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00:01:55	Quarantine.
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00:02:10	Quarantine.
00:02:12	You know the cholera?
00:02:13	Yes, Mother.
00:02:15	You've seen the signs on
00:02:18	Yes, Mother.
00:02:20	You know the typhus?
00:02:21	I do, Mother.
00:02:26	You know what they
00:02:28	Yes, Mother.
00:02:34	You are not safe.
00:02:43	You may be directing this movie,
00:02:47	Don't tell me it can't be done.
00:02:49	The gyro forces are too much.
00:02:53	...they won't make it.
00:02:57	Decrease the vertical trajectory
00:02:59	A Le Rhône rotary
00:03:02	We're still short two cameras.
00:03:05	We're not cutting. I'll get those cameras.
00:03:09	I'm Noah Dietrich.
00:03:11	Dietrich.
00:03:14	I read your résumé, talked to your references.
00:03:18	You're looking for a second-in-command
00:03:21	Someone to oversee
00:03:23	I'm looking for somebody to run it
00:03:26	There's only one thing
00:03:29	My folks, they're gone now.
00:03:31	What I do with that money may seem crazy
00:03:35	I'm sure it does, but it all makes
00:03:39	- Got it.
00:03:41	Now, you made, what,
00:03:44	- I'll pay you $ 10,000.
00:03:48	You'll be working four times as hard.
00:03:51	- Welcome aboard.
00:03:53	You're my voice now.
00:03:55	Some of those folks still call me Junior.
00:03:59	You bet.
00:04:01	We don't. Cholera epidemic in 1913.
00:04:05	Whole place is nothing but
00:04:07	Typhus, malaria, cholera, yellow fever.
00:04:11	You see that, Mr. Dietrich?
00:04:13	You are looking at the largest
00:04:17	What do you think of that, now?
00:04:21	It's your money.
00:04:22	Start them up!
00:05:47	I saw the rough cut of the new
00:05:51	Lon Chaney is incredible.
00:05:53	It's his best performance
00:05:55	It's gonna be a big hit.
00:05:58	It's supposed to be...
00:05:59	Hello, Mr. Mayer.
00:06:02	I don't know if you remember me.
00:06:05	I was wondering
00:06:07	- Oh, Howard Hughes. The airplane picture?
00:06:10	- I remember.
00:06:13	- Good.
00:06:14	I was wondering if I could
00:06:17	I need a few cameras.
00:06:19	- Yeah?
00:06:23	I bought every camera I could find.
00:06:27	I need two more. Desperately.
00:06:30	With what?
00:06:31	- Cameras.
00:06:34	We're not usually in the practice
00:06:38	- No. No.
00:06:41	Twenty-four.
00:06:45	You...?
00:06:49	- You have 24 cameras?
00:06:51	- And you need...? You need two more?
00:06:54	- You don't think you got it with 24?
00:06:57	You know, I think...
00:07:00	Don't we have them...?
00:07:03	- All 26 of them.
00:07:05	- Jesus Christ, sonny.
00:07:07	Howard. Let me give you
00:07:10	- Take your oil money...
00:07:12	All right, take your drill-bit money
00:07:15	If you continue making
00:07:18	...there isn't gonna be a distributor...
00:07:20	...you won't find anybody
00:07:23	...and you're not gonna have
00:07:26	So welcome to Hollywood.
00:07:29	Yeah. Well, I'll be sure
00:07:32	- Good luck.
00:07:34	He needs 26 to make it work?
00:07:44	I looked down at my pants.
00:07:49	Boss.
00:07:52	- Another soda. You know what I mean.
00:07:55	- With the cap still on.
00:07:58	Son of a bitch won't part with
00:08:02	Why don't you try and
00:08:05	What I have isn't enough, John,
00:08:07	Look.
00:08:09	My name depends on this picture.
00:08:13	...making goddamn drill bits
00:08:16	Can't you do it
00:08:18	You ought to hear about
00:08:21	He's shooting his Bible picture.
00:08:25	Johnny.
00:08:26	- A bunch of tractors...
00:08:29	- You're a press agent, are you not?
00:08:31	You're supposed to know
00:08:33	- Absolutely.
00:08:34	Yeah, absolutely.
00:08:36	Then you leave the big ideas...
00:08:38	...to me.
00:08:41	Cigar, cigarettes, Sen-Sen?
00:08:43	I thought you were
00:08:46	...with Trixie. No, Theresa.
00:08:47	- Margaret.
00:08:49	What happened to Margaret?
00:08:51	Thank God that's settled.
00:08:53	Oh, I'm sorry.
00:08:56	Howard and I were discussing how he
00:09:01	- Cigarette?
00:09:07	Boy, you are just hitting
00:09:10	My God.
00:09:13	Would you do me
00:09:15	Would you just smile
00:09:21	Yeah. Yeah. You see,
00:09:24	Makes for a much nicer smile.
00:09:30	See, I wonder what gives
00:09:34	I mean, say you're just standing
00:09:38	Just... Just like this.
00:09:40	With my fingertips.
00:09:42	Do you...?
00:09:45	Do you?
00:09:51	You see, I wanna learn
00:09:55	I wanna learn everything about you.
00:09:58	Would you let me do that?
00:10:00	Would you give me that job?
00:10:07	I'm off in a half an hour.
00:10:11	- Well, I'm in room...
00:10:14	217.
00:10:17	See you there.
00:10:23	Johnny, get on the horn
00:10:26	I need two more cameras
00:10:28	Rent them if you can.
00:10:31	Absotively, boss.
00:10:34	Absotively.
00:10:36	Rumors coming from a lonely airstrip
00:10:39	Sources whisper that young
00:10:43	... won't stop pouring money
00:10:45	And do we mean epic!
00:10:47	One hundred and thirty-seven pilots,
00:10:49	... 35 cameramen, 2000 extras.
00:10:54	... ends up costing as
00:10:56	Damn it.
00:10:58	This isn't what it was like up there.
00:11:10	Son of a bitch.
00:11:13	Howard?
00:11:16	Without something standing
00:11:20	...we've got no idea
00:11:23	We got no sense of relative motion.
00:11:27	Call UCLA.
00:11:29	You get him here in an hour, all right?
00:11:35	Hey. You want the good news
00:11:38	- Bad news, always.
00:11:39	We installed the 450 radial.
00:11:42	Minute we fire her up, the struts
00:11:46	- Well, what's the good news?
00:11:49	Goddamn it, Odie. If the 450's too big,
00:11:53	We've done everything.
00:11:56	If we drain the fuel tank...
00:11:58	...she might make 180 miles per hour.
00:12:02	I want a date with Theda Bara.
00:12:04	Oh, don't be so sure.
00:12:07	If the struts won't sustain the engine
00:12:10	No, then the top wing falls off.
00:12:15	Then let it.
00:12:17	What?
00:12:20	Who says we need a top wing?
00:12:22	I mean, who says we need anything?
00:12:26	- A monoplane.
00:12:28	They're doing it in France.
00:12:32	- A 550 Wasp engine.
00:12:34	- That would give us a horsepower of what?
00:12:39	We squeeze that to a thousand,
00:12:45	You know, I've gotta say...
00:12:47	...we've already spent over $200,000
00:12:52	To hell with it.
00:12:55	Tear it up, Odie.
00:12:56	Go on.
00:13:01	Well...
00:13:05	The cumulonimbus formations
00:13:10	...that look like...
00:13:12	Giant breasts full of milk.
00:13:14	I want clouds, damn it.
00:13:16	Yes, clouds...
00:13:18	...that look like
00:13:21	...cannot exactly be guaranteed
00:13:25	So you might have to...
00:13:28	To wait.
00:13:32	Then we'll wait.
00:13:34	Look, whatever they pay
00:13:37	...I'm doubling it, all right?
00:13:42	Find some clouds.
00:13:44	Find me some clouds!
00:13:45	Welcome to Hell's Angels.
00:13:51	Thank you.
00:14:00	I've been to Chatsworth,
00:14:04	...Riverside, Van Nuys and Bakersfield.
00:14:07	Where are my goddamn clouds, huh?
00:14:09	They move, Mr. Hughes!
00:14:12	Clouds move.
00:14:13	- That's what they do. They move!
00:14:16	It is costing me $5271 a day...
00:14:19	...to keep those planes on the ground.
00:14:31	Nice day.
00:14:33	Yeah, very funny.
00:14:35	I got a call from Houston.
00:14:38	Stop showing them the damn bills.
00:14:40	That would be illegal.
00:14:41	Shit, no.
00:14:43	Hughes Tool is incorporated in Texas.
00:14:48	Incorporate a new division out here.
00:14:52	- Do we need these rivets on the cowling?
00:14:57	They're gonna give me drag.
00:14:59	- Wind resistance on rivets?
00:15:02	There are tax consequences
00:15:05	- Just take care of it, would you?
00:15:07	Oakland!
00:15:09	- We have clouds in Oakland!
00:15:12	Yes!
00:15:14	Goddamn it, yes.
00:15:17	- Clouds in Oakland.
00:15:20	Oakland!
00:15:23	Oakland!
00:15:24	We're going to Oakland!
00:16:02	Down and to the left!
00:16:27	That's perfect!
00:16:32	That's right, Senator George.
00:16:37	Yes, young Howard Hughes
00:16:40	After two years, Hell's Angels
00:16:43	There's gonna be one heck
00:16:46	The price tag?
00:16:49	If every human being
00:16:51	... he might even make a profit.
00:16:58	First, clouds don't come.
00:16:59	Then planes break down.
00:17:03	We've had everything but
00:17:06	I mean, you have to admit.
00:17:08	Now, honestly, did you ever think
00:17:14	Come with me.
00:17:17	Mama, darling,
00:17:20	- ... we're gonna move from here.
00:17:23	Yes.
00:17:25	Green grass,
00:17:27	The Ginsbergs,
00:17:29	Oh, a whole lot of "bergs."
00:17:33	See, this is what the people want.
00:17:36	So I figure we gotta reshoot
00:17:42	How much of it?
00:17:43	All of it.
00:17:46	An additional 1.7 million.
00:17:49	- No!
00:17:53	Take care of that, would you?
00:17:54	Now, get this.
00:18:05	In the halls of 7000 Romaine...
00:18:08	... it goes on day after day,
00:18:10	Howard Hughes is now editing
00:18:15	Heck, I say release it now and give
00:18:20	Pat, Mr. Hughes needs this reel
00:18:25	Enough is enough, Mr. Hughes.
00:18:26	Are you ever gonna let us
00:18:29	Hurry up!
00:18:51	- Who is it?
00:18:53	Come on in.
00:18:56	I've been on the phone
00:18:58	- We're fixing every goddamn book we have.
00:19:02	Yeah. Run reel 10 again.
00:19:06	And tell Jimmy I want
00:19:09	Medium chips,
00:19:12	Got it?
00:19:14	You remember
00:19:16	No. I don't remember
00:19:19	I don't know what reel 10 is.
00:19:21	I'm a businessman, Howard.
00:19:24	Now, look.
00:19:26	This has been a great ride.
00:19:28	We've had a hell of a lot of fun.
00:19:30	But you're losing
00:19:34	Every day.
00:19:41	So, what are my options?
00:19:45	Well, this time I don't know
00:19:48	I'm afraid you gotta close it down.
00:19:51	Dig your way out.
00:19:59	I'm sorry, Howard.
00:20:02	I truly am.
00:20:10	Reel 10, Mr. Hughes.
00:20:18	Mortgage Tool Co.
00:20:21	- Every asset. You heard me.
00:20:26	Well, I won't.
00:20:30	I won't.
00:20:33	All right.
00:20:36	I'll get into it.
00:20:39	Thanks, Noah.
00:21:14	More than half a million souls lining
00:21:18	Look at the automobiles!
00:21:19	There are 45,000 cars here,
00:21:23	Howard Hughes must have
00:21:26	Six months after the stock market crashes
00:21:30	... he's finally unveiling his
00:21:33	It's the most expensive movie ever made.
00:21:37	Nothing like tonight has ever been
00:21:40	... it will never be seen again.
00:21:42	Five hundred thousand people are crowding
00:21:46	Three companies of Marines
00:21:49	... the 250 special police who are
00:21:52	This is an industry town.
00:21:54	And nobody but nobody
00:21:57	Some Hollywood insiders over
00:22:00	And now, I think...
00:22:02	Yes, yes, I can see
00:22:05	Mr. Hughes escorts
00:22:08	He discovered her for this picture,
00:22:12	... and hot-jazz, baby-doll style
00:22:24	Howard! Howard!
00:22:33	Over here!
00:22:41	- This way, boss. Right over there.
00:22:45	Big night for you, Mr. Hughes.
00:22:50	Big night for you tonight.
00:22:52	Very big. Very big.
00:22:55	Tell us what it was like
00:23:00	Yes.
00:23:02	Yeah.
00:23:03	So 4 million clams
00:23:06	Nervous how the flick will fly?
00:23:11	Big night. You enjoy the show.
00:23:15	Yes, well, let me present the feminine
00:23:20	...Miss Jean Harlow.
00:23:23	I would like to use this occasion
00:23:26	...for the opportunity he gave me.
00:23:29	Thank you!
00:23:32	...to introduce
00:23:35	What's the matter with you?
00:23:38	I'm sorry. Roscoe Turner,
00:24:23	It's going! It's going!
00:24:26	Murder! That's what this
00:24:30	You know it as well as I do.
00:25:07	Stand up, slim, take a bow.
00:25:22	Reel four played too long.
00:25:24	Get the team out of the party and
00:25:28	Oh, find Glenn.
00:25:31	Flush rivets.
00:25:32	- Flush rivets.
00:25:34	Lickety-split, boss.
00:25:35	Here he is! Here he is!
00:25:39	Variety says, "This one won't miss!"
00:25:41	- Magnificently photographed!
00:25:44	The most extraordinary output
00:25:48	Not for a long time have I seen
00:25:51	It costs 4 million dollars
00:25:54	- Majestically...
00:26:49	A lighter shade. I don't want
00:26:52	If you know what I mean.
00:26:56	I read in the magazines
00:27:00	On occasion.
00:27:01	Well, how about nine holes?
00:27:06	Now, Mr. Hughes?
00:27:08	If it would be convenient, Miss Hepburn.
00:27:32	You're not extending
00:27:36	Follow-through
00:27:39	Don't you find?
00:27:40	Saw your Scarface picture.
00:27:42	- Violent.
00:27:44	Movies are movies, Howard.
00:27:46	Now the stage.
00:27:48	The stage is real.
00:27:49	Real flesh and blood. Human beings
00:27:53	Can't look away. Can't munch popcorn.
00:27:56	Do you like the theater?
00:27:58	- No.
00:28:00	Only alive on-stage.
00:28:03	We'll see some Ibsen. If the Republicans
00:28:07	You're not a Republican, are you?
00:28:10	- Well, I didn't.
00:28:17	Heard you were wooing Ginger Rogers.
