HOWARD HUGHES: Great Welsh-American

It just S**ks that one of the most brilliant men of the 20th century is known to many more for his mental problems rather than his brilliance.

Michelangelo, too.

Hughes was one of the most brilliant men of the 20th century.

His greatest invention is " bras " for women hahahaa

Howard Hughes was an amazing visionary, without him I doubt if we would have modern aircraft today. He pushed the envelope of what was possible and his mind had no boundaries. Most great minds have compulsive disorders of some sort. Nikola Tesla comes to mind.

Interestingly Tommy Lee Jones, another Welsh-American from Texas, played Howard Hughes in the 1977 TV production of "The Amazing Howard Hughes". He was also around the same age as DiCaprio when he played him.

I have Jones' version on DVD. I haven't watched it in a while, but I remember it spanned more time in Hughes' life up until his seclusion and death. It had more trial footage, and included some of the Clifford Irving scandal too. It's worth a watch to compare the two!

DiCaprio was SURPRISINGLY Excellent as the middle-aged Hughes (which I wasn't expecting)! If you watch the original Senate War Investigation trial, and the recreation by Scorsese/DiCaprio, you'll find its a very accurate piece of work. Not only did DiCaprio look like him, but sounded like Hughes as well-- AMAZING!

i watched the aviator 2 days ago and i thought it was fantastic !!! leonardo diCaprio is such a wonderful actor and he really potrayed Hughes so well... and if i haven't mentioned this already i think howard hughes was amazing !

Oh.. I see-- Haha.. Yes, it looks like they didn't edit off the next segment in time. But the older lady with the white poodle was actually Terry Moore-- Howard Hughes ex-lady love. She was part of the story too (they interviewed her)

awesome...but what's that thing at the end?