The Aviator

Drama, Action, Biography

Leonardo DiCaprio	Howard Hughes
Alec Baldwin	Juan Trippe
Kate Beckinsale	Ava Gardner
Cate Blanchett	Katharine Hepburn
Alan Alda	Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Ian Holm	Professor Fitz
Danny Huston	Jack Frye
Jude Law	Errol Flynn
Gwen Stefani	Jean Harlow
Adam Scott	Johnny Meyer
John C. Reilly	Noah Dietrich

Director	Martin Scorsese; Eric Rohmer; <b>Martin Scorsese</b>
Producer	Michael Mann; Sandy Climan; Chris Brigham
Writer	John Logan
Cinematography	Robert Richardson
Musician	Spencer Williams; Howard Shore; Johann Sebastian Bach; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; George Gershwin; Artie Shaw; Glenn Miller; Arthur Johnston; Jimmy McHugh; Hoagy Carmichael; Harry James; Reverend Charles Johnson; Turner Layton; Andy Razaf; Django Reinhardt; Adolph Tandler; Fats Waller

"The Aviator" is a fascinating account of the life of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. His various successes and failures in a wide array of endeavors makes for an inspirational and interesting saga of a mysterious figure mostly known these days for the strange behavior he displayed in his later years. The film highlights his earlier genius which made him an American legend and a figure bigger than life. It also reveals the destructive progression of a compulsive disorder and the very sad circumstances that can result from such a disease if left untreated.