00:28:20	She's just a friend.
00:28:22	Men can't be friends with women.
00:28:24	They must possess them
00:28:26	It's a primitive urge from caveman days.
00:28:29	Hunt the flesh, kill the flesh, eat the flesh.
00:28:35	Excuse me?
00:28:37	Well, if you're deaf,
00:28:40	Get a hearing aid.
00:28:42	He's a urologist, but it's all tied up
00:28:46	Me, I keep healthy.
00:28:47	I take seven showers a day
00:28:50	Also because I am what's so
00:28:53	I'm not outdoorsy.
00:28:57	There it is.
00:29:00	I sweat and you're deaf.
00:29:02	Aren't we a fine pair of misfits?
00:29:09	Three.
00:29:18	Noble effort.
00:29:22	So I suppose you're
00:29:25	Oh, well.
00:29:45	Not enough.
00:29:47	Not enough.
00:29:50	I want every screw and joint countersunk.
00:29:53	I want no wind resistance
00:29:56	She has got to be clean, Odie.
00:29:58	- Clean. Understand?
00:30:00	I don't know
00:30:03	- What do you got for me?
00:30:06	- A modern plane.
00:30:09	Okay. The DC-3 has 21 daytime seats...
00:30:11	...and 14 overnight berths.
00:30:15	Try 50 seats with
00:30:18	No. No, 20,000.
00:30:20	Think about it.
00:30:22	- Less turbulence.
00:30:25	Jack, we wanna fly
00:30:27	Only 1 percent of the American population
00:30:31	Why? Because they're scared to death.
00:30:34	I mean, 7000 feet is bumpy as shit.
00:30:36	We build a plane
00:30:39	...we could get every man, woman
00:30:43	An airplane with the ability to fly into
00:30:47	Across the world.
00:30:49	Now that is the future.
00:30:52	- You with me?
00:30:53	I don't wanna get into this
00:30:57	- Would they support us?
00:30:59	- What's your financial picture?
00:31:01	- Last year's deficit?
00:31:04	- What's it selling at?
00:31:06	That's the lowest it's been, huh?
00:31:10	I could do that.
00:31:12	- Do what?
00:31:13	- You wanna buy the airline?
00:31:16	...we don't want pencil pushers getting
00:31:20	Give me brass tacks, now. What does
00:31:24	Call it 15 million.
00:31:28	That is a chunk of change, huh?
00:31:33	You call Noah Dietrich.
00:31:35	You have him start buying.
00:31:37	Howard, hold on.
00:31:39	Are you sure?
00:31:42	Hell, Jack, I got a tiger by the tail here.
00:31:54	Good evening, Mr. Hughes.
00:31:56	Welcome. Your table is ready.
00:31:59	How goes the aviation?
00:32:01	- Oh, just fine, Pete.
00:32:06	Good evening, Mr. Hughes.
00:32:07	- Madame.
00:32:09	Miss. The usual, Mr. Hughes?
00:32:11	- Please.
00:32:13	...our clementine soup followed
00:32:17	...and poached pears in rose sauce.
00:32:20	Yeah. That sounds fine.
00:32:23	Your kind of joint, is it?
00:32:27	Wouldn't have thought.
00:32:29	They're open late.
00:32:32	- They're open till about 4.
00:32:37	How marvelous.
00:32:54	Howard! Howard!
00:32:56	Hi! Son of a gun.
00:32:59	Kate, this is Johnny Meyer.
00:33:03	- Pleased to meet you. Loved Alice Adams.
00:33:05	- I'm sure you know Errol, right?
00:33:08	Kate. Kate. Kate of the clenched-jawed
00:33:13	You should use Lux on your hands,
00:33:15	You and Howard
00:33:18	Costar with Errol.
00:33:20	That would be marvelous. Howard?
00:33:23	I think not.
00:33:27	Well, I'm box-office poison.
00:33:30	Washed-up, day-old fish
00:33:34	Hell with them. Hell with them, my dear.
00:33:38	Johnny tells me you're thinking about
00:33:45	Are you making a Western, Howard?
00:33:48	Yeah. Making a Western.
00:33:51	Yeah. And you know
00:33:53	- It's all about S-E-X.
00:33:56	You can't have fornication in a Western.
00:33:59	It's not real sex, it's movie sex.
00:34:01	What Scarface did for the gangster picture,
00:34:04	Put the sex and guts and blood
00:34:07	- Have you seen my cigarettes?
00:34:09	New York cut steak, 12 peas,
00:34:13	- You can't afford your own cigarettes?
00:34:16	I hope your food isn't getting cold
00:34:20	No, no. We're here all night.
00:34:23	Now, Howard. Now, Howard. If you're
00:34:28	...back on the silver screen, you must swear
00:34:36	- I have an eye for talent. Isn't that right?
00:34:41	...be a talent scout.
00:34:44	You must all come sailing with me.
00:34:48	- Catalina. Sounds grand. Yeah.
00:34:51	...the luscious Miss De Havilland
00:34:55	Though I fear their mother will insist on
00:35:00	We shall assault these twin monuments
00:35:04	- What do you say, Howard?
00:35:06	- Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:12	I gotta go.
00:35:14	If you'll excuse us, we have...
00:35:18	You are somewhere, Howard,
00:35:21	- Somewhere else. Excuse us.
00:35:24	Do help yourself to the poached pears.
00:35:28	Well. Howard Hughes,
00:35:31	Was that meant for me?
00:35:33	My hero. God, all that
00:35:36	As if there aren't more important things,
00:35:39	- Where are we going, by the way?
00:35:43	Do your worst, Mr. Hughes.
00:35:45	- Think you own this place, you limey bastard?
00:35:49	- Thataway, Errol.
00:36:24	That's Mr. Mayer's house right there.
00:36:27	Do you know where Jack Warner lives?
00:36:37	- What's that on the steering wheel?
00:36:41	If you had any idea of the crap
00:36:45	What kind of crap?
00:36:48	You don't wanna know.
00:36:54	Hold on to the wheel for a bit.
00:37:04	That's too hard. Relax your hand.
00:37:12	You see, you gotta feel the vibration
00:37:17	- Do you feel that?
00:37:23	Well, that's good.
00:37:25	Golly!
00:37:31	Well, she's all yours.
00:37:33	- Where are you going?!
00:37:37	- You just keep us steady, now.
00:37:58	- Howard.
00:38:00	There's a rather alarming mountain
00:38:03	Pull back on the wheel a smidge.
00:38:10	Golly!
00:38:17	I don't think I've ever met someone
00:38:29	You all right?
00:38:32	Just when I'm getting the hang of it?
00:38:39	- You want some milk?
00:39:04	Utterly smashing!
00:39:06	I'm free Wednesday.
00:39:09	Oh, no, no. I live right there.
00:39:12	- Feel like a drink?
00:39:15	Now, that makes
00:39:19	My decorator
00:39:23	He's queer as a bedbug.
00:39:25	But I just hate this room.
00:39:28	Gives me the willies.
00:39:30	Like I'm about to be swallowed up
00:39:42	What room do you like?
00:39:45	My study.
00:39:49	Take me there.
00:40:06	You are the tallest woman I know.
00:40:10	And all sharp elbows and knees.
00:40:35	Will you fly me to work tomorrow?
00:40:41	It is tomorrow.
00:41:34	Keep your eye on the fuel. She's got
00:41:37	Two runs. That's it.
00:41:40	And then you crash and you die.
00:41:43	Don't worry about speed
00:41:47	I wish you'd let someone else take her.
00:41:50	Hell, why should I let someone else
00:42:14	Contact!
00:43:42	339.
00:43:45	Goddamn!
00:44:08	347.
00:44:11	Son of a bitch!
00:44:43	- 352.
00:44:47	Good girl.
00:44:57	Damn it!
00:45:02	Goddamn it!
00:45:05	- Oh, God!
00:45:07	Come on!
00:45:47	Howard!
00:45:49	- Howard!
00:45:52	352 on the last run.
00:45:56	She'll go faster.
00:45:58	Country mouse!
00:46:00	- Kate! Katie!
00:46:07	Hello.
00:46:10	Oh, nothing. A hard landing.
00:46:13	Sit down. I'll take care of it.
00:46:16	You cannot imagine what it was like, Katie.
00:46:20	- She was like a winged bullet up there.
00:46:23	Oh, around 352.
00:46:34	You did it!
00:46:36	Fastest man on the planet.
00:46:38	Hot dog! I'm so proud of you.
00:46:41	- She did it, baby.
00:46:43	Oh, she was fine. She was just fine.
00:46:47	Now let me see your foot.
00:46:49	Yeah.
00:46:51	- Good God! You're covered in blood.
00:46:55	- I crashed into a beet field.
00:46:57	Yeah, I crashed in a beet field.
00:47:02	Let me get you cleaned up.
00:47:05	- Heavens, what is this? Electrical tape?
00:47:10	But all I could think about
00:47:20	I am so proud of you.
00:47:27	Now, this is gonna sting a little bit.
00:47:29	Oh, this is useless.
00:47:34	- Don't get beet juice on the carpet.
00:47:37	- Too hot!
00:47:41	Was the press there?
00:47:45	Some.
00:47:46	But they're calling everyone.
00:47:59	What is it?
00:48:04	Kate?
00:48:08	I've been famous,
00:48:12	...for a long time now...
00:48:14	...and I wonder if you know what it...
00:48:18	...really means.
00:48:21	Yeah. I had my fair share
00:48:25	I'm used to it.
00:48:29	Are you?
00:48:34	Howard, we're...
00:48:38	We're not like everyone else.
00:48:43	Too many acute angles.
00:48:48	We have to be very careful not to...
00:48:52	...let people in,
00:48:57	Kate, they can't get in here.
00:49:03	They can always get in.
00:49:07	When my brother killed himself...
00:49:11	...there were photographers
00:49:15	There's no decency to it.
00:49:29	You know, sometimes I...
00:49:34	I get these feelings, Katie.
00:49:41	I get these ideas, these...
00:49:46	...crazy ideas about...
00:49:51	...things that may not...
00:49:55	Things that may not really be there.
00:49:58	Yeah.
00:50:06	Sometimes I truly fear that I'm...
00:50:11	...Iosing my mind.
00:50:20	And if I did, it would...
00:50:25	It'd be like flying blind.
00:50:35	You understand?
00:50:40	You taught me to fly, Howard.
00:50:46	I'll take the wheel.
00:51:03	Smashing all records, Howard Hughes
00:51:07	Around the world from New York
00:51:10	Even beating Wiley Post's mark
00:51:13	New aviation history is written
00:51:17	... returns swiftly and safely.
00:51:20	A true pioneer of the world's airways.
00:51:23	From New York to Paris, he cuts Lindbergh's
00:51:27	Thirty-five hours out of New York,
00:51:31	Sixty hours out of New York, he heads
00:51:36	Continuing the terrific pace,
00:51:38	... bringing new laurels
00:51:42	Howard Hughes and his crew
00:51:51	You won't believe this. It just came over the
00:51:58	I thought Mr. Hughes
00:52:01	Apparently he did it while he was flying,
00:52:12	I have heard some disquieting rumors
00:52:16	I'd like to know everything
00:52:22	I'd like you to attend to that for me.
00:52:25	Thoroughly.
00:52:27	The Pantages is glittering tonight.
00:52:30	- Howard!
00:52:32	- Mr. Hughes, how was your flight?
00:52:35	- When are you gonna name the day?
00:52:38	What's the next movie?
00:52:40	Right here. How many more
00:52:43	Right over here. Come on.
00:52:46	- Howard, this way.
00:52:48	Over here, over here, Mr. Hughes.
00:52:51	When are you gonna fly
00:52:53	You gonna fly with Kate next time?
00:52:57	- Talk to Lindbergh about your flight yet?
00:53:01	- Please, Mr. Hughes.
00:53:05	Are you trying to be more famous
00:53:08	You know,
00:53:13	L.B.!
00:53:17	If you don't get more distinguished
00:53:21	You look so beautiful.
00:53:30	Is that true?
00:53:40	Don't worry about it, Howard.
00:53:42	She's just working the room.
00:53:49	Sultry Southern tigress Ava Gardner
00:53:52	She's the newest star
00:53:55	And believe you me,
00:54:00	Well, Jane Eyre has been selling popcorn
00:54:45	Hello.
00:54:48	Hello.
00:54:54	Could you reach me a towel?
00:55:04	I...
00:55:07	I really can't do that.
00:55:11	I'm sorry.
00:55:37	I'm an idiot. I'm a complete idiot,
00:55:41	- Forget it.
00:55:45	...without a single redeeming feature.
00:55:50	Come on.
00:55:52	I've got a better idea. Take me flying.
00:55:57	Do your worst, Miss Hepburn.
00:56:07	Don't be so squirmy. You're gonna
00:56:11	And I'm sure they'll like you too.
00:56:22	- Hello! Hello!
00:56:25	Kathy.
00:56:30	- Who's that with the camera right there?
00:56:33	Father and Mother are just mad
00:56:36	- What the hell's he doing here?
00:56:41	Hello!
00:56:44	Sorry we're late.
00:56:45	- Mom.
00:56:48	- Dad.
00:56:49	- Uncle Willy.
00:56:53	- Don't feel self-conscious.
00:56:55	Attention, please. This is Howard.
00:56:59	Howard, welcome.
00:57:02	Don't worry, he's had his lunch.
00:57:06	He likes you. That's unusual.
00:57:08	We pay our devotion to the arts here.
00:57:11	Julian's a painter. Abstract, of course.
00:57:15	...something real when you can just
00:57:19	Where do you stand on politics,
00:57:21	- Excuse me?
00:57:24	We are not.
00:57:26	You've met Mr. Roosevelt.
00:57:32	What are you sniggering at?
00:57:34	- What? What was that?
00:57:37	No, no. The dog.
00:57:40	- Oh, my God!
00:57:42	Hey. Hey!
00:57:45	Don't you like dogs?
00:57:47	I will not have you sniggering
00:57:49	- Please leave.
00:57:51	- I thought everybody liked dogs.
00:57:54	Does it upset you
00:57:57	- A bad experience with a dog?
00:58:00	- You are such a shy creature, aren't you?
00:58:04	- The press can be a damned nuisance.
00:58:08	- A Doberman, Mr. Hughes? Or a dachshund?
00:58:11	- Dachshunds are little dogs, Hep dear.
00:58:16	- What's that Spanish painting?
00:58:19	Goya. Of course. Yes.
00:58:21	- Yes, Mexican.
00:58:25	Anyway, that's the vulgar press, I'm sure.
00:58:30	I try to stay up to snuff
00:58:33	- Snuff?
00:58:38	- What was that?
00:58:41	- Pass the goddamn butter, I beg you.
00:58:44	Trade journals. On engineering. Aviation.
00:58:47	We read books.
00:58:49	Howard has to read the trade pieces, Mom,
00:58:54	Oh, really? Do tell.
