Howard Ashman Documentary

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 131 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Howard: The Howard Ashman Story is a moving documentary by Don Hahn about the incredible man who set the Disney studio on a new course with The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. Now available on Disney+, this documentary inspired us to craft an unusual episode of our podcast. We spoke to producer-director Don Hahn, Howard’s longtime life partner Bill Lauch, his sister Sarah Gillespie, the voice of Belle (Paige O’Hara), director John Musker, and Howard’s musical collaborator Alan Menken to offer you an intimate portrait of the gifted man whose life was cut short by AIDS

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, everybody. We want to thank our sponsor, Legion M. They are a wonderful company. We love working with them. You can go to their website, Legion M. They're also on all the various socials. They do really fun meetups. You can talk to directors. You can become a part of the projects they choose. They even have a program right now where you can help them find
0:21.0	great movies to support. So go to their website to learn more. We also want to remind you that we
0:27.0	have a Patreon that we call Maltreon. You can join us. We have $3, $5, $10, $20 options. You can get
0:35.4	newsletters from my dad all kinds of neat stuff
0:39.4	behind the scenes, hang out with us,
0:41.5	learn about who our guests are before anybody
0:43.4	else, and listen to the podcast before
0:45.4	anybody else. Go to
0:47.3	patreon.com slash
0:49.1	malton on movies for more information.
0:51.8	That's patreon.com
0:53.4	slash malton on movies.
1:01.3	Hi everybody, I'm Leonard Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton. And we have an unusual episode today
1:06.3	of Malton on movies for you because we were so impressed with Don Hahn's new documentary, Howard,
1:12.8	the Howard Ashman story, which is now playing on Disney Plus, that we wanted to tell you more about
1:18.4	it and about its subject, the brilliant lyricist, Howard Ashman. And to do so, we spoke to his life
1:25.9	partner, Bill Lauch, his sister, Sarah Gillespie,
1:30.7	his director on several films, including The Little Mermaid, John Musker,
1:36.1	the voice of Bell and Beauty and the Beast, Paige O'Hara.
1:39.6	And the incredible and comparable Alan Menkin.
1:43.6	Getting to speak to each of them about Howard and this documentary was really, really special for us.
1:52.0	And so this is going to be a longer episode.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Leonard Maltin, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Leonard Maltin and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.