Howl

2010 · directed by Rob Epstein

Rating

65/100

Hit

no

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.

Howl (2010), directed by Rob Epstein, rates 65/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• James Franco
• David Strathairn
• Jon Hamm
• Bob Balaban
• Mary-Louise Parker
• Treat Williams

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