This movie is a biographical look at the life of Howard Hughes. It gives fairly accurate look at this man's life from the 1920's through the 1940's. During this time Hughes was involved in directing movies, and piloting test planes produced by his own aviation company, Hughes Aircraft. This movie shows a harsh reality to Hughes' overwhelming affliction with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and how he coped with the disease.
Hughes was an orphan by the age of 17. Hughes father was an inventor who left him a majority of a tool company when he died. After college Hughes moved to Los Angeles to be a movie producer. He jump started the career of actors like Jean Harlow in his movie "Hell's Angels." Shortly after his try with Hollywood, Hughes started into the career of aviation. The focus of the movie surrounds Hughes involvement with his company Hughes Aircraft.
Gravesite of Howard Hughes and his parents at Glen...
Hughes H-4 Hercules
The Hughes H-4 Hercules with Howard Hughes at the ...Many side stories of romances, such and the one between Hughes and Ava Gardner, or Katharine Hepburn pop up throughout the movie. There is an ongoing battle between Hughes and Pan Am's Juan Trippe, who bribed Senator Owen Brewster into giving Pan Am a monopoly on international air travel. The even greater battle played out in the movie, was the effects of the OCD on Hughes life.
OCD was portrayed in a very realistic manner in this movie. Dr Jeffrey Schwartz could be responsible for Leonardo DiCaprio's ability to play the role of Hughes with extreme OCD. Schwartz is a neuroscientist and UCLA, and help Leo with his ability to play the part of someone with OCD. DiCaprio spent many days with Schwartz and even met some of his patients observing the reality of the disease in order to better his OCD acting.
Hughes was extremely obsessive about cleanliness, and...