The Aviator Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Dec. 20, 2008

The Aviator

Director: Martin Scorsese

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio • Alec Baldwin • Kate Beckinsale • Cate Blanchett • Kelli Garner

PG-13 Action 2 hrs, 35 m

83% WILL SEE 17% WON'T SEE

Plot: "The Aviator" tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), the eccentric billionaire industrialist and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world's most beautiful women. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s though the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes was directing and producing Hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircraft he designed and created. A daredevil pilot, the most famous flyer since Charles Lindbergh, Hughes became a major force in commercial aviation. He was a mythic figure in the America of his day, imbued with an aura of excitement, glamour and mystery. "The Aviator" looks at Hughes' emotional life, and his love affairs with two Hollywood legends, elegant, Yankee-bred screen star Katharine Hepburn in the 1930s, and the sensual and luminous screen beauty of the 1940s, Ava Gardner. It also chronicles Hughes' struggle with his physical disabilities and phobias, and with his increasingly erratic, obsessive-compulsive behavior that leads him ultimately to isolate himself from his associates and withdraw from the world.

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Leonardo DiCaprio
One Battle After Another, Inception
Alec Baldwin
Rust, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Kate Beckinsale
The Gentlemen, Wildcat
Cate Blanchett
The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition, Father Mother Sister Brother
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Kelli Garner
G-Force, Walden
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Danny Hughes
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Matt Ross
Adam Scott
Madame Web, Black Mass
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Gwen Stefani
Madagascar (20th Anniversary), Trolls World Tour
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Nellie Sciutto
Willem Dafoe
Togo, Poor Things

A look at The Aviator behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Martin Scorsese last helmed Killers of the Flower Moon and Rolling Thunder. The film's writer John Logan last penned They/Them and Genius.

Dec 2004

Changed The Aviator movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language, and a crash sequence
Runtime: 2 hrs, 35 m
Tagline: Imagine a life without limits.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English