
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 u... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| New York ObserverRex ReedMr. Scorsese is a great director who often fails, but you have to give him credit for always being on the prowl for new and demanding subjects, even when the results are disastrous, and for remaining true to his own vision, even when it is not shared. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikIn the hands of Martin Scorsese, the story of Howard Hughes becomes a great American tragedy. |
| Blogcritics.orgAlan DaleNo movie directed by Martin Scorsese has ever felt more like work for hire. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendrickit is testament to Scorsese's vision and skill that he captures Hughes and all his contradictions in a rip-roaring CinemaScope portrait that is both intimate and epic |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie Wafflelet me beg every Oscar voter to award Scorsese for a fantastic directorial effort. He deserves an Oscar for The Aviator. |
| MovieCrypt.comKevin A. Ranson...the microscope is turned on Hughes himself to reveal a man who's shortcomings may have been his biggest asset and certainly were his private hell. |
| Bangor Daily News (Maine)Christopher SmithThis hugely entertaining film about reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, combines drama, action and comedy into such a compelling form, it lights the screen as if from within. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaScorsese conduz o filme com competência singular, mantendo a narrativa sempre focada e utilizando de forma fascinante as cores em cada uma das cenas. |
| CHUDDevin FaraciGorgeous and engaging, The Aviator is the director's greatest achievement since Goodfellas. |
| 3BlackChicks ReviewKamal 'The Diva' LarsuelIf the folks who made Hollywood were going to make a movie today it would be made like The Aviator. |