The Aviator

The Aviator - 2004

Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: Jhon Logan                                              

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Genre: Biography / Drama

Plot Outline: A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biography flies high and mighty when it does indeed fly--down on the ground, it's aloof, cold, a little slow, but you get the impression that Scorsese doesn't notice. He's an extremely self-satisfied filmmaker and doesn't bother to pick up the pace.

Actors

	Leonardo DiCaprio		Howard Hughes
	Cate Blanchett		Katharine Hepburn
	Kate Beckinsale		Ava Gardner
	John C. Reilly		Noah Dietrich
	Alec Baldwin		Juan Trippe
	Alan Alda		Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
	Ian Holm		Professor Fitz
	Danny Huston		Jack Frye
	Gwen Stefani		Jean Harlow
	Jude Law		Errol Flynn
	Adam Scott		Johnny Meyer
	Matt Ross		Glenn Odekirk
	Kelli Garner		Faith Domergue
	Frances Conroy		Mrs. Hepburn
	Brent Spiner		Robert Gross

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and a crash sequence.

Runtime: 170 min

Country: USA / Germany

Language: English

Color: Black and White / Color

Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS

Certification: Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) / Malaysia:U / Canada:14A (Ontario) / Portugal:M/12 / Taiwan:PG-12 / 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

Trivia: When Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) greets her family, she mentions an Uncle Willie. This is a reference to Uncle Willie in Katharine Hepburn's The Philadelphia Story (1940).

Goofs: Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the first scene in the Coconut Grove, the man singing on stage clearly has his mouth closed while the music track is still singing a verse.

Awards: Won 5 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 62 nominations