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The Amazing Howard Hughes

Actor(s): Tovah Feldshuh, Ed Flanders, Tommy Lee Jones, Lee Purcell
Director(s): William A. Graham

Movie Details

MPAA Rating: NR
Content Advisory: Suitable for Children
Movie Release: 1977
DVD Release: 12/03/2002
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 2 hrs 3 mins
Studio: Anchor Bay
Members Wishing: 2
Genres: Drama, Period Film, Biopic [feature]

DVD Synopsis

Taking over the already profitable Hughes tool company from his deceased father, the teenaged Howard Hughes (Tommy Lee Jones) turns the operation into a billion-dollar business. Along the way, he dabbles in film production, romancing such Hollywood lovelies as Katharine Hepburn (Tovah Feldshuh) and Billie Dove (Lee Purcell). Fame becomes notoreity as Hughes embarks on such projects as the "bosom western" The Outlaw and the "Spruce Goose." He also defiantly stands up to the HUAC-only to become one of America's most virulent anti-Communists. In his twilight years, the fabulously wealthy but increasingly paranoid Hughes lives like a down-and-out hermit in his high-rise Las Vegas suite, communicating only with his trusted associate Noah Dietrich (Ed Flanders), and then not even with him. Adapted from the memoirs of Noah Dietrich, The Amazing Howard Hughes originally aired April 13 and 14, 1977. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Actors

Tovah Feldshuh - Katharine Hepburn
Ed Flanders - Noah Dietrich
Tommy Lee Jones - Howard Hughes
Lee Purcell - Billie Dove

Editorial Review of DVD

William A. Graham directs Tommy Lee Jones in the biopic The Amazing Howard Hughes, which comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that produces an image with an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include a still photo gallery, a vintage newsreel about Hughes' wooden airplane The Spruce Goose, and a biography of star Tommy Lee Jones. This is a fine release from Anchor Bay that will be of value for fans of Tommy Lee Jones and those with an interest in the subject matter. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide