Martin Scorsese directed this fast-moving, epic-scale \biopic documenting the life and loves one of the most colorful Americans of the 20th century, Howard Hughes. The Aviator follows Hughes (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) as the twentysomething millionaire, having already made a fortune improving the design of oil-drilling bits, comes to Hollywood with an interest in getting into the picture business. It doesn't take long for Hughes, with his passion for airplanes, to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air \epic called Hell's Angels, which took three years to complete thanks to the shift from silent to sound filming and Hughes' relentless perfectionism. However, the film was a massive hit, and the eccentric inventor became a mogul in Hollywood, making Jean Harlow (Gwen Stefani) a star and enjoying a romance with Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett). But Hollywood's old-boy network never fully accepted Hughes, and in time his passion for flying began to reclaim his attentions as he began designing new planes, setting air speed records, flying around the world, and risking his life testing aircraft. Hughes also found time to romance Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale) and founded his own airline, Trans-World Airlines, though as his ideas became bolder, his approach became more eccentric, and he gained many powerful enemies, including the head of Pan-American Airlines, Juan Trippe (Alec Baldwin), and Senator Ralph Owen Brewster (Alan Alda), who attempted to prove that Hughes' radical design ideas were actually part of an effort to bilk taxpayers for millions of dollars through government contracts. The Aviator's star-studded cast also includes John C. Reilly, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, and Frances Conroy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Leonardo DiCaprio - Howard Hughes
Cate Blanchett - Katharine Hepburn
Kate Beckinsale - Ava Gardner
John C. Reilly - Noah Dietrich
Alec Baldwin - Juan Trippe
Alan Alda - Sen. Ralph Owen Brewster

2004	Best Director [Runner-up] (winner)	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Martin Scorsese
2004	Best Supporting Actress [Runner-up] (winner)	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Production Design (winner)	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Dante Ferretti
2004	Best Supporting Actress [Runner-up] (winner)	Boston Society of Film Critics	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Director (nominee)	Golden Globe	Martin Scorsese
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (winner)	Golden Globe	Leonardo DiCaprio
2004	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Golden Globe	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Screenplay (nominee)	Golden Globe	John Logan
2004	Best Score (winner)	Golden Globe	Howard Shore
2004	Best Actor (nominee)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Leonardo DiCaprio
2004	Best Supporting Actress (nominee)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Director (winner)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Martin Scorsese
2004	Best Screenplay (nominee)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Joshua Logan
2004	Best Score (winner)	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Howard Shore
2004	Best Original Score (winner)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Howard Shore
2004	Best Cinematography (winner)	Chicago Film Critics Association	Robert Richardson
2004	Best Director (nominee)	Directors Guild of America	Martin Scorsese
2004	Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) (winner)	National Society of Film Critics	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Actor (nominee)	Screen Actors Guild	Leonardo DiCaprio
2004	Best Supporting Actress (winner)	Screen Actors Guild	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Original Screenplay (nominee)	Writers Guild of America	John Logan
2004	Best Cinematography (nominee)	American Society of Cinematographers	Robert Richardson
2004	Best Director (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Martin Scorsese
2004	Best Original Screenplay (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	John Logan
2004	Best Actor (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Leonardo DiCaprio
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Alan Alda
2004	Best Supporting Actress (winner)	British Academy of Film and Television	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Film Music (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Howard Shore
2004	Best Cinematography (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Robert Richardson
2004	Best Editing (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Thelma Schoonmaker
2004	Best Production Design (winner)	British Academy of Film and Television	Dante Ferretti
2004	Best Costume Design (nominee)	British Academy of Film and Television	Sandy Powell
2004	Best Makeup and Hair (winner)	British Academy of Film and Television	Morag Ross
2004	Best Makeup and Hair (winner)	British Academy of Film and Television	Kathryn Blondell
2004	Best Actor (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Leonardo DiCaprio
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Alan Alda
2004	Best Supporting Actress (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Cate Blanchett
2004	Best Art Direction (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Dante Ferretti
2004	Best Art Direction (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Francesca Lo Schiavo
2004	Best Cinematography (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Robert Richardson
2004	Best Costume Design (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Sandy Powell
2004	Best Director (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Martin Scorsese
2004	Best Editing (winner)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Thelma Schoonmaker
2004	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Michael Mann
2004	Best Sound Mixing (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Tom Fleischman
2004	Best Sound Mixing (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Petur Hliddal
2004	Best Original Screenplay (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	John Logan
2004	Best Picture (nominee)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie	Graham King

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