Howl

Release Date:

Sep 24, 2010

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:24

Genre:

Biography,Docudrama,Drama

Director:

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Cast:

James Franco	Allen Ginsberg
David Strathairn	Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm	Jake Ehrlich
Bob Balaban	Judge Clayton Horn
Jeff Daniels	David Kirk
Mary-Louise Parker	Gail Potter
Treat Williams	Mark Schorer
Alessandro Nivola	Luther Nichols
Todd Rotondi	Jack Kerouac
Jon Prescott	Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit	Peter Orlovsky
Andrew Rogers	Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Producers:

Elizabeth Redleaf , Christine Kunewa Walker , Rob Epstein , Jeffrey Friedman , Gus Van Sant , Jawal Nga

Writers:

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://howlthemovie.com/

Related Programs:

Where the Buffalo Roam

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg

Beat

Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation

The Hours

Poem: I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

Dirty Country

More Howl Pictures

Poet and cultural icon Allen Ginsberg is living in San Francisco in the mid '50s with friends and fellow writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady when he conceives ''Howl,'' a poem that is credited with popularizing the Beat movement. When bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti publishes the poem, he is put on trial for obscenity. The film includes animated portions depicting interpretations of the poem itself.

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