Howl (2010)
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
Starring James Franco, Jon Hamm, Mary-Louise Parker
Directed by Rob Epstein,Jeffrey Friedman
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.
Runtime: 84 min.
Rating: 6.7
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: poetry,literature,freedom,male homosexuality,independent film,psychiatric hospital,counter-culture,1950s
Cast
Allen Ginsberg
Jake Ehrlich
Gail Potter
Mark Schorer
Professor David Kirk
Ralph McIntosh
Luther Nichols
Peter Orlovsky
Judge Clayton Horn
Himself
Six Gallery
Neal Cassady
Jack Kerouac
Six Gallery
Beatnik Poet