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Howl
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Howl
| Duration | 90 |
| Year | 2010 |
| Categories | Animation, Biography, Drama |
| Cast | Alessandro Nivola, James Franco, Jeff Daniels, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Bob Balaban, Jon Hamm, Treat Williams, Aaron Tveit, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott, Cecilia Foss, Sean Patrick Reilly, Andrew Rogers |
| Written By | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman |
| Directed By | Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman |
| Produced By | Werc Werk Works, Telling Pictures, Rabbit Bandini Prods., Radiant Cool |
| Distributed By | Soda Pictures |
| Film Details |
James Franco (Milk; 127 Hours) stars as the young Allen Ginsberg â€" poet, counter-culture adventurer and chronicler of the Beat Generation. In his famously confessional, leave-nothing-out style, Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless and electrifying work of his career, the poem HOWL.
Meanwhile, in a San Francisco courtroom, HOWL is on trial. Prosecutor Ralph McIntosh (David Strathairn) sets out to prove that the book should be banned, while suave defense attorney Jake Ehrlich (Jon Hamm) argues fervently for freedom of speech and creative expression. The proceedings veer from the comically absurd to the passionate as a host of unusual witnesses (Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams, Alesssandro Nivola) pit generation against generation and art against fear in front of conservative Judge Clayton Horn (Bob Balaban).