Howl (2010)

09/24/2010 1h 24m

The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

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Overview

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.

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Cast Ages at Release

James Franco

as Allen Ginsberg

Born 04/19/1978, age

Jon Prescott

as Neal Cassady

Born 08/10/1981, age

Aaron Tveit

as Peter Orlovsky

Born 10/21/1983, age

David Strathairn

as Ralph McIntosh

Born 01/26/1949, age

Jon Hamm

as Jake Ehrlich

Born 03/10/1971, age

Bob Balaban

as Judge Clayton Horn

Born 08/16/1945, age

Mary-Louise Parker

as Gail Potter

Born 08/02/1964, age

Treat Williams

as Mark Schorer

Born 12/01/1951

Died 06/12/2023, age

Jeff Daniels

as Professor David Kirk

Born 02/19/1955, age

Alessandro Nivola

as Luther Nichols

Born 06/28/1972, age