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The Aviator (HD DVD) (2004)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett Director: Martin Scorsese Rating: PG-13
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The Aviator is an epic biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920's to the mid-1940's.
The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan, tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), the eccentric billionaire industrialist and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world's most beautiful women. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s through the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes was directing and producing Hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircrafts he designed and created.
One of the most compelling figures of the 20th century, Howard Hughes was an influential innovator, savvy industrialist, glamorous motion picture producer and quintessential American risk-taker -- but he thought of himself first and foremost as an aviator.
With The Aviator, director Martin Scorsese focuses his storytelling lens on the most prolific period of Hughes’ life: the period from the mid-1920s through the 1940s, when Hughes’ daring-do and passion for flight drove his pioneering efforts in both aviation and the movies. A time of rampant invention, turbulent love affairs and savage corporate battles, this was also the time when Howard Hughes’ high-flying ambitions first met with the costs of fame, fortune and his own obsession with perfection.
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in The Aviator as Howard Hughes, who, just barely out his teens, makes the maverick decision to use his inherited fortune from his father’s drill bit company to film a World War I dogfight-themed epic, Hell’s Angels. Bucking the Hollywood system as an independent producer, Hughes sets out to make a movie unlike any other, performing his own outrageous aerial stunts, designing special aircraft and racking up what was, at the time, the largest feature film budget in history. Hell’s Angels plunges the still boyish Howard Hughes beyond fortune into celebrity.
The Aviator explores not only the achievements but the emotional life of Howard Hughes, including his love affairs with two Hollywood legends: the elegant, Yankee-bred leading lady Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and the luminous screen beauty Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale); as well as Hughes’ fierce competition with Pan American’s visionary head Juan Trippe (Alec Baldwin); his life-long relationship with his right-hand man Noah Dietrich (John C. Reilly); his public battles with Senator Owen Brewster (Alan Alda); and the devastating airplane crash and phobias that led him to ultimately withdraw from the world.
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Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio | Cate Blanchett | Kate Beckinsale | John C. Reilly | Alec Baldwin | Alan Alda | Ian Holm | Danny Huston | ...more
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Directed By:
Martin Scorsese
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Genre:
Drama, Romantic, True Story
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DVD Release Date:
November 6, 2007
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Format: Region 1
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Rating:
PG-13
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Year:
2004
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Regional Coding:
This Title originates from North America
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Number of Discs:
1
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Subtitles:
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
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Screen Ratio:
Anamorphic (16:9), Widescreen Edition - 2.35:1 (1080p)
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English (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1)
French (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1)
Spanish (Dolby Digital Plus 5.1) | |
Running Time:
170 minutes
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Studio:
Warner Brothers
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UPC/Barcode Number:
085391186298
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Closed-Captioned: Yes
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Color: Yes
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- Commentary from director Martin Scorsese
- Additional deleted scene
- Making The Aviator
- The Role of Howard Hughes in Aviation History
- Modern Marvels: Howard Hughes, a History Channel Documentary
- The Affliction of Howard Hughes: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- The Visual Effects of The Aviator
- Constructing The Aviator
- Costuming and Scoring The Aviator
- The Aviator and the Age of Glamour
- An Evening with Leonardo DiCaprio and Alan Alda
- Still Gallery
- Theatrical trailer (HD)
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