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Where others saw obstacles, Howard Hughes saw opportunity. A daredevil, he risked his fortune, and life, on experimental airplanes that set new records in speed and size. Hughes needed only his small-minded rivals, with their limited imaginations, telling him what was impossible, to climb into the cockpit and prove them wrong. He was also a playboy, linked romantically to the brightest starlets of this time—Katherine Hepburn, Ava Gardner—but hapiness was more elusive than actresses.

Hughes was tortured by a secret that tore him from those who loved him (his planes were the only constant romance in his life). He was haunted by an affliction he fought desperately to conceal. The Aviator ranges from the halls of Congress to the tony estates of Connecticut to the glamorous studios of Hollywood. Here, plot and poetry blend in one of the most beautifully written biopics in modern cinema.