Rob & Jeff at Outfest 2010, where HOWL was the opening-night film. The 2000-seat Orpheum Theater in downtown L.A. was packed!
Before the screening, Glee star Chris Colfer and director Paris Barclay presented Jane Lynch with an achievement award.
Showing posts with label Festivals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Festivals. Show all posts
Sunday, July 11, 2010
HOWL opens Outfest (Variety article)
Rob & Jeff at Outfest 2010, where HOWL was the opening-night film. The 2000-seat Orpheum Theater in downtown L.A. was packed!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Howl's Cast and Crew at Sundance 2010
I NEED TICKETS TO HOWL! So pled the sign at the shuttle bus stop outside Park City’s Eccles Theater on Thurdsay night. Inside, past the phalanx of photographers, past the mobs of bundled-up gawkers looking to get a glimpse at Howl’s decidedly hunky cast, led by James Franco and including Jon Hamm and David Strathairn, Sundance’s sold-out opening night film was set to begin. The buzz for Howl, the homage to Allen Ginsberg’s seminal Beat poem, was topped only by The Runaways, the Joan Jett biopic featuring Twilight’s Kristen Stewart.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
HOWL to screen at Seattle Int'l Film Fest
June 12, 7pm, Egyptian Theatre
James Franco is Allen Ginsberg, poet laureate of the Beat generation, in this celebration of the work that captured a cultural moment and defined a literary scene. Academy-Award winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Celluloid Closet, The Times of Harvey Milk) blend narrative, documentary, and animation to achieve a kaleidoscopic portrait of the man and his art. A recreation of the very first reading of "Howl" to a beatnik crowd at San Francisco's Six Gallery in 1955 is juxtaposed with a simulated interview with the poet; brief dramatizations of Ginsberg's life and loves are interspersed with scenes from the landmark obscenity trial that followed the publication of the poem. Dialogue taken verbatim from court recordings as well as transcripts of an interview Ginsberg gave to Life magazine provide insight into his time in a mental institution, his struggles with his homosexuality, and his determination to live and write with vital honesty. Throughout the film, hallucinogenic animated sequences by former Ginsberg illustrator Eric Drooker give brilliant visual life to the poem that pushed the boundaries of art to become one of the great poetic achievements in American literary history.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Frameline chooses HOWL as closing night film
CLOSING NIGHT FILM & PARTY
Sunday, June 27 @ 7:30pm Castro Theatre
In this highly-anticipated film about the early years of poet Allen Ginsberg, Academy Award winning documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman bend genres to depict the spark of a literary revolution about Ginsberg's epic poem Howl. James Franco (Milk) shines as the young poet, making waves with his poem, Howl. The film is a hybrid of stories including an imagined recreation of an unpublished interview given to Time in 1957; Howl’s obscenity trial in a San Francisco courtroom; and luminous animation by Ginsberg collaborator Eric Drooker, capturing the essence of the poem. The extraordinary format adds to a feeling of restlessness, a sense that 1950s America is on the cusp of radical change, sentiments that saturate Ginsberg’s poetry. An impressive cast adds depth to this masterpiece of a film, including Jon Hamm ( Mad Men) who’s absolutely brilliant as an attorney representing City Lights, Jeff Daniels, and Mary-Louise Parker. This film is not to be missed!
Sunday, June 27 @ 7:30pm Castro Theatre
In this highly-anticipated film about the early years of poet Allen Ginsberg, Academy Award winning documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman bend genres to depict the spark of a literary revolution about Ginsberg's epic poem Howl. James Franco (Milk) shines as the young poet, making waves with his poem, Howl. The film is a hybrid of stories including an imagined recreation of an unpublished interview given to Time in 1957; Howl’s obscenity trial in a San Francisco courtroom; and luminous animation by Ginsberg collaborator Eric Drooker, capturing the essence of the poem. The extraordinary format adds to a feeling of restlessness, a sense that 1950s America is on the cusp of radical change, sentiments that saturate Ginsberg’s poetry. An impressive cast adds depth to this masterpiece of a film, including Jon Hamm ( Mad Men) who’s absolutely brilliant as an attorney representing City Lights, Jeff Daniels, and Mary-Louise Parker. This film is not to be missed!
