MovieReal: The Aviator Page #4

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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

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...

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