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The Aviator
By John Logan - Film
Roles
- Howard Hughes
- Katherine Hepburn
About this piece
You're just a movie star, Katherine
Summary
The aviator is a biopic about Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), movie producer, director, businessman and aviator. The film follows his life in Hollywood from the late 20s to the 40s as he spends a fortune on the movie "Hell's Angels", dates movie stars, designs and builds several record breaking airplanes including the Hercules, the largest plane ever built, acquires TWA and fights Senator Brewster to break Pan Am's monopoly in international travel. In this scene Katherine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett), who has been dating HH for a few years, walks in his office as he is on the phone. She tells him she is leaving him. She met "someone more appropriate" for her...Howard Hughes loses it and scolds her "Don't you ever talk down on me! You are a movie star. Nothing more...."
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