Marv Levy Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 Just watched the Aviator. I thought it was really interesting about the life of Howard Hughes. My question is, about 3/4 thru the flick, does anyone know if that really happened in Beverly Hills when he crash landed his plane (the Hercules) into that country club and row of houses?? That scene was unreal and I just wanted to know if that was made up by Scorcese or did it really happen? Anyway, great movie!!
Kevbeau Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 Just watched the Aviator. I thought it was really interesting about the life of Howard Hughes. My question is, about 3/4 thru the flick, does anyone know if that really happened in Beverly Hills when he crash landed his plane (the Hercules) into that country club and row of houses?? That scene was unreal and I just wanted to know if that was made up by Scorcese or did it really happen? Anyway, great movie!! 365660[/snapback] He really did crash land in Beverly Hills. http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/XF-11_crash_site.htm I enjoyed the movie, but Scorcese really focused on Hughes eccentricities more than the man's vision and success. Also I believe Hughes' social decline took a number of decades to manifest itself as opposed to the rapid decline depicted in the movie.
Marv Levy Posted June 23, 2005 Author Posted June 23, 2005 Hey, thanks for that link. That was really amazing how he survived. I agree with you on the movie too that they made the decline really fast. Still, I liked it and I'm sticking to it
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 23, 2005 Posted June 23, 2005 He really did crash land in Beverly Hills. http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/XF-11_crash_site.htm I enjoyed the movie, but Scorcese really focused on Hughes eccentricities more than the man's vision and success. Also I believe Hughes' social decline took a number of decades to manifest itself as opposed to the rapid decline depicted in the movie. 365675[/snapback] That's because his "social decline" was actually OCD, just like A Beautiful Mind was about John Nash's schizophrenia. Personally, though I didn't think The Aviator Oscar-worthy (just a pity nomination for Scorceze), it was a very good study of obsessive-compuslive disorder (no real surprise, since DiCaprio has it himself), and a reasonable statement to the effect that many mentally ill people who are successful are because they're mentally ill...Hughes Aircraft never would have succeded if Hughes wasn't nucking futs.
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