Howard

Howard

93 mins | Documentary, Music | April 22, 2018

Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.

Howard

93 mins | Documentary, Music | April 22, 2018

Howard
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Stone Circle Pictures
Original title Howard
Directors Don Hahn
Writers

Cast

Howard Ashman

as Self / Various character scratch singing (archive footage)

Alan Menken

as Self / Various character scratch singing

Bill Lauch

as Self

Don Hahn

as Self

Sarah Gillespie

as Self

Shirley Ashman

as Self

Kyle Renick

as Self

Nancy Parent

as Self

Dennis Green

as Self

Jodi Benson

as Self / Ariel (voice) / Doria Hudson

Chris Montan

as Self

Rob Minkoff

as Self

Roger Allers

as Self

Glen Keane

as Self

Gary Trousdale

as Self

David Friedman

as Self (archive footage)

Paige O'Hara

as Self / Belle (archive footage)

Richard White

as Self (archive footage)

Jerry Orbach

as Self / Lumiere (archive footage)

Angela Lansbury

as Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)

Ray Ashman

as Self (archive footage)

Stuart "Snooze" White

as Self (archive footage)

Maury Yeston

as Self (archive footage)

Brynn O'Malley

as Sylvia (archive footage)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Edith Vonnegut

as Self (archive footage)

Holly Villaire

as Dawn Leonard / Hostess / Caroline Rosewater (archive footage)

Jonathan Hadary

as Norman Mushari (archive footage)

Peter J. Saputo

as Noyes Finnerty / Fred Rosewater / Fireman (archive footage)

Frederick Coffin

as Eliot Rosewater (archive footage)

David Little

as Fireman (archive footage)

Douglas Fisher

as Fireman (archive footage)

Jonathan Haze

as Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)

Charles B. Griffith

as Audrey Junior (voice) / Screaming Patient (archive footage)

Leola Wendorff

as Siddie Shiva (archive footage)

John Herman Shaner

as Dr. Phoebus Farb (archive footage)

Mel Welles

as Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)

Ellen Greene

as Self / Audrey (archive footage)

Ronnie Spector

as Self (archive footage)

Estelle Bennett

as Self (archive footage)

Nedra Talley

as Self (archive footage)

Phil Spector

as Self (archive footage)

R. Keith Michael

as Self (archive footage)

Rick Moranis

as Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)

Tichina Arnold

as Crystal (archive footage)

Michelle Weeks

as Ronnette (archive footage)

Tisha Campbell-Martin

as Chiffon (archive footage)

Bill Boggs

as Self (archive footage)

Roger Ebert

as Self (archive footage)

Levi Stubbs

as Audrey II (voice) (archive footage)

Vincent Gardenia

as Mr. Mushnik (archive footage)

Richard Beymer

as Tony (archive footage)

Natalie Wood

as Maria (archive footage)

Steve Martin

as Orin Scrivello, DDS (archive footage)

Dan Rather

as Self (archive footage)

Barry Peterson

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Bobby Campbell

as Self (archive footage)

Larry Kramer

as Self (archive footage)

David Evans

as Self (archive footage)

Marvin Hamlisch

as Self (archive footage)

Anne Bobby

as Robin Gibson (archive footage)

David Geffen

as Self (archive footage)

Diane Sawyer

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Frank Oz

as Self (archive footage)

Randy Cartwright

as Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney

as Self (archive footage)

Peter Schneider

as Self (archive footage)

Ron Clements

as Self (archive footage)

John Musker

as Self (archive footage)

Mike Gabriel

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

Divine

as Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage)

Pat Carroll

as Self (archive footage)

Roy Edward Disney

as Self (archive footage)

Janis Menken

as Self (archive footage)

Anna Rose Menken

as Self (archive footage)

Nora Lily Menken

as Self (archive footage)

Danny Troob

as Self (archive footage)

Fats Waller

as 'Fats' Waller (archive footage)

Benny Carter

as Trumpeter (archive footage)

Zutty Singleton

as Drummer (archive footage)

Slam Stewart

as Bassist (archive footage)

Taps Miller

as Trumpeter (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

as Jeff Peters (archive footage)

Bob Hope

as Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)

Douglas Seale

as The Sultan (archive footage)

Don Ernst

as Self (archive footage)

Donald W. Ernst

as Self (archive footage)

Paula Abdul

as Self (archive footage)

Dudley Moore

as Self (archive footage)

Danny Glover

as Self (archive footage)

Kirk Wise

as Self (archive footage)

James Monroe Iglehart

as Genie (archive footage)

Adam Jacobs

as Aladdin (archive footage)

Emma Watson

as Belle (archive footage)

Dale Branston

as Baker (archive footage)

Mena Massoud

as Aladdin (archive footage)

Will Smith

as Genie / Mariner (archive footage)

Dan Stevens

as Beast (archive footage)

Joan Prather

as Robin (archive footage)

Denise Nickerson

as Shirley (archive footage)

Melanie Griffith

as Karen (archive footage)

Annette O'Toole

as Doria (archive footage)

Maria O'Brien

as Maria (archive footage)

Colleen Camp

as Connie (archive footage)

Caroline Williams

as Helga (archive footage)

Kate Sarchet

as Judy (archive footage)

Maureen Abbott

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Leslie Anderson

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Janette Butler

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Shawn Christianson

as Young American Miss / The Winner (archive footage)

MaryStella Church

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Dana Couey

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Deborah Coy

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Marie Curry

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Teri Duggan

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Mary Gannon

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Nancy Hess

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Owens Hill

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Joanna Vogel

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Catherine Klein

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Christie Lawrence

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Amy Leitman

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Barbara McCutchan

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Dona Miller

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Karen Miller

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Sadie Raker

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Janis Russell

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Frances Sartori

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Lisa Scott

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Melinda Smith

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

MaryAnn Stineman

as Young American Miss (archive footage)

Beth Turner

as Young American Miss (archive footage)