Friday, May 14, 2010
HOWL Selected as Opening Night of Outfest 2010
Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media, announced today that HOWL has been selected as the Opening Night gala of the 28th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on July 8.“HOWL is an important and inspiring movie that is extremely relevant today,” says Kim Yutani, Director of Programming of Outfest. “The film reminds us of the influence of Allen Ginsberg's groundbreaking work, and eloquently tells the story of an artist who challenged the status quo on a personal and artistic level. By selecting HOWL as our Opening Night, we believe that it will set the tone for this year’s festival and celebrate all of the forward-thinking artists that will be part of our exciting line-up.” Adds Kirsten Schaffer, Executive Director of Outfest, “We've had the pleasure of showcasing Rob and Jeffrey's excellent work over the years, and we are proud to continue this relationship and collaborate with such distinguished and visionary filmmakers.”
Monday, May 10, 2010
Provincetown International Film Festival chooses HOWL as opening night film
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (recipients of this year's Faith Hubley Memorial Award) navigate a seamless segue from their documentary roots to masterful storytellers. They expand the notion of how a “true story” can be realized on film by not simply relying on facts but enlisting cinematic vision to capture the Zeitgeist of an era. The amazing cast provides the extra passion and urgency that are sure to introduce HOWL to the best minds of a new generation. With James Franco, Jon Hamm, David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Bob Balaban and Alessandro Nivola (2009 Excellence in Acting honoree).
- John Cooper, Sundance Film Festival
- John Cooper, Sundance Film Festival
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Berlinale - live streaming
(Click link above then navigate to HOWL for streaming video of the red carpet extravaganza and press conference.)
Elizabeth Redleaf, Rob Epstein, James Franco and Jeffrey Friedman on the red carpet.
photo by Ken Bailey
Elizabeth Redleaf, Rob Epstein, James Franco and Jeffrey Friedman on the red carpet.
photo by Ken Bailey
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Peter Travers @ Rolling Stone: "Exhilarating!"
From ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE Sundance 2010 wrap-up:
"What other film festival would give its opening spot to a movie about a poem by Allen Ginsberg (a stellar performance by James Franco) interspersed with animation and an obscenity trial that puts freedom of speech on the stand? An exhilarating experiment that Sundance was built to nurture. Bravo!" - 3/4/10 issue
"What other film festival would give its opening spot to a movie about a poem by Allen Ginsberg (a stellar performance by James Franco) interspersed with animation and an obscenity trial that puts freedom of speech on the stand? An exhilarating experiment that Sundance was built to nurture. Bravo!" - 3/4/10 issue
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Howl brings Beat to Berlin film fest
"Howl", a movie about groundbreaking Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in competition Friday at the Berlin Film Festival, drew warm applause for bringing the written word and the counterculture vividly to life.
The picture stars James Franco ("Milk", "Spider-Man") giving an uncanny performance as the charming, bookish gay bard who electrified audiences in the smoky cafes and bars of San Francisco in the 1950s...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Family & friends @ Sundance opening
above, left to right: Bob Balaban, Christine Walker, Rob Epstein, James Franco, Jeffrey Friedman, Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Redleaf, David Straithairn, Treat Williams, at Sundance premiere.
below: the extended Epstein clan.
"Howl has captured a moment in time"
Howl, at its core, is about the pursuit of honesty through poetic excellence. Of course, it's about much more than that, gay rights, obscenity, the creative process as a whole. But the core of the work? I'm sticking with my honesty/excellence corollary. » See the full article on Film.com
Friday, January 22, 2010
LA Times: In Defense of Howl
We’re not even 24 hours into Sundance John Cooper-style and you can already hear the banshee wail of disaster that lifted into the snowy night air after “Howl’s” screening Thursday on the festival’s opening night.
It’s the Greek chorus effect, all those voices scrambling over each other to be the first to call for a suppression of the rebellion Cooper promised, and I would argue, delivered with a Mike Tyson gut punch, which left people winded, then windy. » See the full article on The LA Times
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
HOWL Launches the dramatic film at Sundance
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Friday, October 30, 2009
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