The Aviator (2004)

12/17/2004 (DE) • 2h 50m

Drama

Some men dream the future. He built it.

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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 Stefani

Jean Harlow


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$110,000,000.00

Revenue

$213,719,942.00

Keywords

ladykiller

pilot

biography

womanizer

phobia

aviation

u.s. congress

flying boat

test flight

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