Howl (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.
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James Franco
as Allen Ginsberg
as Allen Ginsberg
Todd Rotondi
as Jack Kerouac
as Jack Kerouac
Jon Prescott
as Neal Cassady
as Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit
as Peter Orlovsky
as Peter Orlovsky
David Strathairn
as Ralph McIntosh
as Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm
as Jake Ehrlich
as Jake Ehrlich
Andrew Rogers
as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob Balaban
as Judge Clayton Horn
as Judge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise Parker
as Gail Potter
as Gail Potter
Treat Williams
as Mark Schorer
as Mark Schorer
Jeff Daniels
as Professor David Kirk
as Professor David Kirk
Alessandro Nivola
as Luther Nichols
as Luther Nichols
Allen Ginsberg
as Self
as Self
Sean Patrick Reilly
as Six Gallery
as Six Gallery
Alex Emanuel
as Six Gallery
as Six Gallery
Cecilia Foss
as Beatnik Poet
as Beatnik Poet
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Rob Epstein
Director
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Director
Director
Jeffrey Friedman
Writer
Writer
Rob Epstein
Writer
Writer
Kurt Swanson
Costume Design
Costume Design
Bart Mueller
Costume Design
Costume Design
Lynn Appelle
Line Producer
Line Producer
Ken Bailey
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Brian Benson
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
James Chan
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Rob Epstein
Producer
Producer
Jeffrey Friedman
Producer
Producer
Kelly Gilpatrick
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Peter Hale
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Jawal Nga
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Andrew Peterson
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Elizabeth Redleaf
Producer
Producer
Bob Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Mark Steele
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Gus Van Sant
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Christine K. Walker
Producer
Producer
Tiffany Little Canfield
Casting
Casting
Bernard Telsey
Casting
Casting
David Vaccari
Casting
Casting
Thérèse DePrez
Production Design
Production Design
Russell Barnes
Art Direction
Art Direction
Robert Covelman
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Edward Lachman
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Jake Pushinsky
Editor
Editor
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lora Hirschberg
Supervising Sound Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
James McMillan
Key Grip
Key Grip
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