Martin Scorsese confeziona un film impeccabile sotto ogni aspetto e si avvale di un cast da paura; eppure il risultato, nel complesso, mi risulta difficilmente digeribile.
La biografia di Howard Hughes meritava forse un trattamento più "dinamico" e meno dilatato: alcuni episodi della sua vita vengono invece rappresentati come a compartimenti stagni, in un insieme poco coerente; grave poi glissare sulle circostanze della sua morte, preferendo una chiusura più soft.
Bravi, bravissimi, tutti gli interpreti, incluso Leonardo DiCaprio che di norma non mi fa impazzire (eccezionale Cate Blanchett, ma non è una novità).
Voto: 6.5.
Tags: biografico, drammatico, Howard Hughes, storico, aviazione, aviatore, Hollywood, twa, aerei, produzione cinematografica, denaro, fallimento, tragedia, celebrità, playboy, attrici, Los Angeles, politica, pazzia, reclusione, scandalo, sesso, amore.
Blanchett, Cate
Nome di battesimo: Blanchett, Catherine Elise
Data di nascita: 14 May 1969
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Coniuge: Andrew Upton::(29 December 1997 - present) 2 children
Ultimi lavori:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) .... Daisy [attrice]
- The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2008) .... Mrs. Fox (voice) [attrice]
- Fourth Installment of the Indiana Jones Adventures (2008) .... [attrice]
- The Golden Age (2007) .... Queen Elizabeth I [attrice]
- Hot Fuzz (2007) .... Jeanine (uncredited) [attrice]
- I'm Not There (2007) .... Bob Dylan/Jude [attrice]
- Babel (2006) .... Susan [attrice]
- The Good German (2006) .... Lena Brandt [attrice]
- Notes on a Scandal (2006) .... Sheba Hart [attrice]
- Little Fish (2005) .... Tracy [attrice]
Biografia:
Cate Blanchett graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim. On graduating from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", then played Felice Bauer, the bride, in Timothy Daly's "Kafka Dances", winning the 1993 Newcomer Award from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle for her performance. From there, Blanchett moved to the role of Carol in David Mamet's searing polemic "Oleanna", also for the Sydney Theatre Company, and won the Rosemont Best Actress Award, her second award that year. She then co-starred in the ABC Television's prime time drama "Heartland" (1994) (mini), again winning critical acclaim. In 1995, she was nominated for Best Female Performance for her role as Ophelia in the Belvoir Street Theatre Company's production of "Hamlet". Other theatre credits include Helen in the Sydney Theatre Company's "Sweet Phoebe", Miranda in "The Tempest" and Rose in "The Blind Giant is Dancing", both for the Belvoir Street Theatre Company. In other television roles, Blanchett starred as Bianca in ABC's "Bordertown" (1995) (mini), as Janie Morris in "G.P." (1989) and in ABC's popular series Police Rescue (1994). She made her feature film debut in Paradise Road (1997), and, in 1998, she played the title character in _Elizabeth (1998)_ , winning numerous awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. Cate was also nominated for an Academy Award for the role but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow. 2001 was a particularly busy year, with starring roles in Bandits (2001), The Shipping News (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001) and playing Elf Queen Galadriel in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy.
Trivia random: Was originally going to play the role of Anna in Mike Nichols's latest film Closer (2004/I), but due to her second pregnancy she had to drop out, so it was recast with Julia Roberts instead.
