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Howard
Directed by
Don Hahn
PG
2018
1h 33m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
7.5
96%
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The story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991.
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Cast of Howard
Howard Ashman
Self/ Various Character Scratch Singing (archive footage)
Alan Menken
Self / Various Character Scratch Singing
Bill Lauch
Self
Don Hahn
Self / Director / Writer / Producer
Sarah Gillespie
Self
Shirley Ashman
Self
Kyle Renick
Self
Nancy Parent
Self
Dennis Green
Self
Jodi Benson
Self / Ariel (voice) / Doria Hudson
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Self
Chris Montan
Self
Rob Minkoff
Self
Roger Allers
Self
Glen Keane
Self
Gary Trousdale
Self
Thomas Schumacher
Self
David Friedman
Self (archive footage)
Paige O'Hara
Self / Belle (archive footage)
Richard White
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Orbach
Self / Lumiere (archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
Self / Mrs. Potts (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
Self (archive footage)
Holly Villaire
Dawn Leonard / Hostess / Caroline Rosewater (archive footage)
Jonathan Hadary
Norman Mushari (archive footage)
Peter J. Saputo
Noyes Finnerty / Fred Rosewater / Fireman (archive footage)
Frederick Coffin
Eliot Rosewater (archive footage)
David Little
Fireman (archive footage)
Douglas Fisher
Fireman (archive footage)
Jonathan Haze
Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)
Charles B. Griffith
Audrey Junior (voice) / Screaming Patient (archive footage)
Leola Wendorff
Siddie Shiva (archive footage)
John Herman Shaner
Dr. Phoebus Farb (archive footage)
Mel Welles
Gravis Mushnick (archive footage)
Ellen Greene
Self / Audrey (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
Self (archive footage)
Rick Moranis
Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)
Tichina Arnold
Crystal (archive footage)
Michelle Weeks
Ronnette (archive footage)
Tisha Campbell
Chiffon (archive footage)
Bill Boggs
Self (archive footage)
Roger Ebert
Self (archive footage)
Levi Stubbs
Audrey II (voice) (archive footage)
Vincent Gardenia
Mr. Mushnik (archive footage)
Richard Beymer
Tony (archive footage)
Natalie Wood
Maria (archive footage)
Steve Martin
Orin Scrivello, DDS (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
Self (archive footage)
Anne Bobby
Robin Gibson (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
Self (archive footage)
John Musker
Himself (archive footage)
Mike Gabriel
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Divine
Dawn Davenport / Earl Peterson (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
Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter
Trumpeter (archive footage)
Zutty Singleton
Drummer (archive footage)
Slam Stewart
Bassist (archive footage)
Taps Miller
Trumpeter (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
Jeff Peters (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Orville 'Turkey' Jackson (archive footage)
Douglas Seale
The Sultan (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
Self (archive footage)
James Monroe Iglehart
Genie (archive footage)
Adam Jacobs
Aladdin (archive footage)
Emma Watson
Belle (archive footage)
Dale Branston
Baker (archive footage)
Mena Massoud
Aladdin (archive footage)
Will Smith
Genie / Mariner (archive footage)
Dan Stevens
Beast (archive footage)
Joan Prather
Robin (archive footage)
Denise Nickerson
Shirley (archive footage)
Melanie Griffith
Karen (archive footage)
Annette O'Toole
Doria (archive footage)
Maria O'Brien
Maria (archive footage)
Colleen Camp
Connie (archive footage)
Caroline Williams
Helga (archive footage)
Kate Sarchet
Judy (archive footage)
Maureen Abbott
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Leslie Anderson
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Janette Butler
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Shawn Christianson
Young American Miss / The Winner (archive footage)
MaryStella Church
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Dana Couey
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Deborah Coy
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Marie Curry
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Teri Duggan
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Mary Gannon
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Nancy Hess
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Owens Hill
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Joanna Vogel
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Catherine Klein
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Christie Lawrence
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Amy Leitman
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Barbara McCutchan
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Dona Miller
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Karen Miller
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Sadie Raker
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Janis Russell
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Frances Sartori
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Lisa Scott
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Melinda Smith
Young American Miss (archive footage)
MaryAnn Stineman
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Beth Turner
Young American Miss (archive footage)
Maury Yeston
Self (archive footage)
Jonathan Polenz
Producer
Lori Korngiebel
Producer
Howard Ratings & Reviews
FilmWeek (LAist)
Claudia Puig
I thought [director] Don Hahn did a beautiful job. You could really feel his affection for Howard. It's a moving and richly layered portrait.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Charles Solomon
His life was tragically cut short... The film made me cry.
rachelsreviews.net
Rachel Wagner
The documentary doesn't break the celebrity bio-doc mold but it's a must-watch for any Disney fan
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
an unpolished look at Ashman's life and career that incorporates as vast wealth of never-before-scene archival footage from every stage of his short but very full life
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
Mostly it will just make you hungry to revisit Ashman's work. That's perhaps not the intended result of this fond tribute/merely serviceable survey of a too-short career - but it's not necessarily a bad one.
Collider
Drew Taylor
Hahn chooses to focus on the entirety of the man, foibles and all. The shortcomings, the temper, the strive for ultimate perfection whether he reached it or not - that's what made Howard so special. And what makes Howard so special.
AV Club
Caroline Siede
If Hahn's filmmaking struggles to replicate the whimsical creativity of his subject, Ashman's genius shines through anyway.
CNET
Alex Navarro
The new Disney Plus documentary Howard honors the impressive career of legendary lyricist Howard Ashman, who wrote some of the most beloved Disney Animation songs ever.
Mashable
Brooke Bajgrowicz
Whether you're Disney-obsessed or not, you can get a lot out of Howard. If this film recognizes anything, it's that story - even in the context of a documentary - is what will keep the audience engaged.
Decider
John Serba
A compelling and worthwhile account of an influential gay man's creative triumphs and tragic death.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
There's little here that couldn't be divined from Ashman's Wikipedia article and it seems a shame that someone responsible for four such extraordinary movies should be given such an unremarkable cinematic biography.
Akron Beacon Journal
George M. Thomas
When a documentary delves into the life of an individual that has provided so much joy to film fans and animation in particular, it's difficult to find much with which to take issue.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
"Howard" serves as a fitting celebration of that life and career. It's a chance for those who knew him to pause and fondly look back, in a way that merely adds to an appreciation of the parade that he helped start.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
Not just a love letter to Ashman's extraordinary talent, but those who will not give up until a story has all of their own imagination, heart, and empathy.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
The Ashman story itself is the stuff of a Broadway musical. It just needed some music -- what's here is doled out in penurious and unsatisfying morsels.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
"Howard" is a film intimately aware that no celebration of a life can be uncoupled from the emptiness left in its wake.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A dazzling, deserved and long overdue tribute to Howard Ashman, the brilliant lyricist behind your favorite Disney tunes who was taken too soon by the Aids epidemic. This no-frills, no-bull doc makes you feel part of his extraordinary world.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Anyone who had the wit and the cheek to write the lyric "I use antlers in all of my decorating!" for the muscle-bound antagonist in "Beauty and the Beast" plainly deserves to have his story be told in a documentary.
Variety
Daniel D'Addario
Disney makes both a stirring, if not unexpected, case for his, and its own, legacy. It also introduces viewers, more fully than skeptics of the studiously family-friendly corporation might expect, to Ashman.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
A rich cinematic portrait.
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