Synopsis
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.
Memorable quotes from The Aviator
"Boy, you are just hittin' on all six cylinders aren't'cha? My God. Would you do me a favor and just...? Would you just smile for me one time, just once? Yeah, yeah, see you got a short upper lip...makes for a much nicer smile. See I wonder what gives a beautiful woman like you pleasure. I mean say you're just standing there, right and I- I just touch you. Just like this... see my fingertips. I mean, do you like that? Do you? See, I wanna learn what pleases you. I wanna learn everything about you. Would you let me do that? Would you give me that job?"
"Tell Jimmy I want ten chocolate chip cookies, medium chips, none too close to the outside."
"The XF-11! She's a spy-plane really. Designed every inch of her myself. She's got a top speed of 350 which means she can outrun anything they throw against her. Yeah, after the Japs stole my H-1 design for their goddamn Zeroes I figure I'd better do 'em one better. Yeah, she's my Buck Rogers ship."
"I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator."
"Sh- Show me all the blueprints, Odie. Show me all the blueprints... (Lower) Show me all the blueprints. I'm serious now- show me all the blueprints... ... ... Show me all the bl- Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. (clears throat) I wanna get it done right so show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints. Show me all the blueprints show me all the blueprints."
"Orange juice has... nutritional value. There's some... flies... outside the window. Little Howard likes... citrus. Don't he just."
"Tell Juan Trippe something for me. Tell him thanks for the flowers. And he can kiss... both sides... of my ass."
"I sleep...in this room...in the dark. I have a place I can sleep. I have a chair. That's just beautiful. Oh, yeah. I like the desert. It's hot there in the desert, but it's clean. It's clean. I need to sleep. I should drink something first. I should have some... some milk. Wait a minute... what if that milk is sour? That milk is bad I shouldn't pick up the bottle with my right hand. And I shouldn't take the top off with my left...put it in my pocket. My left pocket."
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Cast & Crew
Leonardo DiCaprio
Howard Hughes
Cate Blanchett
Katharine Hepburn
Kate Beckinsale
Ava Gardner
John C. Reilly
Noah Dietrich
Alec Baldwin
Juan Trippe
Alan Alda
Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Ian Holm
Professor Fitz
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
Stanley DeSantis
Louis B. Mayer
Edward Herrmann
Joseph Breen
Willem Dafoe
Roland Sweet
Kenneth Welsh
Dr. Hepburn
J.C. MacKenzie
Ludlow
Michael Mann
Producer
Charles Evans Jr.
Producer
Graham King
Producer
Martin Scorsese
Director
Sanford R. Climan
Producer
Colin Cotter
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Matthias Deyle
Producer
Rick Yorn
Executive Producer
Leonardo DiCaprio
Executive Producer
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