Jan 30, 2015 howard hughes leonardo dicaprio is a successful multimillionaire who yearns to conquer hollywood, the skies, and beyond. Scorsese, best known for his gangster films, was turning away from guns and blood to a. May 14, 2011 the aviator 2004 original motion picture score by howard shore h1 racer plane the aviator 2004 original motion picture score by howard shore h1 racer plane. One of the most compelling figures of the 20th century, howard hughes was an influential innovator, savvy industrialist, glamorous motion picture producer and quintessential.
Something of an unofficial companion piece to martin scorseses 2004 boxoffice sensation the aviator, the documentary the american aviator. This documentary utilizes audio recordings of the man, as well as memos written by him and interviews he gave, in order to tell the story of how he seduced some of hollywoods biggest stars, created rko, and took control of twa. Unlv special collections, howard hughes collection. Dec 17, 2004 read while missing many facts, aviator gets hughes essence and more of the latest on movies and films from a christian perspective. With michael ferreri, george francom, robert maheu, terry moore. Back in 2004, the aviator was an intriguing enigma. The real aviator was produced in 2004 obviously to jump on the hype of the bigbudget the aviator. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. It is possible to imagine him wanting to be howard hughes. The aviator official trailer hd howard hughes was a wily industrialist, glamorous movie producer and unstoppable american innovator but thought of himself first and foremost as an aviator. A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator howard hughes career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.
Find highquality howard hughes stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator howard hughes career, from the late 1920s to the mid1940s. The aviator appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2. Howard hughes, and his quirks, on the big screen the new. He gained prominence from the late 1920s as a maverick film producer, making bigbudget and often controversial films like the racket. What happens to howard hughes in the very last scene of the. Dec 25, 2004 one of my few complaints, though, is the lengthy sequences featuring howard hughes as a solo aviator. You could say he didnt need a star map to find many actress homes. The real aviator, howard hughes tells his own story for the first time. Unfortunately, his mental eccentricities threaten to derail his burgeoning empire.
Dicaprios hughes has some nice moments, but where are the final chords. The aviator tells the story of aviation pioneer howard hughes dicaprio, the eccentric billionaire industrialist and hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the worlds most beautiful women. But how do the actors who play them in the aviator measure up to the real deal. The real aviator 2004 starring howard hughes on dvd and bluray. Theres been renewed interest in howard hughes and his amazing, yet disturbing life, thanks to martin scorceses upcoming film, the aviator. December 24, 1905 april 7, 1976 was an american business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. The movie, the aviator the special features section of this academy award winning motion picture starring leo dicaprio as howard hughes has many of my interviews about hughes and his airplanes, which is titled the modern marvels a history channel documentary. Though interesting, entertaining even, the film was long enough already, and did not require such an exhaustive analysis of individual flight procedures. The aircraft almost caused hughes his life when it crashed landed in a beverly hills neighborhood, ripping through three houses and then exploded into flames. With leonardo dicaprio, cate blanchett, kate beckinsale, john c. He was 6foot4, texasborn, an only child and an extremely rich orphan at 19. Though the leonardo dicaprioscorcese project had some inaccuracies, it was tremendously entertaining frankly, i preferred it to this somewhat dry effort.
Hughes flew all the planes that he helped design including the xf11, an experimental spy plane for the us army. On several occasions throughout the course of his howard hughes biopic, the aviator. It stars leonardo dicaprio as howard hughes, cate blanchett as katharine hepburn, and kate beckinsale as ava gardner. Reilly, alec baldwin, jude law as errol flynn, gwen stefani as jean harlow, kelli garner as faith domergue, matt ross. Nov 28, 2016 howard hughes, and his quirks, on the big screen. Anyone looking at this disc for leo or gwen stefani will be very disappointed though. In this spectacular epic, director martin scorsese focuses on the most prolific period in the life of hughes. The aviator 2004 original motion picture score by howard shore h1 racer plane the aviator 2004 original motion picture score by howard shore h1 racer plane.
Hughes finished writing then followed the woman with his eyes until she disappeared in the crowd. Through his own words, taken from his actual memos, conversations and interviews, the man who broke aviation records, survived three plane crashes, built rko studios and twa and changed the face of las vegas forever comes to life in this thoroughly. But a dark undercurrent of eccentricities and germ phobia eventually drove hughes into a selfimposed exile for the last 20 years of his life. Howard hughes its not often that martin scorcese makes a movie you could describe as. Billionaire and aviation tycoon howard hughes leonardo dicaprio is a successful public figure. Dec 23, 2004 the aviator celebrates scorseses zest for finding excitement in a period setting, recreating the kind of glamor he heard about when he was growing up. Howard hughes 2004 starring howard hughes on dvd and bluray. Rent the aviator 2004 starring leonardo dicaprio and cate blanchett on dvd and bluray. This is 100percent history, mostly the history of commercial flight, as spearheaded by hughes. While missing many facts, aviator gets hughes essence. He died at age 70, a shell of his former self, surrounded by an army of aides and doctors.
Firefighters stand amid the burning wreckage of the new xf11 plane in which american industrialist and aviator howard hughes crashed into a house. I wonder, he said pensively, whatever became of howard hughes, the daring aviator. Theres no real energy or ugliness to hughess encroaching madness, no. Draft of stephen whites, the howard hughes story, published in look magazine, february 9, 1954. The legacy of howard hughes is both inspirational and tragic. Heedless ambition and talent when young, great early success, tempestuous romances. Eccentric genius howard hughes transforms the movie and aviation industries with epicscale, visionary ideas but mental illness threatens his empire. Brewster senate hearings scenes howard robard hughes jr.
The howard hughes story was broadcast in 2006 on the biography channel. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s though the 1940s, an epoch when hughes was directing and producing hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircraft he designed. The howard hughes story chronicles the life of the. Rent the aviator 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The aviator 2004 brewster senate hearings scenes youtube. Howard hughes was very handson in every film and every aviation innovation. Dec 11, 2015 of course we are left to believe mr hughes was able to fight his inner demons later in life but from a financial, as well as his risk taking libertys were minimized, this also played a large role in further successful triumphs from such a powerful. In the aviator, scorsese shrinks from the second part of this artistic equation.
Released to coincide with the upcoming release of the aviator, martin scorseses biopic on howard hughes, bill schwartzs documentary, howard hughes. A look at the secret life of eccentric billionaire howard hughes, as told through howard s own writing and interviews from personal friend jack real, business assistant robert mahue, wife terry moore and personal assistant george francom. The real aviator debuted in stores just a month before the theatrical release of martin scorseses howard hughes biopic, the aviator. One of the most compelling figures of the 20th century, howard hughes was an influential innovator, savvy industrialist. Hes a talented movie producer and visionary businessman blessed with an extraordinary mind.
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