The Aviator (DVD)

From The Oprah & Friends Radio Show with Dr. Maya Angelou, 15 November 2006

The Aviator (2-Disc Full Screen Edition) (2004) (DVD)

Plot Outline: A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes’ career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s.

Plot Synopsis: The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese’s favorite films, Hell’s Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.

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