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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 24, 2010
Box Office
$1.2M
Budget
$5.0M
Return
0.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 4, 2011
Directors
Producers
Music
Studio
Rabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works, Oscilloscope
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$3.99
Apple TV Store
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$7.99
Amazon Video
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$3.99
Amazon Video
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$19.99
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Cast
Full credits →J
James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
J
Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady
A
Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky
D
David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm
Jake Ehrlich
A
Andrew Rogers
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
B
Bob Balaban
Judge Clayton Horn
M
Mary-Louise Parker
Gail Potter
T
Treat Williams
Mark Schorer
J
Jeff Daniels
Professor David Kirk
A
Alessandro Nivola
Luther Nichols
A
Allen Ginsberg
Self
S
Sean Patrick Reilly
Six Gallery
A
Alex Emanuel
Six Gallery
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