

Howl (2010)
The Obscenity Trial That Started a Revolution. The Poem That Rocked a Generation.
2010-08-26
United States of America
84 Min.
PG-13
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.
Cast
Allen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
Neal Cassady
Peter Orlovsky
Ralph McIntosh
Jake Ehrlich
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Judge Clayton Horn
Gail Potter
Mark Schorer
Professor David Kirk
Luther Nichols