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From Hollywood's legendary Cocoanut Grove to the pioneering conquest of the wild blue yonder, Martin Scorsese's The Aviator celebrates old-school filmmaking at its finest. We say "old school" only because Scorsese's love of golden-age Hollywood is evident in his approach to his subject--Howard Hughes in his prime (played by Leonardo DiCaprio in his)--and especially in his technical mastery of the medium reflecting his love for classical filmmaking of the studio era. Even when he's using state-of-the-art digital trickery for the film's exciting flight scenes (including one of the most spectacular crashes ever filmed), Scorsese's meticulous attention to art direction and costume design suggests an impassioned pursuit of craftsmanship from a bygone era; every frame seems to glow with gilded detail. And while DiCaprio bears little physical resemblance to Hughes during the film's 20-year span (late 1920s to late '40s), he efficiently captures the eccentric millionaire's golden-boy essence, and his tragic descent into obsessive-compulsive seclusion. Bolstered by Cate Blanchett's uncannily accurate portrayal of Katharine Hepburn as Hughes' most beloved lover, The Aviator is easily Scorsese's most accessible film, inviting mainstream popularity without compromising Scorsese's artistic reputation. As compelling crowd-pleasers go, it's a class act from start to finish. --Jeff Shannon
DVD Features
In his commentary track, director Martin Scorsese offers his own impressions of Howard Hughes and rattles off his memories of experiencing Hughes's films. He mentions how he made Cate Blanchett watch every Katharine Hepburn film from the '30s on the big screen, and observes that Kate Beckinsale had "a real sense of the stature of a Hollywood goddess." But in general he doesn't talk much about the craft of making the film. That area is covered better by editor Thelma Schoonmaker, who also appears on the commentary track, and producer Michael Mann makes a few appearances (all were recorded separately). The picture is brilliant, but the 5.1 sound is not as aggressive in the rear speakers and subwoofer as one might expect, other than some nice surround effects in the Hell's Angels flying sequence.
The second disc collects almost three hours of features. There's one unnecessary deleted scene, and an 11-minute making-of featurette that's basically the cast and director heaping praise on each other. More interesting are the short featurettes on visual effects (including the XF-11 scene, of course), production design, costumes, hair and makeup, and score, and Loudon Wainwright discusses his and his children's musical performances. Historical perspective is provided by spotlights on Hughes's role in aviation and his obsessive-compulsive disorder, and a 43-minute Hughes documentary from the History Channel (part of the Modern Marvels series, it focuses on his mechanical innovations and spends less than a minute on his movies). More unusual are DiCaprio and Scorsese's appearance on an OCD panel, and a half-hour interview segment DiCaprio did with Alan Alda. --David Horiuchi
The Personalities of The Aviator
 | Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes "Sometimes I truly fear that I... am losing my mind. And if I did it... it would be like flying blind." | ||
 | Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn Howard Hughes: "You're the tallest woman I have ever met." Katharine Hepburn: "And all sharp elbows and knees. Beware." | ||
 | Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner Howard Hughes: "Does that look clean to you?" Ava Gardner: "Nothing's clean, Howard. But we do our best, right?" | ||
 | Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow Jean Harlow in Hell's Angels: "Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable?" | ||
 | Jude Law as Errol Flynn Errol Flynn in Captain Blood: "Up the riggings, you monkeys! Break out those sails and watch them fill with the wind that's carrying us all to freedom!" | ||
 | Director Martin Scorsese "You get a sense of Howard Hughes being Icarus with the wax wings. Those wings were great for a while, but he flies too close to the sun." --Martin Scorsese | ||
Other Movies by The Aviator's Oscar® Winners
Production Designer Dante Ferretti
Film Editor Thelma Schoonmaker
Costume Designer Sandy Powell
Cinematographer Robert Richardson
See all the Oscar® winners at Oscar Central
The Aviator at Amazon.com
 The Aviator soundtrack |  The Screenplay |  Howard Hughes: The Real Aviator |
 Howard Hughes movies |  Great movies of the 1930s |  The films of Martin Scorsese |
| ACTORS: | Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Martin Scorsese |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 25 December, 2004 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Full Screen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 085393894023 |
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Customer Reviews of The Aviator (2-Disc Full Screen Edition)
I now see why "Million Dollar Baby" won Best Picture... ...Because "The Aviator" loses major steam the second that Cate Blanchette (Hepburn) disappears from the screen. <
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>While the latest Scorsese entry is a beautifully produced motion picture, the story all but drops off the horizon once the Hughes/Hepburn courtship ends. Obviously, the couple breaks up and moves on to other romantic partners, but the interplay between Dicaprio and Blanchette is what kept my eyes glued to the screen for the first hour and a quarter of the picture. <
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>With the remainder of the film though, it was interesting to see Hughes' descent into mania as time went on...while I'm not altogether certain it was meant to be humorous, when Hughes orders "10 chocolate chip cookies, medium size chocolate chips, with none too close to the outside," I chuckled at the minutiae of his eccentricity. <
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>"Aviator" was well directed, well acted, and well, interesting up to a point. You honestly should see this movie just for Cate Blanchette - she truly deserved her Oscar for her stunning portrayal of Catherine Hepburn. Dicaprio was once again a solid dramatic lead, as he has shown with "Gangs of New York" (another Scorsese picture that was heartily robbed of an Oscar for Daniel Day Lewis' deeply immersed depiction of Bill the Butcher) and "Catch Me If You Can." All in all, a satisfying rental. <
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>Don't forget to watch for Jude Law as Errol Flynn - perfect casting!
