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The Aviator

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Year

Genre

Box Office

$102,610,330

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures,Miramax,Initial Entertainment Group,Forward Pass,Appian Way,IMF

Awards

Won 5 Oscars. 85 wins & 131 nominations total

Howard Hughes

Leonardo DiCaprio

Katharine Hepburn

Ava Gardner

Kate Beckinsale

Noah Dietrich

Juan Trippe

Senator Ralph Owen Brewster

Professor Fitz

Jack Frye

Jean Harlow

Errol Flynn

Johnny Meyer

Glenn Odekirk

Faith Domergue

Mrs. Hepburn

Robert Gross

Louis B. Mayer

Stanley DeSantis

Joseph Breen

Edward Herrmann

Roland Sweet

Dr. Hepburn (as Kenneth Walsh)

Ludlow

Howard Hughes - 9 Years Old

Howard Hughes's Mother

Frank

Hell's Angels Director of Photography

Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1

Rufus Wainwright

Crony of Louis B. Mayer

Harry Standjofski

Cocoanut Grove Band Member (as Vince J. Giordano)

Cigarette Girl

Hell's Angels Pilot

Radio Announcer

Roscoe Turner

Raymond Ducasse

Aide to Howard (as Joseph Reidy)

Joseph P. Reidy

Maitre d'

StÃ©phane Demers

Waiter

Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2 (as Loudon Wainwright)

Loudon Wainwright III

Cocoanut Grove Patron

Engineer

Pan Am Executive #1

Man on Crutches

Timer

Sebastian Tillinger

Little Girl

Francesca Scorsese

Little Girl

Charlotte Scott

Uncle Willy

Another Guest #1

Another Guest #2 (as Linda Smith)

Chairman MPA

Hughes' Aide at Censor Hearing

Jordan St. James

Emcee

Spencer Tracy

Noah's Wife

Lisa Bronwyn Moore

Helen - Jack Frye's wife

Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #3

Martha Wainwright

Jorge

Vincent Laresca

Hughes' Staff Person

Nick the Custodian

Marine

Doctor

FBI Agent

Brewster's Maid

Kathleen McAuliffe

Secretary

Another Senator

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Pan Am Executive #2

Caretaker

Vladimir Kuznetsov Smith

Caretaker

Caretaker

Reporter

Photographer at 'Hell's Angels' Wrap Party

Matthew I. Baker

Hell's Angels Crewman

Film Technican

Photographer

John David Braddock

Policeman

Film Worker

Benjamin Centoducati

Editor

Isabelle Champeau

Howard Hughes' film editor

Bi-Plane Mechanic #1

Reporter

Howard Hughes Aide

Matthew Corbett Davis

Starlet

Elizabeth DeCicco

Coat Check Girl

Secretary

Starlet

Meghan Elizabeth

Dancer

Esquire Starlet

Danielle Franke

Engineer

Plane Engineer

Hell's Angels Film Executive

Hospital Room Visitor

Chef

Louis B. Mayer Crony

Stage Hand

Usher

Pilot

Man in Tux at 'Hell's Angels' Premiere

Military Officer

Gerardo Lo Dico

Reporter

Steven Wallace Lowe

Ground Crewman

Hell's Angels Airline Mechanic

Burly Man at 'Hell's Angels' Wrap Party

Eddie Napolillo

Photographer

Howard Hughes cousin

Photographer

Bathing beauty

Heather Sconyers

Hell's Angels Projectionist / Man on Red Carpet (voice)

Martin Scorsese

Dancer at the Grove

NathaniÃ«l Siri

Photographer

Plane Engineer / Field Tech

R. Bruce Steinheimer

Cary Grant

Michael-John Wolfe

Make-up Girl to Katharine Hepburn

TWA Executive

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Sometimes I truly fear that I - The Aviator

Sometimes I truly fear that I

You have called me a liar and a thief and a war profiteer - The Aviator

You have called me a liar and a thief and a war profiteer

A-n-t... i-n-e. - The Aviator

A-n-t... i-n-e.

You know the cholera Yes MotherYou've seen the signs on the houses where the coloureds liveYes MotherYou know the typhus I do MotherYou know what they can do to youYes MotherYou are not safe - The Aviator

You know the cholera Yes MotherYou've seen the signs on...

