The Aviator (1985)
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Based on a novel by Ernest Gann and set in 1928, this story starts out focusing on aviation and then flies in another direction at about three feet worth of altitude. Christopher Reeves is Edgar Anscombe, a pilot of a Stearman biplane running a mail route between the states of Washington and Nevada,… More Based on a novel by Ernest Gann and set in 1928, this story starts out focusing on aviation and then flies in another direction at about three feet worth of altitude. Christopher Reeves is Edgar Anscombe, a pilot of a Stearman biplane running a mail route between the states of Washington and Nevada, when he is obliged to accept Tillie Hansen (Rosanna Arquette) as a passenger one day. Introverted at best, sullen and forbidding at worst, Edgar is struggling with his own trauma after surviving a crash that left him with an ugly scar across his face. Tillie personifies all the worse traits commonly attributed to the rich and spoiled -- and the two are set to joust from the beginning. After they take off, an accident occurs and although the dueling pair survive the crash, they are hard put to survive for long in the desolate mountains. Soon Edgar's friend Jerry (Scott Wilson) is out looking for him, and Tillie's obnoxious father is there at the base airport to put pressure on everyone to find her. Needless to say, Edgar and Tillie, in the meantime, are faced with dangers that make their previous problems seem minor. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Miller, George T. Miller
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure
PG,
- In Theaters
- Mar 1, 1985 Wide
- On DVD
- Apr 16, 2002
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Christopher Reeve
as Edgar Anscombe
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Rosanna Arquette
as Tillie Hansen
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Jack Warden
as Moravia
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Sam Wanamaker
as Bruno Hansen
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Scott Wilson
as Jerry Stiller
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Tyne Daly
as Evelyn Stiller
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Marcia Strassman
as Rose Stiller
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Will Hare
as Old Man
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Jeff Harding
as Carson
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Glenn Neufeld
as George Hansen
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Robert Peirce
as Student Pilot
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Tim Stack
as First Officer
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Ron Travis
as Probosky
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Paul Lichtman
as Customer
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Larry B. Williams
as Second Officer
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Frano Lasic
as Daniel Hansen
- Paul Reid Roman
- Robert Pierce
- Timothy Stack
