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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
- Duration
- 84
- FilmAffinity ID
- 110250
- Official website
- howlthemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2011-01-06
- title
- Howl
- review score
- 63/100
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Gallery (5)
Connections
Beat Generation
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Six Gallery reading
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New York City
City
IMDb
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Tangier
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The New York Times
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Jack Kerouac
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Roger Ebert
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Allen Ginsberg
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Berlin International Film Festival
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James Franco
Person
William S. Burroughs
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Rotten Tomatoes
Entity
Los Angeles Times
Entity
Box Office Mojo
Entity
Sundance Film Festival
Entity
Gus Van Sant
Entity
Metacritic
Entity
Variety
Entity
Mary-Louise Parker
Person
Categories
2010 American films2010 English-language films2010 films2010 LGBTQ-related films2010s LGBTQ-related drama filmsAmerican biographical filmsAmerican courtroom filmsAmerican films with live action and animationAmerican independent filmsAmerican LGBTQ-related filmsBiographical films about LGBTQ peopleBiographical films about poetsEnglish-language biographical filmsEnglish-language documentary filmsFilms about freedom of expressionFilms about the Beat GenerationFilms about writersFilms based on poemsFilms directed by Jeffrey FriedmanFilms directed by Rob EpsteinFilms scored by Carter BurwellFilms set in 1955Films set in 1957Films set in New York City