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Aviator, The (2004) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
530 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.93/4 |
# of Ratings: |
415 |
Genres: |
Drama, Biography |
Rating: |
PG-13 |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 12/17/2004 |
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Director: |
Martin Scorsese |
Actors: |
Leonardo DiCaprio
Cate Blanchett
Kate Beckinsale
Alan Alda
Alec Baldwin
John C. Reilly |
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Plot Outline:
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The story of Howard Hughes; a Texas tycoon who is an eccentric germaphobe who has spells of genius as well as insanity.
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mitchellyoung 09/28/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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3.5/4 |
A different type of film for Scorsese, who still manages to paint an expansive portrait of the obsessive Howard Hughes against the backdrop of a perfectly-imagined historical era. Cate Blanchett is amazing here as Katherine Hepburn. |
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12/18/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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The Aviator review |
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A businessman Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) is busy making a new movie and hires Noah Dietrich (John C. Reilly) to run the Hughes Tool Company. In Year Three, he makes sure Hell's Angel's gets made with additional sound. Mortgage Tool company is sold to keep the movie going which eventually becomes a hit. He asks Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) to play golf and purchases Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA). Other interests include Faith Domergue (Kelli Garner), then actress Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale). Pan American Airlines President Juan Trippe (Alec Baldwin) ensures that his airline will monopolize the market. Some good lines from Ava Gardner - "Nothing's clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?" Hughes - "I care very much about aviation."
One of the best scenes wer... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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12/19/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Scorsese's best movie, DiCaprio's best acting |
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Martin Scorsese's masterpiece first aired in theaters in 2004 becoming a success critically and financially. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best picture, and won 5. This biographical film tells the story about millionaire Howard Hughes, the story takes place mainly from the late 1920s to the 1940s. The film shows Howard directing the 1930 war movie Hell's Angels, which is the main story for the first 50 minutes. The film also shows Hughes's obsessive compulsive disorder throughout the rest of the hour and ten minutes of film. Leonardo DiCaprio's acting is fantastic and astounding, he doesn't act like Howard Hughes, he IS Howard Hughes. the acting is great that you can actually FEEL the pain and drama that Howard has to go through. Martin Scorsese uses the camera v... |
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4/4 |
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