00:58:59	Well...
00:59:02	...it's quite exciting, actually.
00:59:06	A twin-engine plane with some...
00:59:09	...I must admit,
00:59:12	You see,
00:59:14	Luddie built a birdhouse once.
00:59:18	- Yes, well, a mere trifle, darling.
00:59:21	The painting, it's called
00:59:23	Anyway, Goya's vastly overrated.
00:59:26	- Nonsense! Picasso is sacred.
00:59:29	- It was quite aesthetic, really.
00:59:32	The birds don't care for it much,
00:59:35	- I'll bet.
00:59:37	- Do speak up, dear.
00:59:40	Why did you speak? I can't abide people
00:59:44	Did you go to mechanic school
00:59:48	No, no, I didn't, Luddie. No.
00:59:50	Well, Howard just flew round
00:59:52	- I think we've had enough about airplanes.
00:59:55	- Then how did you make all that money?
00:59:59	Well, that's because you have it.
01:00:05	Would you repeat that?
01:00:07	You don't care about money
01:00:10	- How did you make all that...?
01:00:13	- Okay.
01:00:15	All right.
01:00:16	Some of us choose to work for a living.
01:00:19	Speaking of which, I have more of that
01:00:25	Excuse me.
01:00:34	Well, seems a rather high-strung chap.
01:00:37	You're a fine bunch of bullies,
01:00:40	Have you talked to Mr. Mayer
01:00:43	The old philistine won't budge.
01:00:46	I'm convinced the man hasn't read anything
01:00:52	No fair, kicking.
01:00:57	Really, darling, you can't retire
01:01:01	...or they'll never respect you.
01:01:05	You're like a different person in there.
01:01:08	They just expect me to be a certain way.
01:01:12	There's only one real Kate,
01:01:20	Over in Hollywood, aviation tycoon
01:01:25	Even as he edits his new picture, he's been
01:01:29	We applaud his patriotism and look forward
01:01:33	You know how many Allied ships we lost
01:01:36	- No.
01:01:38	...just this year so far. The Army needs
01:01:43	These ships, they're sitting ducks
01:01:46	- You wanna build a troop-carrier plane?
01:01:50	Not just to carry troops,
01:01:53	The troops and the jeeps and the tanks
01:01:58	No. Other side.
01:02:03	I figure around 200 feet from nose to tail.
01:02:07	We're gonna need
01:02:10	Now, this is just what Kaiser
01:02:13	- They're gonna pay for it this time.
01:02:17	Well, it's a big plane,
01:02:20	Swell name, isn't it?
01:02:22	- How heavy you imagine this thing is?
01:02:28	Well, I didn't say it was gonna be easy.
01:02:31	All right, boys,
01:02:34	Should give the proper uplift ratios and
01:02:39	We are not getting enough production
01:02:42	I want smooth titties, gentlemen.
01:02:47	- It's all in engineering, isn't it, Odie?
01:02:51	...do you really think they're gonna let you
01:02:56	Sure. Who doesn't like tits?
01:03:08	Good afternoon, gentlemen.
01:03:12	Please record that Mr. Hughes has arrived
01:03:16	- I yield the floor to Mr. Breen.
01:03:19	...members of the committee, I've reviewed
01:03:23	...and I can state that I have never seen
01:03:27	...as the shots of the mammaries
01:03:31	For almost half the picture,
01:03:35	...and prominent,
01:03:39	For this reason, I concluded the picture
01:03:43	...and should be denied the Motion Picture
01:03:48	Really, Mr. Hughes.
01:03:50	- Thank you, Mr. Breen. Mr. Hughes.
01:03:54	Mr. Breen. It's good to see you again.
01:03:56	I haven't seen you all since that situation
01:04:00	The situation here revolves
01:04:04	Mr. Breen feels that they are
01:04:06	More prominent than other mammaries
01:04:10	Well, I hope to dispel that notion.
01:04:16	Jean Harlow.
01:04:19	Ann Sheridan.
01:04:22	Irene Dunne.
01:04:23	Claudette Colbert.
01:04:25	Rita Hayworth.
01:04:27	Betty Grable.
01:04:32	Now, all these shots, save for Miss Russell,
01:04:36	...that received
01:04:40	Now, as you've probably noticed by now,
01:04:46	I will ask my associate to join me now.
01:04:49	...Dr. Ludlow Branson
01:04:54	Dr. Branson...
01:04:56	...is a mathematician of some note.
01:05:00	Yes. And he will now demonstrate...
01:05:02	...that in fact...
01:05:04	...Miss Russell's mammaries
01:05:07	...than any of these other fine ladies'.
01:05:13	Doctor.
01:05:15	Doctor...
01:05:18	...you forgot your calipers.
01:05:26	Gentlemen, Mr. Hughes.
01:05:32	Let us commence by calling this...
01:05:35	...Mammary Exhibit Number One.
01:05:38	Now, you'll see that the length
01:05:44	...if I may, is...
01:05:48	...5 inches and a quarter.
01:05:50	Now if we move to Mammary Exhibit...
01:05:52	Dateline: Hollywoodland.
01:05:53	Movie tycoon Howard Hughes
01:05:57	Every night, the lucky guy escorts
01:06:00	... to a different dazzling event.
01:06:02	The TWA king always talks up
01:06:09	The Hercules, ladies and gentlemen.
01:06:11	The Hercules.
01:06:13	A plane, a boat, a flying city.
01:06:17	Don't forget, every bill comes to me.
01:06:20	Those men decide whether to fund
01:06:24	- You do what it takes.
01:06:26	How are the girls
01:06:29	Well, let's put it this way,
01:06:33	I don't think the Air Corps men
01:06:36	- Good.
01:06:39	... a dozen Sherman tanks all winging
01:06:44	... free from the threats
01:06:46	Could Jules Verne himself have
01:06:51	Could he have imagined her mammoth
01:06:55	Don't you see how this demeans me?
01:06:57	Since when do you care
01:06:59	Every time there's a picture of you with
01:07:02	- Don't you understand that?
01:07:05	Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers,
01:07:09	...and now Bette Davis,
01:07:13	Look, they're Cracker Jack candy, honey.
01:07:18	Oh, very nice.
01:07:23	You're the one that said
01:07:26	I mean, it's all in Darwin, remember?
01:07:29	And am I to expect this behavior
01:07:32	What is really bothering you, Kate?
01:07:35	Is it the women or the publicity?
01:07:43	Can't you eat ice cream from a bowl
01:07:54	Don't you dare.
01:08:08	Yeah.
01:08:11	No, Odie, this is not a good time.
01:08:14	For chrissakes, we can't make The Hercules
01:08:18	Wait.
01:08:20	I can hear you better now.
01:08:23	...that this is an essential
01:08:26	If they're giving aluminum to Boeing,
01:08:31	Don't set the ice cream...
01:08:34	We gotta think of something else. If we
01:08:39	You tell me. We'll find
01:08:42	Right. Look...
01:08:45	- lf we can't get aluminum, we'll use wood.
01:08:49	Why not?
01:08:51	- What do they use to make boats?
01:08:54	And think of The Hercules
01:08:57	Spanish galleons
01:09:00	Good luck today.
01:09:02	We just have to find the right wood.
01:09:06	- Morning, Kate.
01:09:18	Catch.
01:09:24	From my farm.
01:09:26	If you like it, I can get you a bushel.
01:09:41	Trouble with Mr. Hughes?
01:09:48	There's too much Howard Hughes
01:09:54	That's the trouble.
01:10:09	Beautiful.
01:10:12	Don't you take Christmas off?
01:10:15	Nice to see you.
01:10:18	Have we got something to show you.
01:10:25	Take a look. The XF-11
01:10:30	Designed every inch of her myself.
01:10:33	She's got a top speed of 450...
01:10:35	...which means she can outrun
01:10:38	After the Japs stole
01:10:41	...I needed to do them one better.
01:10:44	Yeah, she's my Buck Rogers ship.
01:10:47	She's a looker.
01:10:50	Okay, what do you got for me?
01:10:58	Jiminy Cricket.
01:11:01	Seating capacity for 60.
01:11:04	Four Double Cyclone engines.
01:11:08	- Gross weight?
01:11:11	So less drag on the plane in thinner air.
01:11:14	So high-cruise power, you're looking
01:11:18	Giving her a range of about 3000 miles.
01:11:23	- Cross-country.
01:11:26	Bob...
01:11:28	...you know something?
01:11:42	Yeah. Bob, you got
01:11:46	Yeah.
01:11:48	On your lapel.
01:11:54	Right there, Bob.
01:11:57	You missed it. Right there.
01:12:01	Clean it off, would you?
01:12:03	Here. Thanks.
01:12:08	No, throw it away.
01:12:14	No, over there.
01:12:21	Thanks. So, what do you call her?
01:12:25	The Constellation,
01:12:27	No, no.
01:12:29	It's pretty. I like her.
01:12:33	So, what kind of deal can you give me?
01:12:35	What kind of deal can you give me?
01:12:37	The first 40 planes off the assembly line.
01:12:39	That should give us about
01:12:42	Hell, more than that.
01:12:43	United and American don't have
01:12:47	Two years ahead of Juan Trippe, then.
01:12:54	How much?
01:12:56	Four hundred and fifty thousand each.
01:12:59	So that's 18 million for the first 40.
01:13:02	Hell, TWA can't afford that.
01:13:09	Guess I'll just have
01:13:13	Build them, Bob.
01:13:16	Oh, and thank you.
01:13:21	Merry Christmas.
01:13:23	You've just placed the largest order for
01:13:27	Lockheed sent us a bill for $ 18 million.
01:13:29	Don't get all hysterical on me, Noah.
01:13:33	- This is a lot of money for planes.
01:13:36	It's too damn much. You think I've got
01:13:40	I should've told you. It slipped my mind.
01:13:42	- Slipped your mind? Oh, for...
01:13:44	- I'll get back to you. Bye.
01:13:48	Hey, honey.
01:13:55	You're not one for tears, and, well...
01:13:58	...neither am I,
01:14:05	I've met someone.
01:14:12	If I could make it
01:14:17	But I can't, so...
01:14:21	...there we both are.
01:14:27	Let's be honest.
01:14:29	It's all been a grand adventure,
01:14:33	We're too alike, you and I.
01:14:39	You met someone?
01:14:40	Someone more appropriate.
01:14:47	What does that mean,
01:14:50	Someone more attuned to my needs.
01:14:54	Look at me, Katie.
01:14:56	Stop acting.
01:14:59	I'm not acting.
01:15:06	I wonder if you even know anymore.
01:15:13	Don't be unkind.
01:15:18	You...?
01:15:21	You wanna go?
01:15:25	Go on.
01:15:27	Actresses are cheap in this town, darling.
01:15:31	- And I got a lot of money.
01:15:33	No, no, this is exactly me.
01:15:36	You tell me you're leaving me, and you
01:15:41	I expect a little maturity.
01:15:43	I expect you to face the situation
01:15:46	Don't talk down to me!
01:15:48	Don't you ever talk down to me!
01:15:52	Nothing more.
01:17:02	Don't answer it.
01:17:07	What is it, Howard?
01:17:08	Hey, Noah...
01:17:11	...I need you to get to Penney's
01:17:14	- Penney's isn't open.
01:17:16	- It's 2 in the morning.
01:17:19	Well, first thing tomorrow, then, all right?
01:17:22	I need two new suits off the rack.
01:17:25	Three white shirts and three pairs
01:17:28	- Yeah.
01:17:30	- Make it Woolworth's.
01:17:32	No, no, Penney's. Penney's.
01:17:35	All right.
01:17:37	I'll get into it as soon as I can, Howard.
01:17:40	- All right?
01:17:43	- No.
01:17:46	- No.
01:17:49	I trust you.
01:17:51	- Howard...
01:17:55	- All right.
01:17:58	- Penney's.
01:18:01	All right, then, Sears.
01:18:06	I'm sorry, honey.
01:18:09	If I don't answer, he'll just call back.
01:18:33	Stop there, if you please, Miss Domergue.
01:18:41	Have you had surgery, Miss Domergue?
01:18:45	No.
01:18:47	Do you have scars of any kind?
01:18:51	No.
01:18:54	Wipe off your lipstick.
01:19:01	That's much better.
01:19:03	Now, you understand that you'd be
01:19:09	Do you know what that means?
01:19:19	Now turn around for me.
01:19:29	Very nice.
01:19:31	You move well.
01:19:36	You live with your family, do you?
01:19:40	Yes.
01:19:42	That's nice.
01:19:44	Tell me something.
01:19:47	How old are you, Miss Domergue?
01:19:53	Fifteen.
01:19:57	Holy Mother of God.
01:20:17	Well, a car picks me up
01:20:21	I'm getting my high school diploma.
01:20:24	Howard thinks that education is important.
01:20:27	- That's right.
01:20:29	...I'm off for elocution
01:20:33	Well, blow me down.
01:20:36	Pan Am's working
01:20:38	- Hello, Jack.
01:20:40	Helen, good to see you.
01:20:42	- How are you, Howard?
01:20:44	- This is Faith Domergue.
01:20:46	- Pleasure.
01:20:48	Well, I'm out to meet
01:20:51	It's our new plane, and it is
01:20:55	- How's the Constellation coming?
01:20:58	Great.
01:21:01	So how about letting me steal a peek?
01:21:05	I don't think so.
01:21:07	I should be cross with you.
01:21:11	- He's doing our interior design. That's right.
01:21:17	So...
01:21:19	...what are your colors?
01:21:23	So you have buttons...
01:21:26	...or zippers?
01:21:27	I'm sorry?
01:21:30	Buttons or zippers for the drapes
01:21:37	Zippers.
01:21:48	Buttons.
01:21:58	So I suppose you'll be
01:22:02	- Why do you say that?
01:22:05	I'd imagine you'd expand from Los Angeles
01:22:09	Hey, that's a good idea.
01:22:12	Or across the Atlantic.
01:22:17	You've had enough of this ice cream.
01:22:19	You give me that spoon. You don't
01:22:24	Isn't that too far?
01:22:31	New York...
01:22:32	...to Newfoundland...
01:22:35	...to Ireland.
01:22:41	To Paris.
01:22:50	Well...
01:22:52	...Pan Am welcomes you.
01:22:54	We're overbooked as it is.
01:22:56	It's such a burden doing it all
01:23:00	So when's the Connie gonna be ready?
01:23:02	- Next year maybe. DC-4?
01:23:04	Well, we look forward to her then.
01:23:08	And I to the Connie.
01:23:11	I've ordered the next 40 after you.
01:23:15	- It's Miss...?
01:23:17	Yes, of course. Now, was that a
01:23:21	- It was a samba.
01:23:23	Howard, I never knew
01:23:27	Helen, Jack.
01:23:31	Good going. You gave away
01:23:34	- He can't stop us.
01:23:40	Give me the largest
01:23:42	I don't know what in the hell you're
01:25:33	Jack.
