Howard Hughes had a lot of sex in his life. He
also flew planes, built businesses, and made some money, but those things
didn't matter as much to Charles Higham in 1993 when he published this sleazy
and highly speculative bio of the famous 20th-century American tycoon.
Howard Hughes: The Secret Life was the credited source for the 2004 Oscar-nominated film on Hughes, The Aviator, which was directed by Martin Scorcese and starred Leonardo DiCaprio. You remember all those gay sex scenes in The Aviator, like, well, um, come to think of it, I don't either, unless you count the time Jude Law as Errol Flynn plucks a pea off Leo's plate. No, I guess that really doesn't count.
Howard Hughes: The Secret Life was the credited source for the 2004 Oscar-nominated film on Hughes, The Aviator, which was directed by Martin Scorcese and starred Leonardo DiCaprio. You remember all those gay sex scenes in The Aviator, like, well, um, come to think of it, I don't either, unless you count the time Jude Law as Errol Flynn plucks a pea off Leo's plate. No, I guess that really doesn't count.
Which goes to show you you can't judge a book by its film adaptation.
