I had never heard of this film before today but apparently it is getting close to starting production with a solid cast. David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd will join James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in the beatnik biopic Howl.
Documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will make their narrative writing, producing and directing debut with the 1950s-era tale, focusing on the obscenity trial launched to censor Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem.
Among the real-life characters featured in the film are prosecuting attorney Ralph McIntosh (Strathairn), Judge Clayton Horn (Alda), prosecution witness Professor David Kirk (Daniels), radio personality and prosecution witness Gail Potter (Parker) and literary critic and defense witness Luther Nichols (Rudd).
I can't think of any other great beat writer films. The only thing that comes to mind is Beat, a film I have never seen but they always have multiple copies of at Half Price Books. I am also having a hard time picturing Franco as Ginsberg. David Cross did a great job of playing him in last years I'm Not There. While Cross isn't quite the actor that Franco is, he certainly had the appearance down.
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