Howl

A FILM BY Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

Outstanding!

- Kirk Honeycutt, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

What Ginsberg's poem might have sounded and felt like at the moment of its creation...It takes a familiar, celebrated piece of writing and makes it come alive.

- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

Howl"" is an exemplary work of literary criticism on film""

- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES

A response to a work of art that is art itself.

- Jennie Yabroff, NEWSWEEK

Rhapsodically beautiful...Franco is the movie's perfect center.

- David Edelstein, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

un portrait fascinant, porté avec grâce par James Franco

- Marc-André Lussier, La Presse

Synopsis

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, Treat Williams) debate the artistic merits of the controversial poem, and whether or not it should be banned from publication.