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.

Release Date: 2010-08-26

Genres: Drama

Director: Rob EpsteinJeffrey Friedman

Actors: James Franco ,Jon Hamm ,Mary-Louise Parker ,Treat Williams ,Jeff Daniels ,David Strathairn ,Alessandro Nivola ,Aaron Tveit ,Bob Balaban ,Allen Ginsberg

Duration: 1h 24m

IMDB rating: 6.5