The Aviator

The Aviator (2004)

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Corrected entry: When Hughes is with his staff and they're watching the Jane Russell movie (while Hughes is trying to talk to them about his ideas for the plane), the same part of this movie is played twice during this scene.

Ben's Mom

Correction: Correct, but not a mistake. Notice that just after the second sighting of the 'tucking into bed' shot, the end-of-roll markings flicker by, then another shot begins. They are watching clips from the unfinished film, not the finished product. In fact, while these scenes play, Howard is discussing a revised bra he wants Jane Russell to wear in future shots. Therefore, there is no mistake here.

Corrected entry: When Howard Hughes is starting the Spruce Goose his engineer says "A-OK." It is well documented that this expression was first used during the Mercury space program, over a decade later.

Correction: The exact words uttered when the engines are firing up is "Engine 1: good. Engine 2: good. Engine 3: good. etc." Not A-ok.

Continuity mistake: When Hughes and Odie are talking about mounting a camera on a biplane and removing one of the wings, the shots alternate between a back view of their heads and a front view of their faces. Odie's head position has no relationship to the one it had in the preceding angle in most of the cuts.

Sacha

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Spencer Tracy: Trouble with Mr. Hughes?
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Question: The colors in this film are otherworldly, (almost like the colors in a black and white movie that has been artificially colorized) and could not have been natural or achieved with any net or filter. I'm fairly certain that there is no method of stylized pre-exposure, and digital colorization, while possible, would have been painstaking on such a grand scale. How did they accomplish it?

Answer: The first sections of the film are shot in two-strip and three-strip technicolor, a common practice in the early versions of color filmmaking that were happening at the time. The scene on the golf course between Howard and Kate Hepburn is a prime example. As far as the later sections of the film, never underestimate the power of digital effects. :)

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