01:25:34	Get in touch with Joyce and Berg.
01:25:38	Set up a meeting with Jones,
01:25:41	- Slow down.
01:25:44	I wanna get some tax breaks.
01:25:46	If that ass thinks he owns the world,
01:25:50	Pan Am owns Europe.
01:25:53	To hell with Mexico. No airline should
01:25:57	It just isn't fair.
01:26:00	He owns the Civil Aeronautics Board,
01:26:04	We're in a street fight
01:26:07	I've been fighting high-hat
01:26:10	And listen, fire Ray Loewy.
01:26:14	He's spying for Trippe.
01:26:17	Spies in my midst, Jack.
01:26:20	Spies in my midst.
01:26:36	- Hello, Howard.
01:26:41	So...
01:26:42	...what can I do for you?
01:26:47	I want all the pictures you have
01:26:51	All the negatives.
01:26:54	Howard, he's a married man.
01:26:58	They're movie stars.
01:27:08	My office knows where I am, Howard.
01:27:11	I'm not gonna kill you, Roland.
01:27:14	I don't do that.
01:27:20	- How much?
01:27:26	How much?
01:27:28	Not for sale.
01:27:35	You ever cheat on your wife, Roland?
01:27:38	You ever screw a colored girl?
01:27:41	You ever steal anything?
01:27:46	Good night, Howard.
01:27:48	You ever go to
01:28:01	TWA stock.
01:28:04	How much?
01:28:07	Fifty thousand shares.
01:28:09	Ten.
01:28:13	All right.
01:28:17	This isn't gonna be that easy.
01:28:19	He's been making big contributions
01:28:23	And Jack Frye is out there
01:28:26	The French and British ambassadors
01:28:30	I'm telling you, TWA is serious
01:28:34	Okay.
01:28:35	Point, Mr. Hughes.
01:28:38	I think it's time for you to introduce
01:28:41	...on the floor of the Senate.
01:28:44	- Is it done?
01:28:47	I also have to get you on the committee
01:28:53	On the committee or chairman?
01:28:57	I could be much more effective
01:28:59	It's a great public platform.
01:29:03	- Wasn't Truman chairman of that committee?
01:29:07	He's vice president.
01:29:09	No, I think...
01:29:12	I think chairman.
01:29:14	What do you think?
01:29:17	- Chairman. That is interesting.
01:29:20	Let me show you
01:29:24	Ava, what do you think about
01:29:27	Transcontinental and Western
01:29:30	We're international,
01:29:33	Trans World is good. Kind of peppy.
01:29:35	TWA, right?
01:29:38	That way you don't need
01:29:41	That's you. Always pinching pennies.
01:29:44	Hand me my wrap.
01:29:59	Knock it off.
01:30:07	I have something for you.
01:30:11	Stay here.
01:30:18	- What the hell is this?
01:30:21	Go on, open it.
01:30:24	Oh, a box of trash.
01:30:27	Keep looking, keep looking.
01:30:33	It's a Kashmiri sapphire.
01:30:36	I had my boys all over
01:30:39	Why?
01:30:40	Because.
01:30:42	Look.
01:30:43	It matches your eyes.
01:30:45	I am not for sale.
01:30:48	For chrissakes, it's just a present.
01:30:50	You can't buy me, Howard,
01:30:53	Don't buy me any more diamonds
01:30:57	You can buy me dinner.
01:31:00	Jesus, Ava.
01:31:02	It's bad enough I have to endure
01:31:05	But I get all dolled up and we go out
01:31:10	Ava, will you marry me?
01:31:13	- No, Howard.
01:31:16	In the first place, I don't love you.
01:31:19	In the second place, I'm still married.
01:31:21	Look, you got girls stashed all over town.
01:31:26	Marry one of your bungalow girls.
01:31:28	Those are employees. I won't marry
01:31:39	What is going on?
01:31:44	- Oh, my God!
01:31:48	Faith!
01:31:50	- Faith, what the hell?
01:31:52	Goddamn, what the hell are you doing?
01:31:57	- Are you okay, lady?
01:32:00	We are going to dinner.
01:32:03	Get that crazy bitch away from me!
01:32:05	Don't you love me anymore?
01:32:07	Course I love you, pork chop.
01:32:08	Ava, look over here. Howard.
01:32:11	Hey.
01:32:15	Juan Trippe is working
01:32:18	They're after you. If the community
01:32:22	Pan Am will have a monopoly
01:32:24	Well, how can they justify it?
01:32:27	Brewster is saying that nationalized
01:32:31	...can offer lower rates because
01:32:34	Let's get rid of competition
01:32:37	...and why don't we make it Pan Am?
01:32:40	- Howard, I need you up here.
01:32:43	Look, we are Trans World Airlines,
01:32:45	Get me something with a circle or a globe
01:32:49	- Speak up.
01:32:51	I don't give a rat's ass. I'm not making
01:32:55	We gotta go public with this.
01:32:57	I'm gonna talk to Hearst...
01:32:59	...but we gotta get
01:33:02	- What do you want me to do?
01:33:04	Offshore operations.
01:33:07	...let's start making donations.
01:33:10	I don't want them bribed.
01:33:13	I want them bought.
01:33:16	I need to know everything
01:33:19	Where he goes, what he says
01:33:22	- Get into it right now.
01:33:31	Just give me a second.
01:33:34	- All right, what do you need?
01:33:38	No. These are fine.
01:33:40	Have Simon and Pete get back to me on the
01:33:44	Okay.
01:33:46	Listen, we need to take
01:33:49	- Jesus. The damn wheel?
01:33:52	It just doesn't feel right.
01:33:54	Christ almighty, you've seen 8000
01:33:58	- Just one of them.
01:33:59	- This one?
01:34:02	This one's pretty close. Pretty close.
01:34:40	Odie.
01:34:42	That man sweeping up over there...
01:34:45	...does he work for me?
01:34:48	Name's Nick, something like that.
01:34:53	Why's he looking at me?
01:34:57	I don't know.
01:35:00	Fire him. And make sure
01:35:03	Respiratory diseases are expensive,
01:35:06	But can we at least proceed
01:35:09	- The tool shop's ready.
01:35:12	Look, Howard, the deadline
01:35:15	The war is gonna be over
01:35:18	I need you to help consult on vital decisions,
01:35:22	You got 1000 workers waiting
01:35:25	Hey, Odie!
01:35:26	Take it easy, all right.
01:35:29	You're under pressure, but it's gonna
01:35:33	All right? Look...
01:35:35	...take a couple of hours off, all right.
01:35:37	- You just relax a little.
01:35:39	- See your wife.
01:35:42	All right.
01:35:44	- Be sure to show me all the blueprints.
01:35:49	Show me all the blueprints.
01:35:51	Show me all the blueprints.
01:35:53	I'm serious, now.
01:35:58	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:00	- Howard.
01:36:03	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:05	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:07	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:09	I wanna get this done right.
01:36:12	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:13	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:15	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:18	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:19	- Howard.
01:36:21	Show me all the blueprints.
01:36:51	Quarantine.
01:36:54	Q...
01:36:56	...U...
01:36:58	...A...
01:37:01	...R...
01:37:03	...A...
01:37:05	...N...
01:37:07	...T...
01:37:09	...I...
01:37:11	...N...
01:37:17	...E.
01:37:22	Quarantine.
01:38:00	General McEwan. Colonel Bertrang.
01:38:03	Odie, you reading me okay?
01:38:06	Yeah, you're A-okay.
01:38:12	All right, flight controls are active.
01:38:24	Spotless.
01:38:26	Take it easy.
01:38:44	- How does she sound, Howard?
01:38:48	All right, make her sing.
01:39:10	Well, Odie, she can fly. Congratulations.
01:39:13	I'm glad to hear it. Retract landing gear
01:39:16	...on a heading of 2-7-0.
01:39:18	Retracting landing gear and climbing
01:39:28	- She's fast.
01:39:30	292.
01:39:32	- All right, take her back to 200.
01:40:00	We gotta bring her home.
01:40:02	Scheduled time of one hour
01:40:05	- Set course for 0-9-0...
01:40:08	Negative, Howard. Bring her home.
01:40:10	Okay. Okay. Setting course for 0-9-0.
01:40:17	Preparing to descend.
01:40:22	- Jesus.
01:40:26	The right wing just dipped.
01:40:30	Increasing power to 2800 rpm.
01:40:33	Cutting back.
01:40:34	Increasing starboard engine only.
01:40:37	Cutting back. I'm losing altitude.
01:40:40	Check starboard-engine manifold pressure.
01:40:44	- It's good, but rpm's are low.
01:40:47	Hold on.
01:40:49	They are, but she's pulling me
01:40:52	- How bad is your cross control?
01:40:55	...and full left aileron,
01:40:58	- Give us your position.
01:41:01	Oh, Christ, I don't know, Beverly Hills.
00:00:04	He's been making big contributions
00:00:07	And Jack Frye is out there
00:00:11	The French and British ambassadors
00:00:15	I'm telling you, TWA is serious
00:00:18	Okay.
00:00:20	Point, Mr. Hughes.
00:00:22	I think it's time for you to introduce
00:00:26	...on the floor of the Senate.
00:00:28	- Is it done?
00:00:31	I also have to get you on the committee
00:00:38	On the committee or chairman?
00:00:41	I could be much more effective
00:00:44	It's a great public platform.
00:00:47	- Wasn't Truman chairman of that committee?
00:00:51	He's vice president.
00:00:53	No, I think...
00:00:56	I think chairman.
00:00:58	What do you think?
00:01:02	- Chairman. That is interesting.
00:01:04	Let me show you
00:01:08	Ava, what do you think about
00:01:12	Transcontinental and Western
00:01:14	We're international,
00:01:17	Trans World is good. Kind of peppy.
00:01:20	TWA, right?
00:01:22	That way you don't need
00:01:25	That's you. Always pinching pennies.
00:01:28	Hand me my wrap.
00:01:44	Knock it off.
00:01:52	I have something for you.
00:01:55	Stay here.
00:02:02	- What the hell is this?
00:02:05	Go on, open it.
00:02:08	Oh, a box of trash.
00:02:12	Keep looking, keep looking.
00:02:18	It's a Kashmiri sapphire.
00:02:20	I had my boys all over
00:02:23	Why?
00:02:24	Because.
00:02:26	Look.
00:02:28	It matches your eyes.
00:02:30	I am not for sale.
00:02:32	For chrissakes, it's just a present.
00:02:34	You can't buy me, Howard,
00:02:38	Don't buy me any more diamonds
00:02:41	You can buy me dinner.
00:02:44	Jesus, Ava.
00:02:46	It's bad enough I have to endure
00:02:49	But I get all dolled up and we go out
00:02:54	Ava, will you marry me?
00:02:58	- No, Howard.
00:03:00	In the first place, I don't love you.
00:03:03	In the second place, I'm still married.
00:03:05	Look, you got girls stashed all over town.
00:03:10	Marry one of your bungalow girls.
00:03:12	Those are employees. I won't marry
00:03:23	What is going on?
00:03:28	- Oh, my God!
00:03:32	Faith!
00:03:34	- Faith, what the hell?
00:03:36	Goddamn, what the hell are you doing?
00:03:42	- Are you okay, lady?
00:03:44	We are going to dinner.
00:03:47	Get that crazy bitch away from me!
00:03:49	Don't you love me anymore?
00:03:51	Course I love you, pork chop.
00:03:53	Ava, look over here. Howard.
00:03:55	Hey.
00:03:59	Juan Trippe is working
00:04:02	They're after you. If the community
00:04:06	Pan Am will have a monopoly
00:04:09	Well, how can they justify it?
00:04:11	Brewster is saying that nationalized
00:04:15	...can offer lower rates because
00:04:18	Let's get rid of competition
00:04:21	...and why don't we make it Pan Am?
00:04:25	- Howard, I need you up here.
00:04:27	Look, we are Trans World Airlines,
00:04:29	Get me something with a circle or a globe
00:04:34	- Speak up.
00:04:35	I don't give a rat's ass. I'm not making
00:04:39	We gotta go public with this.
00:04:41	I'm gonna talk to Hearst...
00:04:43	...but we gotta get
00:04:46	- What do you want me to do?
00:04:49	Offshore operations.
00:04:52	...let's start making donations.
00:04:54	I don't want them bribed.
00:04:57	I want them bought.
00:05:01	I need to know everything
00:05:03	Where he goes, what he says
00:05:06	- Get into it right now.
00:05:15	Just give me a second.
00:05:19	- All right, what do you need?
00:05:22	No. These are fine.
00:05:24	Have Simon and Pete get back to me on the
00:05:28	Okay.
00:05:31	Listen, we need to take
00:05:33	- Jesus. The damn wheel?
00:05:36	It just doesn't feel right.
00:05:38	Christ almighty, you've seen 8000
00:05:42	- Just one of them.
00:05:44	- This one?
00:05:46	This one's pretty close. Pretty close.
00:06:24	Odie.
00:06:27	That man sweeping up over there...
00:06:29	...does he work for me?
00:06:32	Name's Nick, something like that.
00:06:37	Why's he looking at me?
00:06:41	I don't know.
00:06:44	Fire him. And make sure
00:06:47	Respiratory diseases are expensive,
00:06:51	But can we at least proceed
00:06:54	- The tool shop's ready.
00:06:56	Look, Howard, the deadline
00:06:59	The war is gonna be over
00:07:02	I need you to help consult on vital decisions,
00:07:06	You got 1000 workers waiting
00:07:09	Hey, Odie!
00:07:11	Take it easy, all right.
00:07:13	You're under pressure, but it's gonna
00:07:17	All right? Look...
00:07:19	...take a couple of hours off, all right.
00:07:22	- You just relax a little.
00:07:24	- See your wife.
00:07:26	All right.
00:07:28	- Be sure to show me all the blueprints.
00:07:33	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:36	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:38	I'm serious, now.
00:07:43	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:44	- Howard.
00:07:47	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:49	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:51	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:53	I wanna get this done right.
00:07:56	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:57	Show me all the blueprints.
00:07:59	Show me all the blueprints.
00:08:02	Show me all the blueprints.
00:08:04	- Howard.
00:08:06	Show me all the blueprints.
00:08:35	Quarantine.
00:08:38	Q...
00:08:40	...U...
00:08:42	...A...
00:08:45	...R...
00:08:47	...A...
00:08:49	...N...
00:08:51	...T...
00:08:54	...I...
00:08:55	...N...
00:09:01	...E.
00:09:06	Quarantine.
00:09:45	General McEwan. Colonel Bertrang.
00:09:48	Odie, you reading me okay?
00:09:50	Yeah, you're A-okay.
00:09:56	All right, flight controls are active.
00:10:08	Spotless.
00:10:10	Take it easy.
00:10:29	- How does she sound, Howard?
00:10:32	All right, make her sing.
00:10:54	Well, Odie, she can fly. Congratulations.
