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 momentthe birth of a counterculture.
Cast: | James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Bob Balaban, Alessandro Nivola, Treat Williams, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeff Daniels, Aaron Tveit |
Director: | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman |
Studio: | Oscilloscope Pictures |
Producer(s): | Elizabeth Redleaf, Christine K. Walker |
Writer(s): | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman |
Official Site: | howlthemovie.com |