You know what they can do to you? - The Aviator

You know what they can do to you?

You are not safe. - The Aviator

You are not safe.

You may be directing this movie Howard but what you're asking we can't do itDon't tell me I can't do it Don't tell me it can't be done - The Aviator

You may be directing this movie Howard but what you're...

Don't tell me I can't do it Don't tell me it can't be done - The Aviator

Don't tell me I can't do it Don't tell me it...

Look there's really one thing you've got to knowMy folks they're gone now so it's my moneyNow what I choose to do with that money may seem crazyto those sons of bitches in Houston and I'm sure as hell it doesbut it all makes good sense to me You got that - The Aviator

Look there's really one thing you've got to knowMy...

Now you made what 5 200 a year on your last jobI'll pay you 10 000Guess I'll be working twice as hard You'll be working four times as hardI just got you at half price Mr Dietrich Welcome aboard - The Aviator

Now you made what 5 200 a year on your last jobI'll pay...

You're my voice now Make 'em understand thatLook some of those fine folks down there still call me JuniorYou tell them it's Mr Hughes now You bet - The Aviator

You're my voice now Make 'em understand thatLook...

You see that Mr DietrichYou are looking at the largest private air force in the entire worldWhat do you think of that now It's your money - The Aviator

You see that Mr DietrichYou are looking at the largest...

Start 'em up - The Aviator

I just saw the rough cut of the new Tod Browning movie, London After Midnight. - The Aviator

I just saw the rough cut of the new Tod Browning movie,...

Wait a minute. - The Aviator

Howard Let me give you a little adviceWhy don't you take your oil money Drill bitsTake your drill bit money and why don't you put it in the bankBecause if you continue making the movie the way that you arethere isn't gonna be a distributor who'll want to - The Aviator

Howard Let me give you a little adviceWhy don't you...

Yeah absolutely Then you leave the big ideas to me - The Aviator

Yeah absolutely Then you leave the big ideas to me

Whew Boy you are just hitting on all six cylinders aren't youMy GodWould you do me a favour and justWould you just smile for me one time Just onceWhew Yeah Yeah You see you got a short upper lipMakes for a much nicer smileSee I wonder what gives a - The Aviator

Whew Boy you are just hitting on all six cylinders...

See, I wonder what gives a beautiful woman like you pleasure. - The Aviator

See, I wonder what gives a beautiful woman like you...

See, I want to learn what pleases you. - The Aviator

See, I want to learn what pleases you.

I'm off in a half an hour. - The Aviator

I'm off in a half an hour.

Sources whisper that young Texas industrialist Howard Hughesjust won't stop pouring money into his war epic And do we mean epic137 pilots 87 airplanes 35 cameramen 2 000 extrasHow long will it be before this picture ends up costing as much as the real war - The Aviator

Sources whisper that young Texas industrialist Howard...

Hey You want the good news or the bad newsThe bad news always All rightWe installed the 450 radial but the struts won't take the vibrationMinute we fire her up the struts start cracking at the attach pointsWell what's the good news There isn't any - The Aviator

Hey You want the good news or the bad newsThe bad news...

We installed the 450 radial but the struts won't take the vibrationMinute we fire her up the struts start cracking at the attach pointsWell what's the good news There isn't anyGoddamn it Odie if the 450's too big we just got to figure something else - The Aviator

We installed the 450 radial but the struts won't take...

So if the struts won't sustain the engine we need we got to get rid of the struts - The Aviator

So if the struts won't sustain the engine we need we...

Well. The cumulonimbus formations about which you speak... that look like... Giant breasts full of m - The Aviator

Well. The cumulonimbus formations about which you speak......

Find some clouds - The Aviator

Find some clouds

We've been to Chatsworth, Santa Cruz, Encino, San Diego, Riverside, Van Nuys and Bakersfield. - The Aviator

We've been to Chatsworth, Santa Cruz, Encino, San...

Listen I got a call from Houston They're getting real nervous about all thisStop showing them the damn bills Noah That would be illegal HowardShit no Maybe it's a little bit naughtyHughes Tools is incorporated in Texas They have to see the - The Aviator

Listen I got a call from Houston They're getting real...

