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Howl

Howl

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 26, 2010

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Drama

User Score

65%

Original Title

Howl

Production Companies

Rabbit Bandini Productions, Werc Werk Works, Oscilloscope

Director

Jeffrey Friedman

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$1,183,258

Description

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.