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Film / 2018
Howard
Directed by
Don Hahn
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Howard AshmanSelf / Various Character Scratch Singing (archive footage)
Alan MenkenSelf / Various Character Scratch Singing
Bill LauchSelf
Don HahnSelf
Sarah GillespieSelf
Shirley AshmanSelf
Kyle RenickSelf
Nancy ParentSelf
Dennis GreenSelf
Jodi BensonSelf / Ariel (voice) / Doria Hudson
Jeffrey KatzenbergSelf
Chris MontanSelf
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Rob MinkoffSelf
Roger AllersSelf
Glen KeaneSelf
Gary TrousdaleSelf
Thomas SchumacherSelf
David FriedmanSelf (archive footage)
Paige O'HaraSelf / Belle (archive footage)
Richard WhiteSelf (archive footage)
Jerry OrbachSelf / Lumiere (archive footage)
Angela LansburySelf / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Ray AshmanSelf (archive footage)
Stuart "Snooze" WhiteSelf (archive footage)
Brynn O'MalleySelf (archive footage)
Kurt VonnegutSelf (archive footage)
Edith VonnegutSelf (archive footage)
Holly VillaireDawn Leonard / Hostess / Caroline Rosewater (archive footage)
Jonathan HadaryNorman Mushari (archive footage)
Peter J. SaputoNoyes Finnerty / Fred Rosewater / Fireman (archive footage)
Frederick CoffinEliot Rosewater (archive footage)
David LittleFireman (archive footage)
Douglas FisherFireman (archive footage)
Jonathan HazeSeymour Krelborn (archive footage)
Charles B. GriffithAudrey Junior (voice) / Screaming Patient (archive footage)
Leola WendorffSiddie Shiva (archive footage)
John Herman ShanerDr. Phoebus Farb (archive footage)
Mel WellesGravis Mushnick (archive footage)
Ellen GreeneSelf / Audrey (archive footage)
Ronnie SpectorSelf (archive footage)
Estelle BennettSelf (archive footage)
Nedra TalleySelf (archive footage)
Phil SpectorSelf (archive footage)
R. Keith MichaelSelf (archive footage)
Rick MoranisSeymour Krelborn (archive footage)
Tichina ArnoldCrystal (archive footage)
Michelle WeeksRonnette (archive footage)
Tisha CampbellChiffon (archive footage)
Bill BoggsSelf (archive footage)
Roger EbertSelf (archive footage)
Levi StubbsAudrey II (voice) (archive footage)
Vincent GardeniaMr. Mushnik (archive footage)
Richard BeymerTony (archive footage)
Natalie WoodMaria (archive footage)
Steve MartinOrin Scrivello, DDS (archive footage)
Dan RatherSelf (archive footage)
Barry PetersonSelf (archive footage)
Bobby CampbellSelf (archive footage)
Larry KramerSelf (archive footage)
David EvansSelf (archive footage)
Marvin HamlischSelf (archive footage)
Anne BobbyRobin Gibson (archive footage)
David GeffenSelf (archive footage)
Diane SawyerSelf (archive footage)
Frank OzSelf (archive footage)
Randy CartwrightSelf (archive footage)
Walt DisneySelf (archive footage)
Peter SchneiderSelf (archive footage)
Ron ClementsSelf (archive footage)
John MuskerHimself (archive footage)
Mike GabrielSelf (voice) (archive footage)
DivineDawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage)
Pat CarrollSelf (archive footage)
Roy Edward DisneySelf (archive footage)
Janis MenkenSelf (archive footage)
Anna Rose MenkenSelf (archive footage)
Nora Lily MenkenSelf (archive footage)
Danny TroobSelf (archive footage)
Fats WallerSelf (archive footage)
Benny CarterTrumpeter (archive footage)
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