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Howl

Name: Howl
Director: Jeffrey Friedman
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-08-26
Cast: James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Aaron Tveit, David Strathairn

Drama

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.

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Cast

James FrancoTodd RotondiJon PrescottAaron TveitDavid StrathairnJon HammAndrew RogersBob BalabanMary-Louise ParkerTreat WilliamsJeff DanielsAlessandro Nivola

Director

Jeffrey Friedman

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