"$110 million. The film was released in DVD in a two-disc-set in widescreen and full screen versions on May 24, 2005. The first disc includes commentary with director Martin Scorsese, editor Thelma Schoonmaker and producer Michael Mann. The second disc includes ""The Making of 'The Aviator' "", ""Deleted Scenes"", ""Behind the Scenes"", ""Scoring ""The Aviator"""", ""Visual Effects"", featurettes on Howard Hughes as well as other special features. The DVD was nominated for Best Audio Commentary (New to DVD) at the DVD Exclusive Awards in 2006. The film was later released in High Definition on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD on"
"Aviator"" became the most-nominated film of the 77th Academy Awards nominations, nominated in 11 categories including Best Picture. The film also garnered nominations in nearly all of the other major categories, including a fifth Best Director nomination for Scorsese, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Cate Blanchett), and Alan Alda for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Despite having a leading tally, the film ended up with only five Oscars: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography. Scorsese lost again, this"
"pioneer and director of ""Hell's Angels"". The film portrays his life from 1927–1947 during which time Hughes became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). ""The Aviator"" was released in the United States on December 25, 2004. The film grossed $214 million at the box office. It was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role for DiCaprio, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Alda, winning five: Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design,"
"in development at the same time. The other film was to have been directed by Christopher Nolan, with star Jim Carrey and financing from Castle Rock. Its script was going to be based on Hack's biography. That film was never produced. However, ""Aviator"" star Leonardo DiCaprio has referred to Hack's biography in interviews about the film. Richard Hack Richard Hack (March 20, 1951) is an American writer best known for his biographical books and screenplays. He is a frequent guest on talk shows and an outspoken critic of bias in television news. Born in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Hack attended the"
"William A. Wellman William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975) was an American film director notable for his work in crime, adventure and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion. He also directed several well-regarded satirical comedies. Beginning his film career as an actor, he went on to direct over 80 films, at times co-credited as producer and consultant. In 1927, Wellman directed ""Wings"", which became the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony. He won the Academy Award for Best Story for his"
"film of all time, Cameron's ""Avatar"". Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Don Bluth, James Cameron, Joe Johnston, Walter Hill and Ron Howard; producers including George Lucas, David Kirschner, Jon Landau, Brian Grazer and Steven Spielberg; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. He won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, three Satellite Awards, and three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three British Academy Film Awards. Horner, who was an avid pilot, died at the age of 61 in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft. Horner was born in 1953"
"himself each contributed a 90-minute film (Scorsese's entry was titled ""Feel Like Going Home""). Scorsese's film ""The Aviator"" (2004) is a lavish, large-scale biopic of eccentric aviation pioneer and film mogul Howard Hughes and reunited Scorsese with actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The film received highly positive reviews. The film also met with widespread box office success and gained Academy recognition. ""The Aviator"" was nominated for six Golden Globe awards, including Best Motion Picture—Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama for Leonardo DiCaprio. It won three, including Best Motion Picture—Drama and Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama. In January 2005 ""The"
