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A/R

 

A/N/T

 

I/N/E

 

전염병 검역기간

 

Q/U/A/R

 

A/N/T

 

I/N/E

 

전염병 검역기간

 

- 콜레라 알지?
- 네

 

흑인 집의 전염병 표시 봤지?

 

네

 

- 발진티푸스 알지?
- 네

 

감염 안 되게
항상 깨끗해야 돼

 

네

 

조심해야 한다

 

요구조건은 무모합니다

 

1927년 할리우드
불가능이란 말 꺼내지도 마요

 

연속 공중회전은
충돌사고 불러요

 

결정적 장면이요
꼭 해내요

 

곡선궤도 낮춰서라도!
지금 기종은 60도 못 버텨요

 

카메라 부족해요
몇 장면 빼죠

 

구해올 테니까
리허설 잡아요

 

전 "디트리히"예요
보자고 했다죠?

 

자금관리 잘 한다죠?

 

이력서 봤어요
각오하고 왔겠죠?

 

금고지기 찾는단
얘길 들었습니다

 

회계고문 말입니다

 

난 베테랑 원해요

 

하나만 명심해요

 

부모님 유산, 이젠 내 재산이요

 

내 투자계획에 본사 반대파가
길길이 날뛰겠지만

 

난 확고해요, 알겠죠?

 

- 네
- 좋아요

 

연봉이 5천2백이었다죠?
1만 불 줄게요

 

2배로 뛰어야겠죠?

 

4배 뛰겠다는 각오로 일하세요

 

대환영이요
나대신 그들을 휘어잡아요

 

"2세" 대신 앞으론
"미스터 휴즈"로 부르게 해요

 

알았어요

 

- 본사엔 언제?
- 안 가요

 

1913년 콜레라로
휴스턴에서 2천 명 죽었어요

 

갔다간 오만가지 잡균에 노출돼요

 

저 광경 어떻습니까?

 

세계최대의 민간공군의 위용이요

 

당신 소감은?

 

당신 돈인걸요

 

시동 걸어요

 

1927년
"지옥의 천사들" 제작 첫해

 

앰배서더 호텔 나이트클럽
코코넛 그로브

 

천국에 오를 계단을 만들겠어요

 

날마다 희망찬 걸음으로

 

고난을 넘어서 도달할 거예요

 

비켜요, 내가 길을 나섰으니까

 

우울하지만 구름 하나 없어요

 

멋진 신발아, 나를 데려다 줘

 

천국에 오를 계단을 만들겠어요

 

날마다 희망찬 걸음으로!

 

"토드 브라우닝"의 신작을 봤소

 

"론 체니"의 연기는
그 친구 생애 최고였소

 

시사반응 좋아서 대박날 거요

 

안녕하세요, 미스터 "메이어"

 

기억하실지요?
전 "하워드 휴즈"

 

저와 잠깐 얘기 좀?

 

- 비행영화 찍죠?
- 맞습니다

 

- 기억나요
- "지옥의 천사"

 

맞아요

 

카메라가 좀 필요하게 됐거든요

 

- 얼마나?
- 정확하게 2대

 

충분히 샀는데도
대규모 전투장면 때문에요

 

- MGM에서 좀 도와줘요
- 뭘 말이요?

 

- 카메라
- 아하, 카메라

 

내가 미쳤소?
경쟁사에 꿔주게?

 

- 카메라가 총 몇 대죠?
- 스물넷

 

잠깐만!

 

- 스물넷인데 둘 더?!
- 예

 

- 그거로 부족해서?
- 맞아요

 

MGM의 카메라는
다 촬영중이죠?

 

- 26대 전부
- 2대면 됩니다

 

- 이보게, 친구
- "하워드"

 

기름 팔아서 번 돈을

 

- 채굴로 번 돈!
- 어떤 돈이든

 

은행에 꽁꽁 박아두지 그래요?

 

지금처럼 무모하게
영화를 만들면

 

극장주는 뒤로 나자빠질 거고

 

관객도 댁을 외면할 거요

 

그럼 기름 묻은 돈도
날릴 거요

 

하여튼 할리우드 입성은
환영하오

 

명심하죠, "메이어"씨!

 

잘 해봐요

 

26대씩이나?!
미친 자식!

 

이상한 상황이었지

 

보스

 

넌 이제 그만 가봐

 

똑같은 거 알죠?

 

뚜껑 안 딴 병 우유

 

뭐래요?

 

한 대도 빌려줄 수 없대

 

있는 거로 찍어 봐요

 

그럼 원하는 장면 못 살려

 

내 이름 걸었어

 

작품 망치면
꼬리 내리고 낙향해서

 

평생 기름만 파먹어야 돼

 

24대론 어려워요?

 

파라마운트 사장은

 

성서영화 찍는대요

 

캘리포니아 안에서만!

 

게다가 트랙터도...

 

자넨 홍보담당관 맞지?

 

영화정보에 빠꿈이지?

 

맞아요!

 

- 맞다고?
- 그럼요

 

대박 터뜨릴 정보만 캐와...
나한테

 

알았어요

 

시가나 담배

 

넌 "트릭시"와 단짝이었지?

 

- "테레사"던가?!
- "마가렛"

 

"마가렛"은 어떻게 된 거야?

 

그만!

 

미안해요, "델마"

 

여기는 "하워드 휴즈"
우린 지금

 

어떻게 하면 없는 카메라를
구할 수 있을지 상의중이었지

 

- 담배 드려요?
- 됐어, 안 피워

 

날 후끈거리게 만드는군!

 

세상에!
부탁 하나 할까?

 

한번만 활짝 웃어봐

 

윗입술 짧아서
훨씬 아름다워

 

어떡해야 너 같은 미인이
좋아하지?

 

거기 그대로 가만 서있고
내가 만져주면 어떻겠어?

 

손끝으로 이렇게!
어때?

 

좋아?

 

널 만족시킬
방법을 알고 싶어

 

너에 관해 다 알고 싶어
어때?

 

그렇게 하게 해줄래?

 

30분 뒤에 끝나요

 

- 내 객실은
- 217호

 

217호야

 

거기서 봐

 

유니버설과 워너에 전화해서
토요일까지 꼭 빌려

 

힘들면 훔쳐

 

알아들었어요
똑 부러지게!

 

따끈따끈한 영화계의 루머입니다

 

텍사스 풋내기 사업가인

 

"하워드 휴즈"가 막 쏟아 붓습니다

 

전쟁영화에 말이죠

 

파일럿 137, 비행기 87

 

촬영기사 35, 엑스트라 2천 명

 

얼마나 더 퍼부어야
1차대전 비용만큼 될까요?

 

왜 저렇게 느려 터졌죠?

 

죄다 장난감 비행기 같잖아요

 

빌어먹을!

 

"하워드"

 

뒤쪽에 고정된
배경이 없으면

 

비행속도가 얼마나
빠른지 모르잖아요

 

상대적 움직임이
안 느껴진다구요

 

UCLA 최고 기상학자 모셔요

 

1시간 안에!

 

희소식 먼저요?
그 반대 먼저요?

 

나쁜 소식 먼저

 

진동 잡아주는 지지대가

 

시동만 걸면 귀청 찢어요

 

- 희소식은?
- 없어요

 

엔진무게 때문이면
딴 걸 떼어내

 

안 해본 게 없어요

 

연료 줄이면 288km 나와요

 

최소 320km

 

소개해준단 배우는
물거품 된 거죠?

 

속단은 마

 

지지대가 진동을
못 버티면 제거해

 

그럼 상판이
주저앉잖아요?!

 

- 주저앉혀
- 네?!

 

누가 우리한테
상판이 필요하대?

 

그럼 단엽기?!

 

프랑스처럼 상판과
지지대를 없애버려

 

엔진은 550 와습엔진?

 

100 옥탄연료

 

- 최고마력?
- 7백

 

최고로 빠른
비행기로 만들어

 

개조비로 이미
20만 불 썼는데도?

 

그까짓 돈 날려!

 

뜯어내, 어서!

 

원하는 구름은
그 모양이

 

그러니까...

 

모유가 꽉 찬 유방 같다?

 

구름을 찾아내요

 

모유가 꽉 찬 유방 같은 구름은

 

아무 때에나 나타나지 않아서

 

그래서...

 

기다려야 돼요

 

그렇담 기다려요

 

보수는 UCLA 2배 줄게요

 

구름을 찾아내요

 

반드시!
구름을 꼭 찾아요

 

반드시!
구름을 꼭 찾아요

 

환영합니다

 

고맙소

 

"지옥의 천사들" 베이스캠프

 

구름 나올 때까지 촬영 보류

 

캘리포니아를
샅샅이 뒤졌건만

 

8개월 공쳤어요
구름은 어딨죠?

 

구름은 이동해요
구름은 이동을 한다구요

 

5,271달러씩 매일 깨져요

 

비행기를 저렇게
놀리면 말입니다

 

그러니 빨리 찾아내요

 

1928년
"지옥의 천사들" 두 번째 해

 

- 쾌청한 날씨군요
- 그것도 유별나게!

 

휴스턴에선 지출에 대해
과민하더군요

 

- 지출내역 숨겨요
- 그럼 불법입니다

 

가벼운 장난질같은 불법이죠

 

법인이라 감독할
권리가 있습니다

 

새 회사 만들어요
"휴즈 항공기"

 

이 리벳 다 필요해?

 

없으면 안 됩니다

 

몸체 저항력만
더 높아지잖아

 

- 바람 저항력?
- 매끈하게 만들어

 

LA에서 설립하면
세금이 문제예요

 

알아서 해결해요

 

미스터 "휴즈"

 

오클랜드예요
구름이 지금 왔어요

 

약속할 수 있어요?

 

네, 제가 보장할 수 있어요

 

알았어요, 진정해요

 

오클랜드

 

오클랜드로 이동!

 

하강해서 왼쪽!

 

완벽해

 

청년 "휴즈"가
목표를 달성했군요

 

장장 2년만에
촬영이 끝났으며

 

할리우드에선
쫑파티가 열립니다

 

제작비는 2백만 달러
온 국민이

 

표를 다 사면
돈벌이가 되겠군요

 

구름 찾으랴
비행기 추락하랴

 

안 해본 거 없이
다 해봤죠?

 

솔직히 말해봐요

 

완성해낼 생각을
하긴 했어요?

 

따라와요

 

이 쇼로 제가 뜨면
여길 떠나요

 

브롱크스로 갑시다

 

푸른 잔디와
사람들이 많아요

 

"진스버그"
"골드버그"

 

"버그" 가문이
버글버글해요

 

무성영화는 끝나고
유성영화 시대예요

 

"지옥의 천사들"을
새로 찍어요

 

- 얼마나?
- 전부 다!

 

170만 불이 필요해요, 있죠?

 

아뇨

 

벌면 되잖아요
만들어낼 수 있죠?

 

들어봐요

 

푸른 하늘이 미소 지어요
보이는 건 푸른 하늘 뿐

 

"지옥의 천사들" 세 번째 해

 

"휴즈"의 제작회사에선
수개월 동안

 

40km 길이의 필름을
편집중입니다

 

560시간짜리 영화로
개봉하지 그래요?

 

시사실에 곧장 가져 오래요

 

아직도 성에 안 찹니까?

 

보여주긴
보여주는 겁니까?

 

어서 가져가

 

- 누구요?
- "노아"

 

들어와요

 

휴스턴 돈줄을
모조리 찾아봤어요

 

가만, 가만!

 

10번 릴 다시 하나
복사할 거요

 

초콜릿 칩 쿠키 10개 줘요

 

꼭 미디엄 칩으로, 알겠죠?

 

10번 릴 장면 기억해요?

 

전혀, 10번 릴이
뭔지도 몰라요

 

전 사업가고
사장님도 그래요

 

잘 들어요

 

굉장히 재미있는 모험이었지만

 

2만5천 불씩 까먹잖아요
매일같이

 

그럼 대안은?

 

대안이 있을지나
모르겠어요

 

스스로를 구해낼
방법이나 찾아요

 

미안해요
진심입니다

 

10번 릴, 나갑니다

 

담보 맡겨요

 

모조리, 알아들었죠?

 

그랬다간 전부 잃어요

 

천만에!

 

절대로 안 잃어요

 

좋아요

 

착수할게요

 

고마워요

 

50만이 넘는 인파가
할리우드 거리를 꽉꽉 채웠습니다

 

자동차 물결을 보십쇼

 

최소 4만5천 대며
최대의 교통대란입니다

 

감동한 "휴즈"가
울지나 않을지 모르겠군요

 

증권시장 무너지고
조종사 셋 죽은 뒤에야

 

4백만 달러의
영화가 공개됩니다

 

"휴즈"에겐
약소한 액수겠지만

 

제작비가 사상 최고입니다

 

이런 광경은 생전 처음이며

 

다신 못 볼 광경입니다

 

스타를 보려고
50만 명이 모였습니다

 

3개 중대병력이

 

250명의 경찰병력을
돕고 있습니다

 

이곳 영화업계에선

 

메이저 제작사라야만
영화를 만들죠

 

과연 할리우드
실력자들이 비웃을까요?

 

"휴즈"씨가
마침내 도착했습니다

 

샛별 "진 할로우"를
이끕니다

 

"휴즈"가 발굴한
이 금발의 여배우는

 

대스타가 될
조짐이 보입니다

 

한 말씀 해주시죠

 

굉장한 밤입니다
미스터 "휴즈"

 

- 굉장하죠?
- 맞습니다, 굉장해요

 

대작을 만들면서
힘든 점 많으셨죠?

 

그렇습니다

 

4백만 불 쏟았는데
반응이 걱정돼요?

 

굉장한 밤입니다
마음껏 즐기세요

 

자, "지옥의 천사들"의
주연을 맡은

 

"진 할로우" 양을
소개하도록 하죠

 

고마워요

 

제게 기회를 주신
"휴즈"에게

 

이 자릴 빌어서
감사드려요!

 

"아트버클"과
애완사자로군요

 

내 이름도 기억 못해요?

 

죄송, "터너"씨!
사자는 "길모어"

 

지옥의 천사들

 

작전 성공이다

 

정치꾼들의 더러운
전쟁은 살인행위요

 

당신들도 알잖소

 

답례해야죠

 

4번 릴에서 늘어져

 

몇 군데 잘라야겠어

 

리벳을 매끈하게
만들라고 전해요

 

- 리벳을요?
- 그래

 

이쪽입니다, 사장님

 

"버라이어티" 격찬입니다
"놓쳐선 안 될 영화"

 

설명이 필요없는 최고작

 

메이저 제작사를 놀라게 한
엄청난 영화

 

모처럼 이런 놀라움 처음
"센세이션을 일으킨 대성공작"

 

4백만 불 제작비
"4백만 번의 전율"

 

잡지 봤어요
골프도 한다죠?

 

이따금!

 

나인 홀 내기 어때요?

 

지금?

 

괜찮다면, "캐서린 햅번"

 

끝마무리가 미흡했어요

 

골프나 인생에서나
끝마무린 중요하죠

 

안 그래요?

 

"스카페이스"는
폭력적이더군요

 

사실적인 거죠

 

영화는 영화예요
인생이 아니에요

 

연극무댄 인생의
축소판이에요

 

진짜의 인간이
등장하는 무대

 

팝콘 못 먹게 해서
무례하지만!

 

연극도 좋아해요?

 

전 무대에서만
살아있는 기분예요

 

"입센"을 소개할게요

 

공화당이 매장만 안 시켰다면!

 

공화당 아니겠죠?

 

- 누구 찍었죠?
- 안 찍었어요!

 

꼭 투표해요
신성한 권리예요

 

미모의 "진저"한테
눈독 들인다죠?

 

친구일 뿐이에요

 

남녀끼린 친구가
될 수 없어요

 

"다윈"의 원시적
충동 때문이죠

 

사냥하고 죽이고 잡아먹고

 

남성의 본성은
언제나 그래요

 

네?!

 

귀가 잘 안 들리나 봐요

 

보청기 쓰든지
제 아빠 만나세요

 

비뇨기과 의사지만
혹시 모르잖아요

 

저는요, 건강하려고
위생상 매일 일곱 번 샤워해요

 

스포츠광인 이유도 있구요

 

운동을 즐기면
땀 많이 나잖아요

 

우린 쓰잘데없는
진리를 깨쳤군요

 

전 땀 흘리고
댁은 청각장애!

 

그러니 멋지게
부적합한 짝이죠?

 

버디!

 

좋아요!
노력하는 모습

 

나한테도
눈독 들이는 거죠?

 

들켰죠?

 

멀었어
아직 멀었어

 

기체 표면처럼
매끈해야지 돼

 

기체의 표면과
똑같게 만들어

 

공기저항 안 생기게!

 

흠집은 하나도 내지 말고

 

- 완벽하게!
- 네

 

돌겠군, 정말!

 

뭘 알아냈죠?

 

TWA는 현대식
새 기종 필요해요

 

그래요? 어떤?

 

DC3은 좌석 21개와
침대칸 14개예요

 

우리 전략은?

 

좌석 50개로
만2천 피트 비행

 

만약 2만 피트 가능하면요?

 

- 진동이 적겠죠
- 우리는...

 

더 높게 뜨는
비행을 원해요

 

1% 미국인만
여객기 타봤어요

 

타다가 죽을까봐
겁내기 때문이죠

 

7천 피트에선
기체가 요동쳐요

 

난기류가 없는
공중에만 뜨면

 

남녀노소 모두를
안심시킬 수 있죠

 

그런 여객기라면
국내는 물론이고

 

세계가 무대예요

 

그게 우리 미래요

 

- 알겠소?
- 네

 

자신 없으면
없다고 해요

 

- 우릴 지지할까?
- 본사에서 과연?

 

- TWA 재무상태?
- 별로예요

 

- 작년 적자는?
- 77만 달러

 

- 주가는?
- 8달러

 

바닥친 수준이군요

 

나라면 하겠어요

 

- 뭘요?
- 매입!

 

- TWA를?
- 주판알만 튕기는

 

그런 자들 때문에
포기할 순 없어요

 

탁 까놓고 말해봐요

 

얼마면 인수하죠?

 

천5백만 달러

 

천문학적 액수죠?

 

"노엘"한테
주식을 사라고 하세요

 

잠깐만!
진심입니까?

 

심사숙고 안 해봐요?

 

한번 뱉은 말
번복 안 해요

 

안녕하세요
테이블이 준비됐습니다

 

사업은 어떠세요?

 

- 좋습니다
- 기쁩니다

 

안녕하세요

 

- 마담!
- 미스!

 

- 드시는 거로?
- 좋습니다

 

숙녀께는
클레멘타인 수프

 

으깬 콩과
장미소스 곁들인

 

오리구이 요리가
어떨지요?

 

그거 좋겠네요

 

이런 데 단골이야?

 

뜻밖인걸!

 

늦게까지 열거든!

 

길바닥의 핫도그도 즐겨
4시까지 팔아

 

그래?
그런 면도 있다니!

 

세상에!

 

"마이어"는 내 홍보담당관

 

- "엘리스 아담스" 좋았어요
- 영화 보셨군요

 

- "에롤" 알지?
- 네, 플린씨 알죠

 

"캐서린"은
언제봐도 매력있어요

 

비누는 나처럼
"럭스" 써봐요

 

셋이서 영화
만들지 그래요?

 

뜰게 분명하다고
스타와 사업가의 영화

 

전 생각없어요

 

제가 출연하면
흥행을 망쳐요

 

제작자한텐 인기 꽝이죠

 

버리자니 아까운
닭갈비 같겠지만

 

그런 속물들한텐
엿먹으라고 해요

 

서부영화 찍을 거라죠?

 

서부영화 찍느냐고 묻잖아

 

맞아, "무법자"

 

화면에 섹스가
넘치는 영화죠

 

서부영화야

 

서부영화엔
간통 장면을 못 넣어요

 

진짜 섹스 아니고
영화 속의 섹스야

 

"스카페이스" 때처럼
"무법자"에도 논란이 일 거야

 

섹스와 피의 혈투와...

 

담배 있어, "쟈니"?

 

식사해도 되죠?

 

스테이크 콩 12개
뚜껑 안 딴 우유

 

"에롤"은 절대
자기 담배 안 피워

 

음식이 식지 않길 바래요

 

우린 밤새울 겁니다

 

또 음탕한 영화 찍을 거면

 

나도 꼭 후보에 넣어줘요

 

난 시각적인 감각과

 

미적으로 예리한 눈을
가졌거든요

 

연기대신
배우 캐스팅이나 해

 

연기 덕분에 요트도 샀어

 

주말에 요트로
카탈리나에 갑시다

 

카탈리나 좋지

 

"드 하빌란드"를 유혹했는데

 

관능적인 언니도 동행해요

 

그녀들 어머니가
따라온다 할까봐 걱정은 돼요

 

어수룩한 미녀들을
건드려 볼 수도 있잖아요

 

같이 갈래요?

 

난 갈게

 

실례! 딴 데 갈 거야

 

이 좋은 델 두고
어디를요?

 

더 좋은 데, 미안해

 

반가웠어요

 

으깬 콩 먹어요
성스런 음식이래요

 

"하워드 휴즈" 퇴장이요!

 

날 겨냥한 거야?

 

할리우드 잡담은 따분해
미치겠어

 

세상엔 중요한 게
얼마나 많은데!

 

- 근데 어딜 가?
- 모험하고 싶어?

 

어떤 모험인지 기대해볼까?

 

당신이 전세 냈어?

 

개자식이 엇다가!

 

저건 MGM의 "메이어" 집이야

 

"잭 워너" 집은 어딘지 알아?

 

왜 덮어 씌웠어?

 

사람 손이 얼마나
불결한지 알지?

 

뭐가 묻어서 불결한데?

 

안 듣는 게 나아

 

잠깐 잡아줘

 

너무 꽉 쥐었어
긴장 풀어

 

손끝으로 엔진 진동을 느껴봐

 

세상에나!

 

혼자서 해봐

 

- 어디 가?
- 우유 가지러

 

- 지금처럼만 유지해
- 알았어

 

- 하워드!
- 왜?

 

앞에 위험한 산이 나왔어

 

앞쪽으로 약간 당겨, 어서!

 

어쩜 좋아

 

자기처럼 그 감탄사를
잘 하는 여잔 처음 봐

 

괜찮아?

