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Summary
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 64Audiences 64GoodWatch 64
Tomatometer64%
Metascore63
User score6.7
IMDb6.6
Audience score58%
Box office
24%of its budget back
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $1 M
Worldwide it made back $1 M of the $5 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −25 min on the typical 109
typical 10984Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 8 countries, rent or buy in 13 more
Released
2010
August 26, 2010
16 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
16 of 16
James FrancoAllen Ginsberg- TRTodd RotondiJack Kerouac
Jon PrescottNeal Cassady
Aaron TveitPeter Orlovsky
David StrathairnRalph McIntosh
Jon HammJake Ehrlich
Andrew RogersLawrence Ferlinghetti
Bob BalabanJudge Clayton Horn
Mary-Louise ParkerGail Potter
Treat WilliamsMark Schorer
Jeff DanielsProfessor David Kirk
Alessandro NivolaLuther Nichols
Allen GinsbergSelf
Sean Patrick ReillySix Gallery
Alex EmanuelSix Gallery
Cecilia FossBeatnik Poet
Directing · 2
- Rob Epstein Director, Writer, Producer
- Jeffrey Friedman Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 16
- Gus Van Sant Executive Producer
- Jawal Nga Executive Producer
- Christine K. Walker Producer
- Elizabeth Redleaf Producer
- Tiffany Little Canfield Casting
- Bernard Telsey Casting
Camera · 2
- Edward Lachman Director of Photography
- James McMillan Key Grip
Editing · 1
- Jake Pushinsky Editor
Sound · 2
- Carter Burwell Original Music Composer
- Lora Hirschberg Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 3
- Thérèse DePrez Production Design
- Robert Covelman Set Decoration
- Russell Barnes Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Kurt Swanson Costume Design
- Bart Mueller Costume Design
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