2010 • R • 1h 24m
6.5/10
(175 users) 
Overview
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts th 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.
6.5/10
(175 users) Cast / Crew 
James Franco Allen Ginsberg 
Todd Rotondi Jack Kerouac 
Jon Prescott Neal Cassady 
Aaron Tveit Peter Orlovsky 
David Strathairn Ralph McIntosh 
Jon Hamm Jake Ehrlich 
Andrew Rogers Lawrence Ferlinghetti 
Bob Balaban Judge Clayton Horn 
Mary-Louise Parker Gail Potter 
Treat Williams Mark Schorer 
Jeff Daniels Professor David Kirk 
Alessandro Nivola Luther Nichols 
Allen Ginsberg Himself 
Sean Patrick Reilly Six Gallery 
Alex Emanuel Six Gallery 
Rob Epstein Writer 
Jeffrey Friedman Writer Rob Epstein Director Jeffrey Friedman Director 
Bart Mueller Costume Design 
Kurt Swanson Costume Design 
Tiffany Little Canfield Casting Lynn Appelle Line Producer Ken Bailey Associate Producer Mark Steele Co-Producer Thérèse DePrez Production Design Jeffrey Friedman Producer James Chan Associate Producer Brian Benson Co-Producer Peter Hale Associate Producer
James Franco Allen Ginsberg Todd Rotondi Jack Kerouac Jon Prescott Neal Cassady Aaron Tveit Peter Orlovsky David Strathairn Ralph McIntosh Jon Hamm Jake Ehrlich Andrew Rogers Lawrence Ferlinghetti Bob Balaban Judge Clayton Horn Mary-Louise Parker Gail Potter Treat Williams Mark Schorer Jeff Daniels Professor David Kirk Alessandro Nivola Luther Nichols Allen Ginsberg Himself Sean Patrick Reilly Six Gallery Alex Emanuel Six Gallery Rob Epstein Writer Jeffrey Friedman Writer Rob Epstein Director Jeffrey Friedman Director Bart Mueller Costume Design Kurt Swanson Costume Design Tiffany Little Canfield Casting Lynn Appelle Line Producer Ken Bailey Associate Producer Mark Steele Co-Producer Thérèse DePrez Production Design Jeffrey Friedman Producer James Chan Associate Producer Brian Benson Co-Producer Peter Hale Associate Producer 
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