 

- 내가 조종해?
- 막 터득한 순간에?

 

- 우유 줘?
- 응!

 

정말 놀라워
수요일에 또 해

 

골프하기엔
좀 이르지 않아?

 

아뇨, 내 집이 바로 저기예요

 

- 한잔 마실래?
- 안내해요

 

고난도 파4 홀에 안착했군

 

디자이너가 골라준
벽지와 장식품이야

 

동성애자였어

 

난 이 방을 싫어해

 

나를 무섭게 만들거든

 

이 온갖 물건과
장식들에 삼켜질 것 같아서

 

- 어떤 방을 좋아해?
- 내 서재

 

거기로 데려가줘

 

내가 만나본 여자 중에 제일 커

 

팔꿈치랑 무릎도 제일 뾰족해
조심해

 

내일 일하는 곳에
데려다 줄 거야?

 

내일 일은 내일

 

1935년 9월 13일

 

비행속력 시험비행

 

무게를 줄이려고
연료도 최소예요

 

딱 두 번만 비행해요

 

넘기면 추락해서
목숨 잃어요

 

오늘은 속력이나
기록은 생각마요

 

시험 조종사가
20명 줄섰어요

 

이 재미를 왜
남한테 양보하지?

 

좀 있다 봐

 

준비됐어요

 

시속 540km

 

세상에!

 

555km

 

이 정도나?!

 

- 565km
- 565km

 

고맙다, 비행기야

 

연료 없음

 

젠장!

 

밥줄 끊기게 생겼어

 

나 어땠어?

 

마지막 때 565km였어

 

더 빨라질 거야

 

"시골 쥐"
케이트, 케이트!

 

위층! "도시 쥐"

 

세상에, 어쩌다가?!

 

- 착륙이 험했어
- 앉아 봐

 

자세히 얘기해봐

 

얼마나 빨랐는지
상상도 못할 거야

 

- 탄환 같았어
- 속력은?

 

대략... 565km

 

목표 초과지?

 

세상에서 내가 제일 빨라

 

세상에, 자기가 자랑스러워

 

- 비행기가 해냈어
- 해낼 줄 알았잖아

 

나의 비행기가
무척 괜찮았어

 

어디 봐

 

세상에나, 피범벅이잖아

 

사탕무 즙이야
밭에 떨어졌어

 

- 뭐?!
- 사탕무 밭에 착륙했어

 

씻겨줄게

 

뭐야?
절연 테이프?

 

"오디"가 감아줄 거야

 

떨어지는 순간에도

 

자기 만날 생각만 했어

 

자기가 정말 자랑스러워

 

조금 아플 거야

 

이 정도론 안돼

 

욕실에 가

 

카펫에 묻히지 마

 

- 너무 뜨거워!
- 애처럼 굴긴!

 

- 기자들도 왔었어?
- 여러 명

 

신기록 세우니까
전화기 불나더군

 

왜 그래?

 

난 그간 좋은 일로든 반대로든
유명세를 타왔어

 

무슨 뜻인지...
이해할 수 있겠어?

 

"지옥의 천사들" 때
징그럽게 겪었어

 

이젠 익숙해

 

그래?

 

우리 사이는...

 

남들과 달라

 

일거수일투족 모조리 다...
입방아에 올라

 

우리 사생활이
안 드러나도록

 

조심하지 않으면
우스운 꼴 돼

 

괜찮아
기자들은 사생활에 끼어들지 못해

 

그들은 언제든 끼어들어

 

오빠가 자살했을 때

 

사진기자들이
장례식에 왔는데

 

예의라곤
찾아볼 수가 없었어

 

난 이따금...

 

이런 느낌에 사로잡혀

 

어떤 거냐면...

 

어떤 느낌의 생각과 집착이냐면

 

손에 넣을 수 없는데도

 

얻으려 하는건 아닌지 걱정돼

 

가끔 난 정말 두려워

 

미칠까봐 말이야

 

미친다면 그건

 

눈 가리고 하늘을 나는
심정일 거야

 

내 말 이해해?

 

자기는 나한테
조종법도 가르쳤어

 

그렇게 된다면
내가 지켜줄게

 

1938년
"4일간의 세계일주"

 

"80일간의 세계일주"를
76일 줄였습니다

 

세상을 돌아 뉴욕까지
4일 걸렸으며

 

"포스트" 기록을
3일 이상 앞질렀습니다

 

새 비행역사가 단엽기에 의해

 

날렵하게 기록됐습니다

 

대담한 비행사입니다
진정한 선구자입니다

 

"린드버그" 기록을
반으로 단축시킨 다음

 

뉴욕 발 35시간 뒤

 

시베리아 황무지에 착륙했고

 

60시간 뒤엔

 

고난도 코스인
알라스카를 향했으며

 

명예와 영광을
안고서 귀국했습니다

 

"팬암" 사장 "후안 트립"

 

귀를 의심하게 하는 소식입니다

 

"휴즈"가 TWA 매입했어요

 

세계일주 하고 있었을 텐데?

 

비행하면서 처리했나 봅니다

 

무전기로!

 

그에게 나쁜
소문이 돌더군요

 

알아낼만한 건 다 캐내요

 

직접 맡아서

 

철저하게!

 

휘황찬란한
"펜테저스" 극장입니다

 

여기 좀 봐주세요

 

비행은 어땠어요?

 

"햅번", 결혼 날짜는?

 

"휴즈", 고개 좀 들어줘요

 

다음 영화는 뭐죠, 휴즈씨?
사진 좀 찍자구요, 네?

 

비행기록 몇 번 더 바꿀 겁니까?

 

- 웃어 봐요
- 다음 영화는?

 

- 머리 들어요
- 이쪽!

 

세계일주 언제 또 해요?

 

- "햅번"도 가나요?
- "아멜리아"는요?

 

"린드버그"와도 얘기해봤나요?

 

여배우 "린다"는
오늘밤 어딨죠?

 

저런 분들은
내가 더 잘 상대해

 

"메이어"

 

뵐 때마다 유명세 치솟는군요!

 

정말 아름답소

 

걱정 마요
인기 띄우려는 처세니까

 

"햅번"의 주특기구요

 

새로운 스타
"에바 가드너"가...

 

유명인사 틈에서
빛이 납니다

 

"제인 에어"는 백년간
만드는 족족 다 히트쳤죠

 

타월 좀 집어주세요

 

그건...

 

못합니다

 

미안합니다

 

내가 바보야
진짜 완전 바보야, 미안!

 

잊어버려

 

난 약점을 덮어줄
장점이 없어

 

그건 사실이 아냐
자긴 치아가 좋아

 

들어가

 

이럼 어때?
비행기 태워줘

 

아니면 내가 태워줄게

 

어디, 기대해볼까?

 

헵번가 저택
코네티컷

 

너무 그렇게 긴장하지 마

 

엄마 아빠랑 친해질 거야

 

가족들도 자길 좋아할 거구

 

- 누구야?
- 내 전남편

 

부모님은 그를
무진장 좋아해

 

뭐 하는 거야?

 

우리 집에서
살다시피 해

 

안녕!

 

늦어서 미안, 엄마

 

아빠

 

이게 누구죠?

 

수줍음 타지 마요

 

여러분 주목!

 

잠시만 주목해 주세요!

 

- "하워드"예요
- "하워드", 어서 와요

 

걱정 마요
점심 먹었으니까!

 

맘에 드나 봐요
놀랍군요

 

우린 이곳에서
예술에 취해 있어요

 

"줄리아나"는 화가죠

 

추상화

 

사진찍지 뭣 하러
힘들게 그려?

 

어느 당 지지하세요?

 

- 네?!
- 우린 사회주의

 

천만에!

 

"루즈벨트" 만났죠?
어떤 분이에요?

 

왜 킬킬거리죠?

 

- 뭐랬죠?
- 좀 전에 말입니다

 

개가 제 발을
짓누르는 거 같아요

 

개 싫어해요?

 

대통령 비웃은 거면
당장 쫓아내겠어요

 

그게 아닙니다

 

- 개는 다 좋아하잖소
- 나쁜 기억 있나봐

 

당신보다 더
주목 받아 속상해?

 

- 개한테 안 좋은 추억 있소?
- 아뇨

 

- 수줍음 타는 거야?
- 엄청 큰 개였나 봐

 

- 언론은 항상 성가셔
- 도베르만이었소?

 

- 아니면 닷션?
- 둘 다 아닙니다

 

닷션은 작은 개잖아

 

말썽 부리는 개는
혼나야 돼

 

그 스페인 그림
누가 그렸지?

 

- "고야"
- 맞아, "고야"

 

불쌍한 멕시코 목장 일꾼들!

 

그림 제목이 뭐였지?

 

황색언론이 문제야
책 많이 읽어요?

 

무역 저널을 즐겨 읽어요

 

잠깐!

 

비행잡지 아니고?

 

방금 뭐랬죠?!

 

귀가 잘 안 들려

 

비행잡지 읽어요?

 

공학 관련된
무역저널 읽어요

 

- 특히 항공
- 우리도 독서 즐겨요

 

새 비행기땜에
무역서적을 즐겨

 

소개해 봐요

 

대단히 흥미로워요

 

육군항공대 첩보 비행기죠

 

쌍발 비행긴데
디자인이 매우 독창적이죠

 

뒤쪽엔 지지용 붐이 둘이에요

 

자넨 한때 새장을 지었지?

 

하찮은 거였어요

 

그림 제목 기억나

 

"고야" 작품인데
"5월..."이었어

 

과대평가된 화가야

 

- 스페인화가 전부!
- "피카소"는 달라

 

난 비뇨기과 의사야

 

아름다운 새장이었어

 

"피카소"는
신성한 괴물이야

 

새들은 그런 거
관심없어

 

맞습니다

 

- 크게 말하세요
- 아무것도 아녜요

 

난 할말 없는
사람은 안 반겨요

 

기계정비학교도 다녔어요?

 

- 허튼 비행기 때문에?
- 그렇진 않아요

 

3일 만에 세계일주 했어

 

비행기 얘긴 충분히 들었잖아
개 얘기도!

 

돈은 어떻게 벌었죠?

 

우리는 돈엔 관심 없어요

 

있으니까 그렇겠죠

 

뭐라고요?

 

늘 풍족하니까 그렇겠죠

 

- 돈 번 방법을...
- 얘기 안 끝났소

 

- 알았어요
- 고마워요

 

누구나 생계문제로
일을 택합니다

 

제 관심사는
"허튼" 비행기였죠

 

꽤나 다혈질이야

 

어쩜 그렇게들 무례하지?

 

"제인 에어" 배역은 따냈니?

 

사장이 요지부동이야
굉장한 예술영화인데

 

사장은 신문연재 만화 빼고는

 

독서랑은 담 쌓은 자야

 

발은 반칙이야
타구봉으로 해

 

싸우기 싫다고 그렇게 나가면

 

가족은 자길 멀리 할 거야

 

난 이해가 안 가

 

아까 자기는
딴 사람 같았어

 

가족은 날
특별한 식으로 기대해

 

진짜 "케이트"는
오직 하나야

 

자기만의 "케이트"

 

항공계 거물 "휴즈"가
거창한 걸 계획중입니다

 

새 영화를 제작하는 가운데도

 

육군항공대와 접촉하고 있습니다

 

애국심에 갈채 보내며
새 기종을 기대합니다

 

U보트에 작살난 연합국 배는?

 

올해만 681척이야

 

병력을 공수할
새 기종이 필요해

 

배는 U보트한텐
손쉬운 표적이야

 

수송기를 만들겠다고요?

 

군인 말고도
모든 장비를 태워

 

지프차 탱크까지,
잘 보라구!

 

뒤집어

 

몸체 길이 60m
날개 길이는 90m쯤

 

약 2만4천 마력이 필요해

 

"카이저"와 육군이 찾는 기종이야
그들이 돈 대겠대

 

- 대체 이건?
- 거대한 비행기야

 

이름은 "헤라클레스"
멋진 이름이지?

 

- 무게는?
- 대략 2백 톤

 

쉬울 거란 말은 안 했어

 

내가 처음 고안한 브래지어처럼

 

위로 적절히 받쳐주되

 

앞쪽의 볼륨을 치켜세우진 마

 

"제인 러셀"가슴처럼 말고
덜 풍만한 가슴처럼 만들어

 

기술적으로 가능하지?

 

유방이 넘실대는데
검열 나올까요?

 

당연하지
가슴은 누구나 좋아해

 

영화검열위원회

 

안녕하세요
늦어서 죄송해요

 

미스터 "휴즈"가
도착했다고 적어요

 

시작하시죠

 

귀하의 "무법자" 잘 봤소만

 

이렇게 힘든 영화는 처음이요

 

"리오"의 가슴이
나온 장면 말이죠

 

절반 가량이
다 가슴 장면인데

 

사이즈 자체도 과다하지만

 

묘사가 드러내놓고
노골적이더군요

 

결론적으로 이 영화는
음란한 흥미만

 

자극하므로 검열해줄 수 없어요

 

표현이 지나쳤소

 

- 감사합니다
- 감사합니다, 위원장님

 

미스터 "브린"
또 만나 반가워요

 

"스카페이스" 폭력 이후 처음이죠

 

문제는 여배우의
가슴인 거 같은데

 

너무 커서 문제란 지적은

 

딴 가슴에 비해
더 크단 뜻인가요?

 

그런 뜻이면
반박하고 싶군요

 

"진 할로우"

 

"앤 셰리던"

 

"아이린 던"

 

"끌로드 콜베"

 

리타 헤이워드"

 

"베티 그레이블"
그리고 사랑스런

 

미스 "제인 러셀"

 

러셀 유방만 제외하곤
확대한 사진이며

 

"브린"이 검열해줄
가슴들입니다

 

알아보셨겠지만
이 영화장면엔 다 가슴이 나옵니다

 

제 동료에게
도움을 청하죠

 

닥터 "브랜슨"은
콜롬비아 대학교 교수입니다

 

"브랜슨" 박사님은...

 

수학자로도 저명하십니다

 

박사님께선

 

"러셀"의 가슴이 딴 것들보다

 

우람하지 않다는 걸
증명할 겁니다

 

박사님...

 

박사님...

 

측경기를 잊으셨군요

 

여러분, 미스터 "휴즈"

 

각각에다가
이름을 붙이겠습니다

 

유방 증거물 1번
보다시피

 

유방과 유방 사이
오목한 틈 길이가

 

얼마냐면...

 

5인치 2.5입니다

 

영화계 거물 "휴즈"는

 

최고로 멋진 직업을 가졌습니다

 

이 행운아는 밤마다
여잘 바꿔가며

 

화려하게 즐깁니다

 

TWA의 사장인 그는
홍보목적으로...

 

신사숙녀 여러분
"헤라클레스"입니다

 

비행기며 보트면서
비행하는 도시죠

 

청구서는 다 나한테로 와

 

돈줄이니까
꼭 즐겁게 해드려

 

- 방법 알지?
- 그럼요

 

여자들은 어때?
가슴이 풍만해?

 

유방 전시장을 방불케 합니다

 

육군항공대 고위직들도
큰 가슴에는 뻑이 갈 거구요

 

용감한 군인 7백 명과
셔만 탱크 12대가

 

U보트 걱정 없이

 

대서양을 날아가게
될 겁니다

 

"해저 2만 리"
작가도 보면 놀라겠죠?

 

풋볼 경기장보다

 

더 긴 날개는
상상도 못했을 겁니다

 

내 품위는 어떻고?

 

언제부터 황색언론
때문에 예민했지?

 

딴 여자와 찍힌 사진 볼 때마다
뺨을 맞는 기분이야

 

다 과장된 거야

 

"조앤", "진저"
"린다", "조앤"

 

이젠 빌어먹을 "베티 데이비스"

 

노리개일 뿐이야
나한텐 의미없어

 

대단도 하셔!

 

남잔 다 약탈자라고

 

"다윈"이 말했다며?

 

결혼하고도
그런 꼴 보게 되면?

 

주장하는 게 뭐야?
여자야 언론이야?

 

남들처럼 먹으면 안돼?

 

받기만 해봐!

 

"오디", 지금은 좀 곤란해

 

알루미늄 없인
"헤라클레스" 못 만들어

 

가만, 아냐, 잘 들려

 

전쟁물자 생산 위원회에 호소해

 

"더글라스"와
"보잉"에 공급하면

 

우리한테도 공급할 거야

 

아이스크림을
내려놓기만 해봐

 

알루미늄 없으면
대책마련 시급해

 

자네가 얘기해봐
대신할 합금을 찾아

 

안 되면 목재를
써야 될 판이야

 

목재론 2백 톤
비행기 못 만들어요

 

비행정이잖아
배 재료가 뭐지?

 

참나무

 

비행정을 스페인의 돛배처럼
띄운다고 가정해봐

 

천2백 톤 나가는 돛배예요

 

잘하고 와

 

다른 나무들을 찾아 봐
강하면서도 가벼운 걸로

 

"케이트"

 

내 농장에서 난 사과야

 

좋아하면 잔뜩 배달해줄게

 

"휴즈"와 다툰 거야?

 

"휴즈" 속엔
딴 "휴즈"가 많아

 

그게 힘들어

 

아름답군요

 

성탄절에도 일해요?
"록히드" 항공 "로버트 그로스"

 

미안해요, 손에 기름 묻어서!

 

보여드릴 게 있습니다

 

잘 봐요
첩보목적 XF11 정찰기예요

 

내가 디자인했죠

 

최고속력은 시속 720km인데

 

어떤 공격도 피해낼 속력이죠

 

일본 "제로기"가 H1 베꼈을 때

 

더 나은 걸 만들 계획이었죠

 

- 공상과학 소설의 우주선 같죠?
- 굉장해요

 

나한테 뭘 보여줄 거죠?

 

세상에!

 

탑승인원 60명
날개는 123피트

 

쌍발엔진 4개에
2만5천 피트

 

총중량?

 

8만6천 파운드
날개하중은 41파운드

 

희박한 공기에선
항력이 더 적겠군요

 

최고 순항마력에서
최고 545km

 

1회 급유로
4천8백km 비행

 

- 국토종단
- 착륙 없이

 

당신은 말이야
진짜 물건이요

 

옷에 묻었어요

 

저쪽 옷깃에!

 

바로 여기

 

안 털렸어요

 

깨끗이 털어요

 

버려요, 저기다가!

 

고마워요

 

이름은?

 

"콘스텔레이션"
싫으시면 바꿔요

 

아니에요

 

멋있어요
맘에 쏙 들어요

 

어떤 거래 원하죠?
말해봐요

 

첫 40대 바로 빼주죠

 

2년간 독점입니다

 

그보다 더!

 

U&A 항공은
상상조차 못하잖소

 

그럼 "트립"보다
2년 앞선 겁니다

 

- 얼마?
- 대당 45만 불

 

그럼 첫 40대는
천8백만 불

 

TWA는 현재 지불능력 없어요

 

그럼 내 돈으로
계산해야 되겠군요

 

생산해요

 

청구서는 "노아"한테!

 

고마워요

 

메리 크리스마스

 

항공기제작 역사상
최고액 주문입니다

 

"록히드"에서 청구서 날아왔어요

 

히스테리는 건강에 해로워요

 

비행기 값치곤 엄청나요

 

맞아, 엄청나요

 

천8백만 불이
애들 이름입니까?

 

뱉은 말인데
그럼 어떡해요?

 

지금 무슨 말을 하는 거예요?

 

내가 미리 말해 줬어야 하는데
까먹었어

 

나중에 봐요

 

왜 이렇게 일찍 들어왔어?

 

자긴 울 사람 아니고

 

나도 그러니까

 

우리 터놓고 얘기해

 

사랑하는 사람이 생겼어
떠날래!

 

더 세련되게
나올 수가 있다면

 

참 좋겠지만...
난 지금

 

그렇겐 못해

 

우린 다 그렇잖아

 

솔직하도록 해

 

굉장한 모험였지만
영원할 순 없어

 

우린 너무나 닮은꼴이야

 

남자가 생겼다고?

 

나한테는 더
어울리는 사람이야

 

무슨 뜻이야?
더 어울리다니?

 

내가 필요한 것에
더 맞춰주는 사람

 

"케이티", 연기하지 마

 

연기가 아냐

 

지금 똑바로
판단하는 거야?

 

험악하게 나오지 마

 

날 떠나고 싶다고?

 

그럼 가

 

여긴 흔해 빠진 것들이 배우야

 

난 돈 많아

 

"하워드", 이러는 건
자기답지 않아

 

이게 바로 나야

 

대뜸 나타나서
떠난다고 선언하곤

 

우아하게 대해달라 그거야?

 

성인다운 태도를
좀 보여 봐

 

이 상황에 대해
어른스럽게 말이야

 

날 무시하는 말
절대로 하지 마

 

넌 배우야
그 이상은 아냐

 

받지 마

 

무슨 일이죠?

 

저기 말이야, "노아"

 

"페니스"에서
옷 좀 사다줘요

 

- 안 열었어요
- 빌어먹을!

 

- 새벽 2시예요
- 그렇군요

 

그럼 아침에 제일 먼저
맞춤옷으로 밝은 색과 짙은 색

 

흰 셔츠 3장
테니스 신발 셋

 

- "울워스"에서 사세요
- "월워스"...

 

- "페니스"에서!
- 알았어요

 

최대한 빨리 사갈게요

 

- 녹음기 틀었어요?
- 아뇨

 

우리 통화 지금 녹음해요?

 

- 아뇨
- 좋아, 당신을 믿어요

 

- 하워드
- 양복은 아침 일찍! 알겠죠?

 

- "페니스"랬소?
- "울워스"랬소?

 

- "페니스"
- "시어스"에 가요

 

알았어요, "시어스"

 

미안해, 여보

 

안 받으면
계속 걸 테니까

 

거기에 서
미스 "더모르그"

 

성형수술 했어?

 

아뇨

 

어떤 거든
몸에 흉터 있어?

 

아뇨

 

립스틱 지워

 

훨씬 낫잖아

 

계약관계인 거 이해하나?

 

우리 둘만의!

 

빙 돌아봐

 

아주 좋아

 

동작이 부드럽군

 

가족과 살지?

 

네

 

좋아

 

뭐든 얘길 해봐

 

몇 살이지?

 

열다섯

 

세상에!

