Film

The Aviator

2004 · 2h 50m · Drama

Some men dream the future. He built it.

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Metacritic

77

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Howard Hughes

Cate Blanchett

Katharine Hepburn

Kate Beckinsale

Ava Gardner

John C. Reilly

Noah Dietrich

Alec Baldwin

Juan Trippe

Alan Alda

Senator Ralph Owen Brewster

Ian Holm

Professor Fitz

Danny Huston

Jack Frye

Gwen Stefani

Jean Harlow

Jude Law

Errol Flynn

Adam Scott

Johnny Meyer

Matt Ross

Glenn Odekirk

Kelli Garner

Faith Domergue

Frances Conroy

Mrs. Hepburn

Brent Spiner

Robert Gross

Stanley DeSantis

Louis B. Mayer

• Martin ScorseseDirector · Executive Producer
• John LoganWriter
• Michael MannProducer
• Sanford R. ClimanProducer
• Graham KingProducer
• Charles Evans Jr.Producer
• Matthias DeyleProducer
• Bob WeinsteinExecutive Producer
• Aslan NaderyExecutive Producer
• Leonardo DiCaprioExecutive Producer

Official TrailerOriginal Theatrical Trailer

Release date

December 17, 2004

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Budget

$110,000,000

Revenue

$213,719,942

Genres

Drama

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