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Howl

The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.

Description: 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.

Genres: Drama

Homepage: http://howlthemovie.com/

Budget: $5,000,000 | Revenue : $1,183,258

Runtime: 84 minutes

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James Franco

Played Allen Ginsberg

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Todd Rotondi

Played Jack Kerouac

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Jon Prescott

Played Neal Cassady

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Aaron Tveit

Played Peter Orlovsky

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David Strathairn

Played Ralph McIntosh

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Jon Hamm

Played Jake Ehrlich

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Andrew Rogers

Played Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Bob Balaban

Played Judge Clayton Horn

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Mary-Louise Parker

Played Gail Potter

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Treat Williams

Played Mark Schorer

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Jeff Daniels

Played Professor David Kirk

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Alessandro Nivola

Played Luther Nichols

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Allen Ginsberg

Played Himself

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Sean Patrick Reilly

Played Six Gallery

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Alex Emanuel

Played Six Gallery

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Cecilia Foss

Played Beatnik Poet

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