隔壁站Title: The Aviator (2004)
Biography: Howard Hughes was born in Houston, Texas, in 1906. When he was 17 years old, his mother and father died successively, but his father became rich by trading and leasing oil wells in Texas and inventing deep well drill bits, and left Hughes a huge inheritance after his death. Howard Hughes had a strong interest in movies and airplanes since he was a child. When he was 18 years old, he inherited a large amount of inheritance from his parents. Howard Hughes moved from Texas to Hollywood with his movie dream. In 1926, he bought the control of 125 theaters, and spent millions of dollars to make the famous real-action air combat epic film “Hell’s Angels”. In 1939, Howard Hughes took over Trans World Airlines, and he quickly turned the company from loss to profit for decades. In addition, being very interested in aircraft, he often discussed with engineers to improve the performance of the aircraft and personally designed an aircraft, and flew it five times, creating an average speed of 352.39 miles per hour, breaking the fastest flight set by the Frenchman Lindbergh record. During World War II, he cooperated with the U.S. government to manufacture high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft; after the war, he actively expanded his career in the field of electronics. His company made significant contributions to satellite technology, and his casino in Las Vegas was also famous. In his later years, Howard Hughes suffered from obsessive-compulsive psychosis. He was afraid of germs and the outside world, lived alone in several hotels in Las Vegas, isolated from the world, and finally died in 1976…