 

아침 8시에 차가 절 태우면
집을 나서죠

 

고등학교 졸업장
꼭 딸 거예요

 

"하워드"는
교육이 중요하댔어요

 

수업 끝나면
발성법, 몸맵시, 양재를 배워요

 

저게 누구야!

 

"팬암"은 이런 데서도
일합니까?

 

안녕하시오, "잭"
"쥬완", 만나서 반가워요

 

어떻게 지내요, "하워드"?

 

괜찮아요. 고맙군요
여기는 "페이트 던마그"양입니다

 

앉아요, LA엔 웬일이죠?

 

"더글라스"와 미팅하러 왔어요

 

DC4라는 굉장한 기종이 나옵니다

 

- "콘스텔레이션"은 어때요?
- 잘 돼가요, 굉장히!

 

훔쳐볼 기회라도?

 

어림없죠

 

"레이"를 몰래 빼갔더군요

 

- 인테리어 디자인해요
- 우리 식구였소

 

내부 색상은?
또 킁킁대죠?

 

그만해요

 

단추요?
아니면 지퍼?

 

무슨 뜻인지?

 

침대칸의 침대커버
뭐로 채우죠?

 

지퍼죠

 

아뇨

 

단추요

 

곧 멕시코로 노선을 뻗치겠죠?

 

추측 근거는?

 

항속거리가 4천8백이잖소

 

궁극적으론 멕시코 넘어서
남미까지!

 

좋은 아이디어요
펜 있어요?

 

또는 바다도 건너겠죠!

 

아이스크림 실컷 먹었잖아

 

스푼 줘
장갑 끈적거리지 않게

 

대서양 너머까진
너무 멀 텐데?

 

뉴욕에서 뉴펀들랜드로

 

아일랜드로

 

이어서 파리까지

 

그건 "팬암"도 대환영이요

 

우리는 예약이 늘 초과거든요

 

뭐든 혼자서 다 떠맡는 건
힘에 부치잖소

 

언제 완성되죠?

 

- 내년, DC4는?
- 내년

 

- 기대해보죠
- 그건 마찬가지요

 

당신 다음으로
40대 예약했소

 

- 미스?!
- "도머르그"

 

아까 그 춤
룸바요, 삼바요?

 

- 삼바요
- 응, 삼바

 

그렇게 잘추는지 몰랐소

 

잘 받아쳤어요

 

전후의 전략이
다 공개됐군요

 

우린 못 막아

 

"팬암"이면
무엇에든 태클 걸어요

 

웨이터, 스카치 제일 큰 거

 

뭐가 좋아서 키득거려?
실례!

 

워싱턴의 정보통 만나서

 

상무장관 "제시"와
미팅 주선해요

 

진정해요

 

아일랜드 프랑스에
터미널이 필요해요

 

세상은 절대
"트립" 꺼가 아뇨

 

유럽 노선은
"팬암"에 맡기고

 

- 멕시코로 뻗어요
- 빌어먹을 멕시코

 

누구도 노선의
독점은 안돼요

 

공평하지 않아요

 

그가 "팬암"과 국회는 주물러도

 

하늘은 그자의 것이 아뇨

 

하늘이 두쪽 나도
난 안 물러설 거요

 

난 상류층 속물과
셀 수없이 싸웠소

 

"레이"는 잘라버려요

 

"트립" 첩자니까
당장 잘라요

 

침대커버의 단추
정보까지 알잖소

 

독사 같은 첩자요

 

우리 내부에 또아리 튼!

 

- "하워드"
- "롤랜드"

 

뭘 도와줘요?

 

"햅번"과 "스펜서"
사진을 넘겨요

 

필름까지 다!
기사도 그만 써요

 

"스펜서"는
가톨릭 기혼자요

 

영화 대스타니까
취재 대상이구요

 

사무실에서
내 소재 알아요

 

죽이려는 게 아뇨

 

그런 짓은 안 해요

 

얼마면 되죠?

 

뒷거래 안 합니다

 

얼마?

 

돈 먹는 짓 안 해요

 

아낼 속여본 경험 없소?

 

흑인과 잤던 적은?

 

훔치거나 남한테
상처 준 적은?

 

잘 가요

 

공산당 모임에 갔던 적은?

 

TWA 주식 주세요

 

얼마나?

 

- 5만 주
- 1만 주

 

좋아요

 

쉬울 거 같지 않소

 

양쪽의 당에
다 기여한 자며

 

"잭"은 워싱턴
정가의 로비스트요

 

프랑스 영국대사도

 

그에게 줄서있어요
메인 주 상원의원 "브루스터"

 

그의 국제선
계획은 진지해요

 

알았어

 

빌어먹을 "휴즈"

 

우리 "팬암"이
독점권을 갖도록

 

상원에 힘써줘요

 

법안 초안은?

 

거의 다 완성돼 가요

 

국방조사위원회에
넣어주겠소

 

위원의 자리에?

 

위원장 자리라야만
실력 발휘하기 쉽고

 

언론 노출도 훨씬
빈번해질 겁니다

 

"트루먼"이 위원장 아녔소?

 

아니야

 

현재는 부위원장

 

내가 바라는 자리는

 

위원장입니다

 

어떻게 생각해요?

 

위원장, 흥미롭군요

 

이건 DC4
기종의 제원이요

 

TWA의 새 명칭 어때?

 

"대륙횡단","서부"는
국제선과 안 맞아

 

국제선에 맞는
이름이 필요해

 

"트랜스 월드"가
역동적이고 좋아

 

T/W/A

 

머리글자 같아서
페인트도 안 들어

 

역시 절약정신이
투철하군!

 

옷 입혀줘

 

그마안

 

줄 게 있어

 

기대해도 좋아

 

뭐야?

 

선물, 끌러봐

 

쓰레기 상자?!
각오해

 

속을 뒤져봐

 

세계최고 카슈미르 사파이어야

 

세상을 뒤졌어

 

왜 선물해?

 

왜냐면... 잘 봐

 

네 눈과 어울리잖아

 

난 돈으론 안 넘어가

 

왜 이래?
그냥 선물이야

 

돈으론 안 돼
애쓰지 마

 

보석 따위로
유혹할 생각 마

 

대신 저녁식사는 어때?

 

미치겠군

 

불결한 운동화를
신은 자기랑

 

엔진덮개 뜯어낸 차로
외식하러 갈 줄이야!

 

나하고 결혼해줄래?

 

안돼

 

어째서?

 

첫째, 사랑하지 않고

 

둘째, 난 유부녀야

 

곳곳에 숨겨둔
여자들이 많고

 

"벨 에어" 호텔에
쭉쭉빵빵도 많잖아

 

거기에서 하나
잡아서 결혼해

 

호텔직원과는 안돼

 

어떻게 비치겠어?

 

뭐야?

 

왜 이래?

 

지금 무슨 짓이야?

 

그년과 지금
뭐 하는 거야?

 

식사하러 왔을 뿐이야

 

저 여자 좀 제지해

 

이젠 나 안 사랑해?

 

왜 사랑하지 않겠어?

 

"브루스터"는
"트립"과 통해요

 

독점법안 통과되면
우린 끝장나고

 

"팬암"만 국제노선
다 잡아먹어요

 

비미국적이야
통과 안 될 거요

 

"에어 프랑스"나
"루프트한자"도

 

요금 덤핑으로
겨우 버틸 테구요

 

무모한 경쟁이니까
국내선만 주력해요

 

꼬리 내리는 건
개나 할 짓이요

 

- 좀 와보세요
- 잠깐만!

 

"트랜스 월드 에어라인"에 맞게

 

원이나 동그란 디자인 만들어

 

크게 말해

 

검열관이 난리쳐도

 

한컷도 안 자를 거야

 

등급 없이
상영한다고 전해

 

여론, 언론에
평가를 맡긴 뒤

 

상원투표 붙일 거야
상원의원들 포섭해

 

- 어떻게요?
- 어떻게긴?

 

재선될 의원한테
정치자금 헌금해

 

매수를 하라고요?!

 

매수따위 불법 말고
합법적으로 포섭해

 

"트립"한테 들러붙은 의원의

 

뒤가 구린 정보를
모조리 캐요

 

단골업소, 허튼소리

 

계집질 모조리!

 

알았어요

 

잠깐만!

 

- 뭐가 필요해?
- 방향타와 승강기

 

담당자를 연구실에 불러

 

2차 시스템 필요해

 

조종간 디자인
다시 검토한다

 

조종간을요?!

 

느낌이 아냐

 

8천 개 모델을 봤잖아요?

 

이 중에서 하나만 골라요

 

알아, 알아!
이거야

 

가장 근접했어

 

내 기대치에!

 

바닥 청소하는 저 노인

 

직원이야?

 

- 본 적 있어?
- "닉"일 겁니다

 

왜 날 훔쳐보지?

 

저야 모르죠

 

해고해

 

젖은 걸레만 쓰게 해

 

호흡기질환은
병원비가 엄청나

 

계기판도 결정해 주시죠

 

청사진 다시 보여줘

 

기한을 맞추자면
속이 타들어가요

 

이러다간 전쟁
끝나야 마쳐요

 

결정을 내리고
영화는 손떼요

 

직원 천 명이
결정만 기다려요

 

진정해

 

심정 알지만
이러면 더 망쳐

 

두어 시간만
두고 보자고

 

- 진정해봐
- 알았어요

 

아내도 만나

 

- 청사진 다 꼭 보여줘
- 알았어요

 

모든 청사진

 

난 심각해
다 보여줘

 

보여줘
청사진 전부

 

청사진
다 보여줘

 

제대로 해야겠어
청사진을 보여줘

 

청사진을 보여줘

 

청사진
다 보여줘

 

전염병 검역기간

 

Q

 

U

 

A

 

R

 

A

 

N

 

T

 

I

 

N

 

E

 

전염병 검역기간

 

1946년 7월 7일

 

XF11 시험비행

 

"맥거윈" 장군님

 

중령님, 감사합니다

 

"오디", 잘 들리나?

 

아주 양호해요

 

비행컨트롤도 양호

 

마음껏 조종하십쇼

 

완벽해, 미세한 흔들림조차 없어

 

곱게 다루십쇼

 

소린 어때요?

 

나한테 속삭여

 

노랠 부르게 만드십쇼

 

"오디", 성공이다
축하한다!

 

저도 기쁘군요
랜딩기어 접고

 

270방향
5천 피트 상승

 

랜딩기어 접고
5천 피트 상승, 방향은 270

 

세상에, 엄청 빨라!

 

- 현재속력?
- 465km

 

320km로 낮춰요

 

어림없는 소리!

 

1시간 45분 뒤

 

이젠 귀환해요

 

예정시간 초과예요
090에 맞춰요

 

10분만 더

 

안됩니다, 귀환해요

 

방향을 090에 맞추겠다

 

하강 준비한다

 

뭡니까?

 

우측 날개가 기울어

 

우측 엔진이 고장이다

 

rpm이 2천8백이야

 

들려!

 

파워가 떨어진다
우측 엔진 속도만 올라가

 

들려!
고도가 떨어진다

 

우현 프로펠러 다 돕니까?

 

rpm이 내려간다

 

- 방향추가 제대로 돕니까?
- 기다려 봐

 

정상 같은데
거꾸로 돈다

 

크로스 컨트롤은?

 

왼쪽 방향타는데

 

보조날개도 말을
들어먹지 않는다

 

- 현 위치?
- 2천 피트

 

모르겠어
비벌리힐스 같아

 

천5백 피트

 

추락한다

 

"월셔" 골프장에 내리겠다, 들려?

 

"월셔" 골프장 카피!

 

엔진을 1천까지 낮추세요!

 

추락한다!

 

착륙불가다!

 

안에 또 사람 있어요?

 

- 사람 있어요?
- 아뇨

 

"하워드 휴즈" 비행사요!

 

78%가 화상입니다

 

갈비뼈가 아홉 개
으스러졌어요

 

코와 턱 뺨도 그렇고
왼쪽 무릎과 팔꿈치도!

 

얼굴엔 열상이 60개며

 

왼쪽 폐가 폐허탈 됐고

 

심장은 흉강
우측에 밀렸어요

 

세상에!

 

현재 수혈을 받고 있어요

 

누구의 혈액이죠?

 

네?!

 

- 누구 피죠?
- 병원!

 

마음에 안 들어
할 겁니다

 

이건 그의 마음에 들고

 

안 들고의 문제가 아뇨

 

정말로 유감이군요

 

오렌지 주스

 

부엌에서 짠 건
안 신선해서

 

보는 데서
만들어달랬어요

 

내 모습...

 

완전히 괴물이죠?

 

오렌지 주스에는
영양분이 많아요

 

창밖에는 파리가 있어요

 

어릴 적 "하워드"는

 

감귤을 좋아했어요

 

"오디", 설명해봐

 

우현 프로펠러가
고장나면서

 

흡입바람 방향을
바꿔놨어요

 

이해하겠어요?

 

이런 상황에선
참 죄송하지만

 

안 좋은 소식 있습니다

 

- 듣고 계시죠?
- 물론!

 

"헤라클레스"의
계약이 날아갔어요

 

전쟁도 끝나버려서
무용지물이 돼버렸어요

 

어떻게 조치할까요?

 

전부 해고해요?

 

완성하려면...

 

얼마나 필요하지?

 

약 6개월

 

기간 말고
필요한 제작비

 

7백만 불

 

어쩌면 더!

 

완성해

 

완성시켜

 

"하워드", "콘스텔레이션"도
추락했어요

 

민간 항공위원회가
조사에 착수했구요

 

"팬암" 사장이
꽃을 다 보내왔더군요

 

보세요

 

- 나머지 꽃들은요?
- 다 뜯어내버렸죠!

 

진디가 생기게 하잖아요

 

진디는 아주
불쾌한 놈이예요

 

저건 왜 놔뒀냐고요?

 

쳐다보면서
놈을 벼르고 있는 거요

 

사상 최대의 비행기

 

과연 "백색의 코끼리"가
날 수 있을까요?

 

세계 최고 비행기의
외관입니다

 

"하워드 휴즈"가
만든 비행정입니다

 

길이는 66m, 높이는 5층
빌딩보다 높기 때문에

 

송전선을 끊으면서까지
컬버 시티에서

 

48km 떨어진 바다까지
옮겨갑니다

 

60톤을 옮기는 건
기술적 난제이지만

 

과연 날 수 있을지가
최대의 관심사입니다

 

엔진이 넷 장착된 날개는
하나가 48m입니다

 

두 개가 펼쳐진 모습을
상상해보십쇼

 

산더미와 맞먹는다 해도
과언이 아니죠

 

언제쯤 비행허가
내주겠대요?

 

저번 추락 조사가
끝나는 수개월 뒤

 

이미 천4백만 불
적자입니다

 

적자를 언제까지

 

대서양 횡단만
시작되면 벌충돼요

 

법안 통과되면
전부 백지예요

 

그 독점법안과 싸워야죠!

 

TWA는 어떻게 굴릴 거죠?

 

공구회사에서
꿔오라곤 않겠죠?

 

"헤라클레스"에
몽땅 다 쏟았건만

 

공군도 더 이상
안 원해요

 

회계장부 보시면
낙관 못할 겁니다

 

엄살떠는 게 아닙니다

 

우린 심각해요
선택해야 돼요

 

비행정 때문에
파산하고 싶어요?

 

아님 항공사로
파산하고 싶어요?

 

"토마스 파킨슨" 찾아가서

 

TWA 자산을 걸고
융자 받아요

 

비행기도 담보 맡겨요

 

책상 필기도구
모조리 맡겨서

 

4천만 불 만들어와요

 

TWA가 채무 이행을 못하면?

 

그 땐 "트립"이
헐값에 사들이겠죠

 

침대에 도청기
숨겨두다니!

 

자기가 안전한지
지켜주려 한 거야

 

저 차 안엔 누구지?
24시간 뒤를 따라다녀

 

자기를 지켜주는 차야

 

나한테 유일한
위험은 자기야

 

난 당신 노리개 아냐

 

당신의 애완용
비행기도 아냐

 

도청기 전부 치울게

 

당신 소재가
걱정돼서 그랬어

 

뭣 땜에?

 

- 자기가 걱정되니까!
- 개소리!

 

도청기 "전부"라니?

 

무슨 뜻이야?

 

더 있어

 

몇 개나?

 

몰라, 아마 12개일 거야

 

전화기마다 전부

 

세상에?!
전화기 전부?

 

통화를 엿들었다고?

 

다신 안 그럴게
절대 안 그럴게

 

훔쳐듣지는 않고
통화기록만 봤어

 

뭘 알고 싶은 건데?

 

"아티 쇼"와
어젯밤 했을까봐?

 

"시나트라"와
그저께 잤을까봐?

 

남이 다 미쳤대도
난 믿어줬어

 

이러니 "햅번"한테
차일 수밖에!

 

입 닥쳐

 

꺼져, 미치광이

 

꺼져

 

- 괜찮아요?
- 도청기 다 제거해

 

침실 도청기는 그대로 둬

 

FBI가 떴어요

 

이 안에 있는 모든 건

 

"휴즈" 영화사 재산이요
변호사도 와요

 

연방 영장이요
방해하지 마시요

 

"휴즈"에게
새 손님이 생겼습니다

 

이번엔 은막의 미녀가
아닌 FBI입니다

 

벌써 10번째
수색하고 있어요

 

"브루스터" 입김이
작용했단 소문이 돕니다

 

항공계 거물의
주택까지 아수라장입니다

 

내 물건들을 막 건드려요

 

자기네들 멋대로!

 

최대한 진정해요
즉시 달려갈게요

 

1947년 2월 12일

 

워싱턴 DC 메이플라워 호텔

 

- 또 만났군요
- 반갑소

 

들어갑시다

 

점심식사 준비해줘요

 

객실이 멋집니다

 

- 장식도 멋져요
- 앉아요

 

의논할 게 있을 거
같아 모셨소

 

사무실 바깥에서

 

감사합니다

 

제 법안에 강경하더군요

 

강경한 건 피장파장이죠

 

내가 만든 법안이니까요

 

내 판단에 미국엔

 

국제선 항공사가
하나면 족합니다

 

그러니까 한 항공사가

 

독점하는 게 공평하단 뜻이요?

 

독점하면 더 잘하지 않겠소?

 

경쟁자가 없으면!

 

승객이 뭘 원하는지가
나의 최대 관심사요

 

멋지군요, 뭐죠?

 

그림의 저건...

 

야크입니까?

 

- 야크 맞죠?
- 라마요

 

아내가 1년 전
페루에서 산 겁니다

 

놀랍군요
진짜 라마군요

 

- 페루?!
- 그렇소, 1년 전에

 

1년 전이었소

 

- 점심이 준비됐어요
- 함께 듭시다

 

진짜 라마 본 적 있어요?

 

아뇨, 아내가 그림을 좋아해서요

 

무척 흥미로운 동물이죠

 

라마의 철자가 뭐죠?

 

연기자 "페르난도라마스"의 라마?

 

라마엔 "I"이 둘이요, 앉읍시다

 

송어 요리요
좋아하면 좋겠소

 

좋아합니다
고마워요

 

술 안 하죠?
물도 괜찮길!

 

고맙습니다

 

까놓고 본론에
들어갑시다

 

내 수사관들이...

 

부패행위 정보를
많이 찾아냈어요

 

공개되면 당신이
곤란해질 정보죠

 

댁을 곤경에서
구해 주고 싶소

 

자상하군요

 

난 청문회를
열 권한이 있소

 

피하게 해주고 싶어요

 

당장 말입니까?

 

잘 들어요

 

전쟁 부당이득자로
낙인 찍히고 싶소?

 

그걸 원하오?

 

원하는 게 뭡니까?

 

내 민간항공
독점 법안에 따르시오

 

그럼 청문회를 안 열겠소

 

- 못합니다
- 왜죠?

 

TWA를 죽이는
법안이니까!

 

TWA를 "팬암"에 넘겨요

 

좋은 가격 받을 거요

 

- 청문회도 덮고?
- 맞습니다

 

수사도 덮어서
아무도 몰라요

 

좋은 게 좋은 거잖소

 

"브루스터"

 

그래도 하나가 걸립니다

 

작년에 산 라마 그림 말인데요

 

네

 

어떤 배로 옮겼죠?

 

선박 말고
비행기로 옮겼소

 

- 비행기로?
- 네!

 

진정으로 저와
해보겠다는 거요?

 

붙어보겠다는 겁니까?

 

내가 아니요
정부 입장이요

 

독일과 일본에도
이긴 정부요

 

당신이 뭔데 이래요?

 

"트립"한테 전해 주시겠소?

 

보내준 꽃 고마웠다고!

 

계속 이렇게 나오면

 

머잖아 엿 먹을 거란
경고도!

 

물증들 중에서
결정적인 것은

 

전쟁기간 중
그가 정부를 상대로

 

5천6백만 불
사기 친 겁니다

 

노르망디에서
아군이 죽어갈 때

 

"휴즈"는 세금을 악용했습니다

 

난 잠든다
캄캄한 암흑뿐인

 

이 방에서!

 

필요하면 이곳
워싱턴에 소환해서

 

거짓들과 위선을
다 밝히겠습니다

 

나한텐 잠들 곳이 있다

 

엄청난 질문에
답변해야 할 겁니다

 

의자도 있어

 

특히 "나무 거위"라
불리는 공룡 몸집과

 

목재라서 모형
비행기라고 불리는

 

비행정에 관해서도

 

아름다워

 

난 사막이 좋아

 

뜨거운 데지만
대신 깨끗하지

 

깨끗해

 

난 잠이 필요하다

 

뭘 좀 마셔야겠어

 

뭐든 먼저 마셔야 돼

 

잠깐!

 

우유가 상했으면?

 

우유가 상했으면

 

병을 내 오른손으로
집어들면 안돼

 

뚜껑을 왼손으로
따도 안 되고

 

딴 뚜껑을
왼쪽 주머니에

 

넣어서도 안돼

 

"하워드", "케이트"야
얘기 좀 해

 

내 말 들려?

 

들어갈게

 

문 좀 빨리 열어봐

 

열 수가 없어

 

"열기 싫다" 아니고?

 

얼굴 좀 보게 해줘

 

면도 안했어

 

면도는 나도 안했어

 

어서

 

들어가게 해줘

 

자기 목소리 잘 들려

 

언제나 그랬듯이

 

비행할 때의
조종실 안에서도

 

내 목소리가
좀 쩌렁쩌렁해야지

 

내가 온 것은

 

고맙단 말 하러 온 거야

 

나랑 "스펜서"한테
보내준 선물!

 

기자가 찍었던
사진들 말이야

 

자기가 사랑하는 사람이잖아

 

나한텐 그가 전부야

 

자기가 기뻐서 나도 좋아

 

이제 그만 돌아가 줄래?

 

제발!

 

오늘은 그만 돌아가
머잖아 곧 만나자

 

함께 비행해

 

그래, 부탁해
꼭 태워줘

 

나도 비행기 몰 줄 알잖아

 

듣고 있는 거야?

 

듣고 있어?

 

대답해봐

 

우유 갖다 줘
우유 갖다 줘

 

우유 갖다 줘
우유 갖다 줘

 

우유 갖다 줘
우유 갖다 줘

 

오른 손으로
봉지를 열어야하며

 

45도 각도로
기울여야 한다

 

그러면 종이를
건드리지 않고

 

봉지 안에
손넣을 수 있다

 

처음부터 반복된다

 

처음부터 반복된다

 

처음부터 반복된다

 

만약 순서가 바뀐 다음에

 

아무리 사소한 차이가 생겨도

 

전체 절차가 반복돼야 한다

 

처음부터

 

우유를 가져와
반복돼야 한다

 

우유 가져와
처음부터 반복된다

 

Q

 

R

 

N

 

T

 

Q

 

U

 

E

 

I

 

T

 

I

 

N

 

E

 

N

 

E

 

E

 

I

 

누구죠?

 

누구세요?

 

"후안 트립"이오

 

"후안" 그렇군! "후안"

 

우리가 약속했었죠?

 

기억나요

 

이 안은 굉장히 추우니까
밖에 앉아요

 

감기 걸리게 하기 싫어요

 

그랬다간 내가
날 용서 못해요

 

그건 절대로

 

알았소, 앉을게요

 

회계보고서 가져왔소

 

"팬암" 주식은
13불 58센트지만

 

TWA는 4불 25센트

 

빌어먹을!

 

대체 왜 이러는 거요?

 

안 판다는 건
알고 있잖아

 

게다가 매입할
능력도 없잖소

 

국내선 상품가치는
"팬암"의 2배요

 

우리 주식이
세 배 가치인데

 

어떻게 그런
주장이 나오죠?

 

당신 회사는
국내노선 없잖소

 

그래서 TWA에
눈독들이잖소!

 

절대로 안 팔겠단
의지를 알잖아요

 

정곡을 더 찔러줘?

 

"브루스터"는
댁과 한통속이요

 

내가 선출한
의원이 아뇨

 

메인 주를
상대로 따져요

 

청문회 밀어붙이면
그림이 험악해져요

 

우리들 모두한테

 

더 비참해지는 쪽은
당신이요

 

국민이 전쟁에서
자식을 잃어갈 때

 

추잡한 영화와
앉은뱅이 비행기만 만들었잖소

 

어림없는 음해공작

 

XF11은 1시간 45분 날았소

 

당신 눈으로 봤더라면
기절하고 자빠졌을 거요

 

"나무 거위"도
해명해야 될 거요

 

정식 이름은
"헤라클레스"야

 

꼭 비상하고 말 거야

 

천3백만 불 세금도
꼭 밝히시오

 

TWA는 절대 안 팔아

 

절대로!

 

알겠소

 

알았어요

 

언젠간 나한테
잡아먹힐 테니

 

"브루스터"가
당신 명성 짓밟으면

 

부도나는 건 뻔하며

 

회생시킬 돈줄도
끊어질 거요

 

당신 항공사의
무능경영 때문에

 

부도날 게 뻔해요

 

공구회사 남았으니
파산만은 면하겠죠

 

휴스턴에 낙향, 새 왕국 쌓겠죠?

 

그렇게 되길 바라오

 

그 때쯤 TWA는
내가 인수해서

 

"팬암"의 청색으로
도색했을 거요

 

당신이 돌아올 땐
"팬암"에 타고 있을 거요

 

나를...

 

벼랑 끝까지 밀어서

 

편안하게 놔두지
않겠단 독설이군

 

청문회는 쇠꼬챙이 방석이 될 거요

 

대중한테 까발려지고

 

무수한 카메라들과
기자에 휩싸이겠죠

 

대중 기피증이
있다고 들었소

 

그걸 우리가
막아주려는 거요

 

고맙소
그토록 신경써 줘서!

 

대단히...

 

감동 먹었어

 

덕분에 즐거웠소

 

"노아"가 공항에 모셔줄 거요

 

가는 길 무사하길!

 

부디 무사하길

 

고맙수다!
감기 조심해요

 

걱정 마시오
잘 이겨낼 거니까

 

청문회에 세우면 세상이
그의 몰락을 목격하게 돼요

 

훌륭했던 모습으로
기억되게 해줍시다

 

3일 내로
소환장 도착할 거요

 

저곳에서
꺼낼 준비나 하시오

 

미스터 "휴즈"

 

슈즈 없어요

 

신발 좀 사다주겠소?

 

날 위해 갖춰 입다니
놀라운걸!

 

- 들어가도 될까?
- 그럼, 들어와

 

와줘서 고마워

 

우리 한잔 해

 

들어가지 마
여기서만 안전해

 

세균이 없는 공간이야
알겠어?

 

- 세균이 덤벼보라지
- 안돼

 

인테리어가
마음에 들어

 

얼굴 좀 찬찬히 볼까?

 

청문회엔 언제 나가?

 

1주일 뒤 아냐!
1주일 안

 

오늘 며칠이야?
청문회까진

 

알았어! 진정해!

 

거긴 아무것도 없어

 

- 나한텐 보여
- 알아

 

얼굴 씻어

 

손 담그고
비누거품 풀어

 

안 가고 곁에 있을게

 

저게 깨끗해?

 

그렇진 않지만
깨끗해지도록 해보자

 

- 이젠 어때?
- 괜찮아 보여

 

- 굉장히 멋져
- 나하고 결혼해줄래?

 

나한테 완전히 꽂혔구나!

 

- 가볼게
- 그래, 고마워

 

내가 필요할 때도
도와줄 거지?

 

1947년 8월 6일

 

"브루스터" 상원 청문회

 

첫째 날

 

시작하겠습니다

 

진행되는 동안 정숙하세요!

 

"휴즈"씨, 선서해 주세요

 

귀하는 본 위원회 앞에서

 

오직 진실만을
증언할 것임을

 

엄숙하게 맹세합니까?

 

네

 

크게 말해요
귀가 좋지 않은 건 알지만!

 

뭐라든 괜찮습니다

 

세상이 다 알고
숨길 뜻도 없소

 

"휴즈"씨, 본 위원회는...

 

진술할 말이 있습니다

 

좋습니다

 

진술해도 좋습니다

 

할 말 있습니까?

 

저는 정직하고 싶습니다!

 

저의 평판이 손상된 이상
숨기거나 속일 뜻이 없습니다

 

의원님이 무리수를
던지지 않았더라면

 

저한테 악랄하게
나오지 않았다면

 

손실을 받아들이며

 

그 정도의 비난은
받아들였을 거요

 

왜냐면 전 일개 시민이지만

 

귀하는 의원으로서
모든 권력을 쥐고 있잖소

 

하지만 광대놀음이
너무 늘어졌습니다

 

그만! 됐습니다

 

날 언론에다가
거짓말쟁이라 했고

 

전쟁 부당이득자
도둑놈이라 했죠?

 

증인은 즉각

 

왜 한번만이라도
진실하지 못하죠?

 

TWA가 유럽노선
결정하던 날

 

하필 저한테
수사관이 닥쳤죠?

 

"팬암"의 시장에
진출하려던 그날

 

앉으시오

 

"팬암"만 유럽
독점취항 누릴 때

 

TWA가 도전한
바로 그날 말이죠

 

연설하라고 부른 게 아뇨

 

정숙해 주세요

 

"마이어"로부터 확보한

 

17만 불의 영수증이 있소
청문회 둘째 날

 

"마이어"는 당신이 고용한 거죠?

 

- 그렇소
- 어떤 역할이죠?

 

정확힌 모릅니다
직원이 넘쳐서요

 

홍보담당관이
어떤 목적에서

 

공군 실무진에
17만 불 뿌렸죠?

 

나야 모르죠
직접 물어요

 

- 부르시겠소?
- 부르다뇨 뭘?!

 

청문회에 나오게 해주겠소?

 

참고인으로 3일간
박박 쪼았잖소?

 

재차 소환하고
싶어서 그래요

 

나오게 해주겠소?

 

그럴 생각 없소

 

나오도록 노력해 보겠소?

 

- 내가 뭣 하러 그럽니까?
- 생각이 없다고요?

 

알면서
왜 자꾸 물어요?

 

17만 불은 로비 목적으로
호텔 특실비에 충당됐고

 

TWA 주식은 물론
여성 교제비로 지불됐소

 

이 정도면 뇌물로
간주될 가능성이 없소?

 

그렇게 말할 수 있겠습니다

 

반복해 주겠소?

 

뇌물이라고
말할 수 있다고 생각합니다

 

상세하게 설명해 주겠소?

 

항공사업 관례에
문외한인가 본데

 

군 고관과의
식사는 통상적이요

 

큰 계약을 따기 위해

 

큰 항공사라면
다 행하는 인사요

 

좋은 관례 아녀도
불법까진 아뇨

 

의원님은 입법자니까

 

공군을 즐겁게 해주지 말라는

 

법안을 통과하면
기꺼이 따르겠소

 

보고서 내용은

 

온통 조작이요
청문회 셋째 날

 

악의적 발언은 삼가시요

 

나한텐 반박할
권리가 있어요

 

막강한 재력과
영향력 앞세워

 

우릴 위협할
작정이면 어림없소

 

질의서 제출하시오

 

간단하게 묻겠소
2월 12일

 

메이플라워 호텔에서 나한테

 

TWA를 "팬암"에 넘기면

 

청문회 안 받게
해준다고 했잖소?

 

천만에,
질문은 서면으로 하시오

 

- "트립" 안지는?
- 최근에

 

알게 됐지만
무슨 상관이죠?

 

저번 선거자금으로
2만 달러 받았죠?

 

당신이 자기를 위해
일했다던데?

 

- 개인적 친분...
- 법안홍보목적으로

 

어딜 가든 그가
공짜로 태워줬죠?

 

사실이 아뇨

 

독점 법안을
누가 작성해줬죠?

 

당신이 직접
작성한 겁니까?

 

청문회 진행을
방해하지 마요

 

갖고 나왔소
상기시켜드리죠

 

민간항공법 수정안 S987

 

상원에 제출한 문건 맞죠?

 

엄청 많은 글인데

 

직접 썼나요?

 

전부 당신이
썼느냔 말입니다

 

이 법안은 깡그리

 

"팬암" 중역이 쓴 거며

 

목적은 국제선의
독점권 획득이요

 

이걸 밀어붙이려고
양팔 걷어붙였잖소

 

난 세상 어디든지
다닐 의무가 있소

 

메인 주의 의원이
페루엔 왜 갔죠?

 

메인 주 상품의 판로를 개척하러...

 

페루에 바닷가재
팔러 가셨다?!

 

존경하는 의원님
석 달간

 

"트립"을 몇 번 만났죠?

 

대답을 해주겠소?

 

"후안 트립"은
훌륭한 시민이며

 

수십 년간 여객
산업을 발전시켰고

 

사리사욕보다는
국가를 더 아꼈소

 

주주님들의 입이
찢어질 아부군요

 

오늘은 이만 마치겠습니다

 

2천톤 "헤라 클레스"에서
"맥나마라"입니다

 

이건 세계최대며
국회를 자극, "휴즈"의 부패행위를

 

사하게 만든
"창공의 자이언트"입니다

 

"휴즈"씨는
오늘의 테스트를

 

수상활주에만
제한한다고 말했습니다

 

띄울 경우, 결과를

 

알기 힘드니까요
1947년 11월 2일

 

오늘은 활주와
수면 압력만 측정하며

 

다음 봄까진
비행시키지 않겠다고 합니다

 

과연 항공역사를 바꿀지
귀추가 주목됩니다

 

좋습니다

 

찍지 마세요

 

저는 "휴즈"씨의
1.5m 뒤에 있으며

 

조종실 측면 창으로
보고 있습니다

 

교수님, 앞에 타시죠?

 

제 위치는 수면에서
9m 위입니다

 

안전벨트 채워요
눈이 확 돌 겁니다

 

수많은 관중이
해안에 운집했습니다

 

좋습니다
시동 걸어요

 

1번 엔진 양호

 

2번 양호

 

3번 양호

 

4번 양호

 

5번 양호

 

6번 양호

 

7번 양호

 

8번 양호

 

마스터 스로틀

 

마스터 스로틀

 

지금쯤 짐작하겠지만

 

저는 비명이라도
지르고 싶습니다

 

보조익 15도 낮춰

 

15도!

 

이륙에 필요한 속력은 112km

 

알아, 알아

 

아름다운 남가주 해안입니다

 

수정처럼 새파란 하늘
따사로운 햇살

 

시속 40km

 

50km

 

55km

 

호사가는 8개의 엔진이
터지는 날엔...

 

침착하십쇼

 

- 시속 65km
- 우현 180

 

감속, 우현 180

 

승무원은 딱 넷이지만

 

처녀 활주시험을 위해
정비사 11명을

 

요소요소에 배치하여
만전을 기하였습니다

 

소리는 어때?

 

양호합니다

 

교수님

 

부탁 하나 할게요

 

바람 상태를 좀 봐주세요

 

풍속 15노트

 

역풍이라고 말하겠습니까?

 

그렇습니다

 

청문회 도중엔
정숙해 주십시오

 

"휴즈"씨, 선서해 주세요

 

휴즈씨, 공군의 스파이기인

 

XF11 백 대를 만들기 위해

 

4천3백만 달러 받았습니까?

 

그렇습니다

 

공군에 완제품 몇 대 납품했죠?

 

한 대도 없소

 

마이크에 가까이 대고
말해 주세요

 

한 대도 없소

 

"헤라클레스"의 제작비로

 

천3백만 달러 받았나요?

 

그렇습니다

 

납품했나요?

 

아뇨

 

본인도 인정했듯이

 

귀하는 미합중국 정부로부터

 

5천6백만 달러 받아놓고도

 

한 대도 납품하지 못했습니다

 

사실입니다

 

유감스럽지만

 

그 거액을 다 어쨌죠?

 

비행기에 쏟았소
더 많이!

 

더 많이?!

 

어떤 식으로 착복, 퍼부었죠?

 

사비를 투자했소

 

내 돈을 말입니다

 

제 관심은

 

- 개인적인 돈은
- 얘기하게 하시오

 

계속 하세요

 

제 오직 관심은
미국 항공산업이요

 

제 인생의 큰 기쁨이어서
사재를 쏟은 거요

 

수백만 불 날렸고 거듭 날린다 해도
계속해서 도전할 거요

 

정부 돈 많이 축냈다고 칩시다

 

그래도 난 거짓말은 안했소

 

록히드 더글러스 보잉은
60대의

 

다른 비행기의
생산을 주문받았고

 

8억 불 이상의
거액을 따갔지만

 

전쟁 중 한 대도
날지 못했소!

 

60억 불이 넘는
전쟁물자도 납품 안됐소

 

근데 5천6백만 불 받은 저만 왜

 

눈탱이 맞아가며
조사받는 거죠?

 

TWA를 날로 먹겠단 속셈이잖소

 

- 말조심해요!
- 하나만 더

 

이 자리에서 밝히겠소

 

"헤라클레스" 얘기도
곁들여서!

 

나를 손가락질하는
이유야 많겠죠

 

내 변덕이
문제되기도 하죠

 

바람둥이, 기인
소리도 듣지만

 

거짓말쟁이 소리는
듣지 않고 살아왔소

 

"헤라클레스"는
기념비적 사업이요

 

역사상 최대 규모의 비행기며

 

5층의 높이에다가

 

날개가 풋볼 경기장보다 깁니다

 

내 인생의 땀과
평판을 쏟아부었소

 

수차례 밝혔듯이
날지 못하면

 

고국을 등지고
안 돌아오겠소

 

날 소환하거나
체포할 수 있겠죠

 

제가 모든 걸 접으면

 

길길이 날뛰며
쾌재를 부르겠지만

 

이따위 넌센스는
더 이상 못 참겠소

 

TV 꺼요

 

- 안 끝났는데요?
- 끝났잖소

 

독점권 법안은
휴지가 될 거요

 

TWA는 뉴욕에서
파리로 간 다음

 

모스크바, 일본,
하와이를 거쳐

 

LA와

 

뉴욕으로 취항할 거요

 

빌어먹을!

 

엔진파워 높여

 

파워 올립니다

 

"휴즈"가 신신당부하는군요

 

마력이 엄청나니까
꽉 붙잡으라고 말이죠

 

어때?

 

시속 40km

 

50km

 

55km

 

속도계가 50km를
가리킵니다

 

50km

 

- 55km
- 50km

 

55km

 

55km

 

60km

 

계속 올라갑니다

 

- 70km
- 80km

 

80km... 88km입니다

 

95km

 

105km

 

112km

 

120km

 

마치 정적의
순간처럼 느껴집니다

 

떴습니다

 

공중에 떴습니다

 

이걸 만들어 내다니
믿어지지 않습니다

 

정말로 공중에 떠있습니다

 

공중에 진짜 떠있습니다

 

"휴즈"의 어마어마한 비행기가

 

LA 항구에서
비상에 성공했습니다

 

제 느낌으론
이 순간부터 "휴즈"가

 

미국을 한 바퀴
선회라도 할 기세입니다

 

이런 기술이
우리의 미래요

 

이 멋진 광경을
보여드려 기쁩니다

 

잠깐만 실례!

 

- 파리에 갈래?
- 지금?

 

TWA가 취항해

 

첫 비행은
내가 조종할래

 

- 쇼핑 엄청 하자
- 뭐든지 다 사줄게

 

저녁식사는 어떨까?

 

저녁 좋아, 약속한 거지?

 

좋아! 약속이야

 

금방 돌아올게, 가면 안돼

 

잘 들어요

 

이젠 제트비행기요
제트엔진 알아요?

 

굉장히 비싸겠죠?

 

그렇지만
착수해야 돼요

 

따라와 봐요

 

제트엔진 도입해야만

 

시장이 장악돼요

 

과학 잘 알아?

 

좀 압니다
실력발휘 할게요

 

저 사람들 누구죠?

 

직원이요?

 

전부 다 직원입니다

 

F80에 맞서도록
"밥"한테 도움 청해요

 

- 지금?
- 그래!

 

당장, 이제는 제트엔진이 미래요

 

새벽 4시 반에?!

 

뉴욕에 있으니까
7시 반입니다

 

출근 안했을 겁니다

 

투숙호텔 알아볼게요

 

전화통화 원해요?
미팅을 원하세요?

 

미팅이겠죠?

 

그를 내일 불러들일까요?

 

그게 미래야

 

그 기술이
우리의 미래야

 

- 같이 걸읍시다
- 부축해 드려

 

그게 우리의 미래야

 

우리의 미래
우리의 미래

 

곧 돌아올 테니
꼭 여기 있어요

 

안 보이게 해요
의사 부르겠소

 

우리의 미래
우리의 미래

 

조심해야 한다

 

나중에 크면

 

최고로 빠른
비행기 조종하고

 

최고의 영화 만들고

 

세상에서 최고로
부자가 될 거예요

 

그게 우리의 미래야

 

그게 우리의 미래야

 

그게 우리의 미래야

 

그게 우리의 미래야

 

그게 우리의 미래야

 

그게 우리의 미래야

 

Q-U...

 

...A-R...

 

...A-N-T...

 

...I-N-E.

 

Quarantine.

 

Q-U-A-R...

 

...A-N-T...

 

...I-N-E.

 

Quarantine.

 

You know the cholera?

 

Yes, Mother.

 

You've seen the signs on
the houses where the coloreds live?

 

Yes, Mother.

 

You know the typhus?

 

I do, Mother.

 

You know what they
can do to you?

 

Yes, Mother.

 

You are not safe.

 

You may be directing this movie,
but what you're asking, we can't do.

 

Don't tell me it can't be done.

 

The gyro forces are too much.
You send these planes into barrel rolls...

 

...they won't make it.
- It's the climax of the picture. Make it work.

 

Decrease the vertical trajectory
if you have to.

 

A Le Rh?e rotary
won't stall at 60 degrees.

 

We're still short two cameras.
We need to cut that sequence down...

 

We're not cutting. I'll get those cameras.
Set up for rehearsals.

 

I'm Noah Dietrich.
Your office said I'd find you here.

 

Dietrich.
You're a man on the come.

 

I read your r?um? talked to your references.
Know what I'm looking for?

 

You're looking for a second-in-command
at Hughes Tools.

 

Someone to oversee
the financial aspects of the business.

 

I'm looking for somebody to run it
and do a good job.

 

There's only one thing
you've gotta know.

 

My folks, they're gone now.
So it's my money.

 

What I do with that money may seem crazy
to those sons of bitches in Houston.

 

I'm sure it does, but it all makes
good sense to me. You got that?

 

- Got it.
- Good.

 

Now, you made, what,
$5200 a year at your last job?

 

- I'll pay you $10,000.
- I guess I'll be working twice as hard.

 

You'll be working four times as hard.
I just got you at half price.

 

- Welcome aboard.
- Thank you.

 

You're my voice now.
Make them understand that.

 

Some of those folks still call me Junior.
You tell them it's "Mr. Hughes" now.

 

You bet.
So when do we go to Houston?

 

We don't. Cholera epidemic in 1913.
Two thousand dead.

 

Whole place is nothing but
pestilential swamp.

 

Typhus, malaria, cholera, yellow fever.
You name it, they got it.

 

You see that, Mr. Dietrich?

 

You are looking at the largest
private air force in the entire world.

 

What do you think of that, now?

 

It's your money.

 

Start them up!

 

I saw the rough cut of the new
Tod Browning movie, London After Midnight.

 

Lon Chaney is incredible.

 

It's his best performance
in a long time.

 

It's gonna be a big hit.
The cards are great.

 

It's supposed to be...

 

Hello, Mr. Mayer.

