THE AVIATOR

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"Tom Fleischman" wrote in message
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I saw a screening of "The Aviator" , Martin Scorsese's biography of
Howard Hughes, with Leonardo DeCaprio, is due to be released in
December.

Hughes is a fascinating charater, but this movie is also a great
aviation movie. The film focuses on Hughes life between 1927, when he
directed his first movie "Hell's Angels", to 1947 when he successfully
flew the H-4 "Hercules" (Spruce Goose) and then went into seculsion.

There are some great flying sequences, including a speed trial of his
H-1 racer, and a spectacular squence when Hughes crashes his prototype
spyplane, the XF-11, into Beverly Hills.

Look for it in your local theater on December 17th. You won't be
disappointed.

Too bad they borrowed (stole) the title from the great book/movie by
Ernest Gann. Starred Christopher Reeve. Great flying scenes.

Tom Fleischman wrote:
I saw a screening of "The Aviator" , Martin Scorsese's biography of
Howard Hughes, with Leonardo DeCaprio, is due to be released in
December.

Hughes is a fascinating charater, but this movie is also a great
aviation movie. The film focuses on Hughes life between 1927, when he
directed his first movie "Hell's Angels", to 1947 when he successfully
flew the H-4 "Hercules" (Spruce Goose) and then went into seculsion.

There are some great flying sequences, including a speed trial of his
H-1 racer, and a spectacular squence when Hughes crashes his prototype
spyplane, the XF-11, into Beverly Hills.

Look for it in your local theater on December 17th. You won't be
disappointed.

In article ink.net,
Tom Fleischman wrote:

I saw a screening of "The Aviator" , Martin Scorsese's biography of
Howard Hughes, with Leonardo DeCaprio, is due to be released in
December.

Hughes is a fascinating charater, but this movie is also a great
aviation movie. The film focuses on Hughes life between 1927, when he
directed his first movie "Hell's Angels", to 1947 when he successfully
flew the H-4 "Hercules" (Spruce Goose) and then went into seculsion.

There are some great flying sequences, including a speed trial of his
H-1 racer, and a spectacular squence when Hughes crashes his prototype
spyplane, the XF-11, into Beverly Hills.

Look for it in your local theater on December 17th. You won't be
disappointed.



Somehow, I have trouble with DeCaprio playing Hughes, as DeCaprio is a
little, short guy, while Hughes was very tall and lean. I understand
that some of the comp-generated scnes are spectacular. Too bad that the
Ó-1 reproduction was lost two years ago. It was BEAUTIFUL!