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The Aviator (Original title)Aviator (Alternative title)
Date: 2004 (Copyright)

Countries: Germany, USA

Director: Martin Scorsese

Production company billing: ©2004. IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3 Produktions KG [logos] Miramax, Warner Bros. [end] A Martin Scorsese picture A Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF production in association with Initial Entertainment Group A Warner Bros. Pictures and Miramax Films presentation Dolby Digital/DTS/SDDS In Colour 2.35:1 [Super 35] MPAA: 41156 Filmed in Panavision Film Extracts: 'Hell's Angels' (1930) 'The Jazz Singer' (1927) 'The Women' (1939) 'Them!' (1954) German theatrical title: 'Aviator'
Synopsis: Biographical drama. The life of Howard Hughes from the 1920s to the 1940s. Hughes spends his wealth making the film 'Hell's Angels', and woos such Hollywood stars as Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner. He builds and pilots innovative new planes, breaks speed records and flies round the world. He takes TWA into a battle against Pan Am for dominance of civil aviation, and defends himself in public hearings arranged by a corrupt senator. All through this, Hughes struggles with the fear that he will one day lose his mind.

Genres:
Drama, Biopic

Subjects:
Hughes, Howard (1905-1976), Air transport, Hollywood, Mental disorders, Hepburn, Katharine (1907 - )
Releases
Date: 2004not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 170 mins