The film covers his interests ranging from golf and aviation to filmmaking and hollywood starlets, his involvement in the senate pro. Hughess summa corporation emerged with four hotels and six casinos in las vegas and reno. The amazing howard hughes 1977 tv movie region b 2 blu. Tommy lee jones is a celebrity actor and director who began his career on broadway in 1969 after graduating from college, despite never taking an acting class. In 1977, he played the lead role in the critically acclaimed tv movie the amazing howard hughes. An intriguing if lethargic look at the life of howard hughes from his takeover of the hughes tool company at eighteen, through his rapidly expanding business ventures. The amazing howard hughes is a 1977 american madefortelevision biographical film about american aviation pioneer. I saw the original fulllength version a few years ago and it is much superior to this version. Howard hughes has been played by a handful of actors in various hollywood film productions.
After all, noah was hughes accountant and righthand man for over 30 years and saw more than anyone else and is often credited with making hughes. The first film the novice produced swell hogan 1926 was so bad he withdrew it from production. In addition, hughes was a character in the films hughes and harlow. The film charts hughes life from his youth, as he transforms his fathers. Howard hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery. Its surprising that he wasnt born with the name the amazing howard hughes. Amazing howard hughes, the on dvd 01147094 from starz anchor bay. December 24, 1905 april 5, 1976 was an american aviator, engineer, industrialist, film producer, film director, philanthropist, and one of the wealthiest people in the world. Staring tovah feldshuh, ed flanders, james hampton and lee purcell.
Here are the best amazing howard hughes movie and tv portrayals tommy lee jones as howard hughes, the amazing howard hughes cbstv, 1977 fellow texan tommy lee jones stars as howard robard hughes jr. Tommy lee jones had yet to reach movie star fame when this film was made in 1977 a year after howard hughes died. Amazing howard hughes dvd for sale the movie goes into detail about the life of howard hughes. Feb 18, 2015 howard hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery. This biographical drama focuses on the fascinating life of texas billionaire howard hughes tommy lee jones. Mark toland on the abc soap opera, one life to live 197177. Firstly, in the excellent 1977 tv movie the amazing howard. Hughes which was written by noah dietrich and bob thomas and by all accounts provides a realistic and admired version of the subjects life. Angels in hell 1977, the amazing howard hughes 1977 with tommy lee jones in the role, melvin and howard 1980, tucker. The man and his dream by francis ford coppola features dean stockwell as hughes appearing in a small but memorable cameo where he voices encouragement for tucker, displays. The colorful life of howard hughes is the subject of this biographical drama, originally a twopart television movie.
Will smith movie list they starred together in the men in black series. As long as they write about the show i really couldnt care less what they have to say about it. Mar 01, 1972 noah dietrich, the author, was the accountant and the right hand man of howard hughes. Given the interest in martin scorseses the aviator 2004 i thought it might be worthwhile to give the current moviegoer some perspective of howard hughes the film maker by highlighting some of the movies he produced andor directed. However, for all hughes shortcomings when relating to others, graham allows tommy lee jones to reveal the multibillionaire had a heart of gold. Its very possible that hughes lived too much life for any one movie to convey. American film directorproducer, recordsetting pilot, business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, howard hughes stepped into showbiz in the late 1920s with commercially successful films everybodys acting 1927 and two arabian knights 1927. The amazing howard hughes is a 1977 television movie about american aviation pioneer and filmmaker howard hughes, based on the book by hughes business partner noah dietrich.
Feb 17, 2015 howard hughes is a driven man who amassed wealth and recognition as a hollywood mover and shaker, aviation giant and man of mystery. Rolling thunder 1977 johnny vohden the amazing howard hughes 1977 howard hughes smashup on interstate 5 1976 officer hutton jackson county jail 1976 coley blake elizas horoscope 1975 tommy lee life study 1973 gus love story 1970 hank simpson. He made his film debut with the romantic drama film love story in 1970, and the following year, made his television debut as dr. The hidden years, james phelans account of the elusive billionaires final years, was written in cooperation with hughes waiter and barber, men who had intimate knowledge of the idiosyncratic hughes bizarre final days. I think he made a good choice because the amazing howard hughes is anything but. The book was published in 1976, shortly after the tycoons death. The amazing howard hughes 1977 cast and crew moviefone. He gained prominence from the late 1920s as a maverick film producer, making bigbudget and often controversial films like hells angels, scarface and the outlaw. Graham directs tommy lee jones in the biopic the amazing howard hughes, which comes to dvd with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that produces an image with an aspect ratio of 1. Dec 09, 2012 this weeks film is a howard hughes biopic that isnt the aviator. His first film role came a year later and his career, both on stage and screen, blossomed. Bob and rose the complete series english 2001 alan davies, lesley sharp directed by.
