The Aviator
Some men dream the future. He built it.
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Production
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Budget
$110 000 000
Box office
$213 741 459
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Michael Mann, Graham King, Charles Evans Jr., Matthias Deyle, Sanford R. Climan, Martin Scorsese, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rick Yorn
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Dante Ferretti, Christina Ann Wilson, Lori Rowbotham
Audition
Ellen Lewis, Lucie Robitaille
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Nicole Kidman actively sought the role of Katharine Hepburn. The project’s launch was delayed for several months due to the wildfires raging in California. Nicole immediately received other offers, and Kate Blanchett happened to be available. Martin Scorsese later admitted that in his vision, Kate had always been number one among the other contenders for the lead role. During filming, Kate Blanchett used three red-haired wigs.
- The film uses several scenes from Howard Hughes’s “The Outlaw” (1943).
- While preparing for filming, Leonardo DiCaprio spent an entire day with actress Jane Russell, who once worked with Howard Hughes. She told him that Howard was a calm but extremely stubborn man who always achieved his goals.
- Martin Scorsese made Kate Blanchett watch 15 films featuring Katharine Hepburn in order to convey the actress's character and mannerisms as accurately as possible.
- Kate Beckinsale gained around 20 pounds specifically for the role.
- While Howard is testing a new aircraft, a close-up shows an open-top cockpit, but the overall shot shows the plane with an intact roof.
- Kate Beckinsale gained approximately 9 kg specifically for the role.
- In 1928, at the hotel, Howard Hughes ordered 10 chocolate bars, which were not invented until 1933.
- In one of the film’s scenes, when Howard Hughes begins editing “Hell’s Angels,” one can notice editor Thelma Schoonmaker among the assistants sorting through the footage.
- Jim Carrey was once considered for the role of Howard Hughes. Initially, Michael Mann was supposed to direct the project, however, given the fact that he had two consecutive biographical films, “The Insider” (1999) and “Ali” (2001) under his belt, the director decided to remain one of the producers and offered the directing position to Martin Scorsese.
- Each scene in "The Aviator" was shot on modern color film and later digitally processed in Adobe After Effects. For this purpose, so-called "digital filters" were developed in collaboration with Technicolor specialists – red and green for scenes taking place before 1938, the same plus blue – for later episodes. Closer to the finale, the color palette changes again, to one more familiar to the modern viewer.
- Scorsese regretted that the script only had one scene for Gwen Stefani, and he didn't get to work with her properly.
- California wildfires nearly destroyed all the sets for the $110 million video, but filming was moved to Long Beach in time.
- The film was the first project undertaken by Leonardo DiCaprio’s own production company, Appian Way.
- The film’s budget exceeded 100 million, with costumes alone costing around 2 million dollars.
- In preparation for her role, Cate Blanchett learned to play tennis and golf.
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