Howl
Howl
Release: 2010-08-26
·Runtime: 84m
·★ 6.5
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Rabbit Bandini Productions
Werc Werk Works
Oscilloscope
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Bob Balaban
as Judge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise Parker
as Gail Potter
James Franco
as Allen Ginsberg
Jon Prescott
as Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit
as Peter Orlovsky
Sean Patrick Reilly
as Six Gallery
David Strathairn
as Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm
as Jake Ehrlich
Treat Williams
as Mark Schorer
Jeff Daniels
as Professor David Kirk
Alessandro Nivola
as Luther Nichols
Cecilia Foss
as Beatnik Poet
Allen Ginsberg
as Self
Alex Emanuel
as Six Gallery
Andrew Rogers
as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Crew
Tiffany Little Canfield
Casting
Gus Van Sant
Executive Producer
Jeffrey Friedman
Director, Writer, Producer
Bernard Telsey
Casting
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Edward Lachman
Director of Photography
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
Rob Epstein
Director, Writer, Producer