Movie poster for Howl
TMDb Rating
6.5/10

190 verified votes

Howl (2010)

Drama
84 min

"The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation."

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Jeffrey Friedman

Top Cast

James FrancoTodd RotondiJon PrescottAaron TveitDavid Strathairn

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