Howl Movie Trailer and Poster

July 23, 2010 by Liam
Filed under: Download Movie Trailers, Movie News, Movie Posters

Here’s the movie trailer and poster for Howl starring James Franco. In the movie, Franco plays Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, whose “seminal work broke down societal barriers in the face of an infamous public obscenity trial.” At least according to the official synopsis. The movie played earlier this year at Sundance and is due in theaters in limited release in late September. Continue reading for more.

Howl Poster

Synopsis: Starring James Franco in a career-defining performance as Allen Ginsberg, HOWL is the story of how the young poet’s seminal work broke down societal barriers in the face of an infamous public obscenity trial. In his famously confessional style, Ginsberg – poet, counter-culture icon, and chronicler of the Beat Generation – recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to HOWL, the most timeless work of his career. HOWL interweaves three stories: the unfolding of the landmark 1957 obscenity trial; an imaginative animated ride through the prophetic masterpiece; and a unique portrait of a man who found new ways to express himself, and in doing so, changed his own life and galvanized a generation.

Howl also stars David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Bob Balaban, Alessandro Nivola and Treat Williams, with Mary-Louise Parker and Jeff Daniels and is written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.