The Aviator 2004

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 170 min

genre: drama

theme: epic

director: Martin Scorsese

Score: 8 / 10

The Aviator is a 2004 epic biographical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes, Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn, and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. The supporting cast features Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Gwen Stefani, Kelli Garner, Matt Ross, Willem Dafoe, Alan Alda, and Edward Herrmann.

Plot

In 1913, Houston, eight-year-old Howard Hughes' mother gives him a bath and teaches him how to spell "quarantine", warning him about the recent cholera outbreak. Fourteen years later, in 1927, he begins to direct his film Hell's Angels, and hires Noah Dietrich to manage the day-to-day operations of his business empire.

Awards

Cast

More details

author	John Logan
award	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	California Connecticut
director	Martin Scorsese
editor	Thelma Schoonmaker
events	American Dream aviation entrepreneurship film industry Howard Hughes mental health Trans World Airlines
genre	drama
keywords	air force airline deregulation army air force army air forces around the world ava gardner beverly hills cholera community airline bill faith domergue fbi flying boat germ germaphobia glenn odekirk h-1 racer h-4 hercules hear hell\'s angels hells angels houston how to hughes xf-11 injured isolated jazz singer juan trippe katharine hepburn love interest married military transport aircraft new love noah dietrich obsess obsessive–compulsive disorder out of fuel pan am panic attack pathogen ralph owen brewster search shoot spencer tracy spy aircraft surveillance aircraft talk tap test flight the jazz singer transcontinental & western air (twa) troop transport unit war profiteering warn world record world war ii xf-11 reconnaissance aircraft
musicBy	Howard Shore
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Graham King Michael Mann Sandy Climan
productionCompany	Appian Way Forward Pass IMF Initial Entertainment Group Miramax Films Warner Bros. Pictures
publisher	AFI Catalog of Feature Films
recordedAt	Long Beach Montreal San Bernardino International Airport San Diego
theme	biographical biographical drama epic filmmaking