Movie
The Aviator
Overview
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Details
- Release date
- 2004-12-17
- Runtime
- 170 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Miramax, Initial Entertainment Group, Forward Pass, Appian Way, IMF
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes
- Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn
- Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner
- John C. Reilly as Noah Dietrich
- Alec Baldwin as Juan Trippe
- Alan Alda as Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
- Ian Holm as Professor Fitz
- Danny Huston as Jack Frye
- Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow
- Jude Law as Errol Flynn
- Adam Scott as Johnny Meyer
- Matt Ross as Glenn Odekirk
Crew
- Martin Scorsese - Director
- John Logan - Writer
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