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HIGH ROLLERS.
Howard Hughes the billionaire madman, the taloned hermit of Las Vegas, eating nothing but steak and peas, and guarding his sealed penthouse in shoes made of Kleenex boxes--that was the pop-culture lunatic, the haggard face in the tabloids we knew in the years before his death, in 1976. Martin Scorsese's brilliantly entertaining "The Aviator" goes back before that period, to the years when Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) was a handsome and flamboyant young man. In 1924, at the age of eighteen, Hughes inherited a fortune that his father had made in the Houston oil business, and by the time he was twenty-two (when the movie picks up his story) he was already a brash player in the ...
- No Hughes comparing him to Scorsese.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Schaefer, Stephen December 24, 2004 700+ words
...Hollywood, in a way." Scorsese is not referring just to Hughes' controversial "The...their vision onscreen. Scorsese has never done what Hughes did - Hughes took four...own millions the way Hughes was. And Scorsese has not become the...
- Scorsese, Hughes on TCM.(ARTS & CULTURE)(FROM THE VAULTS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 11, 2004 700+ words
...Aviator," Martin Scorsese's biographical drama about Howard Hughes, Turner Classic...visionary. Mr. Scorsese even may help clarify...attributes Howard Hughes' recurrent mental...Nevertheless, Mr. Scorsese's progression...Italy to a Howard Hughes biopic - one of...
- The plane gang: costume designer Sandy Powell is the queen of period films. Her...
- Magazine article from: W Mistry, Meenal December 1, 2004 700+ words
...the life of Howard Hughes and directed by Martin Scorsese. "Marty is one of...Leonardo DiCaprio as Hughes, charts the life of...s the hat-loving Scorsese who gets especially...Hell's Angels, a Hughes-backed World War...
- Scorsese, Eastwood lead way in Oscar race.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) January 26, 2005 700+ words
...runner status to Martin Scorsese's epic Howard Hughes bio-drama "The Aviator...the possibility that Scorsese, long considered America...Blanchett, as well as Scorsese's for best director...magnate/movie mogul Hughes, played with convincing...
- Scorsese leaps at Lake Placid's `Leopard'.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service June 2, 2004 700+ words
LOS ANGELES _ Martin Scorsese will impart his wisdom at this...film "The Leopard," which Scorsese will introduce on Saturday...features will compete for prizes. Scorsese, 61, helmed the Howard Hughes biopic "The Aviator" starring...
- Scorsese's 'Aviator' wings way to 11 Oscar nods.
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) January 26, 2005 700+ words
...Perennial bridesmaid Martin Scorsese, whose epic Howard Hughes biopic, "The Aviator," led...most of any studio. Should Scorsese's "Aviator" win best picture...modestly budgeted classic to the Scorsese epic," the Weinsteins said...
- Stefani to play starlet Jean Harlow in Scorsese pic.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service June 5, 2003 700+ words
...starlet in "Aviator," Martin Scorsese's biopic of Howard Hughes. Miramax confirmed that the...Leonardo DiCaprio as tycoon Hughes, who also spent time as a Hollywood...careers of several starlets, Hughes was known for romancing such...
- HANDLING THE MOB WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, MARTIN SCORSESE MADE 'GANGS OF NEW...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) December 27, 2002 700+ words
...dogged postproduction, Martin Scorsese's ``Gangs of New York...admits the 60-year-old Scorsese. ``People have got to go...preparing to work again with Scorsese and DiCaprio on the Howard Hughes biopic ``The Aviator...