The Aviator

Allene Hughes: Q-u-a-r-a-n-t-i-n-e. Young Howard Hughes: Quarantine. Q-u-a-r-a-n-t-i-n-e. Quarantine.

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Frank: You may be directing this movie, Howard. But what you're asking- we can't do it! Howard: Don't tell me I can't do it; don't tell me it can't be done! Frank: The gyro forces are too much here. You send these planes into simultaneous barrel rolls they won't make it! Howard: It's the goddamn climax of the picture Frank, all right, you make it work! Look, decrease the vertical trajectory if you have to, a Le Rhône rotary won't stall at 60 degrees- I've done it! Advisor: Howard, we need to cut that sequence down, we don't have enough cameras. Howard: No, no we're not cuttin' anything! I'll get those extra cameras, set up for rehearsal's in five! Noah Dietrich: Mr. Hughes, I'm Noah Dietrich. Your office said I'd find you here. Howard: Dietrich. You're a man on the come! I read your resume and talked to your references. You know what I'm lookin' for?! Noah: Well as I understand it you're looking for a second-in-command at Hughes Tools; someone to oversee the financial aspects of the bu

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Odie: Hey, you want the good news or the bad news? Howard: Bad news, always. Odie: Alright, we've installed the 450 radial, but the struts won't take the vibrations. [Gives Howard a magnifier to look at the strut] The minute we fire her up, the struts start cracking at the attach points. Howard: Well, what's the good news? Odie: There isn't any. Howard: Goddamn it, Odie, if the 450's too big, we just gotta figure something else out. Odie: Well, we've done everything. We've rebuilt her from top to toe. Now, if we drain the fuel tank for a couple of runs, she might make 180 MPH. Howard: I want minimum 200, alright? Odie: Yeah, well I want a date with Theda Bara, but that ain't gonna happen either. Howard: Ah, don't be so sure...Well, if the struts won't sustain the engine, then maybe we get rid of the struts. Odie: No, then the top wing falls off. Howard: ...Then let it. Odie: What? Howard: Who-who says we need a top wing? Who says we need anything? Odie: [Realizes what Howard's thinking

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Howard: I've been to Chatsworth, Santa Cruz, Encino, San Diego, Riverside, Van Nuys, and Bakersfield. It has been eight months! Where are my goddamn clouds, huh? Professor Fitz: [shouting in frustration] They move, Mr. Hughes! Clouds move — that's what they do! They move!

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Professor Fitz: Mr. Hughes! Mr. Hughes! Oakland! There are clouds in Oakland! Howard: You're serious this time? Professor Fitz: Yes! Goddammit, yes. I can promise you, clouds in Oakland. Howard: Alright, alright. Don't get jittery on me. [Turns to his crew] OAKLAND! WE'RE GOING TO OAKLAND!

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Katharine Hepburn: Well, if you're deaf, you must own up to it. Get a hearing aid, or see my father. He's an urologist, but it's all tied up inside the body, don't you find? Howard: Mmm. Katharine: Me, I keep healthy. I take seven showers a day to keep clean, also because I'm so vulgarly referred to as "outdoors-y." Well, I'm not "outdoors-y," I'm athletic. I sweat! There it is, now we both know the sordid truth: I sweat, and you're deaf. Aren't we a fine pair of misfits?

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