This is an edited version of the amazing howard hughes. Tommy lee jones had yet to reach moviestar fame when this film was made in 1977 a year after howard hughes died. Unlike the aviator, the amazing howard hughes gives a much more complete account of the billionaires life. The english soundtrack is rendered in dolby digital mono. An almost amazing howard hughes the washington post. There are neither subtitles nor closedcaptions on this release. Tommy lee jones stars in this made for television movie as the eccentric tycoon, adventurer, and recluse howard hughes. The amazing howard hughes is an allbutforgotten tvmovie with at least some mild curiosity value. The latter won him the first academy award for best director of a comedy picture. The amazing howard hughes is a 1977 tv movie starring tommy lee jones as hughes. This 2disc release contains the film on both bluray and dvd.
Following hughes life as he makes literally billions as a hollywood producer, risks his life as a test pilot, and slowly becomes the worlds richest and most bizarre recluse, the amazing howard hughes tells the story of one of the 20th centurys most. By the late 1960s, he owned six casinos on the las vegas strip as well as other hotelcasinos and businesses around the state. The movie follows the book closely and readers will appreciate this. Graham on allmovie taking over the already profitable hughes tool. In fact, the saying went that the success of howard hughes was 20% howard s good luck and the 80% was due to the diligent, businessminded noah dietrich. Welles also notes that initially he wanted to model kane from citizen kane on hughes. The amazing howard hughes is a 1977 american madefortelevision biographical film about american aviation pioneer and filmmaker howard hughes, based on the book howard. William grahams direction presents a ruthless, cold and singleminded world of hughes the entrepreneur. The man and his dream 1988, and the rocketeer 1991. Powerful and mysterious as he was, hughes was dead before anyone dared depict him on screen. The sites critical consensus reads, with rules dont apply, warren beatty takes an overall affable but undeniably slight look at a corner of old hollywood under howard hughes distinctive shadow.
The amazing howard hughes, which can be seen in two episodes on channel 9 tonight and thursday night from 9 to 11 is both satisfying and unsatisfying. Amazing howard hughes made for tv miniseries 1977 tommy lee jones, ed flanders uncut miniseries dvdr. The amazing howard hughes tv movie 1977 the amazing. The film starred tommy lee jones, ed flanders, and tovah feldshuh. Actor jason robards earned an academy award nomination for playing a decrepit hughes in jonathan demmes melvin and howard 1980 while dean stockwell popped up in a cameo as. Find films and movies featuring tommy lee jones on allmovie. Such was the enigmatic nature of hughes and his story has been told countless times by book or film the exact truth is never likely to be known as to the reasoning behind his complex and often. While the amazing howard hughes lacks the great cgi and beautiful polish of the later hughes biopic the aviator, it is a terrific film and better in some ways. The film starred tommy lee jones, ed flanders and tovah feldshuh. For the small screen, hughes appeared as a character in such factbased telefilms as the amazing howard hughes 1977 and hughes and harlow. Since this essay deals only with hughes film work, well leave a survey of his aviation and industrial accomplishments. Apr 17, 2017 watch the trailer to rules dont apply. The amazing howard hughes 1977, a television film with actor tommy lee jones. This film is based on the book howard, the amazing mr.
Feldshuh has been seen as katharine hepburn in the madefortv biopic the amazing howard hughes 1977 and as helena slomova in the blockbuster miniseries holocaust 1978. In fact, the saying went that the success of howard hughes was 20% howards good luck and the 80% was due to the diligent, businessminded noah dietrich. Jones acquits himself well in the title role and interest in the movie may increase if scorseses aviator ever gets off the ground. The amazing howard hughes is a 1977 film that had some clout behind it when warren beatty turned down a million dollars to play the role. This weeks film is a howard hughes biopic that isnt the aviator. The amazing howard hughes tv movie 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Tommy lee jones, born september 15, 1946, san saba, texas, u. The amazing howard hughes 1977 the movie database tmdb. The amazing howard hughes dvd, 2002 for sale online ebay.