

Drama
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.
Top Cast


James Franco
James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
Todd Rotondi
Todd Rotondi
Jack Kerouac
Todd Rotondi
Jack Kerouac


Jon Prescott
Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady
Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady


Aaron Tveit
Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky
Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky


David Strathairn
David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh
David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh


Jon Hamm
Jon Hamm
Jake Ehrlich
Jon Hamm
Jake Ehrlich


Andrew Rogers
Andrew Rogers
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Andrew Rogers
Lawrence Ferlinghetti


Bob Balaban
Bob Balaban
Judge Clayton Horn
Bob Balaban
Judge Clayton Horn


Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker
Gail Potter
Mary-Louise Parker
Gail Potter


Treat Williams
Treat Williams
Mark Schorer
Treat Williams
Mark Schorer
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