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Some men dream the future. He built it.
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.
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Aug 5, 2026 · via TMDB
Howard Hughes (Leonardo Di Caprio) had made his money from oil and was obsessed with aviation. Pumping a great deal of his money into that still fairly embryonic industry, he designs his own outwardly more outlandish aircraft that push the boundaries of size and capacity - all against a scepticism from his investors and even his closest friends like Dietrich (John C. Reilly not Marlene). He sees a vision for international flying that inspires the expansion of TWA and that earns him the enmity of rival Pan Am owner Juan Trippe (Alec Baldwin) who drafts in his senatorial bloodhound Brewster (Alan Alda) to accuse Hughes of wartime profiteering and corruption. Meantime, his personal life is only marginally less turbulent with affairs with Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and then Ava Gardner (Kate Beckisale) adding a certain spice to his life and to these colourful proceedings. For me, the film comes most alive with the congressional spats between Di Caprio and an on-form Alda for that's where I felt the writing showed Hughes at his most robustly defiant. Blanchett doesn't so much play Hepburn as mimic her, right down to that instantly recognisable drawl of her's, and she does it well; Ian Holm also delivers entertainingly as the constantly puzzled Professor Fritz and there is an whole slew of familiar faces playing even more familiar faces - like Jude Law's go at Errol Flynn and Gwen Stefani's lively Jean Harlow. Added to the stunning production design that makes sensibly sparing use of CGI - sometimes mirroring what it could actually have been used for had it been around in the 1930s and 40s, and some seriously creative effort from the costumiers, this film not only depicts a life of a flawed man with huge ambitions (yet a terror of the smallest germs) but also serves to show us a little of the industrial and social development of the United States both before and after World War II. In many ways, for all his flamboyance Hughes comes across here as quite a vulnerable and flaky man, and that's a testament to an actor who seems to have absorbed as many facts and public speculations about this renowned billionaire as he could, but who has also imbued his own characterisation with some quirky character traits that humanise him to the extent that you very often find yourself feeling a little pity for a man for whom happiness was always around another corner. It's not a documentary, nor trying to be one, so there are events contrived for cinematic effect and others left out completely here - but it's three hours just flew by and at the end of part one of his life, I was hoping that Scorsese et al would come back with a part two - that wasn't exactly dull, either!
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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
Stanley DeSantis
Louis B. Mayer
Edward Herrmann
Joseph Breen
Willem Dafoe
Roland Sweet
Kenneth Welsh
Dr. Hepburn
J.C. MacKenzie
Ludlow
Jacob Davich
Howard Hughes (9 yrs old)
Amy Sloan
Howard Hughes' Mother
Sam Hennings
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Cigarette Girl
Justin Shilton
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Arthur Holden
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Joseph P. Reidy
Aide to Howard
Stéphane Demers
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Yves Jacques
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Loudon Wainwright III
Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #2
Jason Cavalier
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Chris Ufland
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Al Dubois
Pan Am Executive #1
Alan Toy
Man on Crutches
Sebastian Tillinger
Timer
Francesca Scorsese
Little Girl
James Bradford
Uncle Willy
Joe Cobden
Another Guest #1
Linda E. Smith
Another Guest #2
Alan Fawcett
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David Purdham
Emcee
Kevin O'Rourke
Spencer Tracy
Lisa Bronwyn Moore
Noah's Wife
Emma Campbell
Jack Frye's Wife, Helen
Vincent Laresca
Jorge
Matt Holland
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Keith Campbell
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Another Senator
John Koensgen
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Heather Petrone
Vivien Leigh (uncredited)
Danielle Franke
Esquire Starlet (uncredited)
Elizabeth DeCicco
Starlet (uncredited)
Elisa Dyann
Coat Check Girl (uncredited)
Isabelle Champeau
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Al Coronel
Bi-Plane Mechanic (uncredited)
Anne V. Coates
Howard Hughes' Film Editor (uncredited)
Antonella Elia
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Cathy Scorsese
Assistant Property Master
Dante Ferretti
Production Design
Francesca Lo Schiavo
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Claude Paré
Supervising Art Director
Dan Perri
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Dana Gonzales
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Robert Richardson
Director of Photography
Sandy Powell
Costume Design
Siân Grigg
Makeup Artist
Morag Ross
Makeup Department Head
Duncan Jarman
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Toby Bronson
Set Costumer
Craig Hosking
Aerial Coordinator
Tim Monich
Dialect Coach
Tyler W. Gaisford
Picture Car Coordinator
Michael Jackman
Post Production Supervisor
Doug Coleman
Stunt Coordinator
Jean Frenette
Stunt Coordinator
Donna Keegan
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Eliza Coleman
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Martin Scorsese
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Ellen Lewis
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Bob Weinstein
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Harvey Weinstein
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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Martin Scorsese
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Rick Yorn
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Graham King
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Michael Mann
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