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Certificate 15

Cast James Franco Mary-Louise Parker Jon Hamm Jeff Daniels David Strathairn

Directors Jeffrey Friedman

Screenwriters Jeffrey Friedman Rob Epstein

Running Time 84 minutes

Howl
And the Beats go on...

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Plot
Docudrama about '50s Beat poet Allen Ginsberg and the writing and reception of his seminal poem Howl, the publisher of which was charged and tried for obscenity in 1956.

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