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
Cast
James Franco
as Allen Ginsberg
Jon Prescott
as Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit
as Peter Orlovsky
David Strathairn
as Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm
as Jake Ehrlich
Andrew Rogers
as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob Balaban
as Judge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise Parker
as Gail Potter
Treat Williams
as Mark Schorer
Jeff Daniels
as Professor David Kirk
Alessandro Nivola
as Luther Nichols
Allen Ginsberg
as Self
Sean Patrick Reilly
as Six Gallery
Alex Emanuel
as Six Gallery
Cecilia Foss
as Beatnik Poet
Crew
Rob Epstein
Writer
Jeffrey Friedman
Writer
Rob Epstein
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Tiffany Little Canfield
Casting
Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Gus Van Sant
Executive Producer
Rob Epstein
Producer
Bernard Telsey
Casting
Edward Lachman
Director of Photography
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lora Hirschberg
Supervising Sound Editor