Howl UK Release
Posted by David S. Wills in Beat News on February 8, 2011 8:31 am / no comments
On February 25th, Soda Pictures is releasing ‘Howl’ in UK cinemas. The celebrated new movie features James Franco as Allen Ginsberg, and also includes John Hamm and Jeff Daniels in the cast. The movies centres around the obscenity trial against City Lights Bookstore after the publication of Ginsberg’s legendary Beat poem, ‘Howl.’
David S. Wills
David S. Wills is the founder and editor of Beatdom magazine and the author of The Dog Farm. He travels a lot, and is currently working as a professor in China. His latest book is called Scientologist! William S. Burroughs the Weird Cult. You can read more about and by David at his blog, www.davidswills.com
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