Release Date: September 24th, 2010
DVD Release Date: January 4th, 2011
R|1 hr 24 min
Plot Summary
Poet and cultural icon Allen Ginsberg (James Franco) is living in San Francisco in the mid '50s with friends and fellow writers Jack Kerouac (Todd Rotondi) and Neal Cassady (Jon Prescott) when he conceives "Howl," a poem that is credited with popularizing the Beat movement. When bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti (Andrew Rogers) publishes the poem, he is put on trial for obscenity. The film includes animated portions depicting interpretations of the poem itself.
Cast: James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Bob Balaban, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Genres: Docudrama, Biography, Drama
Distributors: Oscilloscope Pictures
