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2010

Howl

Directed by Jeffrey Friedman
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

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.

Duration

1h 24m

Released

August 26, 2010

Revenue

$1,183,258

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6.5

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Cast16

  • James Franco
  • Todd Rotondi
  • Jon Prescott
  • Aaron Tveit
  • David Strathairn
  • Jon Hamm
  • Andrew Rogers
  • Bob Balaban
  • Mary-Louise Parker

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