Howl (2010)

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Starring: James Franco, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Jon Hamm, Alessandro Nivola, Treat Williams, Bob Balaban
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (For strong sexual content including language and images, and for some drug material.)
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Release Date: September 24, 2010 (Limited)
Official Site: http://www.howlthemovie.com/

SYNOPSIS:

Documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will make their narrative writing, producing and directing debut with the 1950s-era tale, focusing on the obscenity trial launched to censor Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem. The pair were approached by the Allen Ginsberg Trust to make a film commemorating the 50th anniversary of "Howl."

Among the real-life characters featured in the film are prosecuting attorney Ralph McIntosh (Strathairn), Judge Clayton Horn (Balaban), prosecution witness Professor David Kirk (Daniels), radio personality and prosecution witness Gail Potter (Parker) and literary critic and defense witness Luther Nichols.

Graphic novelist and Ginsberg collaborator Eric Drooker will create an animated reimagining of "Howl" (in segments Epstein describes as "a Beat Fantasia") and Carter Burwell will write the original score.

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