Howl
“The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.”
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
16 people
James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
Known for
127 Hours
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Todd Rotondi
Jack Kerouac
Also in
The Pond
Phileine Says Sorry
Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady
Known for
The Client List
The Wrong Daughter
Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky
Known for
Les Misérables
BrainDead
David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh
Known for
The Bourne Ultimatum
Nomadland
Jon Hamm
Jake Ehrlich
Known for
Good Omens
Baby Driver
Andrew Rogers
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Also in
Blindspot
Pride and Glory
Bob Balaban
Judge Clayton Horn
Known for
Isle of Dogs
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Mary-Louise Parker
Gail Potter
Known for
Weeds
RED 2
Treat Williams
Mark Schorer
Known for
127 Hours
Deep Rising
Jeff Daniels
Professor David Kirk
Known for
The Martian
Dumb and Dumber
Alessandro Nivola
Luther Nichols
Known for
Jurassic Park III
Face/Off
Rob Epstein Director · Jeffrey Friedman Director Carter Burwell Composer
Worldwide gross $1.2M · Budget $5M · United States release September 24, 2010
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,183,258
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Rabbit Bandini Productions
Production
Werc Werk Works
Production
Oscilloscope
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 21, 2010
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · September 24, 2010
Theatrical
Czechia
November 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Finland
March 25, 2011 · Theatrical
France
February 15, 2012 · Theatrical
Germany
February 12, 2010 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Italy
August 26, 2010 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 26, 2011 · Theatrical
June 17, 2011 · Physical · Blu ray
November 17, 2011 · Physical · DVD
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