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While "The Aviator" is by no means a badly made movie, it isn't what this reviewer would call a compelling enough film to own or to watch more than once. That is of course unless your extremely fascinated by Howard Hughes, planes, or aviation history in general.
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>This biographical account of Howard Hughes just isn't that intriguing to watch more than once. With all the millions spent on the production and the actors, it would have been nicer to see a more enticing script & dialogue that would prove worthy of multiple viewings.
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>Leo, Cate, John C Reilly, Kate Beckinsale and all the others due fine jobs in the film. Leo is an outstanding actor, and so are the others. His portrayal of Hughes is just fine, and I doubt that anyone could have done any better.
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>What I find to make the difference between good and great movies, are the ones that leave the audience wanting more: whether in the form of a sequel or in the form of a repeat viewing.
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>At almost 3 hours long, I had had enough of "The Aviator" by the time it was done.
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>I'm glad I saw it once, but I wouldn't want to see any more. On the contrary, a film like this might have proved better by the "less is more" theory.
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>Oscar worthy? No...not really. Not for best film or director that is for sure. Leo deserved his nod for "Best Actor", but I can clearly see why Cate Blanchett walked away from the Oscars with the real victory of the film. Her performance of Katherine Hepburn was short and exhilarating - which is one thing that the rest of "The Aviator" could have benefitted from. The crash scene in "The Aviator" does stands out as a very livid and intense sequence though. It's a very well done segment.
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>If you go into "The Aviator" with no expectations and without believeing all the "hype" that it's such a fantastic movie, then it shouldn't fail to disapoint you. Otherwise, it more than likely will. By the time the end rolls around, "The Aviator" can only be summed up as just an "O.k." movie.
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>Worth the rental, but for the movie itself (excluding extra features); just not worth the entry in this reviewers DVD collection.
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i know (knew) nothing about early hollywood and less about Howard Hughes, but i did enjoy this movie. I certainly can't comment on the flicks historical accuracy, but i can say that Leonardo's performance is astounding. the film takes you from the 1920's when Hughes is working on Hell's Angels through to (if i remember right) the 1940's and his attempt to build and fly the biggest aircraft ever made. In between you see Hughes deal with a steadily incapacitating case of obsessive compulsive disorder. Some have said that the flicks portrayal of the man is inconsistent in that one minute you see Highes locked in his screening room unwashed, unshaven, too scared to scared to touch anything or anyone - and the next minute you see him holding forth at a public hearing defending himself, surrounded by hundreds of people touching and grabbing at him without a care as if his OCD never existed. I had no problem with this tho as i have experience with the illness and i can tell you that sometimes all that is needed is reassurance from another trusted individual that your behavior is unnecessary for you to carry on. As an OC i knew (my ocd is well under control) that my behavior made no sense. I knew that the repetition was worse than unnecessary. I WANTED to stop washing my hands or whatever symptom i was dealing with at the time. All it would take to get me to momentarily quit a particular repeating gesture was a word from someone i trusted that i was being ridiculous. Maybe that was the case with Hughes as well (look closely at his interaction with Ava Gardner just before the public hearings) although we know that ultimately the illness got the better of him. Anyway this is a great film. It gets better the more i think about it. Awesome performances, especially Dicaprio and Alda. Alan Alda rules in this, and Cate Blanchett blew my mind as Katheryn Hepburn. By the way, the crash scene is jaw droppingly awesome. It was more edge of your seat than anything in Revenge of the Sith, and i LOVED that movie.. makes you wonder what Scorcese could do with an action movie script.
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>as a post script, i have to mention that if you could make no sense of Mr. Burns' odd behavior in the Casion Episode of the Simpsons, you will understand it after you watch Aviator.
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