Story
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.
Where to watch in India
Howl is not on a streaming service in India that we know of.
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Cast
James Franco as Allen GinsbergTodd Rotondi as Jack KerouacJon Prescott as Neal CassadyAaron Tveit as Peter OrlovskyDavid Strathairn as Ralph McIntoshJon Hamm as Jake EhrlichAndrew Rogers as Lawrence FerlinghettiBob Balaban as Judge Clayton HornMary-Louise Parker as Gail PotterTreat Williams as Mark Schorer
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