Howl

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

James Franco

Allen Ginsberg

Age : 46 | Popularity : 62%

Todd Rotondi

Jack Kerouac

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jon Prescott

Neal Cassady

Age : 42 | Popularity : 4%

Aaron Tveit

Peter Orlovsky

Age : 40 | Popularity : 7%

David Strathairn

Ralph McIntosh

Age : 75 | Popularity : 26%

Jon Hamm

Jake Ehrlich

Age : 53 | Popularity : 38%

Andrew Rogers

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Bob Balaban

Judge Clayton Horn

Age : 78 | Popularity : 13%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	Carter Burwell
Art	Production Design	Thérèse DePrez
	Set Decoration	Robert Covelman
	Art Direction	Russell Barnes
Production	Executive Producer	Gus Van Sant Jawal Nga
	Casting	Bernard Telsey Tiffany Little Canfield David Vaccari
	Producer	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman Elizabeth Redleaf Christine K. Walker
	Co-Producer	Brian Benson Andrew Peterson Mark Steele
	Line Producer	Lynn Appelle
	Associate Producer	James Chan Kelly Gilpatrick Ken Bailey Peter Hale Bob Rosenthal
Camera	Director of Photography	Edward Lachman
Directing	Director	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman
Writing	Writer	Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman
Editing	Editor	Jake Pushinsky
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Kurt Swanson Bart Mueller
Department	Role	Name

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