Howl
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.
Cast
James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
Todd Rotondi
Jack Kerouac
Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky
David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm
Jake Ehrlich
Andrew Rogers
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob Balaban
Judge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise Parker
Gail Potter
Treat Williams
Mark Schorer
Jeff Daniels
Professor David Kirk
Alessandro Nivola
Luther Nichols
Allen Ginsberg
Self
Sean Patrick Reilly
Six Gallery
Alex Emanuel
Six Gallery
Cecilia Foss
Beatnik Poet
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Languages
- English
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Revenue
- $1.2M
- Age rating
- —
- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- Rabbit Bandini ProductionsWerc Werk WorksOscilloscope
Crew
Director
Rob Epstein
Writers
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Bart Mueller
Costume Design
Kurt Swanson
Costume Design
Thérèse DePrez
Production Design
Jake Pushinsky
Editor
Edward Lachman
Director of Photography
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
