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