Howl (2010)
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 2010-08-26
- Runtime:
- 84 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Rob Epstein
- Top cast:
- James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.4/10 from 197 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.2/10