The aviator

Resource Information

The work The aviator represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The aviator

Statement of responsibility

Miramax Films ; Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Martin Scorsese ; written by John Logan ; a Forward Pass/Appian Way/IMF production ; produced by Michael Mann [and others] ; a Martin Scorsese picture ; in association with Initial Entertainment Group ; a Warner Bros. Pictures and Miramax Films presentation

Creator

• Aviator (Motion picture : 2004)

Contributor

• Appian Way (Firm)
• Forward Pass Productions
• IMF Productions (Firm)
• Initial Entertainment Group
• Miramax Films
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Alda, Alan, 1936-
• Baldwin, Alec, 1958-
• Beckinsale, Kate
• Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
• Blondell, Kathryn
• Conroy, Frances
• Dafoe, Willem
• DeSantis, Stanley
• DiCaprio, Leonardo
• Ferretti, Dante, 1943-
• Garner, Kelli, 1984-
• Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014
• Holm, Ian, 1931-2020
• Huston, Danny, 1962-
• Law, Jude, 1972-
• Legato, Robert
• Logan, John, 1961-
• Mann, Michael, 1943-
• Powell, Sandy
• Reilly, John C., 1965-
• Richardson, Robert, 1955-
• Ross, Matt
• Ross, Morag
• Schoonmaker, Thelma
• Scorsese, Martin
• Scott, Adam, 1973-
• Shore, Howard
• Spiner, Brent
• Stefani, Gwen, 1969-

Subject

• Aeronautics -- Research -- Drama
• Air pilots -- Drama
• Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Drama
• Aviadores -- Teatro
• Billionaires -- United States -- Drama
• Biographical films
• Businesspeople -- United States -- Drama
• Celebrities -- United States -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Drama
• Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 -- Drama
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Relaciones hombre-mujer -- Teatro
• Test pilots -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Biographical films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Historical films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng

Summary

Howard Hughes was a rich young man from Texas, heir to his father's fortune, when he decided he wanted to make movies. Age 21, he made the most expensive Hollywood film ever (at the time); and went on to break air-speed records, make another fortune in aircraft design, smash Charles Lindbergh's round-the-world flight record, and be romantically linked with almost all of Hollywood's famous beauties. Nevertheless, he died alone, sealed into a room he never left, the victim of compulsions that drove him to greatness, while containing the seeds of his undoing

Awards note

Winner, 2005 Academy Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Cate Blanchett); Best Achievement in Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker); Best Achievement in Cinematography (Robert Richardson); Best Achievement in Art Direction (Dante Ferretti (art director), Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator)); Best Achievement in Costume Design (Sandy Powell).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Robert Richardson ; edited by Thelma Schoonmaker ; music by Howard Shore ; production designed by Dante Ferretti

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Rated PG-13; for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and a crash sequence; Canadian rating: PG

Language note

In English or dubbed French; with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish; closed-captioned in English

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.A95 2005

PerformerNote

Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Stanley DeSantis, Edward Herrmann

Runtime

330

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action