About Howl
- Released on August 26, 2010
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.
Full Cast of Howl
James Franco plays Allen Ginsberg
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Jon Prescott plays Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit plays Peter Orlovsky
David Strathairn plays Ralph McIntosh
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Bob Balaban plays Judge Clayton Horn
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Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. He founded a no...
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