Howl (2010)

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TRIVIA

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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• Project Phase: Completed
• Release Date: 2010-09-24 - Limited Release
• Distributor(s): Oscilloscope Laboratories
• Film Genre(s): Drama, Biopic (Biography)
• Country: United States
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SYNOPSIS

Based on Allen Ginsberg's beatnik book of poetry Howl, this focuses on the obscenity trial launched to censor Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem. 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 (Alessandro Nivola).

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