The Big Picture There isn’t another filmmaker in history who has contributed as much to the gangster movie genre as Martin Scorsese. Scorsese kicked off a new wave of crime thrillers with his 1973 classic Mean Streets, but later returned to genre to tell shocking true stories with Goodfellas, Gangs of New York, and The Irishman.
Release Date December 17, 2004 Director Martin Scorsese Cast Leonardo DiCaprio , Cate Blanchett , Kate Beckinsale , John C. Reilly , Alec Baldwin , Alan Alda Runtime 169 Main Genre Biography Writers John Logan Tagline Some men dream the future. He built it.
‘The Aviator’ Shows Howard Hughes’ Downward Spiral The details of the crash are shocking enough, but The Aviator examines the tragedy of Hughes’ inflated ego. It’s bitterly ironic that aviation, the line of work he takes the most joy in, is what brings his career to an abrupt halt. It’s not just Hughes’ ego that suffers from the crash, but his career.