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FlicksNews.net: Allen Ginsberg Biopic 'Howl' Gathers An Interesting Cast
Vulture: Julie Andrews Is Coming for Your Teeth
FilmWad: Daniels, Parker, Rudd join Franco in "Howl"
Videogum: The Best Minds Of Our Generation And Jeff Daniels To Star In Howl
Cinematical: Solid Ensemble Coming Together for Beatnik Flick 'Howl'
Allen Ginsberg Biopic 'Howl' Gathers An Interesting Cast
FlicksNews.net —
James Franco will play Ginsberg with a support cast including David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd. This is looking very interesting. THR has the details: Telling Pictures 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. The pair were approached by the Allen Ginsberg Trust to make a film commemorating the 50th anniversary ...
Julie Andrews Is Coming for Your Teeth
Vulture —
... and Paul Rudd are ready to join James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in Howl, a biopic on the seminal beatnik and the obscenity trial that surrounded his poem. What's more, graphic novelist and Ginsberg collaborator Eric Drooker will create animated segments that bring the poem to life — "beat Fantasia," according to writer-director Rob Epstein, and "wicked awesome," according to our friend and former pot dealer, Applejack. [HR] ...
Daniels, Parker, Rudd join Franco in "Howl"
FilmWad —
... and no he's with this eclectic group. David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd are attached to join James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in the beatnik biopic "Howl." Brief synopsis from Hollywood Reporter here: ...
The Best Minds Of Our Generation And Jeff Daniels To Star In Howl
Videogum —
... Alan Alda, Mary Louise Parker, David Strathairn, and Paul Rudd have signed on to star in Howl, the Allen Ginsberg biopic already starring James Franco as Ginsberg, which will focus on Ginsberg's 1950s-era obscenity trial: ...
Solid Ensemble Coming Together for Beatnik Flick 'Howl'
Cinematical —
... that last one is part of what distinguishes the upcoming Howl, in which James Franco will star as legendary beatnik writer Allen Ginsberg. The film revolves around the court trial that took place after Howl was published in 1956 -- and promptly banned for obscenity. Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, David Straithairn, and Alan Alda have just been added to the cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
All will play fictional versions of real-life characters. On ...
Allen Ginsberg Biopic, Howl, Gets Stellar Cast and Crew
BuzzSugar —
... since, it's been that book on my bookshelf that consistently beckons me to pick it up and read it again, and decades later, it's just as relevant to our times as it was in the 1950s. At the time of its publication, however, some folks were not so enamored with Ginsberg's words. [image] To commemorate the 50-year anniversary of the publication of Howl , there's a biopic in the works, focusing on "the obscenity trial launched to censor Ginsberg's groundbreaking book-length poem." James Franco will play Ginsberg , and the cast just expanded to include David Strathairn, Alan ...
The Dailies: September 9, 2008
MTV Movies Blog —
... - David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd join James Franco in “Howl,” which you first heard about here. (THR & ...
‘Howl’ Now A Full-Blown Biopic, With An All-Star Cast
Fataculture —
... , and that Franco would be playing Ginsberg in re-enactment scenes, the “young Ginsberg” days before he got fat and bald. Franco looks like the writer did at that time, so the re-enactment idea made sense. Today, however, word is that “Howl,” to be written, directed and produced by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (respectively responsible for the Oscar-winning documentaries “Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt,” and Epstein directed “The Times of Harvey Milk”), is actually a full-blown biopic that coincides with the fiftieth anniversary of Ginsberg’s “Howl.” [ ...
Five more join Allen Ginsberg biopic
The Screening Log —
... The cast for “Howl” is growing, as David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd are in talks to join the upcoming Allen Ginsberg biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. ...
Liberace: The Movie!
Movie Dearest —
... And in more gay biopic news, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Rudd and David Strathairn have signed up to join James Franco as Allen Ginsberg in Howl. Contrary to ...
tMF FAST FORWARD: More Cast To Join James Franco In 'Howl'!
Home —
... , where he mentioned the Gus Van sant film as the reason why he decided to become an actor... Here's more from The Hollywood Reporter : David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd are attached to join James Franco as ...
