

Information
Release DateAugust 26, 2010
Runtime1h 24m
StatusReleased
Budget$5M
Revenue$1M
ProductionRabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works + 1 more
LanguagesEnglish
6.5
184 votesPopularity1
Synopsis
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 & Crew
Director

Featured Cast

James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
Todd Rotondi
Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh