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| Character | Howard Hughes???? | |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Angry, Flips out, Inspirational, Frustrated, Speech | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2004 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Drama, Biography | |
| Description | Howard Hughes' Hercules speech | |
| Location | 2 hours and 34 minutes into the movie | |
Summary
The aviator is a biopic about Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), movie producer, director, businessman and aviator. The film follows his life in Hollywood from the late 20s to the 40s as he spends a fortune on the movie "Hell's Angels", dates movie stars, designs and builds several record breaking airplanes including the Hercules, the largest plane ever built, acquires TWA and fights Senator Brewster to break Pan Am's monopoly in international travel.
Brought to a Congressional hearing by Senator Brewster over misused government money that Hughes Aircraft received to build several war planes, Howard Hughes has to defend himself from several accusations. When Brewster asks him what he did with the 56 million dollars he received to build planes he never delivered (including the epic Hercules), Howard Hughes snaps. First he argues that his company is not the only one that received money to build planes or weapons that were never delivered. Then he promises to the committee that he will deliver the Hercules, the largest plane ever built, on which he put "the sweat of his life". If the planes fails to fly, he vows that he will leave the country....
Brought to a Congressional hearing by Senator Brewster over misused government money that Hughes Aircraft received to build several war planes, Howard Hughes has to defend himself from several accusations. When Brewster asks him what he did with the 56 million dollars he received to build planes he never delivered (including the epic Hercules), Howard Hughes snaps. First he argues that his company is not the only one that received money to build planes or weapons that were never delivered. Then he promises to the committee that he will deliver the Hercules, the largest plane ever built, on which he put "the sweat of his life". If the planes fails to fly, he vows that he will leave the country....
Written by Administrator
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| INT. US SENATE- DAY HOWARD HUGHES: ".....See, the thing is, I care very much about aviation. It has been the great joy of my life. That's why I put my own money into these planes. And I have lost millions, senator Brewster, and I'll go losing millions. It's just....what I do. Now, if I've lost a lot of the government's money during the war, I hope folks will put that into perspective. You see more than 60 other airplanes ordered from such firms as Lockheed, Douglas, Northrop and Boeing never saw action either. In all, more than $800 million was spent during the war on planes that never flew. Over 6 billion on other weapons that were never delivered. Yet Hughes Aircraft, with her 56 million is the only firm under investigation here. I cannot help but think that has a little more to do with TWA than planes that did not fly.....and I have one more thing to say here to this committee and that has to do with the Hercules..... ...CONTINUED.... |
