The Snowland Theater's packed screening hall, amidst the somber and melancholic soundtrack, rolled out the credits. A burst of warm applause arose, as the audience participating in the premiere gave their praise to the team behind "Mr. Hughes 2," truly a classic biopic!
The 2002 Christmas release "The Aviator: Secret Life," with a budget of 65 million US dollars, eventually grossed 160 million worldwide, recounting the legendary tycoon Howard Hughes's colorful early life; this year's "The Aviator: Power, Money, and Madness" saw its production costs rise to 100 million US dollars, continuing the story into Howard Hughes's latter years when he withdrew from the public eye and descended into madness—locking himself in a dark room where sunlight never entered, cutting his hair and nails once a year, becoming addicted to cocaine and other drugs, and developing his cleanliness obsession and OCD to a pathological extreme...
