How much do you know about The Aviator? | Quiz

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Leo DiCaprio portrays Howard Hughes from the 1920s to the 1940s. Leo was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Best Actor award for this role.

Answer: Noah Dietrich

Howard hires Noah to be his second in command at Hughes Tools. He offers him the job at twice the salary of his previous job. Noah says
'I'll be working twice as hard'. Howard replies 'No you'll be working four times as hard, I got you at half price'.

Answer: 24

LB turns him down saying 'We are not in the practice of helping the competition'. Howard needs the extra cameras to film his dogfight sequence. LB advises Howard to 'put your "oil" money in the bank, because if you continue making the movie the way you are, you're not going to have any money left and you're not going to find anyone who wants to see the movie'.

The movie was a big success.

Answer: Oakland

Howard needs clouds in the film, to better show how fast the planes are flying. He describes the kind of clouds he needs as being like 'breasts full of milk'.

Answer: Play golf

Cate Blanchett plays the role of Katharine Hepburn. She is amazing in the golf course scene as she talks nonstop! Cate won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this role.

Answer: Beets

When Howard goes home after the crash, Katharine thinks he is covered in blood. They laugh as he tells her he crashed in a beet field! Before the crash Howard sets an air speed record; at the time he had the fastest plane on the planet. The second time he crashed was into a house in Beverly Hills. He was badly injured.

Answer: Jane Russell

The motion picture association wanted to deny their seal of approval, due to the prominent mammaries of the character 'Rio'(Jane Russell).
In a hilarious scene Howard proves that the cleavage shown in the movie is no more than other movies by actually measuring the cleavage shown in pictures!

Answer: Alan Alda

Senator Brewster proposed a bill that would force a monopoly on international air travel. Howard Hughes opposed this. As a result, Senator Brewster had an FBI investigation done on Mr. Hughes.
He was accused of stealing money from American taxpayers and bribery.
Howard Hughes defended himself to great result in a committee hearing. The airline bill was defeated. This was much to the consternation of Juan Trippe (President of Pan Am) who was behind the whole thing.

Answer: Ava Gardner

This was right after the maiden voyage of the Hercules, AKA Spruce Goose. Howard tells Ava that TWA is starting international flights and offers to pilot the trip himself and buy her anything she wants.
She tells him "You can buy me dinner". The role of Ava Gardner is played by Kate Beckinsale.

Answer: "The way of the future"

Each of the quotes above is said repeatedly at some point in the movie. We see the symptoms of OCD many times in the film. Howard washes his hands until they are bleeding, refuses to touch door knobs and locks himself up for days. OCD is a chemical imbalance of the brain. Howard's mother is also thought to have had the disorder. Leo Dicaprio actually spent time with an OCD sufferer to prepare for this role.