Howl

Howl by Rob Epstein

6.50

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.

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Cast

James Franco

James Franco as Allen Ginsberg

Todd Rotondi

Todd Rotondi as Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott

Jon Prescott as Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit as Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn

David Strathairn as Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich

Andrew Rogers

Andrew Rogers as Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban as Judge Clayton Horn

Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter

Treat Williams

Treat Williams as Mark Schorer

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels as Professor David Kirk

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola as Luther Nichols

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg as Self

Sean Patrick Reilly

Sean Patrick Reilly as Six Gallery

Alex Emanuel

Alex Emanuel as Six Gallery

Cecilia Foss

Cecilia Foss as Beatnik Poet

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