"and Ginnifer Goodwin. Sevigny remembered Paxton as: Bill Paxton William Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor and director. He appeared in films such as ""The Terminator"" (1984), ""Weird Science"" (1985), ""Aliens"" (1986), ""Predator 2"" (1990), ""Tombstone"" (1993), ""True Lies"" (1994), ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""Twister"" (1996), ""Titanic"" (1997), ""Mighty Joe Young"" (1998), ""U-571"" (2000), ""Vertical Limit"" (2000), ""Edge of Tomorrow"" (2014), and ""Nightcrawler"" (2014). He also starred in the HBO drama series ""Big Love"" (2006–2011), earning three Golden Globe Award nominations during the show's run. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a"
"to ""The Hurt Locker"". Jon Landau (film producer) Jon Landau (; born July 23, 1960) is an American film producer, known for producing ""Titanic"" (1997), a film which won him an Academy Award and earned $2.19 billion in gross revenues, and ""Avatar"" (2009), which earned $2.79 billion. , these are still the two highest-grossing films of all time. Landau was born Jewish family in New York City, New York, the son of Edie, a producer, and Ely A. Landau, a studio executive and producer. He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Throughout the early '90s, Landau was Executive Vice"
"James Cameron James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker, philanthropist, and deep-sea explorer. After working in special effects, he found major success after directing and writing the science fiction action film ""The Terminator"" (1984). He then became a popular Hollywood director and was hired to write and direct ""Aliens"" (1986); three years later he followed up with ""The Abyss"" (1989). He found further critical acclaim for his use of special effects in """" (1991). After his film ""True Lies"" (1994), Cameron took on his biggest film at the time, ""Titanic"" (1997), which earned him Academy Awards"
"the late 1920s to 1947, DiCaprio initially developed the project with Michael Mann, who decided against directing it after working on back-to-back biopics; ""Ali"" and ""The Insider"". The actor eventually pitched John Logan's script to Scorsese, who quickly signed on to direct. ""The Aviator"" became a critical and financial success. DiCaprio received rave reviews for his performance and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, also receiving another Academy Award nomination. In 2005, DiCaprio was made a commander of the ""Ordre des Arts et des Lettres"" by the French Minister of Culture for his contributions to the arts. The"
"the Oscar should ""The Aviator"" win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Shortly before the Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided that, although Evans and Climan were both producers of ""The Aviator"", neither individual qualified under Academy rules to be on stage to receive the Oscar. As matters stood, ""The Aviator"" lost the Best Picture nod to ""Million Dollar Baby"". Charles Evans Jr. is the chair of the board of trustees of the Charles Evans Foundation, a nonprofit charitable foundation established by his father. The Charles Evans Foundation provides grant awards to a wide range"
"winner. Like producer Sam Zimbalist, Horning was awarded his second Oscar posthumously, as both he and Zimbalist had died while the movie was still being filmed. To date, Horning is the only person ever to win posthumous Academy Awards in consecutive ceremonies. William A. Horning William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 – March 2, 1959) was an American two-time Academy Award winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death. At the 31st Academy Awards ceremony for 1958, Horning received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Art Direction for that year's Best Picture winner, ""Gigi"". The following year, he"
"Academy. Nicholson's acting career spans over sixty years. He has won three Academy Awards, and with twelve nominations, he is the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Among his most notable films are ""Easy Rider"" (1969), ""Five Easy Pieces"" (1970), ""The Last Detail"" (1973), ""Chinatown"" (1974), ""The Passenger"" (1975), ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"" (1975), ""The Shining"" (1980), ""Terms of Endearment"" (1983), ""Batman"" (1989), ""A Few Good Men"" (1992), ""As Good as It Gets"" (1997), ""About Schmidt"" (2002), ""Something's Gotta Give"" (2003), ""The Departed"" (2006), and ""The Bucket List"" (2007). Jack Nicholson John Joseph Nicholson (born April"
"an aviation magnate while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). The film was a huge commercial and critical success earning 11-Academy Awards nomination at 77th Academy Awards the most for the ceremony. DiCaprio received his second and first Best Actor nomination. Roger Ebert of ""Chicago Sun-Times"" gave the film four stars out of four and described the film and its subject, Howard Hughes, in these terms: ""What a sad man. What brief glory. What an enthralling film...There's a match here between Scorsese and his subject, perhaps because the director's own life journey allows him to see"
