The Aviator [WS] [2 Discs]

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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:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:50:00
Sales rank:	31,012

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
¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿	Ava Gardner
John C. Reilly	Noah Dietrich
Alec	Juan Trippe
Alan Alda	Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Ian Holm	Professor Fitz
Danny Huston	Jack Frye
Gwen Stefani	Jean Harlow,Actor
Jude Law	Errol Flynn
Adam Scott	Johnny Meyer,Little Girl
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 Walsh	Dr. Hepburn
John C. MacKenzie	Ludlow
Jacob Davich	Howard Hughes
Amy Sloan	Howard Hughes' Mother
Sam Hennings	HELL'S ANGELS Stunt Coordinator
Joseph Chrest	HELL'S ANGELS Director of Photography
Rufus Wainwright	Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1,Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2,Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #3
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
Joseph Reidy	Aide to Howard
Stéphane Demers	Maitre d'
Yves Jacques	Waiter
Jason Cavalier	Cocoanut Grove Patron
Chris Ufland	Engineer
Al Dubois	Pan Am Executive #1
Alan Toy	Man on Crutches
Sebastian Tillinger	Timer
Francesca Scorsese	Little Girl
Joe Cobden	Another Guest #1
Linda E. Smith	Another Guest #2
Alan Fawcett	Chairman MPA
Jordan St. James	Hughes' Aide at Censor Hearing
David Purdham	Emcee
Kevin O'Rourke	Spencer Tracy
Lisa Bronwyn Moore	Noah's Wife
Emma Campbell	Jack Frye's Wife, Helen
Vincent Laresca	Jorge
Matt Holland	Hughes' Staff Person
Dennis St John	Custodian
Al Vandercruys	Doctor
James Rae	FBI Agent
Kathleen McAuliffe	Brewster's Maid
Nellie Sciutto	Secretary
Terry Haig	Another Senator
James McNamara	James McNamara
John Koensgen	Pan Am Executive #2
Jason Pollard	Caretaker
Heather Petrone	Vivien Leigh
Danielle Franke	Esquire Starlet
Meghan Elizabeth	Starlet
Elizabeth DeCicco	Starlet
Elisa Dyann	Coat Check Girl
Isabelle Champeau	Editor
Al Coronel	Bi-Plane Mechanic
Gerardo Lo Dico	Military Officer
Anne V. Coates	Howard Hughes' Film Editor
Howard Shore	Composer

Technical Credits

John Logan

¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿	Director,Executive Producer
John Logan	Screenwriter
Matthias Deyle	Producer
Sandy Climan	Producer
Charles Evans Jr.	Producer
Graham King	Producer
Harvey Weinstein	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Rick Yorn	Executive Producer
Rick Schwartz	Executive Producer
Leonardo DiCaprio	Executive Producer
Volker Schauz	Executive Producer
Colin Cotter	Executive Producer
Aslan Nadery	Executive Producer
Chris Brigham	Executive Producer
Wyatt Sprague	Sound Effects
Lucie Robitaille	Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Petur Hliddal	Sound/Sound Designer
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.