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Howl
Sign in to save2010 film by Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein
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6.4It'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: 2010-08-2684 minDir: Rob EpsteinDramaBudget: $5.0MBox office: $1.2M
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
Themes
- freedom
- poetry
- literature
- psychiatric hospital
- male homosexuality
- counter-culture
- 1950s
- gay theme
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
13,633 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
64%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Howl
- Director
- Jeffrey Friedman
- Screenwriter
- Rob Epstein
- Cast member
- Jeff Daniels
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Cinematographer
- Edward Lachman
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 84
- FilmAffinity ID
- 110250
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- howlthemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2011-01-06
- title
- Howl
- distributed by
- Hulu
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 63/100
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