2004 Directed by Martin Scorsese
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.
Leonardo DiCaprio Cate Blanchett Kate Beckinsale John C. Reilly Alan Alda Danny Huston Ian Holm Alec Baldwin Gwen Stefani Jude Law Willem Dafoe Adam Scott Matt Ross Kelli Garner Frances Conroy Brent Spiner Stanley DeSantis Edward Herrmann Kenneth Welsh J. C. MacKenzie Jacob Davich Amy Sloan Sam Hennings Keith Campbell Kevin O'Rourke Nellie Sciutto Vince Giordano Jason Cavalier Rufus Wainwright Show All…
Martin Scorsese Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Leonardo DiCaprio Rick Yorn Rick Schwartz Chris Brigham Volker Schauz Aslan Nadery Colin Cotter
Crys Forsyth-Smith Mat Beck Ron Ames Robert Stromberg Julia Frey Kim Lee Denise Ballantyne Louis Morin Robert Legato Pepe Valencia
Eugene Gearty Kam Chan Marko Costanzo Marissa Littlefield Jay Peck Wyatt Sprague George A. Lara Philip Stockton Tom Fleischman Steven Visscher Petur Hliddal Jacob Ribicoff
Morag Ross Michelle Vittone Sian Grigg Duncan Jarman Erin Wooldridge Simon Rose Vasilios Tanis Ric Sagliani Greg Nelson
Miramax Appian Way Forward Pass Cappa Productions Initial Entertainment Group IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3. Produktions KG Mel's Cite du Cinema Warner Bros. Pictures
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I feel like the movie uses both Howard's OCD and wealth for great effect without delving into the explanation/development of how either became such a crucial part of his life, and that's a little frustrating to me– but god, what a film! Nobody makes a breezy three hours like Scorsese. The ending breaks my heart. Also the first moment of the movie is them spelling and saying "quarantine" repeatedly. It was so unexpected we screamed. Who'da thunk the movie about the reclusive billionaire germaphobe would be hittin different right now.
This was a lot more entertaining and a lot crazier than what I was expecting. The editing was not doing it for me in a lot of cases which I suppose is the point, it makes things feel pretty claustrophobic, but it just felt sloppy at a certain point. This is such a 2004 movie....
solid movie about a normal guy just being a cool dude. flying planes, dating teenagers, drinking milk, making movies, taking about titties and llamas, having crippling disorders (that can be traced to visions of american success ingrained in childhood) exacerbated by an industry and culture that celebrates wealth and "progress" above anything else.
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A tantalizing, old-fashioned film about a rich genius who somehow always existed as an underdog, eventually crumbling into the disparate pieces he constructed of himself. So intricate and operatic, and yet its grandness never feels generic or cheap. It's a film about hollywood as much as it is a Hollywood production. One of Leo's best roles, too. The evolving cinematographic techniques are the icing on the cake.
Maybe Scorsese's best film - almost Greek mythology with Wagnerian scope, one of the best films on the correlation between ambition and madness, Icarus flying too high into the sky and crashing - many times we see the sun obliterate the rest of Scorsese's frame in the flying sequences. Also Scorsese's mastery of music is at its best here - I'm thinking precisely of the arrangements of the Howard Shore's score for the flying sequences, the ominous drones portend doom early on, from the first time we see Hughes make a plane innovation. Real life: living in the moment, making movies, being in love, and losing ones mind. Of course Hughes' dream plane is called the Hercules..
I know I'm in the minority with my opinion that The Aviator is Martin Scorsese's absolute best movie in over twenty years, probably since Goodfellas. It's a jaw-dropping marvel to witness in all aspects of filmmaking.
There isn't a single performance that misses the mark (unless you really want to count Gwen Stefani), the score by Howard Shore is one of his absolute best, the visual effects are tasteful, the cinematography is gorgeous and graceful, and the subject Howard Hughes is in many ways as obsessive and tireless as Scorsese himself. He was simply born to make a Hughes biopic, and he hits a grand slam in every possible way with this one. It will always land among my favorites from the legend.
Oh, and it contains the best work from DiCaprio, too, in my opinion.
