Movie
Howl
Released: August 26, 2010 (2010)
Runtime: 84 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Bob Balaban as Judge Clayton Horn
Age at release: 65
- David Strathairn as Ralph McIntosh
Age at release: 61
- Treat Williams as Mark Schorer
Age at release: 58
- Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter
Age at release: 46
- Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich
Age at release: 39
- James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
Age at release: 32
- Jon Prescott as Neal Cassady
Age at release: 29
- Aaron Tveit as Peter Orlovsky
Age at release: 26
- Todd Rotondi as Jack Kerouac
Age at release: Unknown
- Andrew Rogers as Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Age at release: Unknown
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- Cecilia Foss as Beatnik Poet
Age at release: 110
- Allen Ginsberg as Self
Age at release: 84
- Jeff Daniels as Professor David Kirk
Age at release: 55
- Alessandro Nivola as Luther Nichols
Age at release: 38
- Sean Patrick Reilly as Six Gallery
Age at release: Unknown
- Alex Emanuel as Six Gallery
Age at release: Unknown