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.
Acting
DiCaprio's physical deterioration is genuinely disturbing.
Cinematography
Those two-color Technicolor scenes? *Chef's kiss*
Production
Scorsese recreated 1920s-40s Hollywood with obsessive precision.
Director
Martin Scorsese
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
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