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