 

I don't know if you remember me.
My name's Howard Hughes.

 

I was wondering
if I could have a moment.

 

- Oh, Howard Hughes. The airplane picture?
- Exactly.

 

- I remember.
- Hell's Angels. You heard of it.

 

- Good.
- Yes.

 

I was wondering if I could
have a moment of your time.

 

I need a few cameras.

 

- Yeah?
- Yeah, two, to be exact.

 

I bought every camera I could find.
We're shooting our big dogfight sequence.

 

I need two more. Desperately.
You think MGM could help me out?

 

With what?

 

- Cameras.
- Oh, with the actual cam...

 

We're not usually in the practice
of helping out competition.

 

- No. No.
- So how many cameras do you have now?

 

Twenty-four.

 

You?
Wait a minute.

 

- You have 24 cameras?
- That's right.

 

- And you need..? You need two more?
- Yeah.

 

- You don't think you got it with 24?
- No. No, sir.

 

You know, I think...
I think we've got them all...

 

Don't we have them?
They're all used, right?

 

- All 26 of them.
- I only need two, sir.

 

- Jesus Christ, sonny.
- Howard.

 

Howard. Let me give you
a little advice, huh?

 

- Take your oil money...
- Drill bits.

 

All right, take your drill-bit money
and put it in the bank.

 

If you continue making
the movie the way you are...

 

...there isn't gonna be a distributor...

 

...you won't find anybody
who wants to see the movie...

 

...and you're not gonna have
any more oil money.

 

So welcome to Hollywood.

 

Yeah. Well, I'll be sure
to remember that, Mr. Mayer.

 

- Good luck.
- All right.

 

He needs 26 to make it work?
He's out of his mind.

 

I looked down at my pants.
It was a strange situation.

 

Boss.
Scram, love boat, let's go.

 

- Another soda. You know what I mean.
- Milk. In the bottle.

 

- With the cap still on.
- Okay, what did His Highness say?

 

Son of a bitch won't part with
a single goddamn camera.

 

Why don't you try and
make do with what you have.

 

What I have isn't enough, John,
not for how I see it.

 

Look.

 

My name depends on this picture.
If it doesn't work, I'm back to Houston...

 

...making goddamn drill bits
for the rest of my life.

 

Can't you do it
with the cameras you have?

 

You ought to hear about
what's going on with DeMille.

 

He's shooting his Bible picture.
He's gotta do a crucifixion in Fresno.

 

Johnny.

 

- A bunch of tractors...
- Johnny.

 

- You're a press agent, are you not?
- Yeah.

 

You're supposed to know
the ins and outs?

 

- Absolutely.
- Do you?

 

Yeah, absolutely.

 

Then you leave the big ideas...

 

...to me.
- Oh, yeah. Of course, boss.

 

Cigar, cigarettes, Sen-Sen?

 

I thought you were
at the Brown Derby...

 

...with Trixie. No, Theresa.

 

- Margaret.
- Margaret. Exactly.

 

What happened to Margaret?
She lost her...

 

Thank God that's settled.

 

Oh, I'm sorry.
Thelma, this is Howard Hughes.

 

Howard and I were discussing how he
wants me to pull a camera out of my ass.

 

- Cigarette?
- Oh, no, thanks. I don't smoke.

 

Boy, you are just hitting
on all six cylinders, aren't you?

 

My God.

 

Would you do me
a favor and just?

 

Would you just smile
for me one time? Just once?

 

Yeah. Yeah. You see,
you got a short upper lip.

 

Makes for a much nicer smile.

 

See, I wonder what gives
a beautiful woman like you pleasure.

 

I mean, say you're just standing
there, right? And I just touch you.

 

Just... Just like this.

 

With my fingertips.

 

Do you..?
Do you like that?

 

Do you?

 

You see, I wanna learn
what pleases you.

 

I wanna learn everything about you.

 

Would you let me do that?

 

Would you give me that job?

 

I'm off in a half an hour.

 

- Well, I'm in room...
- 217.

 

217.

 

See you there.

 

Johnny, get on the horn
to Universal and Warners.

 

I need two more cameras
by Saturday.

 

Rent them if you can.
Steal them if you have to.

 

Absotively, boss.

 

Absotively.

 

Rumors coming from a lonely airstrip
out in Van Nuys.

 

Sources whisper that young
Texas industrialist Howard Hughes...

 

... won't stop pouring money
into his war epic.

 

And do we mean epic!

 

One hundred and thirty-seven pilots,
87 airplanes...

 

... 35 cameramen, 2000 extras.
How long will it be before this picture...

 

... ends up costing as
much as the real war?

 

Damn it.
Why the hell do they look so slow?

 

This isn't what it was like up there.
They look like goddamn models!

 

Son of a bitch.

 

Howard?

 

Without something standing
still behind the planes...

 

...we've got no idea
of how fast we're moving.

 

We got no sense of relative motion.

 

Call UCLA.
Get me the best meteorologist they got.

 

You get him here in an hour, all right?

 

Hey. You want the good news
or the bad news?

 

- Bad news, always.
- All right.

 

We installed the 450 radial.
Struts won't take the vibration.

 

Minute we fire her up, the struts
start cracking at the attach points.

 

- Well, what's the good news?
- There isn't any.

 

Goddamn it, Odie. If the 450's too big,
we figure something else out.

 

We've done everything.
We've rebuilt her from top to toe.

 

If we drain the fuel tank...

 

...she might make 180 miles per hour.
- I want minimum 200, all right?

 

I want a date with Theda Bara.
That ain't gonna happen.

 

Oh, don't be so sure.

 

If the struts won't sustain the engine
we need, we gotta get rid of the struts.

 

No, then the top wing falls off.

 

Then let it.

 

What?

 

Who says we need a top wing?

 

I mean, who says we need anything?

 

- A monoplane.
- A cantilevered monoplane, right?

 

They're doing it in France.
To hell with the top wing and struts.

 

- A 550 Wasp engine.
- One-hundred-octane fuel.

 

- That would give us a horsepower of what?
- Seven hundred.

 

We squeeze that to a thousand,
we got the fastest plane ever built.

 

You know, I've gotta say...

 

...we've already spent over $200,000
rebuilding this plane.

 

To hell with it.

 

Tear it up, Odie.

 

Go on.

 

Well...

 

The cumulonimbus formations
about which you speak...

 

...that look like...

 

Giant breasts full of milk.

 

I want clouds, damn it.

 

Yes, clouds...

 

...that look like
giant breasts full of milk...

 

...cannot exactly be guaranteed
for any particular occasion.

 

So you might have to...

 

To wait.

 

Then we'll wait.

 

Look, whatever they pay
you at UCLA...

 

...I'm doubling it, all right?
You work for me now. Find some clouds.

 

Find some clouds.

 

Find me some clouds!

 

Welcome to Hell's Angels.

 

Thank you.

 

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?

 

They move, Mr. Hughes!

 

Clouds move.

 

- That's what they do. They move!
- You see that?

 

It is costing me $5271 a day...

 

...to keep those planes on the ground.
You find me some goddamn clouds, huh?

 

Nice day.

 

Yeah, very funny.

 

I got a call from Houston.
They're getting nervous.

 

Stop showing them the damn bills.

 

That would be illegal.

 

Shit, no.
Maybe it's a little bit naughty.

 

Hughes Tool is incorporated in Texas.
They have to see the bills.

 

Incorporate a new division out here.
We'll call it Hughes Aircraft.

 

- Do we need these rivets on the cowling?
- Yeah, or the reverse thrust would rip it off.

 

They're gonna give me drag.
Do something about that.

 

- Wind resistance on rivets?
- I want her slippery.

 

There are tax consequences
to incorporating in California.

 

- Just take care of it, would you?
- Mr. Hughes!

 

Oakland!

 

- We have clouds in Oakland!
- You mean it this time?

 

Yes!

 

Goddamn it, yes.
I can promise you.

 

- Clouds in Oakland.
- All right, don't get all jittery now.

 

Oakland!

 

Oakland!

 

We're going to Oakland!
Oakland.

 

Down and to the left!

 

That's perfect!

 

That's right, Senator George.

 

Yes, young Howard Hughes
has pulled it off!

 

After two years, Hell's Angels
has finally finished filming.

 

There's gonna be one heck
of a wrap party in Hollywood tonight.

 

The price tag?
A staggering $2 million.

 

If every human being
in America buys a ticket...

 

... he might even make a profit.

 

First, clouds don't come.

 

Then planes break down.
Then the planes crash.

 

We've had everything but
a plague of locusts on this thing.

 

I mean, you have to admit.

 

Now, honestly, did you ever think
you'd actually finish the damn thing?

 

Come with me.

 

Mama, darling,
if I'm a success in this show...

 

- ... we're gonna move from here.
- Oh, no.

 

Yes.
We're gonna move up in the Bronx.

 

Green grass,
a lot of people you know.

 

The Ginsbergs,
the Guttenbergs and the Goldbergs.

 

Oh, a whole lot of "bergs."
I don't know them all.

 

See, this is what the people want.
Silent pictures are yesterday's news.

 

So I figure we gotta reshoot
Hell's Angels for sound.

 

How much of it?

 

All of it.
Before you ask, I'll tell you.

 

An additional 1.7 million.
We got that much?

 

- No!
- Well, we'll make it.

 

Take care of that, would you?

 

Now, get this.

 

In the halls of 7000 Romaine...

 

... it goes on day after day,
month after month.

 

Howard Hughes is now editing
some 25 miles of film.

 

Heck, I say release it now and give
the world its first 560-hour movie.

 

Pat, Mr. Hughes needs this reel
in the projection room right now!

 

Enough is enough, Mr. Hughes.

 

Are you ever gonna let us
actually see this epic of yours?

 

Hurry up!

 

- Who is it?
- Noah.

 

Come on in.

 

I've been on the phone
to Houston for three hours.

 

- We're fixing every goddamn book we have.
- Wait, wait.

 

Yeah. Run reel 10 again.
I think we're duplicating a shot here.

 

And tell Jimmy I want
10 chocolate chip cookies, all right?

 

Medium chips,
none too close to the outside.

 

Got it?

 

You remember
that goddamn shot from reel 10?

 

No. I don't remember
anything from reel 10.

 

I don't know what reel 10 is.

 

I'm a businessman, Howard.
And so are you.

 

Now, look.

 

This has been a great ride.

 

We've had a hell of a lot of fun.

 

But you're losing
$25,000 a day doing this.

 

Every day.

 

So, what are my options?

 

Well, this time I don't know
that you have any.

 

I'm afraid you gotta close it down.

 

Dig your way out.

 

I'm sorry, Howard.

 

I truly am.

 

Reel 10, Mr. Hughes.

 

Mortgage Tool Co.

 

- Every asset. You heard me.
- lf you do that, you could lose everything.

 

Well, I won't.

 

I won't.

 

All right.

 

I'll get into it.

 

Thanks, Noah.

 

More than half a million souls lining
the curb of Hollywood Boulevard.

 

Look at the automobiles!

 

There are 45,000 cars here,
making it the greatest traffic jam ever seen.

 

Howard Hughes must have
a lump in his throat.

 

Six months after the stock market crashes
and after three pilots' deaths...

 

... he's finally unveiling his
$4 million baby doll.

 

It's the most expensive movie ever made.
Nothing five-and-dime for our Mr. Hughes.

 

Nothing like tonight has ever been
seen before, and I can say...

 

... it will never be seen again.

 

Five hundred thousand people are crowding
the streets to get a glimpse of the stars.

 

Three companies of Marines
were called to assist...

 

... the 250 special police who are
handling this enormous crowd...

 

This is an industry town.

 

And nobody but nobody
makes a movie outside a studio.

 

Some Hollywood insiders over
at the Brown Derby may be laughing...

 

And now, I think...

 

Yes, yes, I can see
Mr. Hughes' car arriving now.

 

Mr. Hughes escorts
the lovely starlet Jean Harlow.

 

He discovered her for this picture,
and we think her platinum blond locks...

 

... and hot-jazz, baby-doll style
are gonna make her a big star.

 

Howard! Howard!

 

Over here!

 

- This way, boss. Right over there.
- Mr. Hughes, how about a word?

 

Big night for you, Mr. Hughes.

 

Big night for you tonight.

 

Very big. Very big.

 

Tell us what it was like
making this fabulous picture.

 

Yes.

 

Yeah.

 

So 4 million clams
from your own pocket.

 

Nervous how the flick will fly?

 

Big night. You enjoy the show.

 

Yes, well, let me present the feminine
star of this spectacle, Hell's Angels...

 

...Miss Jean Harlow.
- Thank you.

 

I would like to use this occasion
to thank Mr. Hughes...

 

...for the opportunity he gave me.
Thank you.

 

Thank you!
Now I'd like to ask Roscoe Arbuckle...

 

...to introduce
his pet lion cub, Gilmore.

 

What's the matter with you?
Can't remember my name?

 

I'm sorry. Roscoe Turner,
and this would be Gilmore.

 

It's going! It's going!

 

Murder! That's what this
dirty, rotten politician war is, murder!

 

You know it as well as I do.

 

Stand up, slim, take a bow.

 

Reel four played too long.
Too many coughs.

 

Get the team out of the party and
to the office. I wanna cut a few shots.

 

Oh, find Glenn.
Somebody write this down.

 

Flush rivets.
Got that?

 

- Flush rivets.
- Flush rivets.

 

Lickety-split, boss.

 

Here he is! Here he is!

 

Variety says, "This one won't miss!"

 

- Magnificently photographed!
- Awesome beyond description!

 

The most extraordinary output
to emerge from a motion-picture studio.

 

Not for a long time have I seen
anything as enthralling.

 

It costs 4 million dollars
and has 4 million thrills!

 

- Majestically...
- Most epic picture of its time!

 

A lighter shade. I don't want
to look like Boris Karloff.

 

If you know what I mean.

 

I read in the magazines
that you play golf.

 

On occasion.

 

Well, how about nine holes?

 

Now, Mr. Hughes?

 

If it would be convenient, Miss Hepburn.

 

You're not extending
enough on your follow-through.

 

Follow-through
is everything in golf, just like life.

 

Don't you find?

 

Saw your Scarface picture.

 

- Violent.
- Realistic.

 

Movies are movies, Howard.
Not life.

 

Now the stage.

 

The stage is real.

 

Real flesh and blood. Human beings
right out there in front of you, buster.

 

Can't look away. Can't munch popcorn.
That would be rude.

 

Do you like the theater?

 

- No.
- Oh, I adore the theater.

 

Only alive on-stage.
I'll teach you.

 

We'll see some Ibsen. If the Republicans
haven't outlawed him by now.

 

You're not a Republican, are you?
How did you vote in '32?

 

- Well, I didn't.
- You must! It's your sacred franchise.

 

Heard you were wooing Ginger Rogers.
What about that?

 

She's just a friend.

 

Men can't be friends with women.

 

They must possess them
or leave them be.

 

It's a primitive urge from caveman days.
It's all in Darwin.

 

Hunt the flesh, kill the flesh, eat the flesh.
That's the male sex all over.

 

Excuse me?

 

Well, if you're deaf,
you must own up to it.

 

Get a hearing aid.
Or see my father.

 

He's a urologist, but it's all tied up
inside the body, don't you find?

 

Me, I keep healthy.

 

I take seven showers a day
to keep clean.

 

Also because I am what's so
vulgarly referred to as "outdoorsy."

 

I'm not outdoorsy.
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?

 

Three.

 

Noble effort.

 

So I suppose you're
wooing me now?

 

Oh, well.

 

Not enough.

 

Not enough.
These rivets have to be completely flush.

 

I want every screw and joint countersunk.

 

I want no wind resistance
on the fuselage.

 

She has got to be clean, Odie.

 

- Clean. Understand?
- Okay, Howard.

 

I don't know
what else to tell you.

 

- What do you got for me?
- The thing is, TWA needs a new plane.

 

- A modern plane.
- Oh, yeah? What kind of plane?

 

Okay. The DC-3 has 21 daytime seats...

 

...and 14 overnight berths.
- Something bigger?

 

Try 50 seats with
a ceiling of 12,000 feet.

 

No. No, 20,000.

 

Think about it.
What does 20,000 feet give you?

 

- Less turbulence.
- Because it's above the weather.

 

Jack, we wanna fly
above the weather.

 

Only 1 percent of the American population
has set foot on an airliner.

 

Why? Because they're scared to death.
They should be.

 

I mean, 7000 feet is bumpy as shit.
You know that.

 

We build a plane
that flies above the weather...

 

...we could get every man, woman
and child in this country to feel safe.

 

An airplane with the ability to fly into
the substratosphere across the country.

 

Across the world.

 

Now that is the future.

 

- You with me?
- Yeah.

 

I don't wanna get into this
if your board doesn't have the balls for it.

 

- Would they support us?
- I don't know.

 

- What's your financial picture?
- Not great.

 

- Last year's deficit?
- 770,000.

 

- What's it selling at?
- About 8 dollars a share.

 

That's the lowest it's been, huh?

 

I could do that.

 

- Do what?
- Buy it.

 

- You wanna buy the airline?
- For crying out loud...

 

...we don't want pencil pushers getting
in the way of us making our plane.

 

Give me brass tacks, now. What does
controlling interest in TWA cost me?

 

Call it 15 million.

 

That is a chunk of change, huh?

 

You call Noah Dietrich.

 

You have him start buying.

 

Howard, hold on.

 

Are you sure?
You wanna think about it for five minutes?

 

Hell, Jack, I got a tiger by the tail here.
I ain't gonna let it go.

 

Good evening, Mr. Hughes.

 

Welcome. Your table is ready.

 

How goes the aviation?

 

- Oh, just fine, Pete.
- I'm so glad.

 

Good evening, Mr. Hughes.

 

- Madame.
- It's "miss."

 

Miss. The usual, Mr. Hughes?

 

- Please.
- May I recommend for the lady...

 

...our clementine soup followed
by roast duck with currant glaze...

 

...and poached pears in rose sauce.
It's truly divine.

 

Yeah. That sounds fine.

 

Your kind of joint, is it?

 

Wouldn't have thought.

 

They're open late.
I go to a hot-dog stand on La Cienega too.

 

- They're open till about 4.
- Are they?

 

How marvelous.

 

Howard! Howard!

 

Hi! Son of a gun.

 

Kate, this is Johnny Meyer.
I suppose you could call him my press agent.

 

- Pleased to meet you. Loved Alice Adams.
- You're too kind.

 

- I'm sure you know Errol, right?
- Mr. Flynn. Yes.

 

Kate. Kate. Kate of the clenched-jawed
Hepburns. Enchanting as always.

 

You should use Lux on your hands,
by the way. I do.

 

You and Howard
ought to cook up a picture.

 

Costar with Errol.
I could sell that in spades.

 

That would be marvelous. Howard?

 

I think not.
Don't you read Variety, Mr. Meyer?

 

Well, I'm box-office poison.
I'm on the outs, the skids, the doldrums.

 

Washed-up, day-old fish
not worth the eating, so they tell me.

 

Hell with them. Hell with them, my dear.
Soulless pricks to a man, right?

 

Johnny tells me you're thinking about
doing a Western, of all goddamn things.

 

Are you making a Western, Howard?

 

Yeah. Making a Western.
I'm gonna call it The Outlaw.

 

Yeah. And you know
what it's about? S-E-X.

 

- It's all about S-E-X.
- It's a Western.

 

You can't have fornication in a Western.
It isn't done.

 

It's not real sex, it's movie sex.

 

What Scarface did for the gangster picture,
The Outlaw will do for the Western.

 

Put the sex and guts and blood
up there on the screen.

 

- Have you seen my cigarettes?
- Don't mind us.

 

New York cut steak, 12 peas,
bottle of milk with the cap on.

 

- You can't afford your own cigarettes?
- Jack has all my money.

 

I hope your food isn't getting cold
at your table somewhere or something.

 

No, no. We're here all night.
Don't worry.

 

Now, Howard. Now, Howard. If you're
seriously talking about putting carnality...

 

...back on the silver screen, you must swear
to let me in on the casting session.

 

- I have an eye for talent. Isn't that right?
- You ought to give up prancing in tights...

 

...be a talent scout.
- That prancing paid for my new yacht.

 

You must all come sailing with me.
Catalina. What do you say?

 

- Catalina. Sounds grand. Yeah.
- I've even managed to coax...

 

...the luscious Miss De Havilland
and her equally luscious sister to come.

 

Though I fear their mother will insist on
coming, to preserve their questionable virtue.

 

We shall assault these twin monuments
of pristine Britannic beauty nonetheless.

 

- What do you say, Howard?
- Yeah?

 

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah?

 

I gotta go.

 

If you'll excuse us, we have...
We have to be somewhere.

 

You are somewhere, Howard,
you madman.

 

- Somewhere else. Excuse us.
- Charmed, gentlemen.

 

Do help yourself to the poached pears.
I hear they're divine.

 

Well. Howard Hughes,
ladies and gentlemen.

 

Was that meant for me?

 

My hero. God, all that
Hollywood talk bores me silly.

 

As if there aren't more important things,
like Mussolini.

 

- Where are we going, by the way?
- Do you feel like a little adventure?

 

Do your worst, Mr. Hughes.

 

- Think you own this place, you limey bastard?
- I'm a Tasmanian bastard, you prick.

 

- Thataway, Errol.
- Let me at him!

 

That's Mr. Mayer's house right there.

 

Do you know where Jack Warner lives?

 

- What's that on the steering wheel?
- Cellophane.

 

If you had any idea of the crap
that people carry around on their hands.

 

What kind of crap?

 

You don't wanna know.

 

Hold on to the wheel for a bit.

 

That's too hard. Relax your hand.
Relax your hand.

 

You see, you gotta feel the vibration
of the engine through your fingertips.

 

- Do you feel that?
- Yes.

 

Well, that's good.

 

Golly!

 

Well, she's all yours.

 

- Where are you going?!
- I think there's some milk back here.

 

- You just keep us steady, now.
- All right.

 

- Howard.
- Yeah?

 

There's a rather alarming mountain
heading our way.

 

Pull back on the wheel a smidge.
Go on.

 

Golly!

 

I don't think I've ever met someone
who actually uses the word "golly."

 

You all right?
Do you want me to take over?

 

Just when I'm getting the hang of it?

 

- You want some milk?
- Oh, please.

