The Aviator's Irish links

The success of Martin Scorsese’s blockbusting The Aviator, the story of the colourful and eccentric Howard Hughes that has collected 11 Academy Award nominations, has a strong Irish connection.

Apart from Hughes Tool, one of his factories in Belfast, and apart from Leonardo DiCaprio playing Hughes and having starred in that other multi-Oscar winner, Titanic (built in Belfast), the screenplay for The Aviator was written by John Logan, whose parents came from Belfast.