"United States. The nominees for the 77th Academy Awards were announced on January 25, 2005 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Frank Pierson, president of the Academy, and actor Adrien Brody. ""The Aviator"" received the most nominations with eleven; ""Finding Neverland"" and ""Million Dollar Baby"" tied for second with seven nominations each. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 27, 2005. At age 74, Clint Eastwood became the oldest winner for Best Director in Oscar history. With his latest unsuccessful nomination for directing ""The Aviator"", nominee Martin Scorsese joined Robert Altman, Clarence Brown,"
"Jon Voight Jonathan Vincent Voight (; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. He is the winner of one Academy Award, having been nominated for four. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards and has so far been nominated for eleven. He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven. Voight came to prominence in the late 1960s with his Oscar-nominated performance as Joe Buck, a would-be gigolo in ""Midnight Cowboy"" (1969). During the 1970s, he became a Hollywood star with his portrayals of a businessman mixed up with murder in ""Deliverance"" (1972); a paraplegic"
"Lucien Hubbard Lucien Hubbard (December 22, 1888 – December 31, 1971) was a film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for producing ""Wings"", for which he received the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Lucien produced and or wrote ninety-two films over the course of his career. He lived in the same house in Beverly Hills until the day he died; he was an avid polo player and would frequently ride out of the stables located, in those days, at the rear of his Hillcrest Road property, to Will Rogers' house in the Palisades; he also occasionally rode his"
"an 'aerial honeymoon' with his bride, formerly Ann Cunningham, also of the studio staff."" The couple had two sons, Mark and Stephen. Later he married Avice Curry. Shearer died in Culver City, California, in 1971. Scientific and Technical Academy Award Academy Award for Sound (Wins): Academy Award for Best Visual Effects (Wins): Academy Award for Sound (Nominations): Academy Award for Best Special Effects (Nominations): Douglas Shearer Douglas G. Shearer (November 17, 1899 – January 5, 1971) was a Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound technology for motion pictures."
"Howard Hughes Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an influential figure in the aviation industry. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle—oddities that were caused in part by a worsening obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness. As a maverick film tycoon, Hughes gained"
"James Franco James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, filmmaker, and college instructor. For his role in ""127 Hours"" (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in live-action films, such as Sam Raimi's ""Spider-Man"" trilogy (2002–2007); ""Milk"" (2008); ""Pineapple Express"" (2008); ""Eat, Pray, Love"" (2010); ""Rise of the Planet of the Apes"" (2011); ""Spring Breakers"" (2012); ""Oz the Great and Powerful"" (2013); ""This Is the End"" (2013); and ""The"" ""Disaster"" ""Artist"" (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He is known"
"Jon Landau (film producer) Jon Landau (; born July 23, 1960) is an American film producer, known for producing ""Titanic"" (1997), a film which won him an Academy Award and earned $2.19 billion in gross revenues, and ""Avatar"" (2009), which earned $2.79 billion. , these are still the two highest-grossing films of all time. Landau was born Jewish family in New York City, New York, the son of Edie, a producer, and Ely A. Landau, a studio executive and producer. He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Throughout the early '90s, Landau was Executive Vice President of Feature Film"
"Richard Anderson Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both ""The Six Million Dollar Man"" and ""The Bionic Woman"" television series between 1974 and 1978 and their subsequent television movies: ""The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman"" (1987), """" (1989) and ""Bionic Ever After?"" (1994). Anderson was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of Olga (née Lurie) and Harry Anderson."