Citazione random: When asked what colour her hair is: "Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Hughes, Howard (I)
Nome di battesimo: Jr., Howard Robard Hughes
Data di nascita: 24 September 1905
Data di morte: 5 April 1976
Altezza: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
Coniuge: Jean Peters::(12 January 1957 - June 1971) (divorced), Terry Moore::(1949 - 5 April 1976) (his death), Ella Rice::(1 June 1925 - December 1929) (divorced)
Ultimi lavori:
- Jet Pilot (1957) .... (producer) [produttore]
- The Conqueror (1956) .... (producer) (uncredited) [produttore]
- Son of Sinbad (1955) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Underwater! (1955) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- The French Line (1954) .... (executive producer) (uncredited) [produttore]
- She Couldn't Say No (1954) .... (presenter) [misc]
- Affair with a Stranger (1953) .... (presenter) [misc]
- Devil's Canyon (1953) .... (presenter) [misc]
- Louisiana Territory (1953) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Second Chance (1953) .... (producer) (uncredited) [produttore]
Biografia:
Multi-millionaire businessman, film producer, film director, and aviator, born in Houston, Texas. He studied at prestigious Rice University and the even more prestigious California Institute of Technology. Inherited his father's machine tool company in 1923. In 1926 he ventured into films, producing Hell's Angels (1930), Scarface (1932) and The Outlaw (1943). He also founded his own aircraft company, designed, built and flew his own aircraft, and broke several world air speed records (1935-1938). His most famous aircraft, the Hercules (nicknamed "The Spruce Goose"), was an oversized wooden seaplane designed to carry 750 passengers, which was completed in 1947 but flew only once over a distance of one mile. Throughout his life he shunned publicity, eventually becoming a recluse but still controlling his vast business interests from sealed-off hotel suites, and giving rise to endless rumors and speculation. In 1971 an "authorized" biography was announced, but the authors wound up in prison for fraud, and the mystery surrounding him continued until his death.
Trivia random: The place in Texas he was born in, Humble, is pronounced "UM-bull". The 'h' is silent.
Citazione random: "Every man has his price, or a guy like me couldn't exist."
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Aviator, The (2004)
Regista: Martin Scorsese
Scrittore: John Logan
Genere: Biography, Drama
Valutazione: 7.6/10 (41695 voti)
Durata: 170 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English
Cast:
- 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
Trama:
The script begins as a young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.
Trivia random: 2. John Malkovich and partner Russell Smith attempt in 1993.
Citazione random: Professor Fitz: Well, the cumulonimbus formations about which you speak that look like...::Howard Hughes: Giant breasts full of milk. I want clouds, damn it.::Professor Fitz: Yes, clouds that look like giant breasts full of milk, cannot exactly be guaranteed for any particular occasion. So you might have to... to wait.::Howard Hughes: Then we'll wait. Look, whatever they pay you at UCLA I'm doubling it, all right? You work for me now. Find some clouds. Find some clouds! Find me some clouds!::Hell's Angels Pilot: Welcome to Hell's Angels.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
DiCaprio, Leonardo
Nome di battesimo: DiCaprio, Leonardo Wilhelm
Data di nascita: 11 November 1974
Altezza: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Ultimi lavori:
- Body of Lies (2008) .... [attore]
- The Chancellor Manuscript (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Conspiracy of Fools (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- In Dark Woods (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Revolutionary Road (2008) .... Frank Wheeler [attore]
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- 11th Hour (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Blink (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Gardener of Eden (2007) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Blood Diamond (2006) .... Danny Archer [attore]
Biografia:
His name allegedly derives from his German mother Irmalin's having experienced a sudden kick from her unborn boy while enjoying a DaVinci painting at the Uffizi. In the year following his birth, she and his Italian father, George, were divorced. He grew up in Echo Park, then a particularly seedy, drug-dominated area of Los Angeles. At five he appeared on his favorite TV show "Romper Room" (1953) and was nearly thrown off for misbehaving. After a string of commercials, educational films ("Mickey's Safety Club"), occasional parts in TV series, a debut film role as Josh in Critters 3 (1991), a continuing role as the homeless boy Luke in the TV series "Growing Pains" (1985), he got his break-through part as Toby in This Boy's Life (1993), co-starring with Robert De Niro and Ellen Barkin.The part led the New York Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics to name him runner-up for Best Supporting Actor. His first Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations came for the difficult role of Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). Equally challenging parts were a drug-troubled Jim Carroll in The Basketball Diaries (1995), the tormented homosexual poet Rimbaud in Total Eclipse (1995), and the angry teenage son of a harried mother in Marvin's Room (1996). He made a major impact with his starring role in a very updated Romeo + Juliet (1996). Superstardom came to DiCaprio playing Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997), highest grossing film ever, tied with Ben-Hur (1959) for most Academy Awards, though Leo himself was not nominated. His performance in the remake of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) was poorly received, but the film still turned a profit. His next major film, The Beach (2000/I), was not a success, but he made another comeback in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and remains an A-list star.
