Howl

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

Howl (2010)

Timing: 1:24 (84 min)

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Release date

2010-08-26

Country

United States

Production

Rabbit Bandini Productions, Oscilloscope, Werc Werk Works

Genre

Drama

Budget

$5 000 000

Revenue

$1 183 258

Website

http://howlthemovie.com/

Director

Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Actors

James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Andrew Rogers, Bob Balaban, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams
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Scenario

Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

Producer

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

Operator

Edward Lachman

Composer

Carter Burwell

Artist

Audition

Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey, David Vaccari

Editing

Jake Pushinsky
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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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