 

Utterly smashing!
We'll do it again.

 

I'm free Wednesday.
It's a little early for golf, though.

 

Oh, no, no. I live right there.

 

- Feel like a drink?
- Lead on.

 

Now, that makes
for a challenging par four.

 

My decorator
picked out the wallpaper and such.

 

He's queer as a bedbug.

 

But I just hate this room.

 

Gives me the willies.

 

Like I'm about to be swallowed up
by the latest issue of Town & Country.

 

What room do you like?

 

My study.

 

Take me there.

 

You are the tallest woman I know.

 

And all sharp elbows and knees.
Beware.

 

Will you fly me to work tomorrow?

 

It is tomorrow.

 

Keep your eye on the fuel. She's got
a minimum to keep her weight down.

 

Two runs. That's it.
After that, you're flying on vapors.

 

And then you crash and you die.
Give her easy flying.

 

Don't worry about speed
and don't think about the record today.

 

I wish you'd let someone else take her.
You've got 20 test pilots.

 

Hell, why should I let someone else
have all the fun? See you in a bit.

 

Contact!

 

339.

 

Goddamn!

 

347.

 

Son of a bitch!

 

- 352.
- 352!

 

Good girl.

 

Damn it!

 

Goddamn it!

 

- Oh, God!
- There goes our meal ticket.

 

Come on!

 

Howard!

 

- Howard!
- How did we do?

 

352 on the last run.

 

She'll go faster.

 

Country mouse!

 

- Kate! Katie!
- Upstairs, city mouse.

 

Hello.
Good Lord, what happened to you?

 

Oh, nothing. A hard landing.
I cut my foot.

 

Sit down. I'll take care of it.
You tell me everything.

 

You cannot imagine what it was like, Katie.
You cannot imagine the speed.

 

- She was like a winged bullet up there.
- What did she make?

 

Oh, around 352.

 

You did it!

 

Fastest man on the planet.

 

Hot dog! I'm so proud of you.

 

- She did it, baby.
- You knew she would.

 

Oh, she was fine. She was just fine.

 

Now let me see your foot.

 

Yeah.

 

- Good God! You're covered in blood.
- Oh, no. That's just beet juice.

 

- I crashed into a beet field.
- What?

 

Yeah, I crashed in a beet field.

 

Let me get you cleaned up.

 

- Heavens, what is this? Electrical tape?
- Yeah. Odie just sort of slammed it on there.

 

But all I could think about
was getting home to see you.

 

I am so proud of you.

 

Now, this is gonna sting a little bit.

 

Oh, this is useless.
Come to the bathroom.

 

- Don't get beet juice on the carpet.
- I won't, I won't.

 

- Too hot!
- Don't be a baby.

 

Was the press there?

 

Some.

 

But they're calling everyone.
Should be on the wires by now.

 

What is it?

 

Kate?

 

I've been famous,
for better or worse...

 

...for a long time now...

 

...and I wonder if you know what it...

 

...really means.

 

Yeah. I had my fair share
of press on Hell's Angels.

 

I'm used to it.

 

Are you?

 

Howard, we're...

 

We're not like everyone else.

 

Too many acute angles.
Too many eccentricities.

 

We have to be very careful not to...

 

...let people in,
or they'll make us into freaks.

 

Kate, they can't get in here.
We're safe.

 

They can always get in.

 

When my brother killed himself...

 

...there were photographers
at the funeral.

 

There's no decency to it.

 

You know, sometimes I...

 

I get these feelings, Katie.

 

I get these ideas, these...

 

...crazy ideas about...

 

...things that may not...

 

Things that may not really be there.

 

Yeah.

 

Sometimes I truly fear that I'm...

 

...losing my mind.

 

And if I did, it would...

 

It'd be like flying blind.

 

You understand?

 

You taught me to fly, Howard.

 

I'll take the wheel.

 

Smashing all records, Howard Hughes
outdoes Jules Verne's wildest dreams.

 

Around the world from New York
to New York in four days.

 

Even beating Wiley Post's mark
by over three days.

 

New aviation history is written
when his Lockheed monoplane...

 

... returns swiftly and safely.
A daring aviator.

 

A true pioneer of the world's airways.

 

From New York to Paris, he cuts Lindbergh's
time in half. Then on to Moscow.

 

Thirty-five hours out of New York,
he roars across Siberia's trackless wastes.

 

Sixty hours out of New York, he heads
for Alaska, most hazardous hop of all.

 

Continuing the terrific pace,
he comes home...

 

... bringing new laurels
to American aviation.

 

Howard Hughes and his crew
may find more worlds to conquer...

 

You won't believe this. It just came over the
wires. Hughes has bought control of TWA.

 

I thought Mr. Hughes
was flying around the world.

 

Apparently he did it while he was flying,
over the radio.

 

I have heard some disquieting rumors
about Mr. Hughes.

 

I'd like to know everything
there is to know about Mr. Hughes.

 

I'd like you to attend to that for me.

 

Thoroughly.

 

The Pantages is glittering tonight.

 

- Howard!
- Right over here. This way, over to the left.

 

- Mr. Hughes, how was your flight?
- Miss Hepburn!

 

- When are you gonna name the day?
- Raise your head.

 

What's the next movie?
Give us the scoop.

 

Right here. How many more
records are you gonna set?

 

Right over here. Come on.
Give us a smile. It won't kill you.

 

- Howard, this way.
- Beautiful.

 

Over here, over here, Mr. Hughes.

 

When are you gonna fly
around the world again?

 

You gonna fly with Kate next time?
Did you get lonely without her?

 

- Talk to Lindbergh about your flight yet?
- Where's Linda Darnell tonight?

 

- Please, Mr. Hughes.
- Right here. Right here, Mr. Hughes.

 

Are you trying to be more famous
than Lindbergh?

 

You know,
fame is supposed to be my turf.

 

L. B!

 

If you don't get more distinguished
every time I see you.

 

You look so beautiful.

 

Is that true?

 

Don't worry about it, Howard.

 

She's just working the room.
It's her job, baby.

 

Sultry Southern tigress Ava Gardner
dazzles the room tonight.

 

She's the newest star
in the MGM galaxy.

 

And believe you me,
she puts the "cheese" in "cheesecake."

 

Well, Jane Eyre has been selling popcorn
for over a hundred years, L.B.

 

Hello.

 

Hello.

 

Could you reach me a towel?

 

I...

 

I really can't do that.

 

I'm sorry.

 

I'm an idiot. I'm a complete idiot,
and I'm sorry.

 

- Forget it.
- No, no. I'm a vain, preening ass...

 

...without a single redeeming feature.
- That's not true. You have very good teeth.

 

Come on.

 

I've got a better idea. Take me flying.
Or better yet, I'll take you flying.

 

Do your worst, Miss Hepburn.

 

Don't be so squirmy. You're gonna
get on famously with Father and Mother.

 

And I'm sure they'll like you too.
Once they get to know you.

 

- Hello! Hello!
- Kath, hello.

 

Kathy.

 

- Who's that with the camera right there?
- That's my ex-husband, Ludlow.

 

Father and Mother are just mad
about Luddie.

 

- What the hell's he doing here?
- Oh, he's here all the time.

 

Hello!

 

Sorry we're late.

 

- Mom.
- Oh. Oh, thank you.

 

- Dad.
- Darling.

 

- Uncle Willy.
- Oh, who have we got here?

 

- Don't feel self-conscious.
- Hepburns! Hepburns!

 

Attention, please. This is Howard.

 

Howard, welcome.

 

Don't worry, he's had his lunch.

 

He likes you. That's unusual.

 

We pay our devotion to the arts here.
A colony we created.

 

Julian's a painter. Abstract, of course.
What's the point of painting...

 

...something real when you can just
take a picture nowadays?

 

Where do you stand on politics,
Mr. Hughes?

 

- Excuse me?
- We're all socialists here.

 

We are not.

 

You've met Mr. Roosevelt.
What make you of him?

 

What are you sniggering at?

 

- What? What was that?
- You just sniggered.

 

No, no. The dog.
It seems to be crushing my feet.

 

- Oh, my God!
- Buster!

 

Hey. Hey!

 

Don't you like dogs?

 

I will not have you sniggering
at Mr. Roosevelt.

 

- Please leave.
- No. I wasn't.

 

- I thought everybody liked dogs.
- Perhaps he had a bad experience.

 

Does it upset you
that Howard gets more press?

 

- A bad experience with a dog?
- No, no.

 

- You are such a shy creature, aren't you?
- Perhaps it was a very large dog.

 

- The press can be a damned nuisance.
- Was it a Doberman?

 

- A Doberman, Mr. Hughes? Or a dachshund?
- Neither, sir.

 

- Dachshunds are little dogs, Hep dear.
- They should all be lined up and shot.

 

- What's that Spanish painting?
- The Goya.

 

Goya. Of course. Yes.

 

- Yes, Mexican.
- What was that called?

 

Anyway, that's the vulgar press, I'm sure.
Do you read much, Mr. Hughes?

 

I try to stay up to snuff
on the trade journals, yeah.

 

- Snuff?
- These would be flying magazines?

 

- What was that?
- Oh, he's a little deaf.

 

- Pass the goddamn butter, I beg you.
- You read flying magazines?

 

Trade journals. On engineering. Aviation.

 

We read books.

 

Howard has to read the trade pieces, Mom,
because he's designing a new airplane.

 

Oh, really? Do tell.

 

Well...

 

...it's quite exciting, actually.
It's a spy plane for the Air Corps.

 

A twin-engine plane with some...

 

...I must admit,
some rather unique design features.

 

You see,
it has these two booms at the back...

 

Luddie built a birdhouse once.
You remember that, dear?

 

- Yes, well, a mere trifle, darling.
- I remember the painting!

 

The painting, it's called
May 18-0- something.

 

Anyway, Goya's vastly overrated.
All the Spaniards are.

 

- Nonsense! Picasso is sacred.
- I'm a urologist.

 

- It was quite aesthetic, really.
- A sacred monster.

 

The birds don't care for it much,
but the bats do.

 

- I'll bet.
- That's such bunk!

 

- Do speak up, dear.
- Nothing, nothing, Mrs. Hepburn. Nothing.

 

Why did you speak? I can't abide people
who speak but have nothing to say.

 

Did you go to mechanic school
to learn all this airplane guff?

 

No, no, I didn't, Luddie. No.

 

Well, Howard just flew round
the world in three days.

 

- I think we've had enough about airplanes.
- And dogs.

 

- Then how did you make all that money?
- We don't care about money here.

 

Well, that's because you have it.

 

Would you repeat that?

 

You don't care about money
because you've always had it.

 

- How did you make all that..?
- Excuse me, I'm speaking.

 

- Okay.
- Thank you.

 

All right.

 

Some of us choose to work for a living.

 

Speaking of which, I have more of that
airplane guff to attend to.

 

Excuse me.

 

Well, seems a rather high-strung chap.

 

You're a fine bunch of bullies,
aren't you?

 

Have you talked to Mr. Mayer
about letting you do Jane Eyre?

 

The old philistine won't budge.
Too arty, don't you know.

 

I'm convinced the man hasn't read anything
longer than a Katzenjammer Kids in his life.

 

No fair, kicking.
You have to use the mallet.

 

Really, darling, you can't retire
from the field of battle like that...

 

...or they'll never respect you.
- Katie, I don't understand.

 

You're like a different person in there.

 

They just expect me to be a certain way.

 

There's only one real Kate,
and that's your Kate.

 

Over in Hollywood, aviation tycoon
Howard Hughes is cooking up something big.

 

Even as he edits his new picture, he's been
secretly meeting with the U.S. Air Corps.

 

We applaud his patriotism and look forward
to his newest marvel.

 

You know how many Allied ships we lost
because of U-boat attacks?

 

- No.
- Six hundred and eighty-one ships...

 

...just this year so far. The Army needs
a new airplane to fly the troops to Europe.

 

These ships, they're sitting ducks
for the U-boats.

 

- You wanna build a troop-carrier plane?
- Stop thinking like an insect.

 

Not just to carry troops,
a plane to carry everything.

 

The troops and the jeeps and the tanks
and whatnot. Here, take a look.

 

No. Other side.

 

I figure around 200 feet from nose to tail.
Wingspan, around 300.

 

We're gonna need
about 24,000 horsepower.

 

Now, this is just what Kaiser
and the Army are looking for.

 

- They're gonna pay for it this time.
- What are you getting us into?

 

Well, it's a big plane,
so I'm calling it The Hercules.

 

Swell name, isn't it?

 

- How heavy you imagine this thing is?
- Say around 200 tons.

 

Well, I didn't say it was gonna be easy.

 

All right, boys,
I want you to rig up something like this.

 

Should give the proper uplift ratios and
reduce need for torque support on the front.

 

We are not getting enough production
out of Jane Russell's breasts.

 

I want smooth titties, gentlemen.
Smooth titties.

 

- It's all in engineering, isn't it, Odie?
- Howard...

 

...do you really think they're gonna let you
put out a whole movie just about tits?

 

Sure. Who doesn't like tits?

 

Good afternoon, gentlemen.
Sorry I'm late.

 

Please record that Mr. Hughes has arrived
and this session is now called to order.

 

- I yield the floor to Mr. Breen.
- Mr. Hughes...

 

...members of the committee, I've reviewed
the photoplay entitled The Outlaw...

 

...and I can state that I have never seen
anything so unacceptable...

 

...as the shots of the mammaries
of the character named Rio.

 

For almost half the picture,
the girl's mammaries, which are quite large...

 

...and prominent,
are shockingly uncovered.

 

For this reason, I concluded the picture
appeals only to prurient interests...

 

...and should be denied the Motion Picture
Association's seal of approval.

 

Really, Mr. Hughes.

 

- Thank you, Mr. Breen. Mr. Hughes.
- Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

 

Mr. Breen. It's good to see you again.

 

I haven't seen you all since that situation
with all the violence in Scarface.

 

The situation here revolves
around Miss Russell's mammaries.

 

Mr. Breen feels that they are
too prominent, yes?

 

More prominent than other mammaries
have been up on the screen?

 

Well, I hope to dispel that notion.

 

Jean Harlow.

 

Ann Sheridan.

 

Irene Dunne.

 

Claudette Colbert.

 

Rita Hayworth.

 

Betty Grable.
And the lovely Miss Jane Russell.

 

Now, all these shots, save for Miss Russell,
were enlarged from pictures...

 

...that received
Mr. Breen's seal of approval.

 

Now, as you've probably noticed by now,
they all contain mammaries.

 

I will ask my associate to join me now.
May I introduce...

 

...Dr. Ludlow Branson
of Columbia University.

 

Dr. Branson...

 

...is a mathematician of some note.

 

Yes. And he will now demonstrate...

 

...that in fact...

 

...Miss Russell's mammaries
are no more prominent...

 

...than any of these other fine ladies'.

 

Doctor.

 

Doctor...

 

...you forgot your calipers.

 

Gentlemen, Mr. Hughes.

 

Let us commence by calling this...

 

...Mammary Exhibit Number One.

 

Now, you'll see that the length
of the actual cleavage...

 

...if I may, is...

 

...5 inches and a quarter.

 

Now if we move to Mammary Exhibit...

 

Dateline: Hollywoodland.

 

Movie tycoon Howard Hughes
must have the greatest job in the land.

 

Every night, the lucky guy escorts
a different beautiful woman...

 

... to a different dazzling event.

 

The TWA king always talks up
his airline as he escorts a succession...

 

The Hercules, ladies and gentlemen.

 

The Hercules.

 

A plane, a boat, a flying city.

 

Don't forget, every bill comes to me.
They don't pay for anything.

 

Those men decide whether to fund
the plane, so I need them happy.

 

- You do what it takes.
- You betcha, boss.

 

How are the girls
in the bomb department?

 

Well, let's put it this way,
it'll be a regular boob buffet.

 

I don't think the Air Corps men
will have trouble scoring.

 

- Good.
- And inside, 700 brave American soldiers...

 

... a dozen Sherman tanks all winging
their way over the Atlantic...

 

... free from the threats
of the U-boats below.

 

Could Jules Verne himself have
ever imagined anything so magnificent?

 

Could he have imagined her mammoth
wingspan, longer than a football field?

 

Don't you see how this demeans me?

 

Since when do you care
about scandal rags?

 

Every time there's a picture of you with
another woman, it's a slap in the face.

 

- Don't you understand that?
- Well, that's overstating it.

 

Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers,
Linda Darnell, Joan Fontaine...

 

...and now Bette Davis,
for God's sake.

 

Look, they're Cracker Jack candy, honey.
They don't mean anything to me.

 

Oh, very nice.

 

You're the one that said
that all men are predators.

 

I mean, it's all in Darwin, remember?

 

And am I to expect this behavior
to continue after the wedding?

 

What is really bothering you, Kate?

 

Is it the women or the publicity?

 

Can't you eat ice cream from a bowl
like everyone else in the world?

 

Don't you dare.

 

Yeah.

 

No, Odie, this is not a good time.

 

For chrissakes, we can't make The Hercules
if we don't have any aluminum.

 

Wait.

 

I can hear you better now.
Tell the War Production Board...

 

...that this is an essential
strategic operation.

 

If they're giving aluminum to Boeing,
they can give some to Hughes Aircraft.

 

Don't set the ice cream...

 

We gotta think of something else. If we
can't get aluminum, we'll find another way.

 

You tell me. We'll find
some alloy that works just as well.

 

Right. Look...

 

- lf we can't get aluminum, we'll use wood.
- You can't make a plane out of wood.

 

Why not?
The damn thing is a flying boat, right?

 

- What do they use to make boats?
- Oak.

 

And think of The Hercules
like a flying Spanish galleon.

 

Spanish galleons
can weigh 1200 tons.

 

Good luck today.

 

We just have to find the right wood.
Something light but strong.

 

- Morning, Kate.
- Pine, cedar, maybe birch.

 

Catch.

 

From my farm.

 

If you like it, I can get you a bushel.

 

Trouble with Mr. Hughes?

 

There's too much Howard Hughes
in Howard Hughes.

 

That's the trouble.

 

Beautiful.

 

Don't you take Christmas off?

 

Nice to see you.
Sorry, I've got grease on my hands.

 

Have we got something to show you.

 

Take a look. The XF-11
reconnaissance flier. Spy plane, really.

 

Designed every inch of her myself.

 

She's got a top speed of 450...

 

...which means she can outrun
anything they throw against her.

 

After the Japs stole
my H-1 design for their Zeros...

 

...I needed to do them one better.

 

Yeah, she's my Buck Rogers ship.

 

She's a looker.

 

Okay, what do you got for me?

 

Jiminy Cricket.

 

Seating capacity for 60.
Wingspan, 123 feet.

 

Four Double Cyclone engines.
Her ceiling's 25,000 feet.

 

- Gross weight?
- 86,000, wing loading of 41 pounds.

 

So less drag on the plane in thinner air.

 

So high-cruise power, you're looking
at a top speed of around 340.

 

Giving her a range of about 3000 miles.

 

- Cross-country.
- Nonstop.

 

Bob...

 

...you know something?
You are a son of a bitch.

 

Yeah. Bob, you got
something on your suit.

 

Yeah.

 

On your lapel.
You got something on your lapel.

 

Right there, Bob.

 

You missed it. Right there.

 

Clean it off, would you?

 

Here. Thanks.

 

No, throw it away.

 

No, over there.

 

Thanks. So, what do you call her?

 

The Constellation,
but we can change that.

 

No, no.

 

It's pretty. I like her.

 

So, what kind of deal can you give me?

 

What kind of deal can you give me?

 

The first 40 planes off the assembly line.

 

That should give us about
two years' exclusivity.

 

Hell, more than that.

 

United and American don't have
the imagination for a plane like this.

 

Two years ahead of Juan Trippe, then.

 

How much?

 

Four hundred and fifty thousand each.

 

So that's 18 million for the first 40.

 

Hell, TWA can't afford that.
The damn airline's flat broke.

 

Guess I'll just have
to pay for them myself.

 

Build them, Bob.
Send the bill to Noah Dietrich.

 

Oh, and thank you.

 

Merry Christmas.

 

You've just placed the largest order for
airplanes in the history of the damn planet.

 

Lockheed sent us a bill for $18 million.

 

Don't get all hysterical on me, Noah.
It isn't good for you.

 

- This is a lot of money for planes.
- I know it's a lot of money.

 

It's too damn much. You think I've got
$18 million in petty cash?

 

I should've told you. It slipped my mind.

 

- Slipped your mind? Oh, for...
- Right.

 

- I'll get back to you. Bye.
- How could $18 million slip your mind?

 

Hey, honey.
What are you doing home?

 

You're not one for tears, and, well...

 

...neither am I,
so it's best to come out with it.

 

I've met someone.
I've fallen in love and I'm moving out.

 

If I could make it
any more gentle, I would.

 

But I can't, so...

 

...there we both are.

 

Let's be honest.

 

It's all been a grand adventure,
but it couldn't possibly last.

 

We're too alike, you and I.

 

You met someone?

 

Someone more appropriate.
To me, I mean.

 

What does that mean,
"more appropriate"?

 

Someone more attuned to my needs.

 

Look at me, Katie.

 

Stop acting.

 

I'm not acting.

 

I wonder if you even know anymore.

 

Don't be unkind.

 

You?

 

You wanna go?

 

Go on.

 

Actresses are cheap in this town, darling.

 

- And I got a lot of money.
- This is beneath you.

 

No, no, this is exactly me.

 

You tell me you're leaving me, and you
have the nerve to expect graciousness?

 

I expect a little maturity.

 

I expect you to face the situation
like an adult who...

 

Don't talk down to me!

 

Don't you ever talk down to me!
You are a movie star.

 

Nothing more.

 

Don't answer it.

 

What is it, Howard?

 

Hey, Noah...

 

...I need you to get to Penney's
and buy me some clothes.

 

- Penney's isn't open.
- Oh, shit.

 

- It's 2 in the morning.
- Yeah, that's right.

 

Well, first thing tomorrow, then, all right?

 

I need two new suits off the rack.
One light and one dark.

 

Three white shirts and three pairs
of white tennis shoes. Got that?

 

- Yeah.
- No, no.

 

- Make it Woolworth's.
- Woolworth's.

 

No, no, Penney's. Penney's.

 

All right.

 

I'll get into it as soon as I can, Howard.

