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Howard

# He gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul.

Documentary Music

📜 Overview: 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.

🌏 Languages Available: English

📆 Date Released: 2018-04-22

⌚ Running Time: 93 mins

⭐ Vote Average: 6.9

Beloved Cast

Self/ Various Character Scratch Singing (archive footage)

Howard Ashman

Self / Various Character Scratch Singing

Alan Menken

Self

Bill Lauch

Self

Don Hahn

Self

Sarah Gillespie

Self

Shirley Ashman

Self

Kyle Renick

Self

Nancy Parent

Self

Dennis Green

Self / Ariel (voice) / Doria Hudson

Jodi Benson

Self

Jeffrey Katzenberg

Self

Chris Montan

Self

Rob Minkoff

Self

Roger Allers

Self

Glen Keane

Self

Gary Trousdale

Self

Thomas Schumacher

Self (archive footage)

David Friedman

Self / Belle (archive footage)

Paige O'Hara

Self (archive footage)

Richard White

Self / Lumiere (archive footage)

Jerry Orbach

Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)

Angela Lansbury

Self (archive footage)

Ray Ashman

Self (archive footage)

Stuart "Snooze" White

Self (archive footage)

Brynn O'Malley

Self (archive footage)

Kurt Vonnegut

Self (archive footage)

Edith Vonnegut

Dawn Leonard / Hostess / Caroline Rosewater (archive footage)

Holly Villaire

Norman Mushari (archive footage)

Jonathan Hadary

Noyes Finnerty / Fred Rosewater / Fireman (archive footage)

Peter J. Saputo

Eliot Rosewater (archive footage)

Frederick Coffin

Fireman (archive footage)

David Little

Fireman (archive footage)

Douglas Fisher

Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)

Jonathan Haze

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

Charles B. Griffith

Siddie Shiva (archive footage)

Leola Wendorff

Dr. Phoebus Farb (archive footage)

John Herman Shaner

Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)

Mel Welles

Self / Audrey (archive footage)

Ellen Greene

Self (archive footage)

Ronnie Spector

Self (archive footage)

Estelle Bennett

Self (archive footage)

Nedra Talley

Self (archive footage)

Phil Spector

Self (archive footage)

R. Keith Michael

Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)

Rick Moranis

Crystal (archive footage)

Tichina Arnold

Ronnette (archive footage)

Michelle Weeks

Chiffon (archive footage)

Tisha Campbell

Self (archive footage)

Bill Boggs

Self (archive footage)

Roger Ebert

Audrey II (voice) (archive footage)

Levi Stubbs

Mr. Mushnik (archive footage)

Vincent Gardenia

Tony (archive footage)

Richard Beymer

Maria (archive footage)

Natalie Wood

Orin Scrivello, DDS (archive footage)

Steve Martin

Self (archive footage)

Dan Rather

Self (archive footage)

Barry Peterson

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Campbell

Self (archive footage)

Larry Kramer

Self (archive footage)

David Evans

Self (archive footage)

Marvin Hamlisch

Robin Gibson (archive footage)

Anne Bobby

Self (archive footage)

David Geffen

Self (archive footage)

Diane Sawyer

Self (archive footage)

Frank Oz

Self (archive footage)

Randy Cartwright

Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Peter Schneider

Self (archive footage)

Ron Clements

Himself (archive footage)

John Musker

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Mike Gabriel

Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage)

Divine

Self (archive footage)

Pat Carroll

Self (archive footage)

Roy Edward Disney

Self (archive footage)

Janis Menken

Self (archive footage)

Anna Rose Menken

Self (archive footage)

Nora Lily Menken

Self (archive footage)

Danny Troob

Self (archive footage)

Fats Waller

Trumpeter (archive footage)

Benny Carter

Drummer (archive footage)

Zutty Singleton

Bassist (archive footage)

Slam Stewart

Trumpeter (archive footage)

Taps Miller

Jeff Peters (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)

Bob Hope

The Sultan (archive footage)

Douglas Seale

Self (archive footage)

Donald W. Ernst

Self (archive footage)

Paula Abdul

Self (archive footage)

Dudley Moore

Self (archive footage)

Danny Glover

Self (archive footage)

Kirk Wise

Genie (archive footage)

James Monroe Iglehart

Aladdin (archive footage)

Adam Jacobs

Belle (archive footage)

Emma Watson

Baker (archive footage)

Dale Branston

Aladdin (archive footage)

Mena Massoud

Genie / Mariner (archive footage)

Will Smith

Beast (archive footage)

Dan Stevens

Robin (archive footage)

Joan Prather

Shirley (archive footage)

Denise Nickerson

Karen (archive footage)

Melanie Griffith

Doria (archive footage)

Annette O'Toole

Maria (archive footage)

Maria O'Brien

Connie (archive footage)

Colleen Camp

Helga (archive footage)

Caroline Williams

Judy (archive footage)

Kate Sarchet