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Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale
Martin Scorsese directed this fast-moving, epic-scale biopic documenting the life and loves one of the most colorful Americans of the 20th century, Howard Hughes. The Aviator follows Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes, with his passion for airplanes, to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic called Hell's Angels, which took three years to complete thanks to the shift from silent to sound filming and Hughes' relentless perfectionism. However, the film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow (Gwen Stefani) a star and enjoying a romance with Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett). But Hollywood's old-boy network never fully accepted Hughes, and in time his passion for flying began to reclaim his attentions as he began designing new planes, setting air speed records, flying around the world, and risking his life testing aircraft. Hughes also found time to romance Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale) and founded his own airline, Trans-World Airlines, though as his ideas became bolder, his approach became more eccentric, and he gained many powerful enemies, including the head of Pan-American Airlines, Juan Trippe (Alec Baldwin), and Senator Ralph Owen Brewster (Alan Alda), who attempted to prove that Hughes' radical design ideas were actually part of an effort to bilk taxpayers for millions of dollars through government contracts. The Aviator's star-studded cast also includes John C. Reilly, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, and Frances Conroy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/17/04
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13
Running Time
169 mins.
Locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$102,608,827
Awards
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2004 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Film Music award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2004 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound Mixing award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2004 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2004 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2004 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress [Runner-up] award at the 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) award at the 2004 National Society of Film Critics [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Special Visual Effects award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture - Drama award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2004 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress [Runner-up] award at the 2004 Boston Society of Film Critics [Festiv Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2004 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director [Runner-up] award at the 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2004 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2004 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2004 Producers Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Makeup and Hair award at the 2004 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2004 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2004 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Winner of the Best Score award at the 2004 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Ensemble Acting award at the 2004 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Production Design award at the 2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
Distributor
- Miramax
- Miramax Films
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
- Warner Brothers
