Howl (2010)

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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.

Released: 2010-08-26
Genres: Drama
Runtime: 1h 24m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 200 votes

Directed by Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman.

Top cast

James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
Todd Rotondi as Jack Kerouac
Jon Prescott as Neal Cassady
Aaron Tveit as Peter Orlovsky
David Strathairn as Ralph McIntosh
Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich
Andrew Rogers as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob Balaban as Judge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter
Treat Williams as Mark Schorer

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Howl

United States: stream on fuboTV, Dekkoo, Chai Flicks, Dekkoo Amazon Channel; watch free on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Canada: watch free on Hoopla, Pluto TV
Australia: watch free on Beamafilm; rent on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV, Beamafilm; buy on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV

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