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.
Title | Howl |
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Year | 2010 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Rabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works, Oscilloscope |
Cast | James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm |
Crew | Rob Epstein (Director), Jeffrey Friedman (Director), Jeffrey Friedman (Writer), Rob Epstein (Writer), Kurt Swanson (Costume Design), Bart Mueller (Costume Design) |
Keyword | freedom, poetry, literature, psychiatric hospital, male homosexuality, counter-culture, 1950s, gay theme |
Release | Aug 26, 2010 |
Runtime | 84 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.50 / 10 by 175 users |
Popularity | 6 |
Budget | 5,000,000 |
Revenue | 1,183,258 |
Language | English |