Howl

Theatrical - Limited 2010-09-24

Cast James Franco Jon Hamm Mary-Louise Parker Jeff Daniels Alessandro Nivola David Strathairn Treat Williams Bob Balaban
Directed by Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman
Written by Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman

Genres: Drama

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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... See more 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.

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Kumail Nanjiani plans to make his feature directorial debut with a horror movie called Howl

Actor/comedian Kumail Nanjiani is planning to make his feature directorial debut with a horror movie called Howl

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DVD/Blu-ray Release Dates: December and January 2016!

Posted 10 years ago

Howl trailer brings us werewolves on a train!

Posted 11 years ago

Paul Hyett’s Howl gets a new poster, starring Shauna Macdonald

Posted 11 years ago

Although it has been a while since we’ve heard anything about Paul Hyett’s new horror film HOWL, which sounds like a gnarly addition to the werewolf genre, we do have this cool new sales poster. The poster—which you can find...

More details revealed for Paul Hyett’s Howl, starring Shauna Macdonald

Posted 12 years ago

Paul Hyett will follow up his brutal directorial debut THE SEASONING HOUSE with HOWL, a film about a midnight train that gets attacked by a pack of man-hungry werewolves. Hyett has seen his fair share of the horror genre over...

The Descent’s Shauna Macdonald joins Ed Speleers for Paul Hyett’s Howl

Posted 12 years ago

Last week we brought you the Cannes sales art for director Paul Hyett's upcoming werewolves-on-a-train tale HOWL, and now we've learned a few more plot details as well as the first casting announcements for this fun-sounding flick. Screen Daily is...

Cannes sales art for Paul Hyett’s Howl brings us a werewolf on a train

Posted 12 years ago

Earlier this week we brought you the news that special effects guru and THE SEASONING HOUSE director Paul Hyett had been tapped to helm the upcoming rabid dog horror THE POOL for The Salt Company, but that isn't the only...

Take a step back in time with this great poster for Howl

Posted 16 years ago

When a decent poster for film comes out, I like to congratulate it by featuring it in an article. This is the case with the poster for HOWL. While Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” caused a literally controversy, this poster celebrates...

Trailer for the docudrama Howl starring James Franco is now online

Posted 16 years ago

HOWL, the docudrama from directors Rob Epstein (THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK) and Jeffrey Friedman (THE CELLULOID CLOSET) and starring James Franco as poet and leading Beat Generation figure Allen Ginsberg, focuses on the man’s seminal work, “Howl”, and the...

Review: HOWL (Sundance)

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: James Franco plays Allen Ginsberg, in this docudrama centering on the publication of his famous poem HOWL, and the obscenity trial his publishers faced afterwards. REVIEW: HOWL is a film that will definitely bewilder many audience members when it...