Movie Details

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.

Cast and Credits

Starring: James Franco, Mary-Louise Parker, Jon Hamm, Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Release Year: 2010

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