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Although this movie is over 16 years old (it was released in 2004) The Aviator is probably still ranking around somewhere in my top 10 or top 15 movies of all time. It is just unbelievable weird how someone’s life turned out to be so unbelievable weird. The first time I wrote about Howard Hughes was roughly a decade ago because I found his life story moerse fascinating.
Here is some fascinating facts surrounding The Aviator, which you might not have been aware of. I say 10, but it it more in the region of fifteen:
The money things
Director, Martin Scorsese tunes that he paid half a mil American dollars out of his own pocket to cover for going over budget which was estimated at $110m – a first for him. It totally paid off, as the film raked in just under $860m with its opening week, which was just before Christmas in 2004. The budget for the costumes alone come in at 2 two million dollaroos. Now compare that with Shaun of The Dead which came out the same year with an entire budget of $6m?
The techy things
Filming was completed in ninety-one days. looking at the budget at the top here, it means that it cost more ore less $1.2m per day for just over a 3 month period. You know how much a dollar cost back in 2004? R6.66!
Scorsese applied his magic and designed each year in the movie to look just the way a color movie from that time period would look. Fokken crazy extra moeite!
The Gwen Stefani things
Uncle Scorsese was looking for an actress to portray Jean Harlow, when heard Gwen Stefani kakking out someone in a bank in Los Angeles. I’m talking kak. That was Charlize Theron’s vibe. He saw the Gwenster in a venster, appearing on a Vogue cover poster in New York City.
The Aviator was Gwen Stefani ‘s movie debut. What a befokte way to debut your film career?
Gwen was 34 at the time she played Jean Harlow, who was only nineteen-years-old at the time when the Howard Hughes film Hell’s Angels premiered in 19-black-and-white. Gwen still looks 34 to me – I can’t believe she is 50!
The Cate Blanchett things
Cate (why the the fuck is her name spelled with a ‘C’? played the role of Katharine (know what I mean? Use a fokken ‘K’) Hepburn. Kate had Freckles and Cate didn’t. Freckles had to be painted onto Cate who couldn’t spell her name’s face, arms and chest to make her resemble Kate who could spell her name. Also Cate Blanchett had to learn how to play tennis and golf. She also and took cold showers, for which Hepburn was known. Why the cold showers, Hepburn? Why?
Director, Scorsese also made Cate Blanchett watch the first fifteen movies Katharine Hepburn made, in order to learn her mannerisms.
Cate Blanchett was the first actress ever to win an Oscar for playing a real-life Oscar winner. Hepburn won a whopping fokken record four Oscars! Maybe the cold showers was her moerse secret to success.
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Here is a another top 10 list. Go stream some lekker stuff over the weekend! Our pick from the Plumlist:
10# Watch: Our favourite sketch from A Black Lady Sketch Show The groundbreaking six-episode series is created by Robin Thede (host of BET’s The Rundown with Robin Thede and head-writer for The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore) |
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#9 Twenty-five binge-worthy boxsets on internet TV in South Africa Weekly releases may be the new thing in streaming video (which is borderline hilarious, considering it’s not new at all), but there’s something about the comfort of starting a boxset of a series, knowing that you won’t have to wait between episodes |
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#8 The best action movies on internet TV to stream immediately Craving a high-octane dose of action that won’t take weeks to get through? Try these movies on Showmax, DStv Now and Netflix next time you’ve got a couple of hours free – they all launched in the last two years, and are a mix of fan-favourite box-office hits and indie gems. |
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#7 Ten movies that are worth your time and data on Showmax From indie gems to Oscar winners and box office hits, these are the movies you won’t regret streaming the next time you feel like having a movie night, whether you caught them at the cinema and want to rewatch them (A Star Is Born, anyone?), or have never heard of them (top tip: Supa Modo is sublime). |
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#6 The Stranger: you’re going to need a conspiracy board for this one The official trailer for The Stranger is brilliant and exciting. It’s also completely and utterly deceiving. This is not to say the series isn’t good; only that this preview is misleading. Yes, there is a stranger, as the title suggests. Her MO is to pop up in people’s lives in possession of a potentially devastating and life-destroying secret. |
On Netflix (read more) |
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#5 Never lost yourself in Lost? Here’s why you should Lost is one of those TV series that’s better to watch sequentially without missing a beat from start to finish. Now that the complete series is available on Showmax, a Lost marathon seems inevitable, whether you’re new to the island or reliving every episode. |
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4# “Near-heroic adaptation” breathes new life into Les Misérables Now streaming on Showmax, the series was #86 on Rotten Tomatoes’ list of the best TV of 2019, with an 86% critics rating. The story centres on prisoner 24601, Jean Valjean, as he tries to redeem himself after being sentenced to 19 years of hard labour for stealing a loaf of bread. |
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#3 Nine nature documentaries to stream with your kids It’s hard to escape the onslaught of bad news regarding our world. Australia’s burning, the Amazon is shrinking, coral reefs are dying – is there any point in trying to do anything to save any of it? |
On Netflix & Showmax (read more) |
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#2 Where to stream 2020 SAFTA nominees Nearly 66% of this year’s SAFTA nominations in the TV categories are available to binge now on Showmax, with more to come soon. This includes more than 85% of the drama and over two-thirds of the soap and telenovela nominations, as well as both the most-nominated series overall and the most-nominated telenovela and the most-nominated drama. |
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#1 Tewnty-nine of the best action series to stream Bored with blah drama shows? Tired of not-that-funny comedies? Not buying into scripted “reality” series? Stream any of these action shows and get your heart rate bouncing like a basketball in an NBA game! |
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Each week we take a number from 1 to 10 from our list of suggestions and put it through a randomizer to choose a trailer to show you. This week it landed on our number 9 spot, Twenty-five binge-worthy boxsets on internet TV in South Africa – so now we need to roll the dice again to choose one of these series and the winner is… number 22, which is American Horror Story!
This multiple-award-winning anthology has spine-chilling storylines, breathtaking cinematography and an all-star cast, including Jessica Lange and Kathy Bates. Each season follows twisted events, some inspired by real life:
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