 

- All right?
- Noah, do you have a recorder?

 

- No.
- Are you recording this conversation?

 

- No.
- Okay.

 

I trust you.

 

- Howard...
- I need those suits first thing tomorrow.

 

- All right.
- Wait. Did I say Penney's or Woolworth's?

 

- Penney's.
- Better make it Sears.

 

All right, then, Sears.

 

I'm sorry, honey.

 

If I don't answer, he'll just call back.

 

Stop there, if you please, Miss Domergue.

 

Have you had surgery, Miss Domergue?

 

No.

 

Do you have scars of any kind?

 

No.

 

Wipe off your lipstick.

 

That's much better.

 

Now, you understand that you'd be
under contract to me? Personally.

 

Do you know what that means?

 

Now turn around for me.

 

Very nice.

 

You move well.

 

You live with your family, do you?

 

Yes.

 

That's nice.

 

Tell me something.

 

How old are you, Miss Domergue?

 

Fifteen.

 

Holy Mother of God.

 

Well, a car picks me up
every morning at 8, and off I go.

 

I'm getting my high school diploma.

 

Howard thinks that education is important.

 

- That's right.
- And then, after classes...

 

...I'm off for elocution
and grooming and fittings.

 

Well, blow me down.

 

Pan Am's working
out of the Cocoanut Grove?

 

- Hello, Jack.
- Hello, Juan.

 

Helen, good to see you.

 

- How are you, Howard?
- Good, thanks.

 

- This is Faith Domergue.
- Sit down.

 

- Pleasure.
- What are you doing here?

 

Well, I'm out to meet
with Douglas about the DC-4.

 

It's our new plane, and it is
gonna be a pip, let me tell you.

 

- How's the Constellation coming?
- Good.

 

Great.

 

So how about letting me steal a peek?

 

I don't think so.

 

I should be cross with you.
You stole Ray Loewy from us.

 

- He's doing our interior design. That's right.
- He was doing ours.

 

So...

 

...what are your colors?
- Stop fishing.

 

So you have buttons...

 

...or zippers?

 

I'm sorry?

 

Buttons or zippers for the drapes
on the sleeping berths?

 

Zippers.

 

Buttons.

 

So I suppose you'll be
expanding on down to Mexico.

 

- Why do you say that?
- Well, your range is 3000 miles.

 

I'd imagine you'd expand from Los Angeles
to Mexico and South America.

 

Hey, that's a good idea.
Anyone got a pen?

 

Or across the Atlantic.

 

You've had enough of this ice cream.

 

You give me that spoon. You don't
wanna get your gloves all sticky.

 

Isn't that too far?

 

New York...

 

...to Newfoundland...

 

...to Ireland.

 

To Paris.

 

Well...

 

...Pan Am welcomes you.

 

We're overbooked as it is.

 

It's such a burden doing it all
on your own, let me tell you.

 

So when's the Connie gonna be ready?

 

- Next year maybe. DC-4?
- Next year.

 

Well, we look forward to her then.

 

And I to the Connie.

 

I've ordered the next 40 after you.

 

- It's Miss?
- Domergue.

 

Yes, of course. Now, was that a
rumba or a samba you were doing?

 

- It was a samba.
- A samba, yes.

 

Howard, I never knew
you were such a good dancer.

 

Helen, Jack.

 

Good going. You gave away
our entire postwar strategy.

 

- He can't stop us.
- He's Pan Am. He can stop anything.

 

Give me the largest
Scotch you got.

 

I don't know what in the hell you're
so damn giddy about. Excuse me.

 

Jack.

 

Get in touch with Joyce and Berg.
Those are my boys in Washington.

 

Set up a meeting with Jones,
secretary of commerce, old golfing buddy.

 

- Slow down.
- We'll need terminals in Ireland and France.

 

I wanna get some tax breaks.

 

If that ass thinks he owns the world,
he's got another thing coming.

 

Pan Am owns Europe.
We ought to think about Mexico.

 

To hell with Mexico. No airline should
have a monopoly on flying the Atlantic.

 

It just isn't fair.
He owns Pan Am, he owns Congress.

 

He owns the Civil Aeronautics Board,
but he does not own the sky.

 

We're in a street fight
with that son of a bitch.

 

I've been fighting high-hat
Ivy League pricks like him my whole life.

 

And listen, fire Ray Loewy.
You goddamn heard me? Fire Ray Loewy.

 

He's spying for Trippe.
That shitheel knew all about the buttons.

 

Spies in my midst, Jack.

 

Spies in my midst.

 

- Hello, Howard.
- Roland.

 

So...

 

...what can I do for you?

 

I want all the pictures you have
of Kate Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

 

All the negatives.
And I want you to kill the story.

 

Howard, he's a married man.
He's a Catholic.

 

They're movie stars.
Fair game all around.

 

My office knows where I am, Howard.

 

I'm not gonna kill you, Roland.

 

I don't do that.

 

- How much?
- Not for sale.

 

How much?

 

Not for sale.

 

You ever cheat on your wife, Roland?

 

You ever screw a colored girl?

 

You ever steal anything?
You ever hurt anyone?

 

Good night, Howard.

 

You ever go to
a Communist Party meeting, Roland?

 

TWA stock.

 

How much?

 

Fifty thousand shares.

 

Ten.

 

All right.

 

This isn't gonna be that easy.

 

He's been making big contributions
on both sides of the aisle.

 

And Jack Frye is out there
lobbying everybody in town.

 

The French and British ambassadors
are lined up on his side.

 

I'm telling you, TWA is serious
about going international.

 

Okay.

 

Point, Mr. Hughes.

 

I think it's time for you to introduce
the community airline bill...

 

...on the floor of the Senate.

 

- Is it done?
- My people are finishing it right now.

 

I also have to get you on the committee
investigating the national defense.

 

On the committee or chairman?

 

I could be much more effective
as chairman.

 

It's a great public platform.
You know, it generates a lot of press.

 

- Wasn't Truman chairman of that committee?
- Yeah, right.

 

He's vice president.
Look what he did with it.

 

No, I think...

 

I think chairman.

 

What do you think?

 

- Chairman. That is interesting.
- Yeah.

 

Let me show you
these specs for the DC-4.

 

Ava, what do you think about
Trans World Airlines?

 

Transcontinental and Western
doesn't fit anymore.

 

We're international,
we need a name that reflects that.

 

Trans World is good. Kind of peppy.

 

TWA, right?

 

That way you don't need
to repaint any of the planes.

 

That's you. Always pinching pennies.

 

Hand me my wrap.

 

Knock it off.

 

I have something for you.

 

Stay here.

 

- What the hell is this?
- It's a present.

 

Go on, open it.

 

Oh, a box of trash.
You shouldn't have.

 

Keep looking, keep looking.

 

It's a Kashmiri sapphire.

 

I had my boys all over
the damn globe looking for this.

 

Why?

 

Because.

 

Look.

 

It matches your eyes.

 

I am not for sale.

 

For chrissakes, it's just a present.

 

You can't buy me, Howard,
so stop trying.

 

Don't buy me any more diamonds
or sapphires or any other damn thing.

 

You can buy me dinner.
How about that?

 

Jesus, Ava.

 

It's bad enough I have to endure
those gym shoes of yours.

 

But I get all dolled up and we go out
in this jalopy without a hood.

 

Ava, will you marry me?

 

- No, Howard.
- Well, why not, for heaven's sake?

 

In the first place, I don't love you.

 

In the second place, I'm still married.

 

Look, you got girls stashed all over town.
You got a damn harem just at the Bel-Air.

 

Marry one of your bungalow girls.

 

Those are employees. I won't marry
an employee. How would that look?

 

What is going on?

 

- Oh, my God!
- Goddamn it!

 

Faith!

 

- Faith, what the hell?
- Look out!

 

Goddamn, what the hell are you doing?

 

- Are you okay, lady?
- What are you doing with her?

 

We are going to dinner.
Now, get out of there.

 

Get that crazy bitch away from me!

 

Don't you love me anymore?

 

Course I love you, pork chop.

 

Ava, look over here. Howard.

 

Hey.

 

Juan Trippe is working
with Senator Brewster now.

 

They're after you. If the community
airline bill becomes law, we are finished.

 

Pan Am will have a monopoly
on international travel.

 

Well, how can they justify it?
It's un-American.

 

Brewster is saying that nationalized
foreign carriers, like Air France...

 

...can offer lower rates because
they don't have to compete.

 

Let's get rid of competition
and have a nationalized airline...

 

...and why don't we make it Pan Am?
- I'm not kowtowing to anyone.

 

- Howard, I need you up here.
- One sec, Odie.

 

Look, we are Trans World Airlines,
all right?

 

Get me something with a circle or a globe
or something round, for God's sake.

 

- Speak up.
- One cut.

 

I don't give a rat's ass. I'm not making
a cut. I'll release it without a seal.

 

We gotta go public with this.

 

I'm gonna talk to Hearst...

 

...but we gotta get
some senators on our side.

 

- What do you want me to do?
- What Trippe does.

 

Offshore operations.
See who's up for re-election...

 

...let's start making donations.
- Bribe senators?

 

I don't want them bribed.
I want it done legally.

 

I want them bought.
Put a team of investigators on Brewster.

 

I need to know everything
about that shitbag.

 

Where he goes, what he says
and who he screws.

 

- Get into it right now.
- You got it.

 

Just give me a second.

 

- All right, what do you need?
- Rudder and elevators.

 

No. These are fine.

 

Have Simon and Pete get back to me on the
assemblies. We need a secondary system.

 

Okay.

 

Listen, we need to take
another look at the wheel.

 

- Jesus. The damn wheel?
- Yeah.

 

It just doesn't feel right.

 

Christ almighty, you've seen 8000
goddamn wheels. Choose one, please.

 

- Just one of them.
- I know, I know.

 

- This one?
- I know, this one...

 

This one's pretty close. Pretty close.

 

Odie.

 

That man sweeping up over there...

 

...does he work for me?
I mean, have you seen him before?

 

Name's Nick, something like that.

 

Why's he looking at me?

 

I don't know.

 

Fire him. And make sure
they use damp brooms from now on.

 

Respiratory diseases are expensive,
and I don't want lawsuits.

 

But can we at least proceed
with the instrument panel?

 

- The tool shop's ready.
- I wanna see the blueprints.

 

Look, Howard, the deadline
is now completely unrealistic.

 

The war is gonna be over
by the time she's done.

 

I need you to help consult on vital decisions,
and you're off dealing with movies.

 

You got 1000 workers waiting
for you to make a decision...

 

Hey, Odie!

 

Take it easy, all right.

 

You're under pressure, but it's gonna
do me no good if you crack up on me.

 

All right? Look...

 

...take a couple of hours off, all right.

 

- You just relax a little.
- Okay.

 

- See your wife.
- Okay.

 

All right.

 

- Be sure to show me all the blueprints.
- All right.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

I'm serious, now.
Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

- Howard.
- Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

I wanna get this done right.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.

 

- Howard.
- Show me all the blueprints.

 

Show me all the blueprints.
Show me all the blueprints...

 

Quarantine.

 

Q...

 

...U...

 

...A...

 

...R...

 

...A...

 

...N...

 

...T...

 

...I...

 

...N...

 

...E.

 

Quarantine.

 

General McEwan. Colonel Bertrang.
Thanks for coming down.

 

Odie, you reading me okay?

 

Yeah, you're A-okay.

 

All right, flight controls are active.
She's all yours.

 

Spotless.
No wiggle on the wheel or throttle.

 

Take it easy.

 

- How does she sound, Howard?
- She's whispering to me, buddy.

 

All right, make her sing.

 

Well, Odie, she can fly. Congratulations.

 

I'm glad to hear it. Retract landing gear
and climb to 5000 feet...

 

...on a heading of 2-7-0.

 

Retracting landing gear and climbing
to 5000 feet on a heading 2-7-0.

 

- She's fast.
- What's your air speed?

 

292.

 

- All right, take her back to 200.
- No damn way.

 

We gotta bring her home.

 

Scheduled time of one hour
and 45 minutes has elapsed.

 

- Set course for 0-9-0...
- Ten more minutes. Roger that.

 

Negative, Howard. Bring her home.

 

Okay. Okay. Setting course for 0-9-0.

 

Preparing to descend.

 

- Jesus.
- What is it, Howard?

 

The right wing just dipped.
I'm losing starboard engine.

 

Increasing power to 2800 rpm.

 

Cutting back.

 

Increasing starboard engine only.

 

Cutting back. I'm losing altitude.

 

Check starboard-engine manifold pressure.

 

- It's good, but rpm's are low.
- Are both starboard props turning?

 

Hold on.

 

They are, but she's pulling me
back and starboard, Odie.

 

- How bad is your cross control?
- I'm at full left rudder...

 

...and full left aileron,
but she won't stay level. Goddamn it.

 

- Give us your position.
- Two thousand feet over...

 

Oh, Christ, I don't know, Beverly Hills.
Fifteen hundred feet.

 

We're going down.

 

I'll try for the Wilshire Country Club.
Ninth hole. You reading me?

 

Wilshire Country Club, copy that.
Howard, reduce engines to 1000.

 

I'm going down!
I'm not gonna make it, buddy!

 

Goddamn it!

 

Is there anyone else inside?
Is there anyone else?!

 

No.

 

I'm Howard Hughes, the aviator.

 

- every inch of his
wiring and fluid connection.

 

He has burns to 78 percent of his body.

 

Nine ribs are shattered,
not broken, shattered...

 

...as are his nose, his chin, his cheek,
his left knee, his left elbow.

 

He has 60 lacerations
on his face, to the bone.

 

His chest was crushed,
so his left lung collapsed...

 

...and his heart has shifted
to the right side of his chest cavity.

 

Jesus, God.

 

- He's getting blood transfusions now, but...
- Whose blood?

 

- I'm sorry?
- Whose blood?

 

From our stock.

 

- Oh, he's not going to like that.
- Mr. Dietrich, I doubt he's...

 

...ever gonna like or
dislike anything again.

 

I'm terribly sorry.

 

Orange juice.

 

It's not fresh from the kitchen, so I...

 

I have them make it here so...
So I can see.

 

Look at me.

 

I'm a monster.

 

Yeah. Orange juice has nutritional value.

 

There's... There's some flies
outside my window, though.

 

So...

 

...little Howard likes...

 

...citrus.

 

Don't he just?

 

Tell me.

 

An oil seal ripped off
the starboard rear propeller.

 

When the pressure dropped,
the prop reversed pitch.

 

Do you understand me?

 

Howard, I'm sorry to have to tell you
this now, but there's something else.

 

- You following me?
- Yeah.

 

The Air Force canceled the contract
on The Hercules.

 

The war's over now,
and they say they don't need it anymore.

 

I have to know what you want me to do.
Should I release the staff?

 

How far...

 

...from finishing?

 

- About six months.
- No, in money.

 

Seven million.

 

Maybe more.

 

Build it.

 

Build it, Odie.

 

Howard...

 

...a Constellation crashed
outside Reading, Pennsylvania.

 

The Civil Aeronautics Board
has grounded the whole fleet.

 

You know...

 

...Juan Trippe sent me flowers.

 

Take a look.

 

- What did you do with all the others?
- Oh, I had them taken out.

 

They... They attract aphids.

 

Aphids are...
They're just awful little creatures.

 

But...

 

But these ones...

 

...I wanted to see these ones every day.

 

Can white elephants fly?
That's everybody's question.

 

The hull of the world's mightiest airplane,
a flying boat built by Howard Hughes.

 

Two hundred and twenty feet long,
it towers higher than a five-story building.

 

Power lines have to be cut as it starts
the trip from Culver City...

 

... to the Pacific, 30 miles away.

 

Moving the 60-ton load
is quite an engineering problem.

 

But you gotta ask, was anything this big
ever supposed to fly?

 

There goes one wing section,
160 feet long with four engine housings.

 

Double that and you've got some idea
of the wingspread.

 

An airplane that challenges
a mountain for sheer size.

 

How long can they keep us grounded?

 

Until they finish investigating
the Reading crash. Could be months.

 

You're running a $14 million deficit. How
will you afford to keep them out of service?

 

- We go international, we'll make it up.
- Brewster's C.A.B. bill isn't going away.

 

That bill passes,
and you bought these for nothing.

 

- We're fighting the C.A.B. bill.
- Meanwhile, how do we keep TWA flying?

 

Don't say, "Just go to Tool Co." We're
pumping every cent into The Hercules...

 

...which the Air Force
doesn't even want anymore.

 

I'm glad Jack is feeling sunny about things,
but I've seen the books.

 

I'm telling it straight. I'm not crying wolf.

 

We're in serious trouble.
You've gotta make a choice.

 

You wanna be bankrupted
by the big plane or by the big airline?

 

Go see Thomas Parkinson
at the Equitable in New York.

 

Get a loan against
all the TWA equipment and capital.

 

Use the planes as collateral. Hell, use the
desks, use the pens, use everything we got.

 

- Try to get me 40 million.
- And if TWA defaults on the loan?

 

Then Juan Trippe buys us cheap.

 

Under my bed! You put a goddamn
microphone under my bed!

 

Listen to me.
I am concerned about you.

 

- I just wanna make sure you're okay.
- And who is in that car?!

 

It's been with me 24 hours a day.

 

That car is for your protection!

 

The only one I need protection from is you,
you sick bastard!

 

You don't own me, Howard.

 

I'm not one of your teenage whores
or some damn airplane.

 

I'll have them take all the bugs out.

 

I need to know where you are.

 

- Why?!
- Because I worry about you, that's why.

 

Bullshit!

 

What do you mean, "all the bugs"?

 

What do you mean, "all the bugs"?

 

There's more.

 

How many?

 

I don't know, 12.
Twelve, maybe, and on the telephones.

 

Oh, Christ, Howard, on the telephone?

 

You listen to my phone calls?

 

No, no, honey, I would never do that.
I'd never do that.

 

I just read the transcripts, that's all.

 

What do you wanna know, Howard?

 

Was I screwing Artie Shaw last night?

 

Was I screwing Sinatra the night before?
You bet.

 

Everyone said you were a lunatic,
I didn't listen.

 

It's no wonder Kate Hepburn
dumped your demented ass!

 

Shut your goddamn mouth.

 

Get out, you pathetic freak.

 

Get out!

 

Is everything all right, sir?

 

Take out all the bugs, huh?

 

Except for the one
on the bedroom phone.

 

Sir, the FBI are at the house.

 

This is outrageous! Everything here is the
private property of Hughes Productions.

 

- My legal counsel is on the way...
- Federal warrant.

 

Don't interfere with the search, sir.

 

Dateline: Los Angeles.
Howard Hughes has a new houseguest.

 

No, it's not another beautiful starlet.
This time it's the FBI.

 

Noah, you've got to help. This is
the 10th time they have been here.

 

Rumor has it that agents
working for Senator Owen Brewster...

 

... have practically taken up residence
in the aviation mogul's home.

 

Look, I mean, they are touching things.

 

- Noah, they are touching things.
- Just keep yourself calm...

 

... and I'll be down there
as soon as I can, Howard.

 

Howard?

 

Howard?

 

Howard, hello.

 

- Nice to see you again.
- Good to see you. Come on inside.

 

- Emma, you can start up lunch now.
- Yes, sir.

 

Well, really lovely room.
It's nicely decorated.

 

Thank you. Here, have a seat.

 

Thanks for coming by.

 

I thought you and I
should have a chance to talk privately.

 

You know, outside the office.

 

Well...

 

...I appreciate that, Owen.

 

So you're coming out pretty strong
against the C.A.B. bill.

 

- You're coming on pretty strong for it.
- Well, it's my bill, Howard, you know.

 

Look, I believe sincerely
that America cannot afford...

 

...to have more than one
international carrier.

 

I mean, do you think it's fair that one airline
should have a monopoly on international..?

 

A monopoly? No, no, no. Oh, no.

 

No, I think one airline could do it better,
see, without competition.

 

All I'm thinking about are the interests,
the needs of the American passenger.

 

That's just beautiful. What is that?

 

What is that? Is that a?

 

Is that a yak?

 

- Some kind of a yak?
- No, that's a llama.

 

My wife picked that up
when we were in Peru.

 

Son of a gun.

 

A real llama.

 

- From Peru?
- Yeah. From a year ago, I think it was...

 

- Yeah, it was about a year ago.
- Lunch is served, senator.

 

Good. Okay.
Come on, let's go have some lunch.

 

Now, did you..?
Did you actually get to see any llamas?

 

No, no. My wife just liked the painting.

 

It's an interesting animal.
I'll have to read up on those.

 

How do you spell that?
Like? Like Fernando Lamas?

 

No, no. It's...
It's the animal, it's got two L's.

 

Here, come on, have a seat.

 

It's brook trout. Hope you like fish.

 

I love it. Thanks.

 

I know you're not a drinking man,
so I hope... Hope water's okay.

 

Thanks.

 

All right, let's get down to business.
Let's talk turkey.

 

My investigators...

 

My investigators
have turned up a lot of dirt.

 

It could be really embarrassing
if this stuff got out.

 

I'd like to save you
from that embarrassment.

 

That's very kind of you, Owen.

 

My committee has the power
to hold public hearings.

 

I'd like to spare you that.

 

Would you, now?

 

Look...

 

Do you wanna go down in history
as a war profiteer, Howard?

 

Is that what you want?

 

What do you want, Owen?

 

You agree to support my C.A.B. bill,
and I won't hold public hearings.

 

- I can't do that.
- Why not?

 

I can't do that, Owen.
The C.A.B. would kill TWA.

 

Sell TWA to Pan Am.

 

You'll get a good price.
You'll get a fair price.

 

And then..? Then you won't go public?

 

Right. That's right. The investigation's
closed. Nobody knows a thing.

 

That's... It's better for everybody.

 

You know, Owen,
I'm still wondering one thing.

 

- What's that?
- The picture of the llama you got last year?

 

- Yeah.
- Where'd you sail from?

 

We didn't sail. We flew.

 

- You flew?
- Yeah.

 

Are you sure you want to do this, Owen?

 

You want to go to war with me?

 

It isn't me, Howard.
It's the United States government.

 

We just beat Germany and Japan.

 

Who the hell are you?

 

You... You tell Juan Trippe
something for me, all right?

 

Tell him thanks for the flowers.

 

And he can kiss both sides of my ass.