00:10:57	I'm glad to hear it. Retract landing gear
00:11:01	...on a heading of 2-7-0.
00:11:02	Retracting landing gear and climbing
00:11:12	- She's fast.
00:11:15	292.
00:11:16	- All right, take her back to 200.
00:11:45	We gotta bring her home.
00:11:46	Scheduled time of one hour
00:11:49	- Set course for 0-9-0...
00:11:52	Negative, Howard. Bring her home.
00:11:55	Okay. Okay. Setting course for 0-9-0.
00:12:01	Preparing to descend.
00:12:06	- Jesus.
00:12:11	The right wing just dipped.
00:12:14	Increasing power to 2800 rpm.
00:12:17	Cutting back.
00:12:19	Increasing starboard engine only.
00:12:22	Cutting back. I'm losing altitude.
00:12:25	Check starboard-engine manifold pressure.
00:12:28	- It's good, but rpm's are low.
00:12:32	Hold on.
00:12:33	They are, but she's pulling me
00:12:36	- How bad is your cross control?
00:12:39	...and full left aileron,
00:12:42	- Give us your position.
00:12:45	Oh, Christ, I don't know, Beverly Hills.
00:12:50	We're going down.
00:12:53	I'll try for the Wilshire Country Club.
00:12:56	Wilshire Country Club, copy that.
00:13:01	I'm going down!
00:13:12	Goddamn it!
00:15:11	Is there anyone else inside?
00:15:14	No.
00:15:20	I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator.
00:15:32	- Every inch of his
00:15:34	He has burns to 78 percent of his body.
00:15:37	Nine ribs are shattered,
00:15:40	...as are his nose, his chin, his cheek,
00:15:45	He has 60 lacerations
00:15:48	His chest was crushed,
00:15:51	...and his heart has shifted
00:15:55	Jesus, God.
00:15:57	- He's getting blood transfusions now, but...
00:16:02	- I'm sorry?
00:16:05	From our stock.
00:16:07	- Oh, he's not going to like that.
00:16:11	...ever gonna like or
00:16:14	I'm terribly sorry.
00:16:44	Orange juice.
00:16:49	It's not fresh from the kitchen, so I...
00:16:53	I have them make it here so...
00:17:01	Look at me.
00:17:06	I'm a monster.
00:17:08	Yeah. Orange juice has nutritional value.
00:17:14	There's... There's some flies
00:17:19	So...
00:17:23	...little Howard likes...
00:17:27	...citrus.
00:17:30	Don't he just...?
00:17:34	Tell me.
00:17:38	An oil seal ripped off
00:17:41	When the pressure dropped,
00:17:45	Do you understand me?
00:17:47	Howard, I'm sorry to have to tell you
00:17:53	- You following me?
00:17:56	The Air Force canceled the contract
00:18:02	The war's over now,
00:18:08	I have to know what you want me to do.
00:18:12	How far...
00:18:16	...from finishing?
00:18:18	- About six months.
00:18:26	Seven million.
00:18:29	Maybe more.
00:18:35	Build it.
00:18:38	Build it, Odie.
00:18:42	Howard...
00:18:44	...a Constellation crashed
00:18:48	The Civil Aeronautics Board
00:19:01	You know...
00:19:04	...Juan Trippe sent me flowers.
00:19:09	Take a look.
00:19:14	- What did you do with all the others?
00:19:19	They... They attract aphids.
00:19:23	Aphids are...
00:19:29	But...
00:19:33	But these ones...
00:19:36	...I wanted to see these ones every day.
00:19:46	Can white elephants fly?
00:19:50	The hull of the world's mightiest airplane,
00:19:55	Two hundred and twenty feet long,
00:19:59	Power lines have to be cut as it starts
00:20:03	... to the Pacific, 30 miles away.
00:20:05	Moving the 60-ton load
00:20:08	But you gotta ask, was anything this big
00:20:12	There goes one wing section,
00:20:17	Double that and you've got some idea
00:20:19	An airplane that challenges
00:20:30	How long can they keep us grounded?
00:20:33	Until they finish investigating
00:20:36	You're running a $ 14 million deficit. How
00:20:41	- We go international, we'll make it up.
00:20:46	That bill passes,
00:20:48	- We're fighting the C.A.B. Bill.
00:20:52	Don't say, "Just go to Tool Co." We're
00:20:56	...which the Air Force
00:20:59	I'm glad Jack is feeling sunny about things,
00:21:03	I'm telling it straight. I'm not crying wolf.
00:21:06	We're in serious trouble.
00:21:09	You wanna be bankrupted
00:21:21	Go see Thomas Parkinson
00:21:24	Get a loan against
00:21:28	Use the planes as collateral. Hell, use the
00:21:34	- Try to get me 40 million.
00:21:38	Then Juan Trippe buys us cheap.
00:21:43	Under my bed! You put a goddamn
00:21:47	Listen to me.
00:21:49	- I just wanna make sure you're okay.
00:21:52	It's been with me 24 hours a day.
00:21:55	That car is for your protection!
00:21:56	The only one I need protection from is you,
00:22:00	You don't own me, Howard.
00:22:02	I'm not one of your teenage whores
00:22:05	I'll have them take all the bugs out.
00:22:07	I need to know where you are.
00:22:09	- Why?!
00:22:12	Bullshit!
00:22:16	What do you mean, "all the bugs"?
00:22:24	What do you mean, "all the bugs"?
00:22:29	There's more.
00:22:31	How many?
00:22:33	I don't know, 12.
00:22:39	Oh, Christ, Howard, on the telephone?
00:22:43	You listen to my phone calls?
00:22:44	No, no, honey, I would never do that.
00:22:48	I just read the transcripts, that's all.
00:22:56	What do you wanna know, Howard?
00:22:58	Was I screwing Artie Shaw last night?
00:23:00	Was I screwing Sinatra the night before?
00:23:03	Everyone said you were a lunatic,
00:23:05	It's no wonder Kate Hepburn
00:23:08	Shut your goddamn mouth.
00:23:15	Get out, you pathetic freak.
00:23:25	Get out!
00:23:27	Is everything all right, sir?
00:23:29	Take out all the bugs, huh?
00:23:33	Except for the one
00:23:36	Sir, the FBI are at the house.
00:23:39	This is outrageous! Everything here is the
00:23:44	- My legal counsel is on the way...
00:23:46	Don't interfere with the search, sir.
00:24:07	Dateline: Los Angeles.
00:24:11	No, it's not another beautiful starlet.
00:24:15	Noah, you've got to help. This is
00:24:19	Rumor has it that agents
00:24:22	... have practically taken up residence
00:24:26	Look, I mean, they are touching things.
00:24:28	- Noah, they are touching things.
00:24:31	... and I'll be down there
00:24:34	Howard?
00:24:36	Howard?
00:25:01	Howard, hello.
00:25:03	- Nice to see you again.
00:25:07	- Emma, you can start up lunch now.
00:25:09	Well, really lovely room.
00:25:14	Thank you. Here, have a seat.
00:25:16	Thanks for coming by.
00:25:17	I thought you and I
00:25:20	You know, outside the office.
00:25:24	Well...
00:25:26	...I appreciate that, Owen.
00:25:35	So you're coming out pretty strong
00:25:40	- You're coming on pretty strong for it.
00:25:45	Look, I believe sincerely
00:25:49	...to have more than one
00:25:54	I mean, do you think it's fair that one airline
00:25:59	A monopoly? No, no, no. Oh, no.
00:26:02	No, I think one airline could do it better,
00:26:07	All I'm thinking about are the interests,
00:26:12	That's just beautiful. What is that?
00:26:19	What is that? Is that a...?
00:26:21	Is that a yak?
00:26:23	- Some kind of a yak?
00:26:26	My wife picked that up
00:26:29	Son of a gun.
00:26:31	A real Ilama.
00:26:34	- From Peru?
00:26:38	- Yeah, it was about a year ago.
00:26:41	Good. Okay.
00:26:45	Now, did you...?
00:26:49	No, no. My wife just liked the painting.
00:26:52	It's an interesting animal.
00:26:55	How do you spell that?
00:26:59	No, no. It's...
00:27:04	Here, come on, have a seat.
00:27:14	It's brook trout. Hope you like fish.
00:27:19	I love it. Thanks.
00:27:37	I know you're not a drinking man,
00:27:54	Thanks.
00:28:01	All right, let's get down to business.
00:28:05	My investigators...
00:28:08	My investigators
00:28:11	It could be really embarrassing
00:28:15	I'd like to save you
00:28:18	That's very kind of you, Owen.
00:28:23	My committee has the power
00:28:29	I'd like to spare you that.
00:28:31	Would you, now?
00:28:34	Look...
00:28:35	Do you wanna go down in history
00:28:40	Is that what you want?
00:28:43	What do you want, Owen?
00:28:47	You agree to support my C.A.B. Bill,
00:28:53	- I can't do that.
00:28:55	I can't do that, Owen.
00:28:59	Sell TWA to Pan Am.
00:29:02	You'll get a good price.
00:29:06	And then...? Then you won't go public?
00:29:08	Right. That's right. The investigation's
00:29:13	That's... It's better for everybody.
00:29:21	You know, Owen,
00:29:24	- What's that?
00:29:28	- Yeah.
00:29:31	We didn't sail. We flew.
00:29:34	- You flew?
00:29:44	Are you sure you want to do this, Owen?
00:29:48	You want to go to war with me?
00:29:55	It isn't me, Howard.
00:30:00	We just beat Germany and Japan.
00:30:03	Who the hell are you?
00:30:10	You... You tell Juan Trippe
00:30:15	Tell him thanks for the flowers.
00:30:18	And he can kiss both sides of my ass.
00:30:46	Well, we have a long list of particulars.
00:30:49	Chief among them is that he defrauded
00:30:53	...of $56 million while at war,
00:30:56	While brave men were dying
00:30:59	...Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket
00:31:03	I sleep...
00:31:05	...in this room...
00:31:09	...in the dark.
00:31:10	I'll have him dragged here to Washington
00:31:13	I wanna see the whites of his lies.
00:31:16	I have a place.
00:31:18	- I can sleep.
00:31:22	- I have a chair.
00:31:25	...boondoggle of his,
00:31:29	...that flying lumberyard,
00:31:35	No, he'll... We'll get him here.
00:31:41	That's just beautiful.
00:31:43	Oh, yeah. I like the desert.
00:31:49	It's hot there in the desert,
00:31:53	It's clean.
00:31:56	I need to sleep.
00:32:01	I should drink something first.
00:32:07	I should drink something first.
00:32:14	Wait a minute.
00:32:17	What if that milk is sour?
00:32:19	That milk is bad.
00:32:21	I shouldn't pick up
00:32:27	And I shouldn't take the top off
00:32:34	...put it in my pocket.
00:32:37	My left pocket.
00:32:55	Howard, it's Kate.
00:33:01	Can you hear me?
00:33:05	I'm coming in.
00:33:11	Howard, unlock this door immediately.
00:33:22	I can't, sweetie.
00:33:27	You mean you won't.
00:33:31	Howard, please let me see you.
00:33:34	- I haven't shaved.
00:33:42	Come on.
00:33:44	You...
00:33:46	You let me in.
00:33:54	I can hear you, Katie.
00:33:58	I could always hear you.
00:34:03	That's because I'm so goddamn loud.
00:34:11	Howard, I...
00:34:15	I came to thank you.
00:34:18	I found out what you did
00:34:22	Buying those awful pictures.
00:34:29	You love him.
00:34:37	He's everything I have.
00:34:47	Howard?
00:34:50	I'm glad for you, Kate.
00:34:54	Go away now. Would you do that?
00:34:58	- Howard, please.
00:35:01	Just for now. I'll see you soon.
00:35:04	- We'll go flying together.
00:35:07	Yes, please. You take me flying again.
00:35:10	Howard, I can take the wheel.
00:35:18	Howard?
00:35:26	Howard, are you...? Are you there?
00:35:33	Howard?
00:35:37	Howard, are you there?
00:35:41	Come on, Howard.
00:35:45	Howard, are you there?
00:36:12	Come in with the milk.
00:36:15	Come in with the milk.
00:36:17	Come in with the milk.
00:36:19	He is to open the bag
00:36:22	...and hold the bag out to me
00:36:26	...so I may reach into the bag without...
00:36:31	Without touching the paper.
00:36:38	Repeated from the beginning.
00:36:40	Repeated from the beginning.
00:36:43	Repeated from the beginning.
00:36:55	If there is any variation
00:36:59	... even to the smallest degree...
00:37:03	... the entire process must be repeated...
00:37:07	- ... from the beginning.
00:37:09	- Repeated from the beginning.
00:37:12	- Come in with the milk.
00:37:14	... from the beginning.
00:37:16	Repeated from the beginning.
00:37:18	Come in with the milk.
00:37:20	Q...
00:37:23	R...
00:37:25	N...
00:37:28	T...
00:37:30	Q...
00:37:33	...U...
00:37:37	E...
00:37:40	I...
00:37:43	T...
00:37:45	...I...
00:37:47	...N...
00:37:50	...E.
00:37:53	N...
00:37:55	...E.
00:37:57	E...
00:37:59	I...
00:38:11	Howard?
00:38:15	Hello?
00:38:19	Who is it?
00:38:20	Howard, it's Juan.
00:38:30	Juan.
00:38:33	Juan, right. Yeah.
00:38:35	We had an appointment, right? Yeah.
00:38:38	I remember that. Look...
00:38:41	...I got a hell of a cold in here.
00:38:44	So take a seat out there,
00:38:47	I'd never forgive myself if I got you sick.
00:38:59	Thank you.
00:39:03	Okay, Howard, I'm sitting.
00:39:06	I've brought along our accountings.
00:39:09	...Pan Am is trading
00:39:12	TWA at four and a quarter.
00:39:15	- Now, if you take...
00:39:16	Come on, come on, come on.
00:39:21	Besides, you couldn't afford her.
00:39:23	Our domestic routes alone
00:39:28	Well, considering our stock is trading
00:39:31	...I find that a dubious claim, Howard.
00:39:34	What l...
00:39:37	What I mean is,
00:39:42	I mean, you get TWA,
00:39:44	I'm not gonna sell,
00:39:47	Here's the point.
00:39:49	Owen Brewster works for you.
00:39:52	Howard, I didn't elect Senator Brewster.
00:40:05	Now, if I appear at his hearings, Juan,
00:40:10	Real nasty for all of us.
00:40:12	Well, I think,
00:40:17	While the good people of America
00:40:20	...you produced a dirty movie
00:40:24	Well, that's just not fair, is it?
00:40:26	I mean, the XF-11 flew quite well
00:40:30	I wish you were up there with me, Juan.
00:40:35	Be that as it may, you still have
00:40:39	It's called The Hercules!
00:40:42	And it will fly, goddamn it!
00:40:45	I hope so. The American people deserve
00:40:49	I won't sell TWA!
