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Howl

2010 • 1h24m Drama

Rating

6.4/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Rob Epstein

Jeffrey Friedman

Screenplay

Jeffrey Friedman

Rob Epstein

Cast

James Franco

Todd Rotondi

Jon Prescott

Release date

8/26/2010

Status

Released

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$1,183,258

Origin country

US

Vote count

194