The Aviator (2004)
Biopic about billionaire Howard Hughes. It begins with his filmmaking days as R.K.O.’s owner. Pictures but mainly focusing on Hughes’ role in the design and promotion of new aircraft. Hughes, a gambler who spent several billions designing experimental aircraft, eventually establishing TWA to challenge Pan Am Airlines owned by Juan Trippe. Hughes wins the argument when Senator Ralph Owen Brewster, a politician from Trippe accuses Hughes as a war profiteer. Hughes had many relationships with women, including one long-lasting relationship with Katharine HEPBURN. Hughes, who was germophobic from an early age, would suffer severe mental illnesses. –garykmcd
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Kate Beckinsale, Leonardo DiCaprio
Country: Germany, United States