00:40:52	I won't!
00:40:58	I know that, Howard.
00:41:01	I know that.
00:41:04	But I'm going to get it anyway.
00:41:07	You will default on your loan from
00:41:11	...destroys your reputation and you can't
00:41:16	The hearings will also show Hughes Aircraft
00:41:21	...and it will go bankrupt too.
00:41:23	But you won't be insolvent.
00:41:27	Perhaps you'll head back to Houston
00:41:30	I rather hope you do.
00:41:33	By that time,
00:41:36	...and painted all those magnificent
00:41:40	So when you do return,
00:41:48	Well...
00:41:52	You seem to have me
00:41:56	Not a position in which
00:42:00	I think you're gonna be less comfortable
00:42:05	Very public, Howard.
00:42:09	Lots of cameras and newsmen.
00:42:13	I understand you're not
00:42:18	Perhaps we should spare you that.
00:42:23	Well, thank you for your concern, Juan.
00:42:28	I find that...
00:42:31	...very moving.
00:42:34	It's been a real pleasure.
00:42:37	Noah will see you back
00:42:41	You fly safe.
00:42:46	You fly safe.
00:42:53	Thank you, Howard,
00:42:56	Don't you worry.
00:42:58	I certainly will.
00:43:01	Bye-bye.
00:43:07	If you let him appear at those hearings,
00:43:12	People should remember him as he was.
00:43:19	He'll have a subpoena in three days
00:43:24	If you can get him out of there by then.
00:44:14	Mr. Hughes?
00:44:22	I don't have any shoes.
00:44:26	- Could you get me some shoes?
00:44:29	Yeah.
00:44:55	How nice of you to dress for me.
00:45:01	Can I come in?
00:45:03	Yeah, you can come in.
00:45:14	Thank you for coming.
00:45:28	Now, let's get a drink.
00:45:30	Wait, wait, wait, honey.
00:45:34	You're in the germ-free zone now.
00:45:37	- I'll take my chances.
00:45:55	Love what you've done with the place.
00:46:04	Now, let me look at you.
00:46:12	When do you go to Washington?
00:46:15	A week.
00:46:17	No, no. Just under a week.
00:46:20	I don't know the date today,
00:46:25	All right, take it easy.
00:46:40	There's nothing there, Howard.
00:46:49	I see things.
00:46:53	I know, baby.
00:46:56	Rinse your face off, now.
00:47:07	Put your hands in the water
00:47:09	I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere.
00:47:16	- Does that look clean to you?
00:47:20	But we do our best, right?
00:47:23	Yeah.
00:47:44	What do you think?
00:47:45	- Well, I look all right.
00:47:49	Will you marry me?
00:47:51	You're too crazy for me.
00:47:55	I gotta go, baby.
00:47:58	Okay.
00:48:00	Thanks.
00:48:08	You'd do it for me.
00:48:16	Hi, Howard. How you doing?
00:48:57	The committee will come to order.
00:49:00	Ladies and gentlemen, I must insist that
00:49:04	All right, Mr. Hughes,
00:49:09	Do you solemnly swear that in the matter
00:49:13	...you will tell the whole truth
00:49:18	- I do.
00:49:20	...but I know you have difficulty hearing.
00:49:24	I mean, everybody knows I'm deaf.
00:49:30	Mr. Hughes, it is the intention
00:49:33	Mr. Hughes has a statement.
00:49:36	All right, you may proceed
00:49:47	Mr. Hughes, do you have a statement?
00:49:56	I'm gonna attempt to be honest here.
00:50:01	I mean, my reputation's being destroyed,
00:50:07	Senator Brewster, if you hadn't
00:50:11	...if you hadn't put
00:50:14	...I might have been willing to take a
00:50:18	I may have been willing to sit back and take
00:50:24	...well, I am only a private citizen.
00:50:27	Whereas you are a senator...
00:50:29	...with all sorts of powers.
00:50:33	But I think this goddamn circus
00:50:36	- That's quite sufficient.
00:50:39	You have called me a liar
00:50:43	- The witness will restrain...
00:50:46	Why not tell the truth that this investigation
00:50:51	...decided to fly to Europe? On the day that
00:50:56	- Sit down.
00:50:59	...the generally accepted theory that only
00:51:04	...had the right to fly the Atlantic!
00:51:08	I asked for silence!
00:51:12	We have in our possession receipts
00:51:17	...acquired from Mr. John Meyer.
00:51:21	- He does.
00:51:26	I don't exactly know, senator.
00:51:30	Can you explain why your press agent
00:51:33	...more than $ 170,000 to representatives
00:51:38	- I don't know. You'd have to ask him.
00:51:43	- Produce him?
00:51:46	You had John Meyer on the stand
00:51:49	Be that as it may,
00:51:52	Would you ask him to return?
00:52:01	No, I don't think I will.
00:52:05	Will you try to have him return?
00:52:10	- No, I don't think I'll try.
00:52:15	No, I don't think so.
00:52:18	The $ 170,000 paid out to the Air Force
00:52:23	...TWA stock...
00:52:25	...female companionship.
00:52:28	Now, is it possible that
00:52:33	I suppose you could call them that, yes.
00:52:36	Would you repeat that?
00:52:38	I said, I suppose you could
00:52:45	Well, would you like
00:52:49	I'm afraid you don't know how
00:52:53	See, wining and dining Air Force dignitaries
00:52:58	It's because we all want the big contracts.
00:53:02	I don't know whether
00:53:05	...I just know it's not illegal.
00:53:09	If you pass a law that states no one
00:53:13	...I'd be happy to abide by it.
00:53:18	Your story is a pack of lies. I can
00:53:22	- We're not gonna have this bickering.
00:53:26	...if you'll let me get started.
00:53:30	...can intimidate any member
00:53:34	- Now submit your questions.
00:53:37	On February 12th,
00:53:40	...did you or did you not tell me
00:53:46	...that this entire investigation
00:53:49	I did not. And I have asked you
00:53:52	- How long have you known Juan Trippe?
00:53:56	- And that's not the question.
00:54:01	...to your last campaign? I mean,
00:54:09	I have a personal friendship with...
00:54:11	Is it true you accept free Pan Am tickets
00:54:14	...in support of your C.A.B. Bill?
00:54:17	Well, who wrote that bill, senator?
00:54:21	- The actual words. Did you write them?
00:54:25	...are gonna be conducted.
00:54:29	"Bill S-987 to amend
00:54:34	Now, you introduced this bill
00:54:39	A lot of words.
00:54:41	You write all of them?
00:54:44	- Did you write any of them, senator?
00:54:47	Now, this entire bill was written
00:54:50	...and designed to give that airline
00:54:54	You've been flogging this bill all around
00:54:59	I have duties that take me
00:55:02	Well, what the hell does a senator
00:55:08	I was seeking outlets for our trade goods.
00:55:13	Buy a lot of lobsters down there, do they?
00:55:19	Senator, how many times have you visited
00:55:22	...in the last three months?
00:55:27	Would you like me to tell you, senator?
00:55:31	All right, this has gone on long enough.
00:55:34	His airline has advanced the cause
00:55:38	Juan Trippe is a patriot. Juan Trippe is not
00:55:45	Well, I'm sure his stockholders
00:55:50	We're gonna clear this room.
00:55:52	This is James McNamara speaking to you
00:55:57	... the world's largest aircraft.
00:56:00	... which has prompted Congress to
00:56:04	Before boarding the craft,
00:56:07	... would be solely a taxi experiment.
00:56:12	The mammoth flying plywood shell...
00:56:15	... might ship water under high-speed
00:56:19	... the craft into the air until next spring.
00:56:23	... pronounced the craft an unknown quantity.
00:56:27	None of that, now. None of that.
00:56:29	We are about 5 feet
00:56:32	We are looking through
00:56:35	Professor, why don't you
00:56:38	In other words, we are 30 feet high
00:56:42	Strap yourself in right there.
00:56:47	Huge crowds jam the surrounding
00:56:50	All right, boys, let's fire it up.
00:56:57	One's good.
00:57:00	Two's good.
00:57:02	Three's good.
00:57:03	Four's good.
00:57:05	Five's good.
00:57:07	Six is good.
00:57:09	Seven's good.
00:57:10	Eight's good.
00:57:13	- Advancing master throttles.
00:57:18	As you probably know,
00:57:21	... of screaming into our microphone.
00:57:23	- Understood. Lower it 15 degrees of flaps.
00:57:28	Howard, she's gotta hit 70
00:57:32	Yeah, I know. I know.
00:57:34	It's a beautiful day here off the coast
00:57:39	- ... a warm sun...
00:57:42	- And a relatively calm sea...
00:57:46	Thirty-five.
00:57:47	One would think these eight power plants
00:57:51	Take it easy, Howard.
00:57:55	- Forty!
00:57:59	Throttling back for starboard turn 180.
00:58:06	The flight crew itself
00:58:09	Mr. Hughes, however, has added 11
00:58:13	... stationed at various places throughout the
00:58:21	How does she sound, Odie?
00:58:23	Sounds good, Howard.
00:58:28	- Professor.
00:58:30	Would you do me a favor?
00:58:33	Would you take a look out that window
00:58:41	I would say that we have a 15-knot wind.
00:58:46	Would you call that a headwind,
00:58:50	I would, Mr. Hughes.
00:58:52	We must maintain silence. We must
00:58:55	Mr. Hughes, will you stand and be sworn?
00:58:58	Mr. Hughes, did you receive...
00:59:00	...$43 million to manufacture 100 XF-11
00:59:08	I did.
00:59:09	How many functional planes did you
00:59:13	None.
00:59:14	Would you lean a little closer
00:59:18	None.
00:59:19	Did you receive $ 13 million
00:59:23	...a prototype of a flying boat
00:59:29	I did.
00:59:31	And did you deliver that plane?
00:59:33	I did not.
00:59:36	So by your admission
00:59:39	...you have received $56 million...
00:59:42	...from the United States government
00:59:47	That is correct.
00:59:51	Well, excuse me for asking,
00:59:54	...but where did all that money go?
00:59:56	Well, it went into the planes, senator.
01:00:01	More? Do tell, Mr. Hughes,
01:00:06	I mean, I put my money
01:00:13	- See, the thing is that I care...
01:00:18	Let him speak.
01:00:23	Proceed, Mr. Hughes.
01:00:27	See, the thing is,
01:00:32	It has been the great joy of my life. That's
01:00:37	And I've lost millions, senator,
01:00:41	...what I do.
01:00:43	Now, if I've lost a lot of the government's
01:00:48	...will put that into perspective.
01:00:50	More than 60 other airplanes ordered
01:00:54	...Lockheed, Douglas, Northrop and Boeing
01:00:58	In all, more than $800 million was spent
01:01:04	Over 6 billion on other weapons
01:01:09	Yet Hughes Aircraft, with her 56 million...
01:01:14	...is the only firm
01:01:16	I cannot help but think that has a little more
01:01:22	- You've made your point, Mr. Hughes.
01:01:26	...to say here to this committee.
01:01:28	And that has to do with The Hercules.
01:01:31	Now, I am supposed to be many things
01:01:36	I am supposed to be capricious.
01:01:38	I have been called a playboy.
01:01:42	...but I do not believe that I have
01:01:47	Needless to say, The Hercules
01:01:51	It is the largest plane ever built.
01:01:54	It is over five stories tall with a wingspan
01:01:57	That's more than a city block.
01:01:59	Now, I put the sweat of my life into this.
01:02:04	I have stated several times
01:02:07	...I will leave this country
01:02:13	Now, Senator Brewster,
01:02:16	...you can arrest me, you can even claim
01:02:21	...but, well, I've had just about enough
01:02:26	I had to do it.
01:02:28	- Mr. Hughes.
01:02:32	I'd love to see The Hercules in the air.
01:02:34	Thank you, thank you so much.
01:02:45	Switch it off.
01:02:47	- The hearings aren't over yet.
01:02:52	The airline bill will be defeated
01:02:55	TWA will begin flights from
01:02:58	...then on to Moscow, to Japan,
01:03:05	...to New York.
01:03:11	Fuck.
01:03:17	- Power coming up.
01:03:23	Howard Hughes has just alerted us.
01:03:26	He has asked everyone to hold on.
01:03:32	Let me hear it, Odie.
01:03:33	Twenty-five miles per hour.
01:03:35	Thirty.
01:03:37	Here we go. Here we go.
01:03:39	- Thirty-five.
01:03:41	... has moved up to 25. Thirty.
01:03:45	- Thirty-five.
01:03:47	As he pushes the throttle it's 40.
01:03:49	- Forty-five.
01:03:53	- Forty-five.
01:03:55	- It's 50 over a choppy sea.
01:03:58	It's 55. It's 55.
01:04:00	- Sixty.
01:04:03	- Sixty-five.
01:04:09	- Seventy.
01:04:11	- Seventy-five.
01:04:21	And something momentarily cuts out.
01:04:26	We are airborne, ladies and gentlemen.
01:04:29	... meant this to be. I don't know.
01:04:34	And we were really up in the air.
01:04:44	Ladies and gentlemen,
01:04:47	... has flown this afternoon
01:04:51	Well, it certainly looks at this moment
01:04:56	... the United States for quite
01:05:10	We must understand that technologies
01:05:14	- That's enough questions.
01:05:18	...to have you come here
01:05:21	- Excuse us for just a second.
01:05:23	- So you feel like going to Paris?
01:05:25	TWA is starting up flights to Europe.
01:05:27	I thought I might pilot the first one.
01:05:31	- Lots of shopping in Paris.
01:05:34	You can buy me dinner. How about that?
01:05:38	Dinner, then. We got a date?
01:05:41	Okay, baby, you got a date.
01:05:45	I'll be back in a second,
01:05:49	All right, listen, boys.
01:05:52	- You know about jets?
01:05:55	Oh, it will be, but we gotta get started.
01:05:58	Come on, walk with me.
01:06:01	Whoever can start utilizing
01:06:03	...on commercial airliners is gonna win.
01:06:07	I know a little. I can work something
01:06:16	Noah, who are those fellas?
01:06:21	Do they work for me?
01:06:24	Everybody works for you, Howard.
01:06:32	Lockheed worked on the F-80. Let's get
01:06:37	- What, now?
01:06:39	We gotta get into it.
01:06:42	- It's 4:30.
01:06:46	- So it's 7:30.
01:06:48	We'll figure out what hotel he's at.
01:06:51	...or you want some kind of meeting?
01:06:55	Do you want me bring him
01:06:59	- The way of the future.
01:07:01	- Howard?
01:07:05	- The way of the future.
01:07:07	- Way of the future.
01:07:09	The way of the future.
01:07:13	The way of the future.
01:07:15	The way of the future.
01:07:18	The way of the future.
01:07:21	The way of the future.
01:07:23	The way of the future.
01:07:25	All right, stay here. I'll be right back.
01:07:29	The way of the future.
