Trailer for Howl.
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 (Alda), prosecution witness Professor David Kirk (Daniels), radio personality and prosecution witness Gail Potter (Parker) and literary critic and defense witness Luther Nichols (Rudd).
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.
1 min 43 sec
Views
244,090
Posted On
July 15, 2010
Rob Epstein
Writer
Rob Epstein
Studio
Oscilloscope Pictures
Release
September 24, 2010
James Franco
David Strathairn
John Hamm
Mary-Louise Parker
Jeff Daniels
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