Overview
Cast & Crew
Production House
The Plot
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.
Run Time
1h 24m
Genre
Drama
Release Date
26 Aug 2010
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Streaming On
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
James FrancoAllen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
Jon PrescottNeal Cassady
Aaron TveitPeter Orlovsky
David StrathairnRalph McIntosh
Jon HammJake Ehrlich
Andrew RogersLawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob BalabanJudge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise ParkerGail Potter
Treat WilliamsMark Schorer
Jeff DanielsProfessor David Kirk
Alessandro NivolaLuther Nichols
Werc Werk Works


Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Edward Lachman
Carter Burwell
Lora Hirschberg