Howl“Howl” is about the creation of the landmark Beat poem by the young Allen Ginsberg, and the obscenity trial that followed its publication in 1955. |
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Credits
Written for the Screen and Directed by
Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman
Produced by
Elizabeth Redleaf
Christine Kunewa Walker
Produced by
Rob Epstein
Jeffrey Friedman
Executive Producers
Gus Van Sant
Jawal Nga
Director of Photography
Edward Lachman, ASC
Production Designer
Thérèse DePrez
Editor
Jake Pushinsky
Costume Design
Kurt and Bart
Music by
Carter Burwell
Music Supervision
Hal Willner
Animation Designed
by Eric Drooker
Animation Producer
John Hays
Co-Producers
Brian Benson
Andrew Peterson
Mark Steele
Associate Producers
Peter Hale
Bob Rosenthal
Associate Producers
Ken Bailey
James Q. Chan
Kelly Gilpatrick
Line Producer
Lynn Appelle
Casting by
Bernie Telsey, CSA
CAST:
James Franco
as Allen Ginsberg
David Strathairn
as Ralph Mcintosh
Jon Hamm
as Jake Ehrlich
Bob Balaban
as Clayton Horn
Jeff Daniels
as David Kirk
Mary-Louise Parker
as Gail Potter
Alessandro Nivola
as Luther Nichols
Treat Williams
as Mark Schorer
Jon Prescott
as Neal Cassady
Todd Rotondi
as Jack Kerouac
Aaron Tveit
as Peter Orlovsky
