| Uniform Title |
Aviator (Motion picture : 2004) |
| Title |
The aviator. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment, ©2013. |
| ©2004 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (163 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DJ8926. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. |
| Based on the book, Howard Hughes: The Secret Life by Charles Higham. |
| Special features: Commentary by Martin Scorsese. |
| Credits |
Directed by Martin Scorsese. |
| Performers |
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda and Jude Law. |
| Summary |
One of the 20th century's most compelling figures, Howard Hughes was a wily industrialist, glamourous movie producer and unstoppable American innovator, but he thought of himself first and foremost as an aviator. In this epic, director Martin Scorsese focuses on the most prolific period in the life of Hughes, the mid 1920s through the 1940s. It was a time of brilliant aeronautical invention, turbulent love affairs, including one with Katherine Hepburn and savage corporate battles. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9 ; Full frame 2.35:1. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles: English, English for the deaf and hard of hearing. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
Academy awards: Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction and Best Supporting Actress, 2005. |
| Subjects |
Higham, Charles, -- 1931-2012 -- Film adaptations |
| Hughes, Howard, -- 1905-1976 -- Drama |
| Mental illness -- Drama |
| Millionaires -- Drama |
| Businessmen -- Drama |
| Motion picture producers and directors -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Biographical films |
| Historical films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Scorsese, Martin director. |
| Alda, Alan, 1936- actor. |
| DiCaprio, Leonardo actor. |
| Beckinsale, Kate actor. |
| Baldwin, Alec, 1958- actor. |
| Blanchett, Cate, 1969- actor. |
| Mann, Michael, 1943- actor. |
| Reilly, John C., 1965- actor. |
| Law, Jude, 1972- actor. |
| Motion picture adaptation of (work): Higham, Charles, 1931-2012. Howard Hughes: The Secret Life. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Alda, Alan, 1936- .
- Baldwin, Alec, 1958- .
- Beckinsale, Kate .
- Blanchett, Cate, 1969- .
- DiCaprio, Leonardo .
- Higham, Charles, 1931-2012. Howard Hughes: The Secret Life .
- Law, Jude, 1972- .
- Mann, Michael, 1943- .
- Reilly, John C., 1965- .
- Scorsese, Martin .
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