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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...

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

Yes, young Howard Hughes has pulled it off.

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...

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...

Stand up Slim take a bow - The Aviator

Stand up Slim take a bow

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

- What's that on the steering wheel?

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...

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...

You are the tallest woman I know. - The Aviator

You are the tallest woman I know.

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...

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've been famous for better or worsefor a long time now andI wonder if you know what it really meansYeah I had my fair share of press on Hell's AngelsI'm used to itAre youHoward we'reWe're not like everyone elseToo many acute angles Too many - The Aviator

I've been famous for better or worsefor a long time now...

You know sometimes II get these feelings KatieI get these ideas thesecrazy ideas aboutthings that may notthings that may not really be thereYeahSometimes I truly fear that I'mlosing my mindAnd if I did it wouldIt'd be like flying blind - The Aviator

You know sometimes II get these feelings KatieI get these...

I'll take the wheel - The Aviator

I'll take the wheel

You know fame is supposed to be my turf - The Aviator

You know fame is supposed to be my turf

I'm an idiot I'm a complete idiot and I'm sorryForget it No noI'm a vain preening ass without a single redeeming featureThat's not true You have very good teeth - The Aviator

I'm an idiot I'm a complete idiot and I'm...

I've got a better idea Take me flyingOr better yet I'll take you flying Do your worst Miss Hepburn - The Aviator

I've got a better idea Take me flyingOr better yet...

We pay our devotion to the arts here A colony we createdJulian's a painter Abstract of courseWhat the hell's the point of painting something realwhen you can just take a picture nowadays don't you agree - The Aviator

We pay our devotion to the arts here A colony we...

Then how'd you make all that money We don't care about money hereWell that's because you have it - The Aviator

Then how'd you make all that money We don't care...

You don't care about money because you've always had it - The Aviator

You don't care about money because you've always...

Some of us choose to work for a living - The Aviator

Some of us choose to work for a living

Or they'll never respect you Katie I don't understandYou were like a different person in thereThey just expect me to be a certain wayThere's only one real KateAnd that's your Kate - The Aviator

Or they'll never respect you Katie I don't...

You want to build a troop carrier plane Stop thinking like an insect OdieNot just a plane to carry the troops A plane to carry everythingThe troops and the jeeps and the tanks and whatnot Here take a look - The Aviator

You want to build a troop carrier plane Stop thinking like...

All right boys I want you to rig up something like thisShould give the proper uplift ratioswhile reducing the need for additional torque support on the frontWe are not getting enough production out of Jane Russell's breastsAll right I want smooth titties - The Aviator

All right boys I want you to rig up something like...

Do you really think they're gonna let you put out a whole movie just about titsSure Who doesn't like tits - The Aviator

Do you really think they're gonna let you put out a...

Mr Hughes members of the committeeI have reviewed Mr Hughes' photoplay entitled The Outlawand I can state categorically that I have never seen anything quite so unacceptableas the shots of the mammaries of the character named RioFor almost half the - The Aviator

Mr Hughes members of the committeeI have reviewed Mr...

The situation here seems to revolve around Miss Russell's mammariesMr Breen feels that they are too prominent yesMore prominent than other mammaries have been up on the screenWell I hope to dispel that notionJean HarlowAnn SheridanIrene DunneClaudette - The Aviator

The situation here seems to revolve around Miss...

Now don't forget Every bill comes to me They don't pay for anythingThose men decide whether or not to fund the plane so I need them real happyYou do what it takes You betcha bossWhat about the girls How are they in the bomb departmentWell let's put it - The Aviator

Now don't forget Every bill comes to me They don't...

Don't you see how this demeans meSince when do you care about the scandal ragsEvery time there's a picture of you with another woman it's like a slap in the faceDon't you understand that That's overstating it just a bitJoan Crawford Ginger Rogers Linda - The Aviator

Don't you see how this demeans meSince when do you care...

Can't you eat ice cream from a bowl like everyone else in the world? - The Aviator

Can't you eat ice cream from a bowl like everyone else...

Trouble with Mr HughesThere's too much Howard Hughes in Howard HughesThat's the trouble - The Aviator

Trouble with Mr HughesThere's too much Howard Hughes in...

Take a look. - The Aviator

You have just placed the largest order for airplanes in the history of the damn planet - The Aviator

You have just placed the largest order for airplanes in the...

Look at me Katie Stop actingI'm not actingI wonder if you even know any moreDon't be unkind - The Aviator

Look at me Katie Stop actingI'm not actingI wonder if...

Don't be unkind. - The Aviator

Don't be unkind.

Listen I need those suits first thing tomorrow all rightAll right Wait waitDid I say Penney's or Woolworths Penney'sBetter make it Sears All right then Sears - The Aviator

Listen I need those suits first thing tomorrow all rightAll...

Stop there if you please Miss DomergueHave you had surgery Miss DomergueNoDo you have scars of any kindNoWipe off your lipstickThat's much betterNow you understand that you'd be under contract to me personallyDo you know what that meansTurn around for - The Aviator

Stop there if you please Miss DomergueHave you had surgery...

No one airline should have a monopoly on flying the AtlanticFor Christ's sakes it isn't fair Look he owns Pan Am He owns CongressHe owns the Civil Aeronautics Board but he does not own the skyWe are in a street fight with that son of a bitch now and I'm - The Aviator

No one airline should have a monopoly on flying the...

And I'm not going to lose - The Aviator

And I'm not going to lose

You ever cheat on your wife, Roland? - The Aviator

You ever cheat on your wife, Roland?

A box of trash You shouldn't have - The Aviator

A box of trash You shouldn't have

It's a Kashmiri sapphire Best in the worldI had my boys all over the damn globe looking for thisWhy BecauseLook It matches your eyesI am not for saleFor Christ sakes Ava it's just a presentYou can't buy me Howard so stop tryingDon't buy me any more - The Aviator

It's a Kashmiri sapphire Best in the worldI had my boys...

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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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