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The Aviator

  • 19851985
  • PGPG
  • 1h 36m
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5.5/10
1.3K
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The Aviator (1985)
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
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A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
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    • George Miller
    • Ernest K. Gann(based upon the book by)
    • Marc Norman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Reeve
    • Rosanna Arquette
    • Jack Warden
    • George Miller
    • Ernest K. Gann(based upon the book by)
    • Marc Norman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Reeve
    • Rosanna Arquette
    • Jack Warden
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 9User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Tyne Daly, Marcia Strassman, Sam Wanamaker, and Jack Warden in The Aviator (1985)
    Rosanna Arquette and Sam Wanamaker in The Aviator (1985)
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    Rosanna Arquette and Christopher Reeve in The Aviator (1985)
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    Christopher Reeve
    Christopher Reeve
    • Edgar Anscombe
    Rosanna Arquette
    Rosanna Arquette
    • Tillie Hansen
    Jack Warden
    Jack Warden
    • Moravia
    Sam Wanamaker
    Sam Wanamaker
    • Bruno Hansen
    Scott Wilson
    Scott Wilson
    • Jerry Stiller
    Tyne Daly
    Tyne Daly
    • Evelyn Stiller
    Marcia Strassman
    Marcia Strassman
    • Rose Stiller
    Will Hare
    Will Hare
    • Old Man
    Robert Pierce
    Robert Pierce
    • Student Pilot
    Glenn Neufeld
    • George Hansen
    Frano Lasic
    Frano Lasic
    • Daniel Hansen
    Ron Travis
    • Probosky
    Jeff Harding
    Jeff Harding
    • Carson
    Paul Reid Roman
    • Counterman
    Paul Lichtman
    • Customer
    Timothy Stack
    Timothy Stack
    • First Officer
    Larry B. Williams
    • Second Officer
      • George Miller
      • Ernest K. Gann(based upon the book by)
      • Marc Norman(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      One of Christopher Reeve's hobbies was flying. At the time the movie was made and released, Reeve flew his own six-passenger twin engine Beechcraft plane. Reeve was a qualified pilot with around 2,000 hours flying experience and had commercial, instrument, and multi-engine ratings. Reeve once said: "I thought it would be fun to mix acting and airplanes. Flying is something that comes naturally to me; it certainly helped me with Superman."
    • Goofs
      The Boeing Stearman plane used in the film had his maiden flight in 1936. It can't have flown in the early 1920s.
    • Quotes

      Moravia: [on the phone] I think that someday the world will be entirely populated with bureaucrats such as yourself because the real people will do away with themselves out of frustration!

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Aviator/Mask/Sylvester (1985)

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    5/10
    problematic melodrama
    In 1918, pilot Edgar Anscombe (Christopher Reeve) nearly dies in a training accident which kills his student. It's 1928. Edgar is a bitter mail plane pilot. Rebellious Tillie Hansen (Rosanna Arquette) is being sent to live with her aunt by her controlling father. She's not happy. Edgar's not happy either to have a passenger.

    This was widely panned. I wanted to see what's the issue here. Early on, Rosanna Arquette is pushing too hard. She is so bratty to the point of being annoying. Then I noticed that non of the women are written well. Evelyn is super annoying and Rose is a problem in the romantic structure. Quite frankly, these men need to be alone. They are more compelling as loners. The movie needs to write out the two ladies back home. This is much better as a survival movie. While it wants to ship Edgar and Tillie in its bones, it can't and won't. It does not help that he keeps calling her Kid. Either make Tillie an actual kid or make this an actual romance. It achieves nothing by not being either. The melodrama gets to be too much. The survival against the wolf pack is plenty enough. My final take is that this is not horrible but terribly flawed.
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    • Release date
      • March 15, 1985 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Yugoslavia
    • Production companies
      • United Artists
      • Mace Neufeld Productions
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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