Sep 9 2008Here's Who Will Be 'Howl'-ing
I don't know how anyone would ever top David Cross's portrayal of Allen Ginsberg in I'm Not There--at least in terms of looking exactly like him--but James Franco will soon try his hand at playing a bad-boy heartthrob Ginsberg in Howl, and now five more have joined the cast:
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."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 of "Howl."
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 don't know whether this movie will be any good or not, but can we acknowledge that Jeff Daniels and Dave Coulier are now officially the same person? They are.
Reader Comments
1. J.Rai - September 9, 2008 1:08 PM
Are you sure that's Jeff Daniels and not Dave Coulier?
(Yes, I know it's not really Dave Coulier.)
2. ? - September 9, 2008 1:40 PM
YAWN......
seriously, how can a movie be called 'Howl' and not be about werewolves.... lame.
3. ali - September 9, 2008 2:28 PM
mmm....Mary-Louise Parker
4. K lee - September 9, 2008 9:10 PM
Holy shit, David Cross DOES look exactly like Allen Ginsberg. (I'm behind because I didn't see I'm Not There, though I'm all for Bob Dylan, Christian Bale, and female-to-male cross-dressing.) James Franco is a little too dreamy, no?
5. pdrunk - September 9, 2008 10:11 PM
When I first moved to LA, I got a job working at a jazz coffeehouse in the valley...which is of course, defunct, because it couldn't cater to AA people as it was right next to a dive bar and it was pre-internet cafe hype. But one of the owners was daughter of Joe Albany (jazz pianist) and the woman who was Allen's single hetero-relationship. She typed up "Howl" and now my brain is farting because I can't remember Amy's mom's name. (Amy Albany was the person I worked for.)
On another note,...yeah...David Cross is going to be hard to beat.