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Movie
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-Leonardo
DiCaprio
-Cate
Blanchett
Martin
Scorsese's
THE
AVIATOR
is a
lavish
spectacle
of a
motion
picture
that
harks
back
to
Hollywood's
Golden
Era
in
telling
the
story
of
Howard
Hughes,
one
of
20th-century
America's
most
pioneering
and
influential
figures.
Starring
Leonardo
DiCaprio
as
the
eccentric
billionaire,
Scorsese's
biopic
concentrates
on
Hughes's
life
between
the
1920s
and
'40s,
when
he
made
some
of
his
most
striking
contributions
to
both
the
film
and
aviation
industries.
At
only
25
years
of
age,
Hughes
directed
the
most
expensive
film
ever
made
up
to
that
point,
HELL'S
ANGELS
(1930),
which
Scorsese
gleefully
recreates
here
in
all
its
sprawling,
audacious
glory.
At
the
same
time,
he
became
known
as
an
unabashed
playboy,
bedding
the
likes
of
Jean
Harlow
(singer
Gwen
Stefani),
Ava
Gardner
(Kate
Beckinsale),
and
Katherine
Hepburn
(a
brilliant
Cate
Blanchett).
In
the
mid-'30s,
he
turned
his
attention
to
the
aviation
industry,
where
he
quickly
became
world-renowned
for
shattering
speed
and
distance
records.
He
also
continued
to
test
the
limits
of
flight
technology,
building
bigger,
faster,
and
stronger
aircrafts.
All
the
while,
he
struggled
with
an
obsessive-compulsive
disorder
that
sent
him
into
a
full-fledged
tailspin
after
a
near-fatal
plane
crash.
The
film
concludes
with
Hughes
being
called
to
the
Senate
in
1947
to
defend
himself
against
the
nefarious
Senator
Owen
Brewster
(Alan
Alda),
who
accused
Hughes
of
taking
money
from
the
United
States
government
during
wartime.
Stunningly
photographed
by
Robert
Richardson,
Scorsese's
nearly
three-hour
drama
features
an
impassioned
performance
by
DiCaprio,
who
is
also
credited
as
an
executive
producer.
Although
she
appears
in
less
than
a
third
of
the
film,
Blanchett
delivers
a
performance
that
cements
her
status
as
one
of
the
finest
actresses
ever
to
appear
on
the
big
screen.
Stunningly
photographed
by
Robert
Richardson,
Scorsese's
nearly
three-hour
drama
features
an
impassioned
performance
by
DiCaprio,
who
is
also
credited
as
an
executive
producer.
Although
she
appears
in
less
than
a
third
of
the
film,
Blanchett
delivers
a
performance
that
cements
her
status
as
one
of
the
finest
actresses
ever
to
appear
on
the
big
screen.
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of
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