So many movies came to mind about this prompt - "Braveheart" (about Sir William Wallace of Scotland), "The People vs. Larry Flynt" (about Larry Flynt, a porno publisher), "Julie and Julia" (part of which is about Julia Child), "The Man in the Iron Mask" (about King Louis XIV of France), "Lawrence of Arabia" (about T. E. Lawrence), "Selena" (about the Latina singer Selena Quintanilla Perez), "Almost Famous" (about the early life of Cameron Crowe), and "Walk the Line" (about country singers Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter-Cash). I was quite decided to share "Walk the Line," but I decided to share this instead:
The Aviator (2004). A movie about the life of Howard Hughes, a very famous movie producer, magnate, industrialist, and aviator, among others. Quoted from IMDb, "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."
The Aviator (2004). A movie about the life of Howard Hughes, a very famous movie producer, magnate, industrialist, and aviator, among others. Quoted from IMDb, "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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Although the family has watched the movie years ago, it was only a few months back when I personally got to watch the movie (back then I was just "listening" to it as I was doing something else. I have already read some articles about Howard Hughes being eccentric, and how his Obsessive-Compulsive disorder sort of destroyed him. Watching the movie, I got to understand how his life has been, and whatever word people use to associate with Howard Hughes, one thing is very commendable about him: his love for aviation. This is now one of my favorite Leo DiCaprio movie, and I will say again what I said before: Leonardo DiCaprio became Howard Hughes. His acting here was simply amazing.
