Movie Info
Genre
Biography, DramaRelease Date
TBA 2009Studio
Werc Werk Works
Cast and Crew
Director
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey FriedmanProducer
Elizabeth Redleaf, Christine K. WalkerScreenwriter
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey FriedmanStarring
- James Franco as Allen Ginsberg
- Paul Rudd
- Alan Alda
- Mary-Louise Parker as Gail Potter
- Jon Hamm as Jake Ehrlich
- Jeff Daniels
- David Strathairn as Ralph McIntosh
Movie Story
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, Judge Clayton Horn, prosecution witness Professor David Kirk, radio personality and prosecution witness Gail Potter and literary critic and defense witness Luther Nichols.
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