01:07:31	Guard the door. I'll get a doctor.
01:07:35	The way of the future.
01:07:38	The way of the future.
01:07:40	The way of the future.
01:07:47	The way of the future.
01:07:54	You are not safe.
01:08:05	When I grow up...
01:08:06	... I'm gonna fly the fastest planes
01:08:09	... make the biggest movies ever...
01:08:12	... and be the richest man in the world.
01:08:27	The way of the future.
01:08:37	The way of the future.
01:08:47	The way of the future.
01:08:52	The way of the future.
01:08:56	The way of the future.
01:08:59	The way of the future.
01:15:16	[ENGLISH]
00:00:03	I'll try for the Wilshire Country Club.
00:00:07	Wilshire Country Club, copy that.
00:00:11	I'm going down!
00:00:23	Goddamn it!
00:02:27	Is there anyone else inside?
00:02:31	No.
00:02:36	I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator.
00:02:49	- Every inch of his
00:02:52	He has burns to 78 percent of his body.
00:02:55	Nine ribs are shattered,
00:02:58	...as are his nose, his chin, his cheek,
00:03:02	He has 60 lacerations
00:03:06	His chest was crushed,
00:03:08	...and his heart has shifted
00:03:13	Jesus, God.
00:03:15	- He's getting blood transfusions now, but...
00:03:21	- I'm sorry?
00:03:23	From our stock.
00:03:25	- Oh, he's not going to like that.
00:03:30	...ever gonna like or
00:03:33	I'm terribly sorry.
00:04:04	Orange juice.
00:04:09	It's not fresh from the kitchen, so I...
00:04:13	I have them make it here so...
00:04:22	Look at me.
00:04:27	I'm a monster.
00:04:29	Yeah. Orange juice has nutritional value.
00:04:35	There's... There's some flies
00:04:41	So...
00:04:45	...little Howard likes...
00:04:49	...citrus.
00:04:52	Don't he just...?
00:04:57	Tell me.
00:05:00	An oil seal ripped off
00:05:04	When the pressure dropped,
00:05:08	Do you understand me?
00:05:10	Howard, I'm sorry to have to tell you
00:05:16	- You following me?
00:05:20	The Air Force canceled the contract
00:05:26	The war's over now,
00:05:32	I have to know what you want me to do.
00:05:36	How far...
00:05:40	...from finishing?
00:05:43	- About six months.
00:05:51	Seven million.
00:05:54	Maybe more.
00:06:00	Build it.
00:06:04	Build it, Odie.
00:06:07	Howard...
00:06:10	...a Constellation crashed
00:06:14	The Civil Aeronautics Board
00:06:28	You know...
00:06:30	...Juan Trippe sent me flowers.
00:06:36	Take a look.
00:06:41	- What did you do with all the others?
00:06:46	They... They attract aphids.
00:06:50	Aphids are...
00:06:56	But...
00:07:00	But these ones...
00:07:03	...I wanted to see these ones every day.
00:07:15	Can white elephants fly?
00:07:18	The hull of the world's mightiest airplane,
00:07:23	Two hundred and twenty feet long,
00:07:27	Power lines have to be cut as it starts
00:07:32	...to the Pacific, 30 miles away.
00:07:34	Moving the 60-ton load
00:07:37	But you gotta ask, was anything this big
00:07:41	There goes one wing section,
00:07:46	Double that and you've got some idea
00:07:49	An airplane that challenges
00:08:00	How long can they keep us grounded?
00:08:03	Until they finish investigating
00:08:06	You're running a $ 14 million deficit. How
00:08:12	- We go international, we'll make it up.
00:08:16	That bill passes,
00:08:19	- We're fighting the C.A.B. Bill.
00:08:23	Don't say, "Just go to Tool Co." We're
00:08:27	...which the Air Force
00:08:30	I'm glad Jack is feeling sunny about things,
00:08:35	I'm telling it straight. I'm not crying wolf.
00:08:37	We're in serious trouble.
00:08:40	You wanna be bankrupted
00:08:53	Go see Thomas Parkinson
00:08:57	Get a loan against
00:09:00	Use the planes as collateral. Hell, use the
00:09:06	- Try to get me 40 million.
00:09:11	Then Juan Trippe buys us cheap.
00:09:17	Under my bed! You put a goddamn
00:09:20	Listen to me.
00:09:22	- I just wanna make sure you're okay.
00:09:26	It's been with me 24 hours a day.
00:09:28	That car is for your protection!
00:09:30	The only one I need protection from is you,
00:09:34	You don't own me, Howard.
00:09:35	I'm not one of your teenage whores
00:09:39	I'll have them take all the bugs out.
00:09:41	I need to know where you are.
00:09:43	- Why?!
00:09:46	Bullshit!
00:09:51	What do you mean, "all the bugs"?
00:09:59	What do you mean, "all the bugs"?
00:10:04	There's more.
00:10:06	How many?
00:10:08	I don't know, 12.
00:10:15	Oh, Christ, Howard, on the telephone?
00:10:18	You listen to my phone calls?
00:10:20	No, no, honey, I would never do that.
00:10:24	I just read the transcripts, that's all.
00:10:32	What do you wanna know, Howard?
00:10:34	Was I screwing Artie Shaw last night?
00:10:36	Was I screwing Sinatra the night before?
00:10:39	Everyone said you were a lunatic,
00:10:42	It's no wonder Kate Hepburn
00:10:45	Shut your goddamn mouth.
00:10:52	Get out, you pathetic freak.
00:11:03	Get out!
00:11:05	Is everything all right, sir?
00:11:07	Take out all the bugs, huh?
00:11:11	Except for the one
00:11:14	Sir, the FBI are at the house.
00:11:17	This is outrageous! Everything here is the
00:11:22	- My legal counsel is on the way...
00:11:25	Don't interfere with the search, sir.
00:11:47	Dateline: Los Angeles.
00:11:51	No, it's not another beautiful starlet.
00:11:54	Noah, you've got to help. This is
00:11:58	Rumor has it that agents
00:12:02	...have practically taken up residence
00:12:06	Look, I mean, they are touching things.
00:12:08	- Noah, they are touching things.
00:12:12	...and I'll be down there
00:12:15	Howard?
00:12:17	Howard?
00:12:43	Howard, hello.
00:12:45	- Nice to see you again.
00:12:49	- Emma, you can start up lunch now.
00:12:51	Well, really lovely room.
00:12:56	Thank you. Here, have a seat.
00:12:58	Thanks for coming by.
00:12:59	I thought you and I
00:13:03	You know, outside the office.
00:13:07	Well...
00:13:08	...I appreciate that, Owen.
00:13:18	So you're coming out pretty strong
00:13:24	- You're coming on pretty strong for it.
00:13:29	Look, I believe sincerely
00:13:33	...to have more than one
00:13:38	I mean, do you think it's fair that one airline
00:13:43	A monopoly? No, no, no. Oh, no.
00:13:47	No, I think one airline could do it better,
00:13:52	All I'm thinking about are the interests,
00:13:57	That's just beautiful. What is that?
00:14:04	What is that? Is that a...?
00:14:07	Is that a yak?
00:14:09	- Some kind of a yak?
00:14:12	My wife picked that up
00:14:14	Son of a gun.
00:14:16	A real Ilama.
00:14:20	- From Peru?
00:14:24	- Yeah, it was about a year ago.
00:14:27	Good. Okay.
00:14:31	Now, did you...?
00:14:35	No, no. My wife just liked the painting.
00:14:38	It's an interesting animal.
00:14:41	How do you spell that?
00:14:46	No, no. It's...
00:14:51	Here, come on, have a seat.
00:15:02	It's brook trout. Hope you like fish.
00:15:07	I love it. Thanks.
00:15:26	I know you're not a drinking man,
00:15:43	Thanks.
00:15:50	All right, let's get down to business.
00:15:54	My investigators...
00:15:57	My investigators
00:16:01	It could be really embarrassing
00:16:05	I'd like to save you
00:16:09	That's very kind of you, Owen.
00:16:14	My committee has the power
00:16:19	I'd like to spare you that.
00:16:22	Would you, now?
00:16:24	Look...
00:16:26	Do you wanna go down in history
00:16:31	Is that what you want?
00:16:35	What do you want, Owen?
00:16:38	You agree to support my C.A.B. Bill,
00:16:45	- I can't do that.
00:16:47	I can't do that, Owen.
00:16:50	Sell TWA to Pan Am.
00:16:54	You'll get a good price.
00:16:58	And then...? Then you won't go public?
00:17:01	Right. That's right. The investigation's
00:17:06	That's... It's better for everybody.
00:17:13	You know, Owen,
00:17:17	- What's that?
00:17:21	- Yeah.
00:17:24	We didn't sail. We flew.
00:17:28	- You flew?
00:17:38	Are you sure you want to do this, Owen?
00:17:42	You want to go to war with me?
00:17:49	It isn't me, Howard.
00:17:54	We just beat Germany and Japan.
00:17:58	Who the hell are you?
00:18:05	You... You tell Juan Trippe
00:18:10	Tell him thanks for the flowers.
00:18:13	And he can kiss both sides of my ass.
00:18:43	Well, we have a long list of particulars.
00:18:45	Chief among them is that he defrauded
00:18:49	...of $56 million while at war,
00:18:53	While brave men were dying
00:18:56	...Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket
00:19:00	I sleep...
00:19:02	...in this room...
00:19:06	...in the dark.
00:19:08	I'll have him dragged here to Washington
00:19:11	I wanna see the whites of his lies.
00:19:13	I have a place.
00:19:16	- I can sleep.
00:19:20	- I have a chair.
00:19:23	...boondoggle of his,
00:19:28	...that flying lumberyard,
00:19:34	No, he'll... We'll get him here.
00:19:40	That's just beautiful.
00:19:42	Oh, yeah. I like the desert.
00:19:48	It's hot there in the desert,
00:19:52	It's clean.
00:19:56	I need to sleep.
00:20:00	I should drink something first.
00:20:07	I should drink something first.
00:20:14	Wait a minute.
00:20:17	What if that milk is sour?
00:20:20	That milk is bad.
00:20:22	I shouldn't pick up
00:20:27	And I shouldn't take the top off
00:20:35	...put it in my pocket.
00:20:38	My left pocket.
00:20:57	Howard, it's Kate.
00:21:03	Can you hear me?
00:21:07	I'm coming in.
00:21:14	Howard, unlock this door immediately.
00:21:25	I can't, sweetie.
00:21:31	You mean you won't.
00:21:34	Howard, please let me see you.
00:21:38	- I haven't shaved.
00:21:46	Come on.
00:21:48	You...
00:21:50	You let me in.
00:21:59	I can hear you, Katie.
00:22:02	I could always hear you.
00:22:09	That's because I'm so goddamn loud.
00:22:17	Howard, I...
00:22:21	I came to thank you.
00:22:24	I found out what you did
00:22:27	Buying those awful pictures.
00:22:35	You love him.
00:22:44	He's everything I have.
00:22:54	Howard?
00:22:57	I'm glad for you, Kate.
00:23:01	Go away now. Would you do that?
00:23:05	- Howard, please.
00:23:08	Just for now. I'll see you soon.
00:23:12	- We'll go flying together.
00:23:15	Yes, please. You take me flying again.
00:23:18	Howard, I can take the wheel.
00:23:26	Howard?
00:23:34	Howard, are you...? Are you there?
00:23:42	Howard?
00:23:46	Howard, are you there?
00:23:50	Come on, Howard.
00:23:55	Howard, are you there?
00:24:23	Come in with the milk.
00:24:25	Come in with the milk.
00:24:28	Come in with the milk.
00:24:30	He is to open the bag
00:24:33	...and hold the bag out to me
00:24:37	...so I may reach into the bag without...
00:24:42	Without touching the paper.
00:24:49	Repeated from the beginning.
00:24:52	Repeated from the beginning.
00:24:55	Repeated from the beginning.
00:25:07	If there is any variation
00:25:12	...even to the smallest degree...
00:25:15	...the entire process must be repeated...
00:25:20	- ...from the beginning.
00:25:22	- Repeated from the beginning.
00:25:25	- Come in with the milk.
00:25:27	...from the beginning.
00:25:29	Repeated from the beginning.
00:25:31	Come in with the milk.
00:25:33	Q...
00:25:37	R...
00:25:39	N...
00:25:42	T...
00:25:44	Q...
00:25:48	...U...
00:25:51	E...
00:25:54	I...
00:25:57	T...
00:26:00	...I...
00:26:02	...N...
00:26:05	...E.
00:26:07	N...
00:26:10	...E.
00:26:12	E...
00:26:14	I...
00:26:27	Howard?
00:26:31	Hello?
00:26:35	Who is it?
00:26:36	Howard, it's Juan.
00:26:47	Juan.
00:26:49	Juan, right. Yeah.
00:26:52	We had an appointment, right? Yeah.
00:26:55	I remember that. Look...
00:26:58	...I got a hell of a cold in here.
00:27:01	So take a seat out there,
00:27:04	I'd never forgive myself if I got you sick.
00:27:17	Thank you.
00:27:21	Okay, Howard, I'm sitting.
00:27:24	I've brought along our accountings.
00:27:27	...Pan Am is trading
00:27:30	TWA at four and a quarter.
00:27:33	- Now, if you take...
00:27:35	Come on, come on, come on.
00:27:40	Besides, you couldn't afford her.
00:27:42	Our domestic routes alone
00:27:47	Well, considering our stock is trading
00:27:50	...I find that a dubious claim, Howard.
00:27:53	What l...
00:27:57	What I mean is,
00:28:02	I mean, you get TWA,
00:28:04	I'm not gonna sell,
00:28:07	Here's the point.
00:28:09	Owen Brewster works for you.
00:28:12	Howard, I didn't elect Senator Brewster.
00:28:25	Now, if I appear at his hearings, Juan,
00:28:31	Real nasty for all of us.
00:28:33	Well, I think,
00:28:38	While the good people of America
00:28:41	...you produced a dirty movie
00:28:45	Well, that's just not fair, is it?
00:28:48	I mean, the XF-11 flew quite well
00:28:52	I wish you were up there with me, Juan.
00:28:57	Be that as it may, you still have
00:29:01	It's called The Hercules!
00:29:04	And it will fly, goddamn it!
00:29:07	I hope so. The American people deserve
00:29:12	I won't sell TWA!
00:29:15	I won't!
00:29:21	I know that, Howard.
00:29:24	I know that.
00:29:27	But I'm going to get it anyway.
00:29:31	You will default on your loan from
00:29:35	...destroys your reputation and you can't
00:29:39	The hearings will also show Hughes Aircraft
00:29:45	...and it will go bankrupt too.
00:29:47	But you won't be insolvent.
00:29:51	Perhaps you'll head back to Houston
00:29:55	I rather hope you do.
00:29:57	By that time,
00:30:01	...and painted all those magnificent
00:30:05	So when you do return,
00:30:13	Well...
