Howl
Howl
Drama

Howl

2010
84 min
6.4
64.5%
User Score
(196 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Rob Epstein

STARRING

James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn

Videos & Trailers

Official Theatrical Trailer
1080p
Trailer

Official Theatrical Trailer

Cast

James Franco

James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

Todd Rotondi

Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott

Jon Prescott

Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit

Aaron Tveit

Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich

Andrew Rogers

Andrew Rogers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn

Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker

Gail Potter

Treat Williams

Treat Williams

Mark Schorer

Jeff Daniels

Jeff Daniels

Professor David Kirk

Alessandro Nivola

Alessandro Nivola

Luther Nichols