Howard

Name: Howard
Genre: Biography, Music, Documentary
Released: August 7, 2020
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Alan Menken, Bill Lauch, Dennis Green, Howard Ashman, Jeffrey Katzenberg

2020

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Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): August 7, 2020 | TV-PG

Starring: Alan Menken, Bill Lauch, Dennis Green, Howard Ashman, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jodi Benson, Mike Gabriel, Paige O'Hara, Peter Schneider, Randy Cartwright, Roger Allers, Ron Clements, Roy Edward Disney, Sarah Gillespie, Shirley Ashman

Summary: 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.

Director: Don Hahn

Genre(s): Biography, Music, Documentary

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 94 min

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Brian Lowry

Aug 7, 2020

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. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Aug 4, 2020

Howard does a fine, loving job tracing who he was as a gay Jewish boy growing up in Baltimore; as an aspiring playwright and theatrical impresario, schooled at Boston University, Goddard College in Vermont, the summer theater program at Tufts University, and a graduate student at Indiana University; and as a hungry young New York City transplant, eager to make his mark. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Aug 7, 2020

Most of all, this film is a tribute to the imagination and dedication that goes into the innumerable tiny decisions that make the difference between the beautifully drawn but listless "Black Cauldron," and the timeless, heartwarming appeal of the Ashman-era films. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Aug 4, 2020

At 94 minutes, Howard is not and does not try to be a plumbing search through the generation of talent lost to HIV and AIDS; what it is trying to do, appealingly narrowly, is illuminate one life and the work done therein. Read full review

Peter Travers

Aug 4, 2020

Blunt honesty and rare introspection sets Howard apart from the usual cut-and-paste trips down memory lane. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 4, 2020

There’s something exciting about a film that immerses you in the life of a creative artist, and so it proves with this documentary about Howard Ashman. Read full review

John Anderson

Aug 6, 2020

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. Read full review

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