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30 HOWL 1957 Steht in San Francisco Ein Amerikanisches Meisterwerk Berlinale 2010 Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Wettbewerb HOWL HOWL HOWL USA 2010 Darsteller Allen Ginsberg James Franco Länge 90 Min. Jake Ehrlich Jon Hamm Format 35 mm, 1:1.85 Ralph McIntosh David Strathairn Farbe und Schwarzweiß Gail Potter Mary-Louise Parker Stabliste David Kirk Jeff Daniels Regie Robert Epstein Jack Kerouac Todd Rotondi Jeffrey Friedman Neal Cassady Jon Prescott Buch Rob Epstein Peter Orlovsky Aaron Tveit Jeffrey Friedman Lawrence Kamera Edward Lachman Ferlinghetti Andrew Rogers Kameraführung Gerard Sava Richter Clayton Kameraassistenz Rick Gioia Horn Bob Balaban Schnitt Jake Pushinsky Jacks Freundin Heather Klar Ton Jan McLaughlin Allens Freundin Kadance Frank Musik Carter Burwell Mark Schorer Treat Williams Production Design Thérèse DePrez Matrose Joe Toronto Art Director Russel Barnes Strichjunge Johary Ramos Animation Design Eric Drooker Neals Freundin Nancy Spence Luther Nichols Alesandro Nivola Animation ProducerJohn Hays James Franco Kostüm Kurt and Bart und Allen Ginsberg Maske Persefone Karaklosta HOWL Regieassistenz Tom Fatone 1957 steht in San Francisco ein amerikanisches Meisterwerk vor Gericht. Casting Bernie Telsey Angeklagt ist „Howl“, das Gedicht von Allen Ginsberg, der es öffentlich zum Herstellungsltg. Lynn Appelle ersten Mal am 7. Oktober 1955 in der Six Gallery in San Francisco vorgetra- Produzenten Elizabeth Redleaf gen hat. Zwei Jahre später erscheint es im Druck, verlegt bei City Light Christine Kunewa Walker Books, dem Verlag des Dichters Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 520 Exemplare der Rob Epstein ohnehin kleinen Auflage werden daraufhin von der Polizei beschlagnahmt, Jeffrey Friedman Ferlinghetti muss sich wegen Verbreitung obszönen Schrifttums vor Ge - Co-Produzenten Brian Benson richt verantworten. Andrew Peterson Das Verfahren, das „Das Geheul“ und seinen Urheber schlagartig bekannt Mark Steele Executive Producers Gus Van Sant machte, gilt heute als Geburtsstunde der Gegenkultur. Der Film von Robert Jawal Nga Epstein und Jeffrey Friedman rekonstruiert diesen weltgeschichtlichen Associate Producers Peter Hale Moment aus drei Perspektiven. Er dokumentiert die Gerichtsverhandlung, Bob Rosenthal rekonstruiert in Spielszenen die Reaktionen der Beteiligten um den jungen Ken Bailey Dichter Allen Ginsberg – und das berühmte Gedicht selbst, das der Zeich - James Q. Chan Kelly Gilpatrick ner Eric Drooker, der früher mit Ginsberg selbst zusammenarbeitete, als „Beat Fantasia“ (musikalisch illustriert von Carter Burwell) für diesen Film visualisiert hat. Derweil liefern sich unter dem Vorsitz von Richter Clayton Horn der Staats - anwalt Ralph McIntosh und der Rechtsanwalt Jake Ehrlich, damals ein pro- minenter Jurist der Bürgerrechtsbewegung, heftige Rededuelle. Beide Par - Produktion teien haben Zeugen und Sachverständige geladen. Am Ende des Ver fah - Werc Werk Works rens kommt der konservative Richter zu einem überraschend leidenschaft- 251 First Avenue North, #401 lichen Urteil. USA-Minneapolis, MN 55408 Tel.: +1 612 2380300 [email protected] HOWL In 1957 an American masterpiece was tried before a court of law. Standing Weltvertrieb trial was the poem ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg, which he recited for the first time The Match Factory in public at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on 7 October 1955. Two years Balthasarstr. 79-81 later, the poem appeared in print, published by City Light Books, a publishing D-50670 Köln Tel.: +49 221 53970930 house owned by the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The tiny print run of 520 Fax: +49 221 53970910 copies was subsequently seized by the police and Ferlinghetti found himself [email protected] in court, having to account for ‘distributing obscene literature’. 30 The trial, which was to make ‘Howl’ and its creators famous overnight, is still Filmografie considered to be the moment when counterculture was born. Robert Filme von Robert Epstein Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman have reconstructed this landmark historical 1975 WORD IS OUT moment from three perspectives. Their film documents the court proceed- Dokumentarfilm, Co-Regie 1977 INVASION OF THE BODY ings; it also reconstructs in dramatised scenes the reactions of those at the SNATCHERS (DIE KÖRPER- core of young poet Allen Ginsberg’s life. Finally, there’s the famous poem FRESSER KOMMEN) itself, which illustrator Eric Drooker, who himself used to work with Regie: Philip Kaufman, Ginsberg, has visualised for the film as a ‘Beat Fantasia’ to a score by Carter Schnitt Burwell. 