 

Well, we have a long list of particulars.

 

Chief among them is that he defrauded
the American government...

 

...of $56 million while at war,
when we could least afford it.

 

While brave men were dying
on the beaches of Normandy...

 

...Mr. Hughes was picking the pocket
of the American taxpayer.

 

I sleep...

 

...in this room...

 

...in the dark.

 

I'll have him dragged here to Washington
if I have to.

 

I wanna see the whites of his lies.

 

I have a place.

 

- I can sleep.
- He has a lot of questions to answer.

 

- I have a chair.
- Particularly about that monstrous...

 

...boondoggle of his,
that model airplane he's building...

 

...that flying lumberyard,
that spruce goose.

 

No, he'll... We'll get him here.

 

That's just beautiful.

 

Oh, yeah. I like the desert.

 

It's hot there in the desert,
but it's clean.

 

It's clean.

 

I need to sleep.

 

I should drink something first.

 

I should drink something first.

 

Wait a minute.

 

What if that milk is sour?

 

That milk is bad.

 

I shouldn't pick up
the bottle of milk with my right hand.

 

And I shouldn't take the top off
with my left hand...

 

...put it in my pocket.

 

My left pocket.

 

Howard, it's Kate.
I need... I need to talk to you.

 

Can you hear me?

 

I'm coming in.

 

Howard, unlock this door immediately.

 

I can't, sweetie.

 

You mean you won't.

 

Howard, please let me see you.

 

- I haven't shaved.
- Well, neither have I.

 

Come on.

 

You...

 

You let me in.

 

I can hear you, Katie.

 

I could always hear you.
Even in the cockpit, with the engines on.

 

That's because I'm so goddamn loud.

 

Howard, I...

 

I came to thank you.

 

I found out what you did
for Spence and me.

 

Buying those awful pictures.

 

You love him.

 

He's everything I have.

 

Howard?

 

I'm glad for you, Kate.

 

Go away now. Would you do that?

 

- Howard, please.
- Go away.

 

Just for now. I'll see you soon.

 

- We'll go flying together.
- Yes.

 

Yes, please. You take me flying again.

 

Howard, I can take the wheel.

 

Howard?

 

Howard, are you..? Are you there?

 

Howard?

 

Howard, are you there?

 

Come on, Howard.

 

Howard, are you there?

 

Come in with the milk.

 

Come in with the milk.

 

Come in with the milk.

 

He is to open the bag
with his right hand...

 

...and hold the bag out to me
at a 45-degree angle...

 

...so I may reach into the bag without...

 

Without touching the paper.

 

Repeated from the beginning.

 

Repeated from the beginning.

 

Repeated from the beginning.

 

If there is any variation
of these instructions...

 

... even to the smallest degree...

 

... the entire process must be repeated...

 

- ... from the beginning.
- Come in with the milk.

 

- Repeated from the beginning.
- Come in with the milk.

 

- Come in with the milk.
- Repeated...

 

... from the beginning.

 

Repeated from the beginning.

 

Come in with the milk.

 

Q...

 

R...

 

N...

 

T...

 

Q...

 

...U...

 

E...

 

I...

 

T...

 

...I...

 

...N...

 

...E.

 

N...

 

...E.

 

E...

 

I...

 

Howard?

 

Hello?

 

Who is it?

 

Howard, it's Juan.

 

Juan.

 

Juan, right. Yeah.

 

We had an appointment, right? Yeah.

 

I remember that. Look...

 

...I got a hell of a cold in here.
A hell of a cold.

 

So take a seat out there,
because I don't wanna get you sick.

 

I'd never forgive myself if I got you sick.
I don't wanna get you sick. I don't wanna...

 

Thank you.

 

Okay, Howard, I'm sitting.

 

I've brought along our accountings.
Now...

 

...Pan Am is trading
at 13 and five-eighths.

 

TWA at four and a quarter.

 

- Now, if you take...
- Come on.

 

Come on, come on, come on.
We both know I'm not gonna sell TWA.

 

Besides, you couldn't afford her.

 

Our domestic routes alone
are worth more than twice Pan Am.

 

Well, considering our stock is trading
at three times yours...

 

...I find that a dubious claim, Howard.

 

What I...

 

What I mean is,
you have no domestic routes. All right?

 

I mean, you get TWA,
you span the globe.

 

I'm not gonna sell,
and you know I'm not gonna sell.

 

Here's the point.

 

Owen Brewster works for you.

 

Howard, I didn't elect Senator Brewster.
We can thank the voters of Maine for that.

 

Now, if I appear at his hearings, Juan,
it could get nasty.

 

Real nasty for all of us.

 

Well, I think,
considerably more so for you.

 

While the good people of America
were losing sons at Anzio...

 

...you produced a dirty movie
and built airplanes that don't fly.

 

Well, that's just not fair, is it?

 

I mean, the XF-11 flew quite well
for an hour and 45 minutes.

 

I wish you were up there with me, Juan.
It was exhilarating.

 

Be that as it may, you still have
to answer for the Spruce Goose.

 

It's called The Hercules!

 

And it will fly, goddamn it!

 

I hope so. The American people deserve
something for their $13 million.

 

I won't sell TWA!

 

I won't!

 

I know that, Howard.

 

I know that.

 

But I'm going to get it anyway.

 

You will default on your loan from
Equitable after Senator Brewster...

 

...destroys your reputation and you can't
find additional capital for the airline.

 

The hearings will also show Hughes Aircraft
to be mismanaged and incompetent...

 

...and it will go bankrupt too.

 

But you won't be insolvent.
You'll still have Tool Co.

 

Perhaps you'll head back to Houston
to rebuild your empire.

 

I rather hope you do.

 

By that time,
Pan Am will have bought TWA...

 

...and painted all those magnificent
Connies blue and white.

 

So when you do return,
it will be on a Pan Am plane.

 

Well...

 

You seem to have me
in a corner here, buddy.

 

Not a position in which
I'm very comfortable.

 

I think you're gonna be less comfortable
at Senator Brewster's hearings.

 

Very public, Howard.

 

Lots of cameras and newsmen.

 

I understand you're not
particularly fond of crowds.

 

Perhaps we should spare you that.

 

Well, thank you for your concern, Juan.

 

I find that...

 

...very moving.

 

It's been a real pleasure.

 

Noah will see you back
to the airport now.

 

You fly safe.

 

You fly safe.

 

Thank you, Howard,
and you take care of that cold.

 

Don't you worry.

 

I certainly will.

 

Bye-bye.

 

If you let him appear at those hearings,
the whole world will see what he's become.

 

People should remember him as he was.

 

He'll have a subpoena in three days
to appear in Washington.

 

If you can get him out of there by then.

 

Mr. Hughes?

 

I don't have any shoes.

 

- Could you get me some shoes?
- Shoes.

 

Yeah.

 

How nice of you to dress for me.

 

Can I come in?

 

Yeah, you can come in.

 

Thank you for coming.

 

Now, let's get a drink.

 

Wait, wait, wait, honey.
You can't move. You're safe here.

 

You're in the germ-free zone now.
You understand?

 

- I'll take my chances.
- No, no, honey. Wait, wait.

 

Love what you've done with the place.

 

Now, let me look at you.

 

When do you go to Washington?

 

A week.

 

No, no. Just under a week.

 

I don't know the date today,
but I have to be...

 

All right, take it easy.

 

There's nothing there, Howard.

 

I see things.

 

I know, baby.

 

Rinse your face off, now.

 

Put your hands in the water
and wash off the soap.

 

I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere.

 

- Does that look clean to you?
- Nothing's clean, Howard.

 

But we do our best, right?

 

Yeah.

 

What do you think?

 

- Well, I look all right.
- You look great.

 

Will you marry me?

 

You're too crazy for me.

 

I gotta go, baby.

 

Okay.

 

Thanks.

 

You'd do it for me.

 

Hi, Howard. How you doing?

 

The committee will come to order.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, I must insist that
we maintain quiet during these proceedings.

 

All right, Mr. Hughes,
will you stand and be sworn?

 

Do you solemnly swear that in the matter
now pending before this committee...

 

...you will tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

 

- I do.
- Pardon me for speaking loudly...

 

...but I know you have difficulty hearing.
- That's quite all right.

 

I mean, everybody knows I'm deaf.
I'm not gonna try to hide it.

 

Mr. Hughes, it is the intention
of this committee...

 

Mr. Hughes has a statement.

 

All right, you may proceed
with this statement, Mr. Hughes.

 

Mr. Hughes, do you have a statement?

 

I'm gonna attempt to be honest here.

 

I mean, my reputation's being destroyed,
so I might as well lay the cards on the table.

 

Senator Brewster, if you hadn't
gone too far overboard...

 

...if you hadn't put
the red-hot iron in my side...

 

...I might have been willing to take a
shellacking in this publicity spree of yours.

 

I may have been willing to sit back and take
a certain amount of abuse simply because...

 

...well, I am only a private citizen.

 

Whereas you are a senator...

 

...with all sorts of powers.

 

But I think this goddamn circus
has gone on long enough!

 

- That's quite sufficient.
- You have called me a liar, sir, in the press.

 

You have called me a liar
and a thief and a war profiteer!

 

- The witness will restrain...
- Why not tell the truth for once, senator?

 

Why not tell the truth that this investigation
was really born on the day that TWA...

 

...decided to fly to Europe? On the day that
TWA first invaded Juan Trippe's territory!

 

- Sit down.
- On the day TWA first challenged...

 

...the generally accepted theory that only
Juan Trippe's great Pan American Airways...

 

...had the right to fly the Atlantic!
- You are not here to make a speech.

 

I asked for silence!
I asked for quiet in this room...

 

We have in our possession receipts
in the amount of $170,000...

 

...acquired from Mr. John Meyer.
Mr. Meyer works for you, does he not?

 

- He does.
- And what is his official title?

 

I don't exactly know, senator.
A lot of people work for me.

 

Can you explain why your press agent
would pay out...

 

...more than $170,000 to representatives
of the United States Air Force?

 

- I don't know. You'd have to ask him.
- Well, would you produce him?

 

- Produce him?
- Will you cause him to appear?

 

You had John Meyer on the stand
for three days last week.

 

Be that as it may,
we would like him to reappear.

 

Would you ask him to return?

 

No, I don't think I will.

 

Will you try to have him return?

 

- No, I don't think I'll try.
- You don't think you'll try?

 

No, I don't think so.

 

The $170,000 paid out to the Air Force
in the form of hotel suites...

 

...TWA stock...

 

...female companionship.

 

Now, is it possible that
these could be considered bribes?

 

I suppose you could call them that, yes.

 

Would you repeat that?

 

I said, I suppose you could
consider them bribes, yes.

 

Well, would you like
to explain that, Mr. Hughes?

 

I'm afraid you don't know how
the aviation business works, senator.

 

See, wining and dining Air Force dignitaries
is common in our business.

 

It's because we all want the big contracts.
All the major aircraft companies do it.

 

I don't know whether
it's a good system...

 

...I just know it's not illegal.
You, senator, you are the lawmaker.

 

If you pass a law that states no one
can entertain Air Force officers, well, hell...

 

...I'd be happy to abide by it.

 

Your story is a pack of lies. I can
tear it apart if allowed to cross-examine.

 

- We're not gonna have this bickering.
- Yes. Somewhere between two and 500...

 

...if you'll let me get started.
- lf you believe your wealth and power...

 

...can intimidate any member
of this committee, you're mistaken.

 

- Now submit your questions.
- I'll put this very simply.

 

On February 12th,
at the Mayflower Hotel...

 

...did you or did you not tell me
that if I were to sell TWA to Pan Am...

 

...that this entire investigation
would be called off?

 

I did not. And I have asked you
to submit your questions in writing.

 

- How long have you known Juan Trippe?
- I've known him for some time now.

 

- And that's not the question.
- Is it not true that Juan donated $20,000...

 

...to your last campaign? I mean,
he spoke to me as if you worked for him.

 

I have a personal friendship with...

 

Is it true you accept free Pan Am tickets
to circle the globe...

 

...in support of your C.A.B. bill?
- No, it is not true.

 

Well, who wrote that bill, senator?
Who actually wrote the C.A.B. bill?

 

- The actual words. Did you write them?
- This is not how these hearings...

 

...are gonna be conducted.
- I have it. Maybe it'll refresh your memory.

 

"Bill S-987 to amend
the Civil Aeronautics Act."

 

Now, you introduced this bill
to the Senate.

 

A lot of words.

 

You write all of them?

 

- Did you write any of them, senator?
- Now, look...

 

Now, this entire bill was written
by Pan Am executives...

 

...and designed to give that airline
a monopoly on international travel.

 

You've been flogging this bill all around
the world on their behalf, have you not?

 

I have duties that take me
all over the world, Mr. Hughes.

 

Well, what the hell does a senator
from Maine need to visit Peru for?

 

I was seeking outlets for our trade goods.

 

Buy a lot of lobsters down there, do they?

 

Senator, how many times have you visited
Trippe's office in New York...

 

...in the last three months?

 

Would you like me to tell you, senator?

 

All right, this has gone on long enough.
Juan is a great American.

 

His airline has advanced the cause
of commercial aviation for decades.

 

Juan Trippe is a patriot. Juan Trippe is not
a man who is interested in making money.

 

Well, I'm sure his stockholders
would be happy to hear that.

 

We're gonna clear this room.

 

This is James McNamara speaking to you
from the Hughes 2000-ton flying boat...

 

... the world's largest aircraft.
This is the sky giant...

 

... which has prompted Congress to
investigate the war contracts of Mr. Hughes.

 

Before boarding the craft,
Mr. Hughes told newsmen that this test...

 

... would be solely a taxi experiment.
He said he didn't know what might happen.

 

The mammoth flying plywood shell...

 

... might ship water under high-speed
taxi pressure. He will not take...

 

... the craft into the air until next spring.
The thin man from Culver City...

 

... pronounced the craft an unknown quantity.
He has an idea what it can do...

 

None of that, now. None of that.

 

We are about 5 feet
in back of Mr. Hughes.

 

We are looking through
one of the side windows in the cockpit.

 

Professor, why don't you
come on up front here.

 

In other words, we are 30 feet high
in this aircraft.

 

Strap yourself in right there.
You ought to be able to see just great.

 

Huge crowds jam the surrounding
shoreline this morning.

 

All right, boys, let's fire it up.

 

One's good.

 

Two's good.

 

Three's good.

 

Four's good.

 

Five's good.

 

Six is good.

 

Seven's good.

 

Eight's good.

 

- Advancing master throttles.
- Advancing master throttles.

 

As you probably know,
I have to do a great deal...

 

... of screaming into our microphone.

 

- Understood. Lower it 15 degrees of flaps.
- Lowering 15 degrees of flaps.

 

Howard, she's gotta hit 70
to have any kind of chance.

 

Yeah, I know. I know.

 

It's a beautiful day here off the coast
of Southern California. Blue skies...

 

- ... a warm sun...
- Twenty-five miles per hour.

 

- And a relatively calm sea...
- Thirty.

 

Thirty-five.

 

One would think these eight power plants
might shake the craft to pieces...

 

Take it easy, Howard.

 

- Forty!
- Throttling back for starboard turn 180.

 

Throttling back for starboard turn 180.

 

The flight crew itself
consists of four men.

 

Mr. Hughes, however, has added 11
maintenance men to this maiden taxi test...

 

... stationed at various places throughout the
ship, checking points of stress and strain.

 

How does she sound, Odie?

 

Sounds good, Howard.

 

- Professor.
- Yes?

 

Would you do me a favor?

 

Would you take a look out that window
and tell me what the wind is doing?

 

I would say that we have a 15-knot wind.

 

Would you call that a headwind,
professor?

 

I would, Mr. Hughes.

 

We must maintain silence. We must
have quiet during the proceedings.

 

Mr. Hughes, will you stand and be sworn?

 

Mr. Hughes, did you receive...

 

...$43 million to manufacture 100 XF-11
spy planes for the United States Air Force?

 

I did.

 

How many functional planes did you
deliver to the United States Air Force?

 

None.

 

Would you lean a little closer
to the microphones, sir?

 

None.

 

Did you receive $13 million
to manufacture...

 

...a prototype of a flying boat
known as The Hercules?

 

I did.

 

And did you deliver that plane?

 

I did not.

 

So by your admission
in this chamber, Mr. Hughes...

 

...you have received $56 million...

 

...from the United States government
for planes you never delivered.

 

That is correct.

 

Well, excuse me for asking,
Mr. Hughes...

 

...but where did all that money go?

 

Well, it went into the planes, senator.
And a lot more.

 

More? Do tell, Mr. Hughes,
what other larcenies did you commit?

 

I mean, I put my money
into the planes, senator. My money.

 

- See, the thing is that I care...
- Your personal finances are not...

 

Let him speak.

 

Proceed, Mr. Hughes.

 

See, the thing is,
I care very much about aviation.

 

It has been the great joy of my life. That's
why I put my own money into these planes.

 

And I've lost millions, senator,
and I'll go on losing millions. It's just...

 

...what I do.

 

Now, if I've lost a lot of the government's
money during the war, I hope folks...

 

...will put that into perspective.

 

More than 60 other airplanes ordered
from such firms as...

 

...Lockheed, Douglas, Northrop and Boeing
never saw action either.

 

In all, more than $800 million was spent
during the war on planes that never flew.

 

Over 6 billion on other weapons
that were never delivered.

 

Yet Hughes Aircraft, with her 56 million...

 

...is the only firm
under investigation here.

 

I cannot help but think that has a little more
to do with TWA than planes that did not fly.

 

- You've made your point, Mr. Hughes.
- One second. I have one more thing...

 

...to say here to this committee.

 

And that has to do with The Hercules.

 

Now, I am supposed to be many things
which are not complimentary.

 

I am supposed to be capricious.

 

I have been called a playboy.
I've even been called an eccentric...

 

...but I do not believe that I have
the reputation of being a liar.

 

Needless to say, The Hercules
was a monumental undertaking.

 

It is the largest plane ever built.

 

It is over five stories tall with a wingspan
longer than a football field.

 

That's more than a city block.

 

Now, I put the sweat of my life into this.
I got my reputation all rolled up in it.

 

I have stated several times
that if The Hercules fails to fly...

 

...I will leave this country
and never come back. And I mean it.

 

Now, Senator Brewster,
you can subpoena me...

 

...you can arrest me, you can even claim
I've folded up and taken a run-out powder...

 

...but, well, I've had just about enough
of this nonsense. Good afternoon.

 

I had to do it.

 

- Mr. Hughes.
- Mr. Hughes.

 

I'd love to see The Hercules in the air.

 

Thank you, thank you so much.

 

Switch it off.

 

- The hearings aren't over yet.
- The hearings are over.

 

The airline bill will be defeated
in the Senate.

 

TWA will begin flights from
New York to Paris...

 

...then on to Moscow, to Japan,
to Hawaii, to Los Angeles...

 

...to New York.

 

Fuck.

 

- Power coming up.
- Power coming up.

 

Howard Hughes has just alerted us.

 

He has asked everyone to hold on.
Tremendous horsepower kicking up.

 

Let me hear it, Odie.

 

Twenty-five miles per hour.

 

Thirty.

 

Here we go. Here we go.

 

- Thirty-five.
- The air-speed indicator...

 

... has moved up to 25. Thirty.

 

- Thirty-five.
- Forty.

 

As he pushes the throttle it's 40.

 

- Forty-five.
- Forty-five. More throttle.

 

- Forty-five.
- Fifty.

 

- It's 50 over a choppy sea.
- Fifty-five.

 

It's 55. It's 55.

 

- Sixty.
- More throttle. It's 60.

 

- Sixty-five.
- Sixty-five.

 

- Seventy.
- It's 70.

 

- Seventy-five.
- It's 75.

 

And something momentarily cuts out.
I believe we are airborne.

 

We are airborne, ladies and gentlemen.
I don't believe that Hughes...

 

... meant this to be. I don't know.

 

And we were really up in the air.
We were really up in the air.

 

Ladies and gentlemen,
the Hughes mammoth aircraft...

 

... has flown this afternoon
in Los Angeles Harbor.

 

Well, it certainly looks at this moment
that Howard Hughes will be around...

 

... the United States for quite
some time to come.

 

We must understand that technologies
like these are the way of the future.

 

- That's enough questions.
- TWA and Hughes Aircraft are delighted...

 

...to have you come here
and witness this wonderful sight.

 

- Excuse us for just a second.
- All right.

 

- So you feel like going to Paris?
- Now?

 

TWA is starting up flights to Europe.

 

I thought I might pilot the first one.
Ought to be some fun.

 

- Lots of shopping in Paris.
- I'll buy you anything.

 

You can buy me dinner. How about that?

 

Dinner, then. We got a date?

 

Okay, baby, you got a date.

 

I'll be back in a second,
but don't you go anywhere, now. I mean it.

 

All right, listen, boys.
Something new. Jet airplanes.

 

- You know about jets?
- No, but it sounds expensive.

 

Oh, it will be, but we gotta get started.

 

Come on, walk with me.

 

Whoever can start utilizing
jet technology...

 

...on commercial airliners is gonna win.
What do you know about the science?

 

I know a little. I can work something
to show you. Basic turbine stuff.

 

Noah, who are those fellas?

 

Do they work for me?

 

Everybody works for you, Howard.

 

Lockheed worked on the F-80. Let's get
Bob Gross and see if he can help us out.

 

- What, now?
- Of course now.

 

We gotta get into it.
Jets are the way of the future.

 

- It's 4:30.
- I talked to Bob last week. He's in New York.

 

- So it's 7:30.
- He won't be in the office.

 

We'll figure out what hotel he's at.
Do you want a call...

 

...or you want some kind of meeting?
- We want a meeting, don't we?

 

Do you want me bring him
out here tomorrow, then, Howard?

 

- The way of the future.
- Howard?

 

- Howard?
- The way of the future.

 

- The way of the future.
- Let's take a walk, Howard.

 

- Way of the future.
- Give me a hand.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

All right, stay here. I'll be right back.
You understand, Howard?

 

The way of the future.

 

Guard the door. I'll get a doctor.
No one sees him like this.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.
The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.

 

You are not safe.

 

When I grow up...

 

... I'm gonna fly the fastest planes
ever built...

 

... make the biggest movies ever...

 

... and be the richest man in the world.

 

The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.

 

The way of the future.