Some men dream the future. He built it.
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.
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Classical in form, earnest, epic and meticulous.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprioHoward Hughes
- Cate BlanchettKatharine Hepburn
- Kate BeckinsaleAva Gardner
- John C. ReillyNoah Dietrich
- Alec BaldwinJuan Trippe
- Alan AldaSenator Ralph Owen Brewster
- Ian HolmProfessor Fitz
- Danny HustonJack Frye
- Gwen StefaniJean Harlow
- Jude LawErrol Flynn
Crew
- Martin ScorseseDirector
- John LoganWriter
- Robert RichardsonDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Thelma SchoonmakerEditor
- Sanford R. ClimanProducer
- Charles Evans Jr.Producer
- Graham KingProducer
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