00:30:17	You seem to have me
00:30:21	Not a position in which
00:30:26	I think you're gonna be less comfortable
00:30:31	Very public, Howard.
00:30:35	Lots of cameras and newsmen.
00:30:39	I understand you're not
00:30:44	Perhaps we should spare you that.
00:30:49	Well, thank you for your concern, Juan.
00:30:55	I find that...
00:30:58	...very moving.
00:31:01	It's been a real pleasure.
00:31:04	Noah will see you back
00:31:08	You fly safe.
00:31:14	You fly safe.
00:31:21	Thank you, Howard,
00:31:24	Don't you worry.
00:31:26	I certainly will.
00:31:29	Bye-bye.
00:31:35	If you let him appear at those hearings,
00:31:40	People should remember him as he was.
00:31:48	He'll have a subpoena in three days
00:31:53	If you can get him out of there by then.
00:32:45	Mr. Hughes?
00:32:53	I don't have any shoes.
00:32:57	- Could you get me some shoes?
00:33:01	Yeah.
00:33:28	How nice of you to dress for me.
00:33:34	Can I come in?
00:33:37	Yeah, you can come in.
00:33:48	Thank you for coming.
00:34:02	Now, let's get a drink.
00:34:05	Wait, wait, wait, honey.
00:34:09	You're in the germ-free zone now.
00:34:12	- I'll take my chances.
00:34:31	Love what you've done with the place.
00:34:40	Now, let me look at you.
00:34:49	When do you go to Washington?
00:34:52	A week.
00:34:54	No, no. Just under a week.
00:34:57	I don't know the date today,
00:35:02	All right, take it easy.
00:35:17	There's nothing there, Howard.
00:35:27	I see things.
00:35:31	I know, baby.
00:35:34	Rinse your face off, now.
00:35:45	Put your hands in the water
00:35:48	I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere.
00:35:56	- Does that look clean to you?
00:35:59	But we do our best, right?
00:36:03	Yeah.
00:36:24	What do you think?
00:36:26	- Well, I look all right.
00:36:30	Will you marry me?
00:36:31	You're too crazy for me.
00:36:36	I gotta go, baby.
00:36:39	Okay.
00:36:41	Thanks.
00:36:49	You'd do it for me.
00:36:58	Hi, Howard. How you doing?
00:37:40	The committee will come to order.
00:37:43	Ladies and gentlemen, I must insist that
00:37:48	All right, Mr. Hughes,
00:37:53	Do you solemnly swear that in the matter
00:37:58	...you will tell the whole truth
00:38:02	- I do.
00:38:04	...but I know you have difficulty hearing.
00:38:09	I mean, everybody knows I'm deaf.
00:38:15	Mr. Hughes, it is the intention
00:38:18	Mr. Hughes has a statement.
00:38:21	All right, you may proceed
00:38:33	Mr. Hughes, do you have a statement?
00:38:43	I'm gonna attempt to be honest here.
00:38:48	I mean, my reputation's being destroyed,
00:38:53	Senator Brewster, if you hadn't
00:38:58	...if you hadn't put
00:39:00	...I might have been willing to take a
00:39:05	I may have been willing to sit back and take
00:39:11	...well, I am only a private citizen.
00:39:14	Whereas you are a senator...
00:39:16	...with all sorts of powers.
00:39:20	But I think this goddamn circus
00:39:23	- That's quite sufficient.
00:39:27	You have called me a liar
00:39:31	- The witness will restrain...
00:39:35	Why not tell the truth that this investigation
00:39:39	...decided to fly to Europe? On the day that
00:39:45	- Sit down.
00:39:48	...the generally accepted theory that only
00:39:53	...had the right to fly the Atlantic!
00:39:58	I asked for silence!
00:40:01	We have in our possession receipts
00:40:07	...acquired from Mr. John Meyer.
00:40:11	- He does.
00:40:16	I don't exactly know, senator.
00:40:20	Can you explain why your press agent
00:40:23	...more than $ 170,000 to representatives
00:40:28	- I don't know. You'd have to ask him.
00:40:33	- Produce him?
00:40:37	You had John Meyer on the stand
00:40:40	Be that as it may,
00:40:43	Would you ask him to return?
00:40:53	No, I don't think I will.
00:40:56	Will you try to have him return?
00:41:02	- No, I don't think I'll try.
00:41:07	No, I don't think so.
00:41:10	The $ 170,000 paid out to the Air Force
00:41:15	...TWA stock...
00:41:18	...female companionship.
00:41:20	Now, is it possible that
00:41:25	I suppose you could call them that, yes.
00:41:29	Would you repeat that?
00:41:31	I said, I suppose you could
00:41:38	Well, would you like
00:41:42	I'm afraid you don't know how
00:41:47	See, wining and dining Air Force dignitaries
00:41:51	It's because we all want the big contracts.
00:41:56	I don't know whether
00:41:59	...I just know it's not illegal.
00:42:03	If you pass a law that states no one
00:42:08	...I'd be happy to abide by it.
00:42:12	Your story is a pack of lies. I can
00:42:17	- We're not gonna have this bickering.
00:42:21	...if you'll let me get started.
00:42:25	...can intimidate any member
00:42:30	- Now submit your questions.
00:42:33	On February 12th,
00:42:36	...did you or did you not tell me
00:42:42	...that this entire investigation
00:42:45	I did not. And I have asked you
00:42:49	- How long have you known Juan Trippe?
00:42:53	- And that's not the question.
00:42:58	...to your last campaign? I mean,
00:43:06	I have a personal friendship with...
00:43:08	Is it true you accept free Pan Am tickets
00:43:11	...in support of your C.A.B. Bill?
00:43:15	Well, who wrote that bill, senator?
00:43:19	- The actual words. Did you write them?
00:43:23	...are gonna be conducted.
00:43:27	"Bill S-987 to amend
00:43:32	Now, you introduced this bill
00:43:37	A lot of words.
00:43:40	You write all of them?
00:43:42	- Did you write any of them, senator?
00:43:45	Now, this entire bill was written
00:43:49	...and designed to give that airline
00:43:53	You've been flogging this bill all around
00:43:58	I have duties that take me
00:44:02	Well, what the hell does a senator
00:44:07	I was seeking outlets for our trade goods.
00:44:13	Buy a lot of lobsters down there, do they?
00:44:19	Senator, how many times have you visited
00:44:23	...in the last three months?
00:44:28	Would you like me to tell you, senator?
00:44:31	All right, this has gone on long enough.
00:44:35	His airline has advanced the cause
00:44:39	Juan Trippe is a patriot. Juan Trippe is not
00:44:46	Well, I'm sure his stockholders
00:44:51	We're gonna clear this room.
00:44:53	This is James McNamara speaking to you
00:44:58	...the world's largest aircraft.
00:45:01	...which has prompted Congress to
00:45:06	Before boarding the craft,
00:45:09	...would be solely a taxi experiment.
00:45:14	The mammoth flying plywood shell...
00:45:18	...might ship water under high-speed
00:45:22	...the craft into the air until next spring.
00:45:25	...pronounced the craft an unknown quantity.
00:45:30	None of that, now. None of that.
00:45:32	We are about 5 feet
00:45:35	We are looking through
00:45:39	Professor, why don't you
00:45:42	In other words, we are 30 feet high
00:45:45	Strap yourself in right there.
00:45:51	Huge crowds jam the surrounding
00:45:54	All right, boys, let's fire it up.
00:46:01	One's good.
00:46:04	Two's good.
00:46:06	Three's good.
00:46:08	Four's good.
00:46:10	Five's good.
00:46:12	Six is good.
00:46:14	Seven's good.
00:46:15	Eight's good.
00:46:18	- Advancing master throttles.
00:46:24	As you probably know,
00:46:26	...of screaming into our microphone.
00:46:29	- Understood. Lower it 15 degrees of flaps.
00:46:34	Howard, she's gotta hit 70
00:46:38	Yeah, I know. I know.
00:46:40	It's a beautiful day here off the coast
00:46:45	- ...a warm sun...
00:46:48	- And a relatively calm sea...
00:46:52	Thirty-five.
00:46:54	One would think these eight power plants
00:46:58	Take it easy, Howard.
00:47:02	- Forty!
00:47:06	Throttling back for starboard turn 180.
00:47:13	The flight crew itself
00:47:16	Mr. Hughes, however, has added 11
00:47:20	...stationed at various places throughout the
00:47:28	How does she sound, Odie?
00:47:31	Sounds good, Howard.
00:47:36	- Professor.
00:47:38	Would you do me a favor?
00:47:41	Would you take a look out that window
00:47:50	I would say that we have a 15-knot wind.
00:47:54	Would you call that a headwind,
00:47:59	I would, Mr. Hughes.
00:48:01	We must maintain silence. We must
00:48:05	Mr. Hughes, will you stand and be sworn?
00:48:07	Mr. Hughes, did you receive...
00:48:10	...$43 million to manufacture 100 XF-11
00:48:17	I did.
00:48:19	How many functional planes did you
00:48:23	None.
00:48:24	Would you lean a little closer
00:48:28	None.
00:48:30	Did you receive $ 13 million
00:48:34	...a prototype of a flying boat
00:48:40	I did.
00:48:41	And did you deliver that plane?
00:48:44	I did not.
00:48:47	So by your admission
00:48:50	...you have received $56 million...
00:48:53	...from the United States government
00:48:59	That is correct.
00:49:03	Well, excuse me for asking,
00:49:06	...but where did all that money go?
00:49:08	Well, it went into the planes, senator.
00:49:13	More? Do tell, Mr. Hughes,
00:49:18	I mean, I put my money
00:49:26	- See, the thing is that I care...
00:49:30	Let him speak.
00:49:36	Proceed, Mr. Hughes.
00:49:40	See, the thing is,
00:49:46	It has been the great joy of my life. That's
00:49:50	And I've lost millions, senator,
00:49:55	...what I do.
00:49:57	Now, if I've lost a lot of the government's
00:50:02	...will put that into perspective.
00:50:04	More than 60 other airplanes ordered
00:50:08	...Lockheed, Douglas, Northrop and Boeing
00:50:12	In all, more than $800 million was spent
00:50:19	Over 6 billion on other weapons
00:50:24	Yet Hughes Aircraft, with her 56 million...
00:50:29	...is the only firm
00:50:31	I cannot help but think that has a little more
00:50:37	- You've made your point, Mr. Hughes.
00:50:41	...to say here to this committee.
00:50:44	And that has to do with The Hercules.
00:50:47	Now, I am supposed to be many things
00:50:52	I am supposed to be capricious.
00:50:55	I have been called a playboy.
00:50:59	...but I do not believe that I have
00:51:04	Needless to say, The Hercules
00:51:08	It is the largest plane ever built.
00:51:10	It is over five stories tall with a wingspan
00:51:14	That's more than a city block.
00:51:17	Now, I put the sweat of my life into this.
00:51:21	I have stated several times
00:51:25	...I will leave this country
00:51:30	Now, Senator Brewster,
00:51:34	...you can arrest me, you can even claim
00:51:39	...but, well, I've had just about enough
00:51:45	I had to do it.
00:51:46	- Mr. Hughes.
00:51:50	I'd love to see The Hercules in the air.
00:51:53	Thank you, thank you so much.
00:52:04	Switch it off.
00:52:06	- The hearings aren't over yet.
00:52:11	The airline bill will be defeated
00:52:14	TWA will begin flights from
00:52:18	...then on to Moscow, to Japan,
00:52:25	...to New York.
00:52:31	Fuck.
00:52:37	- Power coming up.
00:52:44	Howard Hughes has just alerted us.
00:52:47	He has asked everyone to hold on.
00:52:53	Let me hear it, Odie.
00:52:54	Twenty-five miles per hour.
00:52:57	Thirty.
00:52:58	Here we go. Here we go.
00:53:01	- Thirty-five.
00:53:03	...has moved up to 25. Thirty.
00:53:07	- Thirty-five.
00:53:09	As he pushes the throttle it's 40.
00:53:11	- Forty-five.
00:53:15	- Forty-five.
00:53:17	- It's 50 over a choppy sea.
00:53:20	It's 55. It's 55.
00:53:23	- Sixty.
00:53:25	- Sixty-five.
00:53:32	- Seventy.
00:53:34	- Seventy-five.
00:53:44	And something momentarily cuts out.
00:53:49	We are airborne, ladies and gentlemen.
00:53:53	...meant this to be. I don't know.
00:53:58	And we were really up in the air.
00:54:08	Ladies and gentlemen,
00:54:11	...has flown this afternoon
00:54:16	Well, it certainly looks at this moment
00:54:20	...the United States for quite
00:54:35	We must understand that technologies
00:54:40	- That's enough questions.
00:54:43	...to have you come here
00:54:47	- Excuse us for just a second.
00:54:49	- So you feel like going to Paris?
00:54:51	TWA is starting up flights to Europe.
00:54:53	I thought I might pilot the first one.
00:54:57	- Lots of shopping in Paris.
00:55:00	You can buy me dinner. How about that?
00:55:05	Dinner, then. We got a date?
00:55:08	Okay, baby, you got a date.
00:55:12	I'll be back in a second,
00:55:16	All right, listen, boys.
00:55:19	- You know about jets?
00:55:22	Oh, it will be, but we gotta get started.
00:55:26	Come on, walk with me.
00:55:29	Whoever can start utilizing
00:55:31	...on commercial airliners is gonna win.
00:55:35	I know a little. I can work something
00:55:44	Noah, who are those fellas?
00:55:49	Do they work for me?
00:55:52	Everybody works for you, Howard.
00:56:01	Lockheed worked on the F-80. Let's get
00:56:06	- What, now?
00:56:08	We gotta get into it.
00:56:12	- It's 4:30.
00:56:15	- So it's 7:30.
00:56:18	We'll figure out what hotel he's at.
00:56:21	...or you want some kind of meeting?
00:56:25	Do you want me bring him
00:56:29	- The way of the future.
00:56:32	- Howard?
00:56:35	- The way of the future.
00:56:38	- Way of the future.
00:56:40	The way of the future.
00:56:44	The way of the future.
00:56:46	The way of the future.
00:56:49	The way of the future.
00:56:51	The way of the future.
00:56:54	The way of the future.
00:56:57	All right, stay here. I'll be right back.
00:57:01	The way of the future.
00:57:03	Guard the door. I'll get a doctor.
00:57:07	The way of the future.
00:57:09	The way of the future.
00:57:12	The way of the future.
00:57:19	The way of the future.
00:57:27	You are not safe.
00:57:37	When I grow up...
00:57:39	...I'm gonna fly the fastest planes
00:57:42	...make the biggest movies ever...
00:57:45	...and be the richest man in the world.
00:58:01	The way of the future.
00:58:12	The way of the future.
00:58:22	The way of the future.
00:58:27	The way of the future.
00:58:31	The way of the future.
00:58:35	The way of the future.

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