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Howl (2010)

R ★ 6.5/10 84 min Drama United States English
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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.

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Top 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

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