That was perfect. - The Aviator

That was perfect.

Yes, young Howard Hughes has pulled it off. - The Aviator

Yes, young Howard Hughes has pulled it off.

In the halls of 7000 Romaine, it goes on day after day, month after month. - The Aviator

In the halls of 7000 Romaine, it goes on day after day,...

- Who is it? - The Aviator

And tell Jimmy I want ten chocolate chip cookies all rightMedium chips none too close to the outside Got it - The Aviator

And tell Jimmy I want ten chocolate chip cookies all...

So, what are my options? - The Aviator

So, what are my options?

I'm sorry, Howard. - The Aviator

I'm sorry, Howard.

Reel ten, Mr Hughes. - The Aviator

Reel ten, Mr Hughes.

Mortgage Toolco. - The Aviator

Mortgage Toolco.

And now ladies and gentlemen I thinkYes yes I can just see Mr Hughes's car arriving nowMr Hughes escorts the lovely starlet Jean Harlow tonightHe discovered her for this picture and we think her platinum blonde locksand hot jazz baby doll style are gonna - The Aviator

And now ladies and gentlemen I thinkYes yes I can just see...

Big night for you Mr HughesBig night for you tonightVery big Very bigTell us what it was like making this fabulous pictureYesYeahSo four million clams from your own pocket Nervous how the flick will flyBig night You enjoy the showYes well let me present - The Aviator

Big night for you Mr HughesBig night for you tonightVery big...

We've got him. - The Aviator

Stand up Slim take a bow - The Aviator

Stand up Slim take a bow

Reel four played way too long. - The Aviator

Reel four played way too long.

The lighter shade. - The Aviator

The lighter shade.

You're not extending enough on your follow throughFollow through is everything in golf just like life Ha ha haDon't you find - The Aviator

You're not extending enough on your follow...

Saw your Scarface pictureViolent RealisticMovies are movies Howard not life Now the stage the stage is realReal flesh and blood Human beings right up there in front of you busterCan't look away Can't munch popcorn That would be rude - The Aviator

Saw your Scarface pictureViolent RealisticMovies are movies...

Do you like the theatre NoI adore the theatreOnly alive on stage I'll teach youWe'll see some Ibsen if the Republicans haven't outlawed him by now Ha haYou're not a Republican are you Couldn't abide that How did you vote in '32 - The Aviator

Do you like the theatre NoI adore the theatreOnly alive on...

Ha Men can't be friends with women HowardThey must possess them or leave them be It's a primitive urge from caveman daysIt's all in Darwin Hunt the flesh kill the flesh eat the fleshThat's the male sex all over - The Aviator

Ha Men can't be friends with women HowardThey must...

Excuse meWell if you're deaf you must own up to it Get a hearing aid or see my fatherHe's a urologist but it's all tied up inside the body don't you findMe I keep healthy I take seven showers a day to keep cleanAlso because I am what's so vulgarly - The Aviator

Excuse meWell if you're deaf you must own up to it Get...

Noble effort. - The Aviator

So I suppose you're wooing me now - The Aviator

So I suppose you're wooing me now

20 000 Think about it Jack What does 20 000 feet give youLess turbulence Right because it's above the weatherJack we want to fly above the weatherOnly 1 per cent of the American population has ever set foot on a commercial airlinerWhy Because they're - The Aviator

20 000 Think about it Jack What does 20 000 feet give...

Shoot straight with me now cos I don't wanna get into all thisif your board doesn't have the balls for it - The Aviator

Shoot straight with me now cos I don't wanna get into...

I could do that Do whatBuy it You want to buy the airlineFor crying out loud Jack We don't want a bunch of damn pencil pushersgetting in the way of us making our plane do weGive me brass tacks now What does controlling interest in TWA cost meCall it 15 - The Aviator

I could do that Do whatBuy it You want to buy the airlineFor...

Your kind of a joint is itWouldn't have thought They're open lateI go to a hot dog stand on La Cienega too They're open till about fourAre theyHow marvellous - The Aviator

Your kind of a joint is itWouldn't have thought...

Howard. - The Aviator

Kate of the clenched jawed Hepburns Enchanting as alwaysYou should use Lux on your hands by the way I do - The Aviator

Kate of the clenched jawed Hepburns Enchanting as alwaysYou...

