveit | Peter Orlovsky |
| Alessandro Nivola | Luther Nichols |
| Alex Emanuel | Six Gallery |
| Allen Ginsberg | Himself |
| Andrew Rogers | Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
| Bob Balaban | Judge Clayton Horn |
| Cecilia Foss | Beatnik Poet |
| David Strathairn | Ralph McIntosh |
| James Franco | Allen Ginsberg |
| Jeff Daniels | Professor David Kirk |
| Jon Hamm | Jake Ehrlich |
| Jon Prescott | Neal Cassady |
| Mary-Louise Parker | Gail Potter |
| Sean Patrick Reilly | Six Gallery |
| Todd Rotondi | Jack Kerouac |
| Treat Williams | Mark Schorer |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Andrew Peterson | Co-Producer |
| Bob Rosenthal | Associate Producer |
| Brian Benson | Co-Producer |
| Christine K. Walker | Producer |
| Elizabeth Redleaf | Producer |
| Gus Van Sant | Executive Producer |
| James Chan | Associate Producer |
| Jawal Nga | Executive Producer |
| Jeffrey Friedman | Producer |
| John Hays | Animation Producer |
| Kelly Gilpatrick | Associate Producer |
| Ken Bailey | Associate Producer |
| Lynn Appelle | Line Producer |
| Mark Steele | Co-Producer |
| Miles Levy | Executive Producer |
| Peter Hale | Associate Producer |
| Rob Epstein | Producer |
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