The Aviator

Action, Biography, Drama

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

Director	Martin Scorsese
Producer	Michael Mann; Sandy Climan
Writer	John Logan
Cinematography	Robert Richardson
Musician	Howard Shore

"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.