1981 GREETINGS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. In the meantime, state attorney Ralph McIntosh and defence attorney Jake Dokumentarfilm, Regie: Ehrlich, a prominent lawyer in the civil rights movement, engage in some Lucy Winer, Co-Produzent fierce verbal sparring, presided over by Judge Clayton Horn. Both sides 1983 NEVER CRY WOLF have summoned witnesses and experts. At the end of the trial the conser- (WENN DIE WÖLFE HEULEN) vative judge announces his surprisingly passionate verdict. Regie: Carroll Ballard, Schnitt 1984 THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK (THE TIMES OF HARVEY HOWL MILK) En 1957, un chef d’œuvre américain comparaît devant un tribunal de San Dokumentarfilm Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman Francisco. L’accusé, c’est « Howl », le poème d’Allen Ginsberg qu’il a lu pour 1987 THE AIDS-SHOW: ARTISTS la première fois en public le 7 octobre 1955, dans la Six Gallery de San INVOLVED WITH DEATH AND SURVIVAL Biografien Francisco. Deux ans plus tard, il est imprimé et publié par City Light Books, Dokumentarfilm Robert Epstein: Geboren 1955 in New la maison d’édition du poète Lawrence Ferlinghetti. La police saisit alors 520 1989 COMMON THREADS: Jersey. Cutter zahlreicher Dokumentar- exemplaires d’un tirage déjà limité ; Ferlinghetti doit rendre des comptes à STORIES FROM THE QUILT und Spielfilme. 1975 Regiedebüt mit Dokumentarfilm, der Dokumentation WORD IS OUT. Für la justice en raison d’écrits obscènes. Le procès qui rendit aussitôt célèbres « Le Hurlement » et son auteur est Co-Regie: Jeffrey Friedman THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK erhielt er 1992 WHERE ARE WE? OUR TRIP den „Oscar“ für den besten Dokumen - aujourd’hui considéré comme l’instant de la naissance de la contre-culture. THROUGH AMERICA tarfilm. Le film de Robert Epstein et Jeffrey Friedman reconstitue ce moment histo- Dokumentarfilm, Jeffrey Friedman: Geboren 1951 in Los rique de trois points de vue. Il documente l’audience du tribunal, reconsti- Co-Regie: Jeffrey Friedman Angeles. Seit 1972 Schnittassistent bei 1995 THE CELLULOID CLOSET Dokumentar- und Spielfilmen, u.a. tue dans des scènes jouées les réactions des intéressés autour du jeune poète Allen Ginsberg et présente le fameux poème lui-même, visualisé (GEFANGEN IN DER TRAUM 1979 bei Martin Scorseses RAGING FABRIK - THE CELLULOID BULL. Seit Ende der 80er Jahre Zusam - comme « Beat Fantasia » pour ce film par le dessinateur Eric Drooker, qui CLOSET) menarbeit mit Robert Epstein. travailla à l’époque avec Allen Ginsberg en personne, et musicalement illus- Dokumentarfilm, tré par Carter Burwell. Co-Regie: Jeffrey Friedman Biographies 1999 PARAGRAPH 1975 Robert Epstein: born in 1955 in New Lors des séances présidées par le juge Clayton Horn, le procureur Ralph McIntosh et l’avocat Jake Ehrlich, qui était alors un éminent juriste du mou- Dokumentarfilm, Co-Regie: Jersey. Editor on numerous documen- Jeffrey Friedman taries and feature films. Directed his vement des droits citoyens, se livrent de violents duels verbaux. Les deux XTREME: SPORTS TO DIE FOR first film in 1975, a documentary parties ont convoqué des témoins et des experts. A la fin du procès, le juge TV-Dokumentation, entitled WORLD IS OUT. He received conservateur prononce une sentence surprenante et passionnée. Co-Regie: Jeffrey Friedman an “Oscar” for best documentary for 2002 CRIME & PUNISHMENT THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK. TV-Serie, Regie mit Jeffrey Jeffrey Friedman: born in 1951 in Friedman, Bill Guttentag Los Angeles. Has worked as assistant UNDERGROUND ZERO - editor on documentaries and features Episode ISAIAH’S RAP since 1972, including Martin Scorsese’s TV-Serie, Regie mit RAGING BULL (1979). Jeffrey Friedman 2006 TEN DAYS THAT UNEXPECTEDLY Biographies CHANGED AMERICA: GOLD Robert Epstein : né en 1955 à New RUSH Jersey. Monteur de nombreux docu- TV-Dokumentation, mentaires et longs métrages. Réalise Co-Regie: Jeffrey Friedman en 1975 son premier documentaire, 2010 HOWL WORD IS OUT. Il reçoit l’Oscar du meil- leur documentaire pour THE TIME OF HARVEY MILK. Jeffrey Friedman : né en 1951 à Los Angeles. Assistant au montage de documentaires et de longs métrages depuis 1972, entre autres pour RAGING BULL (1979) de Martin Scorsese. Aaron Tveit, James Franco 31.
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