Notes:
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2004
Contents:
Disc 1 Young Howard
"Welcome to Hollywood," 'Hell's Angels' Year one
'Hell's Angels' Year two
'Hell's Angels' Year three
"Howard Hughes' $4 million epic"
"Follow-through is everything in golf, just like life"
TWA "Tiger by the tail"
"I'm sure you know Errol"
Teaching Kate to fly
H-1 racer, breaking the world speed record
Letting Kate in
Around the world in four days
"Don't worry about it Howard, she's just working the room"
Visiting the Hepburn estate
MPAA outlaws mammaries
Selling the Hercules
"There's too much Howard Hughes in Howard Hughes"
Constellation
"We're too alike, you and I"
Faith Domergue
"Kill the story," burying the Hepburn-Tracy scandal
Ava Gardner
"Show me all the blueprints, show me all the blueprints"
XF-11, inaugural flight and crash
Flowers from Juan Trippe
Government investigation
Q-U-A-R-A-N-T-I-N-E
Germ-free zone
Brewster Senate hearings
Flying boat
"The way of the future, the way of the future"
End credits (170 min.)
Feature commentary by director Martin Scorsese, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, and producer Michael Mann [optional audio feature]
Disc 2 Special Features
Deleted scene: Howard tells Ava about his car accident (2 min.)
Featurettes: A life without limits : The making of 'The Aviator'; The role of Howard Hughes in aviation history; Modern marvels: Howard Hughes tech, a History Channel documentary; The affliction of Howard Hughes: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; OCD Panel discussion with Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and Howard Hughes' widow Terry Moore; An evening with Leonardo DiCaprio and Alan Alda; The visual effects of 'The Aviator'; Constructing 'The Aviator': The work of Dante Ferretti; Costuming 'The Aviator': The work of Sandy Powell; The age of glamour: The hair and make-up of 'The Aviator'; Scoring 'The Aviator': The work of Howard Shore; The Wainwright family: Loudon, Rufus and Martha (158 min.)
'The Aviator' soundtrack spot (17 sec.)
Still gallery [slide show] (10 min.)
Credits:
Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; edited by Thelma Schoonmaker ; music by Howard Shore ; production designed by Dante Ferretti.
Performers:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Stanley DeSantis, Edward Herrmann.
Summary:
Howard Hughes was a rich young man from Texas, heir to his father's fortune, when he decided he wanted to make movies. Age 21, he made the most expensive Hollywood film ever (at the time); and went on to break air-speed records, make another fortune in aircraft design, smash Charles Lindbergh's round-the-world flight record, and be romantically linked with almost all of Hollywood's famous beauties. Nevertheless, he died alone, sealed into a room he never left, the victim of compulsions that drove him to greatness, while containing the seeds of his undoing.
Audience:
MPAA rating Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and a crash sequence Canadian rating PG
System Details:
DVD; Region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, Dolby surround stereo; widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, 2.35:1; enhanced for widescreen televisions
Other Language:
In English or dubbed French; with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish ; closed-captioned in English
Awards & Distinctions:
Winner, 2005 Academy Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Cate Blanchett); Best Achievement in Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker); Best Achievement in Cinematography (Robert Richardson); Best Achievement in Art Direction (Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)); Best Achievement in Costume Design (Sandy Powell)
Subject Headings:
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 Drama
Celebrities United States Drama
Businesspeople United States Drama
Billionaires United States Drama
Airplanes Design and construction Drama
Aeronautics Research Drama
Air pilots Drama
Test pilots Drama
Man-woman relationships Drama
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Drama
Genre/Form:
Feature films
Historical films
Biographical films
Films for the hearing impaired
Topical Term:
Celebrities
Businesspeople
Billionaires
Airplanes
Aeronautics
Air pilots
Test pilots
Man-woman relationships
Additional Contributors:
Scorsese, Martin
Logan, John
- 1961-
Mann, Michael
- (Michael Kenneth)
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Blanchett, Cate
- 1969-
Beckinsale, Kate
Reilly, John C.
- 1965-
Baldwin, Alec
- 1958-
Alda, Alan
- 1936-
Holm, Ian
- 1931-
Huston, Danny
- 1962-
Stefani, Gwen
- 1969-
Law, Jude
- 1972-
Scott, Adam
- 1973-
Ross, Matt
Garner, Kelli
- 1984-
Conroy, Frances
Spiner, Brent
DeSantis, Stanley
Herrmann, Edward
- 1943-
Dafoe, Willem
Richardson, Robert
- 1955-
Schoonmaker, Thelma
Shore, Howard
Legato, Robert
Ferretti, Dante
- 1943-
Powell, Sandy
Ross, Morag
Blondell, Kathryn
Publisher No:
38939
ISBN:
079079523X
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Add a Commenthow a brillant man was taken over by ocd. special features showed how this a real disease etc. if you keep that in mind then youll enjoy the show more. also the special effects were amazing because *many* of them you litterally could not tell!
Long...long...long film. Hughes was a brilliant, eccentric visionary. I learned a lot about the man. Cate Blanchett was fantastic as Katharine Hepburn, and deserved her Oscar.
ok
Fairly entertaining. Ending was sad.
Portrays Hughes sympathetically and highlights his contributions to aviation and Hollywood. An interesting, well-made film.
Not the worst movie it just ran a little long for my taste. Worth checking out.
OK movie about the OCD afflicted tycoon. DiCaprio is good. But Kate Beckinsale surprised me in a major way. Top notch in her role as Ava Gardner. Cate Blanchett is fun to watch as Kate Hepburn. I didn't think anyone could do Hepburn without turning her into a caricature but Blanchett pulls it off.
This was a good movie; however, I found it quite slow at times, very detailed and a tad long. I would have liked more attention paid to Hughes' descent into his obsessive compulsive behaviours and how he worked to control the compulsions in order to function in public when required.
Must See - Aviator (2004) 170 min. directed by Martin Scorcese and stars Leonardo DiCarprio and Cate Blanchett. This the biopic of Howard Hughes and his relationship with Katherine Hepburn (played beautifully by Cate Blanchett). The film grips the viewer from the beginning and doesn't let up - there is so much in the life of the eccentric Hughes to never allow for a dull moment. Blanchett earned an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 and the film won for Art Direction, Cinematography, Costume, Editing. The film was nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actor (DiCaprio), Supporting Actor (Alan Alda), Original Screenplay and Sound. .
A slow start and a little too long for me. Story of Howard Hughs became more interesting when his obsessive compulsive urges became stronger and how he tried to control it. I learned a lot about Howard Hughes from this film. He was a fascinating person.