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"The Aviator" 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 aircraft he designed and created. A daredevil pilot, the most famous flyer since Charles Lindbergh, Hughes became a major force in commercial aviation. He was a mythic figure in the America of his day, imbued with an aura of excitement, glamour and mystery.
The Aviator looks at Hughes’ emotional life, and his love affairs with two Hollywood legends: elegant, Yankee-bred screen star Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) in the 1930s, and the sensual and luminous screen beauty of the 1940s, Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale). It also chronicles Hughes’ struggle with his physical disabilities and phobias, and with his increasingly erratic, obsessive-compulsive behaviour that leads him ultimately to isolate himself from his associates and withdraw from the world.
The Cast
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 Stefanii ... 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
The Filmmakers
DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese
SCREENPLAY BY
John Logan
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Leonardo DiCaprio
Chris Brigham
Rick Yorn
Harvey Weinstein
Bob Weinstein
Rick Schwartz
Colin Cotter
PRODUCERS
Michael Mann
Sandy Climan
Graham King
Charles Evans, Jr.
Awards
ACADEMY AWARDS®
Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett
Best Art Direction - Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)
Best Costume Design - Sandy Powell
Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson
Best Achievement in Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker
Nominations
Best Motion Picture - Michael Mann, Graham King
Best Directing - Martin Scorsese
Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Supporting Actor - Alan Alda
Best Original Screenplay - John Logan
Best Sound Mixing - Tom Fleischman, Petur Hliddal
BAFTAs
Best Film - Michael Mann, Sandy Climan, Graham King, Charles Evans Jr.
Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchett
Best Production Design - Dante Ferretti
Best Make Up/Hair - Morag Ross, Kathryn Blondell, Sian Grigg
Nominations
David Lean Award for Direction - Martin Scorsese
Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Supporting Actor - Alan Alda
Best Original Screenplay - John Logan
Best Costume Design - Sandy Powell
Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson
Best Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker
Best Special Visual Effects - Robert Legato, Peter G. Travers, Matthew Gratzner, R. Bruce Steinheimer
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Howard Shore
Best Sound - Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal, Tom Fleischman
GOLDEN GLOBES®
Best Motion Picture, Drama
Best Actor, Motion Picture Drama - Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Original Score, Motion Picture - Howard Shore
Nominations
Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture - Cate Blanchett
Best Screenplay, Motion Picture - John Logan
Best Director, Motion Picture - Martin Scorsese
PGA AWARDS
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures