Howl
2010
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
- Rob Epstein,Jeffrey Friedman
- 1h 24m
- August 26, 2010 · United States of America
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 26, 2010
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Cast
- Alex Emanuel,Alessandro Nivola,David Strathairn,Cecilia Foss,Treat Williams,Bob Balaban,Allen Ginsberg,James Franco,Jon Hamm,Andrew Rogersand 6 more
- Director
- Rob Epstein,Jeffrey Friedman
- Writer
- Rob Epstein,Jeffrey Friedman
- Cinematography
- Edward Lachman
- Music
- Carter Burwell
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Revenue
- $1,183,258
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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