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The Aviator

Film · 2004 · Dir. Martin Scorsese; written by John Logan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin. Miramax

Successful on the outside. Trapped in the rituals on the inside.

Who it's for

The film shows from the inside how fears of contamination and repeated rituals can grow quietly next to a successful, public life, and how exhausting it is to keep them hidden.

Ashamed and trapped→Seen and less alone

Feelings it meets

What it is

Scorsese's biopic follows Howard Hughes from the late 1920s to the late 1940s as he makes Hell's Angels, builds an aviation company, dates Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner, survives a near-fatal test-flight crash and fights a U.S. Senate investigation.

Where to find it

Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

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Before you start

Heads up: Violent plane crash with severe burns.

Age: PG-13 (language, crash sequence, nudity, sexual content, thematic elements)

Out, damned spot! out, I say!William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1

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