Howard
He gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul.
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.
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Cast
Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (archive footage)
Benny Carter
Trumpeter (archive footage)
Melanie Griffith
Karen (archive footage)
Mike Gabriel
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Michelle Weeks
Ronnette (archive footage)
Joan Prather
Robin (archive footage)
Ronnie Spector
Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
Self (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Maria (archive footage)
Thomas Schumacher
Self
Kirk Wise
Self (archive footage)
Emma Watson
Belle (archive footage)
Alan Menken
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
Jonathan Haze
Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)
Vincent Gardenia
Mr. Mushnik (archive footage)
Douglas Seale
The Sultan (archive footage)
Frank Oz
Self (archive footage)
Will Smith
Genie / Mariner (archive footage)
Roger Allers
Self
Leola Wendorff
Siddie Shiva (archive footage)
Dan Stevens
Beast (archive footage)
David Geffen
Self (archive footage)
Fats Waller
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Pat Carroll
Self (archive footage)
Steve Martin
Orin Scrivello, DDS (archive footage)
Ron Clements
Self (archive footage)
Paula Abdul
Self (archive footage)
James Monroe Iglehart
Genie (archive footage)
Jonathan Hadary
Norman Mushari (archive footage)
Rick Moranis
Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)
Dan Rather
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
Jeff Peters (archive footage)
Gary Trousdale
Self
Richard White
Self (archive footage)
Larry Kramer
Self (archive footage)
Ellen Greene
Self / Audrey (archive footage)
Phil Spector
Self (archive footage)
Denise Nickerson
Shirley (archive footage)
Jodi Benson
Self / Ariel (voice) / Doria Hudson
Dudley Moore
Self (archive footage)
Danny Glover
Self (archive footage)
Adam Jacobs
Aladdin (archive footage)
Charles B. Griffith
Audrey Junior (voice) / Screaming Patient (archive footage)
Tichina Arnold
Crystal (archive footage)
Levi Stubbs
Audrey II (voice) (archive footage)
Tisha Campbell
Chiffon (archive footage)
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Anne Bobby
Robin Gibson (archive footage)
Diane Sawyer
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach
Self / Lumiere (archive footage)
Kurt Vonnegut
Self (archive footage)
Richard Beymer
Tony (archive footage)
Rob Minkoff
Self
Mena Massoud
Aladdin (archive footage)
Colleen Camp
Connie (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
Self / Mrs. Potts (archive footage)
Dale Branston
Baker (archive footage)
Roy Edward Disney
Self (archive footage)
Howard Ashman
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing (archive footage)
Don Hahn
Self
Paige O'Hara
Self / Belle (archive footage)
Marvin Hamlisch
Self (archive footage)
John Musker
Himself (archive footage)
Glen Keane
Self
Mel Welles
Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)
Annette O'Toole
Doria (archive footage)
Frederick Coffin
Eliot Rosewater (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)