HOWL

Details

• Release Year: 2010
• Genre: Animation; Drama
• Plot: James Franco stars as counter-culture revolutionary Allen Ginsberg, who recounts the road trips, love affairs and search for personal liberation that led to the most electrifying work of his career: the poem 'Howl'. Meanwhile, in a San Francisco courtroom, 'Howl' is on trial as prosecutor Ralph McIntosh (David Strathairn), defense attorney Jake Ehrlich (Jon Hamm), and a host of witnesses (Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker) debate the artistic merits of Ginsberg's controversial work, and whether or not it should be banned from publication.
• Cast: James Franco; Todd Rotondi; Jon Prescott; Aaron Tveit; David Strathairn; Jon Hamm; Andrew Rogers; Bob Balaban; Mary-Louise Parker; Heather Klar; Kaydence Frank; Treat Williams; Joe Toronto; Johary Ramos; Nancy Spence; Alessandro Nivola; Jeff Daniels; Allen Ginsberg; Paige Allen; Nikki Borges; Erika Boseski; Deborah Bowman; Olmo Cefa; Margo Curry; Alex Emanuel; Cecilia Foss; Michael Gough; Diane Hess; Anna Kuchma; Paul Jude Letersky; Carl Low; Matthew Martin; Desiree Matthews; Galway McCullough; Deric McNish; Phil Newsom; Marissa Pepple; Kimberly Prentice; Allyson Reilly; Sean Patrick Reilly; Charles Rubey; Stephanie Schmiderer; Chad Scott; Troy Skeeters; Matthew Staley; Rafe Terrizzi; Rob Tode; Lisa Whitt; Jeremiah Alexander; Maria-Elaina Antoniou; Katherine Boyle; Peter Bush; Barbara Danicka; John Farrer; William Fowle; Andrew Goldfarb; Jeannette Gould; Eddie Earl Hatch; Dennis Hearn; Bill Hunter; John Jett; Martin Kalwill; Ron Keith; Caitlin McColl; Helen Merber; Cyril Merle; Antoinia Molina; Kat Murello; J. T. O'Connor; Jon Prevatt; Denna Reilly; Natali Reton; Moss Roberts; Harriet Rosenthal; Ina Rosenthal; Stacey Scotte; Ali Sharaf; Patrick Ellison Shea; Barbara Sigel; Marc Ian Sklar; Joanna Spano; Cathy Spears; Joseph Starbin; Craig Thompson; Bernice Toland; Dianne Zaremba; Rose Zingale; Jeffrey Feingold; Rob Epstein
• Director: Rob Epstein
• Runtime: 1:24
• Company: Oscilloscope Laboratories, Mongrel Media, Telling Pictures
• Media Format: Movie