Kate sweetie you and Howard ought to cook up a picture Co star with ErrolMy chairI think not Don't you read Variety Mr MeyerI'm box office poison I'm on the outs the skids the doldrumsWashed up day old fish not worth the eating so they tell meTo hell with - The Aviator

Kate sweetie you and Howard ought to cook up a picture Co...

Are you making a Western HowardYeah Making a Western I'm gonna call it The OutlawYeah And you know what it's about S e x It's all about s e xIt's a WesternYou can't have fornication in a Western It's not real sex Skinny It's movie sexWhat Scarface did for - The Aviator

Are you making a Western HowardYeah Making a Western...

That prancing in tights paid for my new yacht You must all come sailing with meCatalina this weekend What do you sayYeah Catalina Sounds grand Let's have some funI've even managed to coax the luscious Miss de Havillandand her equally luscious sister to - The Aviator

That prancing in tights paid for my new yacht You must all...

I gotta I gotta goIf you'll excuse us we have to be somewhereYou are somewhere Howard you madmanSomewhere else Excuse us Charmed gentlemen - The Aviator

I gotta I gotta goIf you'll excuse us we have to be...

I gotta... - The Aviator

My hero God all that Hollywood talk bores me sillyAs if there aren't more important things in the world Mussolini for one - The Aviator

My hero God all that Hollywood talk bores me sillyAs if...

Where are we going by the way Do you feel like a little adventureDo your worst Mr Hughes - The Aviator

Where are we going by the way Do you feel like a little...

That's Mr Mayer's house right there. - The Aviator

That's Mr Mayer's house right there.

- What's that on the steering wheel? - The Aviator

- What's that on the steering wheel?

You see, you've got to feel the vibration of the engine through your fingertips. - The Aviator

You see, you've got to feel the vibration of the engine...

Well, she's all yours. - The Aviator

Well, she's all yours.

- Howard. - The Aviator

Howard YeahThere's a rather alarming mountain heading our way - The Aviator

Howard YeahThere's a rather alarming mountain heading...

Pull back on the wheel a smidge Go onGollyI don't think I've ever met someone who actually uses the word golly - The Aviator

Pull back on the wheel a smidge Go onGollyI don't think...

I don't think I've ever met someone who actually uses the word "golly". - The Aviator

I don't think I've ever met someone who actually...

You all right? - The Aviator

- You... You want some milk? - Please. - The Aviator

- You... You want some milk? - Please.

My decorator picked out the wallpaper and suchHe's queer as a bed bug but I just hate this roomGives me the willies UghFeel I'm about to be swallowed up by the latest issue of Town Country - The Aviator

My decorator picked out the wallpaper and suchHe's...

What room do you like? - The Aviator

What room do you like?

You are the tallest woman I know. - The Aviator

You are the tallest woman I know.

Will you fly me to work tomorrow? - The Aviator

Will you fly me to work tomorrow?

Keep your eye on the fuel gauge. - The Aviator

Keep your eye on the fuel gauge.

Whoo-hoo. - The Aviator

347. Whoo. Son of a bitch. - The Aviator

347. Whoo. Son of a bitch.

- 352. - 352. - The Aviator

Goddamn it. - The Aviator

Howard. - The Aviator

352 on the last runShe'll go faster - The Aviator

352 on the last runShe'll go faster

Well you cannot imagine what it was like Katie You cannot imagine the speedShe was like a winged bullet up thereWhat did she make Around352You did itFastest man on the planetHot dog I'm so proud of you She did it baby - The Aviator

Well you cannot imagine what it was like Katie You cannot...

You did it. - The Aviator

No no That's just beet juice I crashed into a beet field - The Aviator

No no That's just beet juice I crashed into a beet...

I am so proud of you. - The Aviator

I am so proud of you.

What is it? - The Aviator

The Aviator poster

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A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: John Logan

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures,Miramax,Initial Entertainment Group,Forward Pass,Appian Way,IMF

Genre: drama

Year: 2004

MetaScore: 77/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $102,610,330

Released: 25 Dec 2004

Awards: Won 5 Oscars. 85 wins & 131 nominations total

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