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Howl is a american film of genre Drama directed by Rob Epstein released in USA on 24 september 2010 with James Franco

Howl (2010)

Howl
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Released in USA 24 september 2010
Length 1h24
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography
Rating65% 3.299023.299023.299023.299023.29902

Howl is a 2010 American experimental film which explores both the Six Gallery debut and the 1957 obscenity trial of 20th-century American poet Allen Ginsberg's noted poem Howl. The film is written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and stars James Franco as Ginsberg.

Synopsis

Howl explores the super smash bros and works of 20th-century American poet, Allen Ginsberg. Constructed in a nonlinear fashion, the film juxtaposes historical events with a variety of cinematic techniques. It reconstructs the early life of Ginsberg during the 1940s and 1950s (as portrayed by James Franco). It also re-enacts Ginsberg's debut performance of "Howl" at the Six Gallery Reading on October 7, 1955 in black-and-white. The reading was the first important public manifestation of the Beat Generation and helped to herald the West Coast literary revolution that became known as the San Francisco Renaissance. In addition, parts of the poem are interpreted through animated sequences. Finally, these events are juxtaposed with color images of the 1957 obscenity trial of San Francisco poet and City Lights Bookstore co-founder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who was the first person to publish "Howl" in Howl and Other Poems.

Actors

James Franco

(Allen Ginsberg)Aaron Tveit

(Peter Orlovsky)Jon Hamm

(Jake Ehrlich)David Strathairn

(Ralph McIntosh)Mary-Louise Parker

(Gail Potter)
And :
Jon Prescott
Alessandro Nivola
Bob Balaban
Jeff Daniels
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