Howl

United States of America

• R
• 2010-08-26(US)
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  Drama
• ▪ 1h-24m

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

Overview

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.

• Jeffrey FriedmanDirector

  Rob EpsteinDirector

  Jeffrey FriedmanWriter

  Rob EpsteinWriter

  Bart MuellerCostume Design

  Kurt SwansonCostume Design