Howard Hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a Hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery.Howard Hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a Hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery.Howard Hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a Hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
Lee de Broux
- Jimmy
- (as Lee Jones-de Broux)
Denise Galik
- Shirley Whitehead
- (as Denise Gal)
Tannis G. Montgomery
- Mrs. Hughes
- (as Tannis Montgomery)
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- TriviaTommy Lee Jones bagged the lead role playing Howard Hughes for US $25,000 when Warren Beatty turned down a US $1 million offer. Beatty later produced and starred in his own Howard Hughes biopic picture which was Rules Don't Apply (2016).
- GoofsWhat is supposed to be the Hughes XF-11 aircraft is actually a WWII P-38 fighter (however, this is understandable since the real XF-11 would have been unavailable for the movie).
- Quotes
Howard Hughes: I'll tell you the truth, Cruickshank, most people just bore me and I don't want to get involved with them.
- Crazy creditsAfter the closing credits there is a short News Of The Day newsreel about the Spruce Goose including footage of the real Howard Hughes
- Alternate versionsThis production, according to 'The Biopic Story' website, '' . . . was originally a mini-series, screening over two nights with a running time of three hours and fifteen minutes. The version more readily available nowadays has a running time of less than two hours . . . with over 75 mins cut''.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Blue Max (1966)
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Goin' way back . . .
Found this movie again - buried in my Dvd collection.
Tommy Lee was just superb. As much as any bio drama can, this movie portrays the man, H. R. Hughes pretty well. I won't even compare the other bio-drama so many here mention because they're simply two completely different movies movies made in two completely different eras.
Why must people's opinions be so rooted in comparing same-subject movies?
This is a strong and unique movie.
The character is in fact developed enough psychologically that we fully understand his drive; a common enough story; never able to please his father, Howard drives himself to utter perfection in everything. Sets the highest goals, and achieves them. Unfortunately, the cost of that is one's sanity.
As Albert Einstein said, 'the only difference between genius and insanity is that genius has its limits.' I believe his OCD behaviours were with him all his life, easier to dismiss or call 'ecentric' and somewhat more controllable in his youth, but obviously, culminated into total loss of control because the mind (& body following along) can only control just so much. It is utterly overwhelming to realize one is losing control, or even if they are in denial of that, the fallout exists - either way they will suffer the collateral damage - and then the mind turns on itself - to control what it thinks is controllable. The same paradoxical idea, for example bulemics exhibit - controlling their weight in destructive ways - is about feeling in control, yet it's out of control behaviour.
For Howard, it was germs. It was trying to grasp at anything he thought he had left in the realm of control, like the care of his own body.
Yet, the controller is denying the obvious out of control results, obsessively repeating the steps to give himself the illusion of control.
Hughes exhibited quite paradoxical behaviour throughout his life. This, combined with his genius, and as portrayed here, rather inappropriate social behaviours, leads me to strongly believe he was on the spectrum for Aspergers.
Just a fascinating & brilliant man. Regardless of his tragic end.
Tommy Lee was just superb. As much as any bio drama can, this movie portrays the man, H. R. Hughes pretty well. I won't even compare the other bio-drama so many here mention because they're simply two completely different movies movies made in two completely different eras.
Why must people's opinions be so rooted in comparing same-subject movies?
This is a strong and unique movie.
The character is in fact developed enough psychologically that we fully understand his drive; a common enough story; never able to please his father, Howard drives himself to utter perfection in everything. Sets the highest goals, and achieves them. Unfortunately, the cost of that is one's sanity.
As Albert Einstein said, 'the only difference between genius and insanity is that genius has its limits.' I believe his OCD behaviours were with him all his life, easier to dismiss or call 'ecentric' and somewhat more controllable in his youth, but obviously, culminated into total loss of control because the mind (& body following along) can only control just so much. It is utterly overwhelming to realize one is losing control, or even if they are in denial of that, the fallout exists - either way they will suffer the collateral damage - and then the mind turns on itself - to control what it thinks is controllable. The same paradoxical idea, for example bulemics exhibit - controlling their weight in destructive ways - is about feeling in control, yet it's out of control behaviour.
For Howard, it was germs. It was trying to grasp at anything he thought he had left in the realm of control, like the care of his own body.
Yet, the controller is denying the obvious out of control results, obsessively repeating the steps to give himself the illusion of control.
Hughes exhibited quite paradoxical behaviour throughout his life. This, combined with his genius, and as portrayed here, rather inappropriate social behaviours, leads me to strongly believe he was on the spectrum for Aspergers.
Just a fascinating & brilliant man. Regardless of his tragic end.
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By what name was The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) officially released in Canada in English?
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