Howard Hughes was a wily industrialist, glamorous movie producer and unstoppable American innovator – but thought of himself first and foremost as an aviator. In this spectacular epic, director Martin Scorsese focuses on the most prolific period in the life of Hughes: the mid-1920s through the 1940s. It was a time of brilliant aeronautical invention, turbulent love affairs and savage corporate battles. Prepare yourself for the ride of a visionary lifetime.
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03:22Howard and Katharine play a game of golf, where she decides Howard is now wooing her. In this scene: Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett), Glenn Odekirk (Matt Ross)- 01:56Howard is determined to obtain 26 cameras for one of his film's scenes, even if it means going to the competition. In this scene: Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), Johnny Meyer (Adam Scott)
- 01:49Howard goes to great lengths to maintain his relationships with women, both past and present. In this scene: Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), Roland Sweet (Willem Dafoe), Senator Ralph Owen Brewster (Alan Alda), Juan Trippe (Alec Baldwin), Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale)
- 03:27Despite the enormous, unprecidented cost, Howard's film finally premieres. In this scene: Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), Noah Dietrich (John C. Reilly), Jean Harlow (Gwen Stefani), Johnny Meyer (Adam Scott)
- 02:48No matter the cost in time or money, Howard will have clouds in his airplane battle scene. In this scene: Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), Glenn Odekirk (Matt Ross), Professor Fitz (Ian Holm), Noah Dietrich (John C. Reilly), Glenn Odekirk (Matt Ross)
- 01:40Howard laments his lack of success in obtaining two additional cameras to his flamboyant press agent Johnny Meyer. In this scene: Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), Johnny Meyer (Adam Scott)
- 01:40Nothing will stop Howard from innovating the fastest plane ever built. In this scene: Glenn Odekirk (Matt Ross), Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio)
- 01:30Howard imagines how a plane that flies in the substratosphere would change the industry. In this scene: Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), Glenn Odekirk (Matt Ross), Jack Frye (Danny Huston)
- 01:50Howard simultaneously brainstorms ideas to save money at the company and gives an elaborate and expensive gift to Ava. In this scene: Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale), Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio)
