The Aviator
(2004)
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kate Beckinsale, Frances Conroy, Willem Dafoe, Stanley de Santis
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writer: John Logan
Language: English
Studio: Warner Home Video
Duration: 170
Rated: PG-13
DVD Release: May 2005
The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.
| Alec Baldwin | Juan Trippe |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Howard Hughes |
| Cate Blanchett | Katharine Hepburn |
| Kate Beckinsale | Ava Gardner |
| Frances Conroy | Mrs. Hepburn |
| Willem Dafoe | Roland Sweet |
| John C. Reilly | Noah Dietrich |
| Stanley de Santis | |
| Alan Alda | Senator Ralph Owen Brewster |
| Robert Richardson | Cinematographer |
| Ian Holm | Professor Fitz |
| Danny Huston | Jack Frye |
| Gwen Stefani | Jean Harlow |
| Jude Law | Errol Flynn |
| Adam Scott | Johnny Meyer |
| Matt Ross | Glenn Odekirk |
| Kelli Garner | Faith Domergue |
| Brent Spiner | Robert Gross |
| Stanley DeSantis | Louis B. Mayer |
| Edward Herrmann | Joseph Breen |
| Kenneth Welsh | Dr. Hepburn |
| J.C. MacKenzie | Ludlow |
| Dante Ferretti | Production Designer |
| Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Jacob Davich | Howard Hughes - 9 Years Old |
| Sandy Powell | Costume Designer |
| Amy Sloan | Howard Hughes's Mother |
| Sam Hennings | Frank |
| Joe Chrest | Hell's Angels Director of Photography |
| Rufus Wainwright | Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1 |
| Harry Standjofski | Crony of Louis B. Mayer |
| Vince Giordano | Cocoanut Grove Band Member |
| Josie Maran | Thelma - The Gigarette Girl |
| Justin Shilton | Hell's Angels Pilot |
| Arthur Holden | Radio Announcer |
| Raymond Ducasse | Roscoe Turner |
| Joseph P. Reidy | Aide to Howard (as Joseph Reidy) |
| Stéphane Demers | Maitre D' |
| Yves Jacques | Waiter |
| Loudon Wainwright III | Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2 (as Loudon Wainwright) |
| Jason Cavalier | Cocoanut Grove Patron |
| Chris Ufland | Engineer |
| Al Dubois | Pan Am Executive #1 |
| Alan Toy | Man on Crutches |
| Sebastian Tillinger | Timer |
| Francesca Scorsese | Little Girl |
| Charlotte Scott | Little Girl |
| James Bradford | Uncle Willy |
| Joe Cobden | Another Guest #1 |
| Linda Smith | Another Guest #2 |
| Alan Fawcett | Chairman MPA |
| Jordan St. James | Hughes' Aide at Censor Hearing |
| David Purdham | Emcee |
| Kevin O'Rourke | Spencer Tracy |
| Lisa Bronwyn Moore | Noah's Wife |
| Emma Campbell | Helen - Jack Frye's wife |
| Martha Wainwright | Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #3 |
| Vincent Laresca | Jorge |
| Matt Holland | Hughes' Staff Person |
| Dennis St John | Nick the Custodian |
| Keith Campbell | Marine |
| Al Vandecruys | Doctor |
| James Rae | FBI Agent |
| Kathleen McAuliffe | Brewster's Maid |
| Nellie Sciutto | Secretary |
| Terry Haig | Another Senator |
| James McNamara | Himself (archive footage) (voice) |
| John Koensgen | Pan Am Executive #2 |
| Vladimir Kuznetsov Smith | Caretaker |
| Mark Akeson | Caretaker |
| Jason Pollard | Caretaker |
| Michael-John Wolfe | Cary Grant |
Genre: Biography, Drama
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: AC-3
IMDb: 0338751
