Based upon the 1993 non-fiction publication Howard Hughes: The Secret Life by Charles Higham, the movie portrays the life of Howard Hughes, an aviation pioneer and supervisor of the film Hell's Angels The movie depicts his life from 1927 to 1947 during which time Hughes became a successful movie manufacturer and an aviation magnate while at the same time growing extra unpredictable due to extreme obsessive-compulsive problem (OCD).

The short but much advertised flight of Hughes' HK-1 Hercules on November 2, 1947, was realistically recreated in the Port of Long Coastline The motion control Spruce Goose and Hughes Hangar minis constructed by New Offer Studios get on display screen at the Evergreen Aeronautics Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, with the original Hughes H-1 Spruce Goose.

It is a historical legendary that concentrated on a vital period in the life of Howard Hughes among one of the most popular and arguably vital males of the twentieth century. Also if it's not a full success, nor one of his best films, I still find it to be much more amusing than the majority of scrap Hollywood blacks out on an once a week basis.

Appearing at 169 mins, The aviator nation sweatshirt purple tries to remain up, however like Howard Hughes' much-too-heavy and much-too-big Spruce Goose (a.k.a. The Hercules), this motion picture jumbo can maintain itself in the air just a couple of minutes at a time. Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes and Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn The Pilot images: Miramax Warner Bros