Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate
Beckinsale, John C. Reilly
Miramax Films; Directed by Martin Scorsese
Rated PG-13; 169 minutes; 2004
Martin Scorsese directs this
biopic of aviation pioneer, film director and eccentric billionaire Howard
Hughes. This film focuses on the
early years of his life where he took money made from Hughes Tool Co and went
straight to Hollywood where he launched the careers – and famously
romanced – many of the leading ladies of the era. He simultaneously entered the aviation
industry creating what would become TWA Airlines.