Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Kate Beckinsale, Leonardo DiCaprio
Howard Hughes: You have called me a liar and a thief and a war profiteer.
Ava Gardner: ...You can't buy me, Howard, so stop trying. Don't buy me any more diamonds or sapphires or any other damn thing. You can buy me dinner.
Howard Hughes: I feel like a little adventure.
Katharine Hepburn: Do your worst, Mr. Hughes.
Howard Hughes: I care very much about aviation.
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the film where Howard Hughes flight tests the silver monoplane (the H-1), the close up shots show an open cockpit while the longer shots show a closed cockpit.
Trivia: At the Academy Awards, Cate Blanchett became the first Oscar winner to win her award for playing another Oscar winner.
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Chosen answer: Hughes has obsessive compulsive disorder. He washes his hands so often, and so intensely, that he's literally worn away his skin. This is common with OCD sufferers.