The Aviator

(2004)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 5,993 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2004

Runtime: 163 мин

Country: Germany, United States of America

Director: Мартин Скорсезе

Cast: Леонардо ДиКаприо, Кейт Бланшетт, Кейт Бекинсейл, Джон Си Райли, Алек Болдуин, Алан Алда, Иэн Холм, Дэнни Хьюстон, Гвен Стефани, Джуд Лоу

Plot

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.

Biopic of billionaire Howard Hughes, starting with his early filmmaking years as owner of R.K.O. Pictures, but mostly focusing on his role in designing and promoting new aircraft. Hughes was a risk-taker spending several fortunes on designing experimental aircraft and eventually founding TWA as a rival to Pan Am airlines owned by his great rival Juan Trippe. When Trippe's politico Senator Ralph Owen Brewster accuses Hughes of being a war profiteer, it's Hughes who gains the upper hand. Hughes also had many women in his life including a long relationship with Katharine Hepburn. From an early age, however, Hughes was also germophobic and would have severe bouts of mental illness.