The Aviator [WS] [2 Discs]

Director: Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese

Overview

Reteaming the director and star of Gangs of New York, Martin Scorcese's The Aviator stars Leonardo DiCaprio as legendary millionaire Howard Hughes. Focusing on the early part of Hughes' adult life, the film chronicles how he built his fortune, beginning as the proprietor of his late father's tool company, then as a Hollywood producer and the owner of RKO studios, and later as an aviation mogul. Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, and Kate Beckinsale also star.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/24/2005
UPC:	0085393893927
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:50:00
Sales rank:	31,636

Special Features

Closed Caption;Commentary by Martin Scorsese; Languages: English & Français (dubbed in Quebec); Subtitles: English, Français & Español; Additional scene; Get into the cockpit with fabulous documentaries on Howard Hughes and the filmmakers at work: 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

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Leonardo DiCaprio	Howard Hughes
Cate Blanchett	Katharine Hepburn
Kate Beckinsale	Ava Gardner
John C. Reilly	Noah Dietrich,Actor
Alec Baldwin	Juan Trippe
Ian Holm	Professor Fitz
Alan Alda	Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster
Danny Huston	Jack Frye
Gwen Stefani	Jean Harlow
Jude Law	Errol Flynn
Adam Scott	Johnny Meyer
Matt Ross	Glenn Odekirk
Kelli Garner	Faith Domergue
Frances Conroy	Mrs. Hepburn
Brent Spiner	Robert Gross
Edward Herrmann	Joseph Breen
Willem Dafoe	Roland Sweet
Amy Sloan	Allene Hughes
Nellie Sciutto	Nadine Henley
Stanley DeSantis	Louis B. Mayer
Kenneth Welsh	Actor
J.C. MacKenzie	Ludlow
Jacob Davich	Howard Hughes - 9 Years Old
Sam Hennings	Frank
Joe Chrest	Hell's Angels Director of Photography
Rufus Wainwright	Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1
Harry Standjofski	Crony of Louis B. Mayer
Vince Giordano	Cocoanut Grove Band Member
Josie Maran	Cigarette Girl
Justin Shilton	Hell's Angels Pilot
Arthur Holden	Radio Announcer
James McNamara	Voices
Loudon Wainwright III	Actor
Sebastian Tillinger	Actor
Linda Smith	Actor
Vincent Laresca	Jorge
Chris Ufland	Actor
John C.	Actor
Kenneth Walsh	Dr. Hepburn
Howard Shore	Composer

Technical Credits

John Logan

Martin Scorsese	Director,Executive Producer
Leonardo DiCaprio	Executive Producer,Producer
Michael Mann	Producer,Director
Bob Weinstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer,Producer,Producer
Rob Legato	Second Unit Director
Petur Hliddal	Sound Mixer,Sound/Sound Designer
Sandy Climan	Producer,Director
Graham King	Producer,Director
Charles Evans Jr.	Producer,Director
John Logan	Screenwriter
Tom Fleischman	Sound Mixer
R. Bruce Steinheimer	Special Effects
Chris Brigham	Producer,Executive Producer
Rick Yorn	Producer,Executive Producer
Rick Schwartz	Producer,Executive Producer
Colin Cotter	Producer,Executive Producer
Sanford R. Climan	Producer
Victor Abbene	Special Effects
David Boulton	Sound Effects
Travis Callahan	Sound Effects
Kam Chancellor	Sound Effects
Laura Civiello	Sound Effects
Marko A. Costanzo	Sound Effects
Matthias Deyle	Producer
Dan Maag	Producer
Aslan Nadery	Producer
Joseph Reidy	Producer
Volker Schauz	Producer
Philip Schulz-Deyle	Producer
Martin Scosese	Director
Lucie Robitaille	Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Charles Evans	Producer

Editorial Reviews

The Aviator is a rousing entertainment that does not shy away from the darkest aspects of Howard Hughes' life. The first hour of The Aviator feels like the most fun Martin Scorsese has had behind a camera in over a decade. The extended sequence of Hughes attempting to get Hell's Angels completed to his detailed ideal is the closest Scorsese himself has ever come to an onscreen biography of his own work habits. A notorious obsessive, Scorsese recognizes those traits in Hughes and with the assistance of a never-better Leonardo DiCaprio creates an affectionate but realistic look at Hughes' successes and demons. Though the film feels a bit overlong, it never loses the audience's interest, thanks in large part to DiCaprio's determined blue eyes. Those eyes are always able to communicate the intensity of Hughes' feelings -- be it his passion for women and aviation, or his fear of losing control. He is matched in the early part of the film by an as always first-rate Cate Blanchett, who manages to embody Katharine Hepburn without turning her into a caricature, showcasing her intelligence and humor without shying away from her own faults. They make arguably the most sympathetic couple in a Scorsese film since Kris Kristofferson and Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. From his decision to replicate the look of the old two-strip Technicolor process (hence the blue peas and the blue golf course), to his first ever use of CGI effects, Scorsese utilizes every tool at a filmmaker's disposal. But for all of the filmmaking pyrotechnics, it is the clear-eyed empathy Scorsese brings to The Aviator that makes it one of the most emotionally rewarding films of his career.