Monday, December 24, 2007

The best Hughes movie

Quite possibly the best movie about Mr Hughes is the Aviator. The Aviator (released in 2004)  was done by Martin Scorsese

 


The Aviator (2004)

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Overview
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Writer (WGA):
John Logan (written by)
Release Date:
25 December 2004 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Biography / Drama more
Tagline:
For some men, the sky was the limit. For him, it was just the beginning. more
Plot Outline:
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. more
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Plot Keywords:
Flying Boat / Based On History / Billionaire / Historical / Compassion more
Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 63 nominations more
User Comments:
The Katharine Hepburn Show. more
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)


Leonardo DiCaprio
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Howard Hughes


Cate Blanchett
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Katharine Hepburn


Kate Beckinsale
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Ava Gardner


John C. Reilly
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Noah Dietrich


Alec Baldwin
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Juan Trippe


Alan Alda
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Senator Ralph Owen Brewster


Ian Holm
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Professor Fitz


Danny Huston
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Jack Frye


Gwen Stefani
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Jean Harlow


Jude Law
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Errol Flynn


Adam Scott
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Johnny Meyer


Matt Ross
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Glenn Odekirk


Kelli Garner
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Faith Domergue


Frances Conroy
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Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn


Brent Spiner
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Robert Gross

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Additional Details
Also Known As:
Aviator (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and a crash sequence.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
170 min
Country:
USA / Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White / Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS
Certification:
Portugal:M/12 / Malaysia:U / Taiwan:PG-12 / Canada:14A (Ontario) / Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) / France:U / Argentina:13 / Australia:M / Brazil:12 / Canada:G (Quebec) / Chile:TE / Czech Republic:15 / Finland:K-11 / Germany:12 / Hong Kong:IIA / Iceland:12 / Ireland:12 (video rating) / Ireland:15 (original rating) / Netherlands:12 / Norway:11 / Philippines:PG-13 / Singapore:PG / Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) / Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) / UK:12A (original rating) / UK:12 (video rating) (2005) / USA:PG-13 (certificate #41156) / Indonesia:Dewasa / Sweden:11 / South Korea:15 / Denmark:11
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA more
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Company:
Forward Pass more
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Received the most Academy Award nominations for the year 2005, with 11 total. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the first test flight speed test, the cockpit of the aircraft is open, except for the windshield. As the aircraft flies by, there is a glass enclosure over the cockpit. In the next shot, the cockpit glass is gone. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Allene Hughes: Q-u-a-r-a-n-t-i-n-e.
Young Howard Hughes: Quarantine. Q-u-a-r-a-n-t-i-n-e. Quarantine.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Milenberg Joys more
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160 out of 261 people found the following comment useful:-

The Katharine Hepburn Show., 26 December 2004
9/10

Author: Admiral_Forrest from Charlottetown, Canada

Before Howard Hughes was a recluse so reclusive as to out-Salinger J.D. Salinger, he was a big time stud, who made big movies, flew fast planes, and courted gorgeous ladies; so say Martin Scorsese and John Logan, architects of this latest Hollywood biopic.' Leonardo DiCaprio continues his trend of turning in great performances with great directors, playing Howard Hughes between 1927 and 1947, the years where Hughes conquered the worlds of film and aviation, making room for romance with Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale). In later years, Hughes's mental problems would become legendary; at this stage in the game, he suffers only from pronounced germ phobia and mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. This is all expertly depicted by Scorsese, Logan, and DiCaprio. Stealing all her scenes is Cate Blanchett, who should start making room on her mantle for her Best Supporting Actress Oscar. It couldn't have been easy to play an iconic movie star like Katharine Hepburn, but Blanchett aces it. Kate Beckinsale, Kelli Garner (Faith Demorgue), and Gwen Stefani (Jean Harlow) are the other women in Howard's life, although none are as clearly defined as Blanchett/Hepburn. The villains of the piece are Alec Baldwin and Alan Alda, playing, respectively, Pan-American Airways CEO Juan Trippe and Trippe's bought-and-paid-for politician, Senator Ralph Owen Brewster. Both excel, with Alda coming off as both slimy and goofy at the same time. Alec Baldwin, like Cate Blanchett, steals every scene he has, playing Trippe as a delightfully suave villain. In his final scene he delivers a wonderful monologue on the future of Hughes's Trans-World Airline, and caps it off with the most hysterical use of the F word in many years. Also appearing: the dependable John C. Reilly as Hughes's business manager Noah Dietrich; Jude Law, who apparently can't go two weeks without seeing himself in a different movie, as movie legend Errol Flynn; Brent Spiner (yay!) as airplane executive Robert Gross; and Willem Dafoe as a photographer. "The Aviator" is overlong, and drags in places, but it is a great movie. I rate it a 9/10.

The Aviator (2004)


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