Trivia random: Of 3/4 German and 1/4 Italian descent. His paternal grandfather was an Italian immigrant
Citazione random: I have the same problem as Edward Furlong. I'm so thin!
Salario massimo: $20,000,000, per The Beach (2000/I)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Scorsese, Martin
Data di nascita: 17 November 1942
Altezza: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Coniuge: Helen Morris::(22 July 1999 - present) 1 child, Barbara De Fina::(8 February 1985 - 1991) (divorced), Isabella Rossellini::(29 September 1979 - 1983) (divorced), Julia Cameron::(30 December 1975 - ?) (divorced) 1 child, Laraine Brennan::(15 May 1965 - ?) (divorced) 1 child
Ultimi lavori:
- The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (2008) .... (producer) [produttore]
- Silence (2008) .... (screenplay) [scrittore]
- Lymelife (2007) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Shine a Light (2007) .... [regista]
- The Departed (2006) .... [regista]
- Brooklyn Lobster (2005) .... (presenter) [misc]
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) .... (producer) [produttore]
- The Aviator (2004) .... (executive producer) (uncredited) [produttore]
- Frankenstein (2004) (TV) .... (executive producer) [produttore]
- Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty (2004) (TV) .... (producer) [produttore]
Biografia:
After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style: New York settings, loners struggling with inner demons, pointed-shoes rock-meets-opera soundtracks and unrelenting cathartic violence. "Mean Streets" also featured Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, two actors who would help shape that style. After Scorsese directed Ellen Burstyn to a Best Actress Oscar in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), the trio was reunited for the dark journey of Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver (1976). The film achieved additional notoriety five years after its release when Bickle's (De Niro) concern for a teenaged hooker played by Jodie Foster inspired John Hinckley's assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. After New York, New York (1977) (which one critic described as a wife-abuse musical) and The Last Waltz (1978), Scorsese released Raging Bull (1980). The biography of middleweight fighter Jake LaMotta earned two Oscars (Actor - DeNiro, Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker) and was later selected as the best film of the decade by U.S. critic gods Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Scorsese then explored fans as pariah ( The King of Comedy (1983)), dark-comic dreams ( After Hours (1985)), and revisited pool shark Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1961) ( The Color of Money (1986) with Paul Newman). Scorsese outraged some religious groups by attempting to portray a human son of God in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) before returning to more familiar territory with the Mafia in Goodfellas (1990). He followed with two films which were remakes, Cape Fear (1991) and The Age of Innocence (1993). Besides directing and co-writing, Scorsese has also acted. It's interesting to note he played the gunman at the finale of Mean Streets (1973) and the cab passenger planning to kill his wife in Taxi Driver (1976). He also had a role in Yume (1990).
Trivia random: His favorite films include: Citizen Kane (1941), The Red Shoes (1948) and Gattopardo, Il (1963).
Citazione random: "What does it take to be a filmmaker in Hollywood? Even today I still wonder what it takes to be a professional or even an artist in Hollywood. How do you survive the constant tug of war between personal expression and commercial imperatives? What is the price you pay to work in Hollywood? Do you end up with a split personality? Do you make one movie for them, one for yourself?"
Salario massimo: $6,000,000 (had to pay $3 million back due to budget overruns), per Gangs of New York (2002)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
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