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Howl( 2010)

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

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 Billed Cast

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      James Franco

      Allen Ginsberg

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      Todd Rotondi

      Jack Kerouac

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      Jon Prescott

      Neal Cassady

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      Aaron Tveit

      Peter Orlovsky

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      David Strathairn

      Ralph McIntosh

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      Jon Hamm

      Jake Ehrlich

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      Andrew Rogers

      Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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      Bob Balaban

      Judge Clayton Horn

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      Mary-Louise Parker

      Gail Potter

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      Treat Williams

      Mark Schorer

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      Jeff Daniels

      Professor David Kirk

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      Alessandro Nivola

      Luther Nichols

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      Allen Ginsberg

      Self

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      Sean Patrick Reilly

      Six Gallery

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      Alex Emanuel

      Six Gallery

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      Cecilia Foss

      Beatnik Poet

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    5000000.00

    Revenue

    1183258.00

    Keywords

    • freedom
    • poetry
    • literature
    • psychiatric hospital
    • male homosexuality
    • counter-culture
    • 1950s
    • gay theme