"Adolph Caesar Adolph Caesar (December 5, 1933 – March 6, 1986) was an American actor, voice-over artist, theatre director, dancer, and choreographer. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role in the film ""A Soldier's Story"" (1984). Caesar was born in Harlem, New York City, as the youngest of three sons born to a Dominican mother. Caesar appeared in Norman Jewison's film ""A Soldier's Story"", for which he received a nomination for ""Best Actor in a Supporting Role"" from both the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. He also played the role of"
"by Zemeckis since ""Cast Away"" and ""What Lies Beneath"" in 2000, and his first R-rated film since ""Used Cars"" in 1980. The film was nominated twice at the 85th Academy Awards, for Best Actor (Washington) and Best Original Screenplay (Gatins). Airline pilot Captain William ""Whip"" Whitaker Sr. uses cocaine to wake up after a night of little sleep in his Orlando hotel room. He pilots SouthJet Flight 227 to Atlanta, which experiences severe turbulence at takeoff. Copilot Ken Evans takes over while Whip discreetly mixes vodka in his orange juice and takes a nap. He is jolted awake as the"
"won the Best Actor Oscar for ""From Here to Eternity"" instead of him. It is said that he felt he was given the award as consolation for not having previously won it for ""Sunset Boulevard"". In addition, Wilder was nominated for the Best Director Oscar, and Strauss for Best Supporting Actor. Stalag 17 Stalag 17 is a 1953 comedy-drama war film which tells the story of a group of American airmen held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp, who come to suspect that one of their number is an informant. The film was adapted by Billy"
"Edward Albert Edward Laurence Heimberger (February 20, 1951 – September 22, 2006), known professionally as Edward Albert, was an American film and television actor. For his breakout role in ""Butterflies Are Free"" (1972), he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Edward Laurence Heimberger was born in Los Angeles, California, to actor Eddie Albert (1906–2005), and Mexican actress Margo (1917–1985). Albert made his motion picture debut in a 1965 drama, ""The Fool Killer"", as a runaway orphan who crossed paths with a disturbed Civil War veteran, played by Anthony Perkins. He is best known"
"Ridley Scott Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. Following his commercial breakthrough with the science fiction horror film ""Alien"" (1979), further works include the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film ""Blade Runner"", historical drama ""Gladiator"" (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and science fiction film ""The Martian"". Scott's work has an atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style. Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, whether 2nd century Rome (""Gladiator""), 12th century Jerusalem (""Kingdom of Heaven""), Medieval England (""Robin Hood""), contemporary Mogadishu (""Black"
"who introduces him to the practice of Zen."" Peter Coyote Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audiobooks. He is known for performing in films including ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"" (1982), ""Cross Creek"" (1983), ""Jagged Edge"" (1985), ""Patch Adams"" (1998), ""Erin Brockovich"" (2000), ""A Walk to Remember"" (2002), ""Hemingway & Gellhorn"" (2012) and ""Good Kill"" (2014). He was the ""Voice of Oscar"" for the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, the first Oscars announcer to be seen on-camera. Coyote's voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of"
"Billy Wilder Billy Wilder (; ; born Samuel Wilder, June 22, 1906March 27, 2002) was an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist whose career spanned more than five decades. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of the Hollywood Golden Age of cinema. With ""The Apartment"", Wilder became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director, and screenwriter for the same film. Wilder became a screenwriter in the late 1920s while living in Berlin. After the rise of the Nazi Party, he left for Paris, where he made his directorial debut. He"
". His twin sister, Marissa, is also a Scientologist. She is married to musician Beck, another Scientologist. Giovanni Ribisi Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (; born December 17, 1974) is an American film and television actor known for his roles in the TV series ""Sneaky Pete"", and the films ""Avatar"", ""A Million Ways to Die in the West"" and ""Ted"". He also had recurring roles in ""My Name Is Earl"" and ""Friends"". His father, Albert Anthony Ribisi, is an Italian-American musician who had been the keyboard player in People!, and his mother, Gay (née Landrum), is a manager of actors and writers."
"each in global box office receipts. As of 2016, his films have grossed $7.5 billion at the global box office. For his performances as boxer Muhammad Ali in ""Ali"" (2001) and stockbroker Chris Gardner in ""The Pursuit of Happyness"" (2006), Smith received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Smith was born on September 25, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Caroline (Bright), a Philadelphia school board administrator, and Willard Carroll Smith Sr., U.S. Air Force veteran and refrigeration engineer. He grew up in West Philadelphia's Wynnefield neighborhood, and was raised Baptist. He has an elder sister named Pamela and"
"Matt Ross (actor) Matthew Brandon Ross (born January 3, 1970) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the feature film ""Captain Fantastic"", starring Viggo Mortensen, for which he won Un Certain Regard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Before that, Ross made seven short films, including ""The Language of Love"", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. As an actor, Ross is best known for his roles as Gavin Belson in the HBO series ""Silicon Valley"", Alby Grant in the HBO series ""Big Love"", Glenn Odekirk in ""The Aviator"", and Luis Carruthers in ""American Psycho"". He"