
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.

James Franco
Allen Ginsberg
Todd Rotondi
Jack Kerouac

Jon Prescott
Neal Cassady

Aaron Tveit
Peter Orlovsky

David Strathairn
Ralph McIntosh

Jon Hamm
Jake Ehrlich

Andrew Rogers
Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Bob Balaban
Judge Clayton Horn

Mary-Louise Parker
Gail Potter

Treat Williams
Mark Schorer

Jeff Daniels
Professor David Kirk

Alessandro Nivola
Luther Nichols

The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption

My Own Private Idaho
My Own Private Idaho

Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting

Atrapados en la coca
Atrapados en la coca

Judas
Judas

Mala Noche
Mala Noche

Lisbon Story
Lisbon Story

Chocolat
Chocolat

Fire
Fire

Capote
Capote

Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof