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Howl

Howl (2010)

1h 24m | PG-13

⭐ 6.5 / 10

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.

Director: Rob Epstein

Studio: Rabbit Bandini Productions

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

James Franco

James Franco

as Allen Ginsberg

Todd Rotondi

Todd Rotondi

as Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott

Jon Prescott

as Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit

as Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

as Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

as Jake Ehrlich