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| Director: | 
Martin Scorsese  |  | 
Writer: | 
John Logan  |  | 
Starring: | 
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, John C. Reilly, Kate Beckinsale, Jude Law |  | 
Released: | 
February 10, 2005 |  | 
Rating: | 
 
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Runtime: | 
169 minutes
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Story: | 
"The Aviator" tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (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 through the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes 
was directing movies and test flying innovative aircraft he designed and 
created. It also chronicles Hughes' struggle with his physical disabilities 
and phobias, and his increasingly erratic, obsessive-compulsive behavior that 
led him ultimately to isolate himself from his associates and withdraw from 
the world.
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Cast: | 
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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Howard Hughes |  | 
Cate Blanchett
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Katharine Hepburn |  | 
Kate Beckinsale
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Ava Gardner |  | 
John C. Reilly
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Noah Dietrich |  | 
Alec Baldwin
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Juan Trippe |  | 
Alan Alda
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Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster |  | 
Ian Holm
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Professor Fitz |  | 
Danny Huston
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Jack Frye |  | 
Gwen Stefani
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Jean Harlow |  | 
Jude Law
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Errol Flynn |  | 
Adam Scott
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Johnny Meyer |  | 
Matt Ross
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Glenn Odekirk |  | 
Kelli Garner
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Faith Domergue |  | 
Frances Conroy
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Mrs. Hepburn |  | 
Brent Spiner
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Robert Gross |  | 
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