James Franco as Allen Ginsberg, Howl
The 2010 edition of Outfest, the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, kicks off tomorrow, June 8, with a gala screening of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman's Howl, about Allen Ginsberg's infamous obscenity trial following the publication of his poem "Howl" in the 1950s.
Howl stars James Franco as Ginsberg, in addition to Mary-Louise Parker, Jon Hamm, Treat Williams, Alessandro Nivola, Bob Balaban, Sean Patrick Reilly, Jeff Daniels, and David Strathairn.
The 28th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, headquartered at the DGA in West Hollywood, runs until July 18.
For more information/to buy tickets, visit Outfest.