Howl

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Synopsis:

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.

Cast:

James Franco – Allen Ginsberg
Mary-Louise Parker – Gail Potter
Jon Hamm – Jake Ehrlich
Jeff Daniels – Professor David Kirk
David Strathairn – Ralph McIntosh
Treat Williams – Mark Schorer
Jon Prescott – Neal Cassady
Todd Rotondi – Jack Kerouac

Release Date:

September 24, 2010.

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA