Put this on The Aviator DVD!!

I bought it last week for 22 Swiss Franks (ca. 15 US-Dollars). So, if you can find it in Switzerland, it can't be that hard to find...but why not put it on the Aviator-DVD...

what I can't find is a SCarface-DVD. Does anyone know where I can order it? (not the DePalma one... ;-))

I thought England was in a different DVD "zone" (than here in the USA)? I wish that it was easier to buy global players but that would probably cause millions of pirate DVDs from Asia. Anyway, WRT the zones, I don't think it is done by language but rather by geographic location. Canada and the US share a zone (I think, I need to brush up on this topic).

I really wanted to say that I am watching the "The Aviator" on DVD as I type this. I logged in to see what was said about "Hell's Angels" in terms of the casualties from the production of the film. They depicted the filming to be extremely dangerous (one event was that the camera plane had its top camera film spool knocked off by a plane flying the other way. It also had the appearance of having no central choreographer and I know that can't have been nearly as bad as depicted in "The Aviator". They would not have been able to catch even a small fraction of the mayhem flying all around. They mentioned "26" cameras and the plane flown by Hughes was carrying at least 4 or 5 of them. So...I was surprised to see only 3 pilot deaths but it appears thankfully that many of the crashes were not fatal. Speaking of which, that plane crash that Hughes survived was apparently realistic (both actually, but I was thinking of the one that he got burned in). That guy Had more lives than a cat.

When I was a kid, I was really in to auto and plane design and engineering. I also remember reading some stories about Howard Hughes when he was reported to be living in the top floor (the entire floor) of a hotel in Vegas. The film "Diamonds are Forever" pokes a little fun at a character obviously based on Howard Hughes. The point I am getting too is that it never occurred to me that Hughes Airline and Howard Hughes had any connection at all. Only as an adult when I was more curious about the real story behind the legend of the rich old man did I learn about the story as depicted in the film "The Aviator". I am glad to see the film made. He deserved to have it told in this honest and balanced depiction. He was a smart guy that surrounded himself with people loyal enough to work with him and protect him without exploiting him (not too much anyway).

One of the best scenes in the movie was when Errol Flynn picked some food off of Howard's plate and nobody else understood how much that freaked him out and ruined his appetite. He excused himself a few minutes later with a few brief words to brush off Flynn and the other diner making Ms. Hepburn think he as a heroic gentleman protecting his lady from the crass men that invited themselves sit at their table. As he gets up and walks out with Kathryn, somebody started to mouth off to the drunk Errol Flynn and the camera over shoulder of the romantic couple shows a minor punch-fest starting up. I can't remember what the title is but I think there is a pretty good Errol Flynn dramatized biography (like "The Aviator") that I caught a few minutes of. I sure would like to see the whole film when I figure that out.

My final parting thoughts are that "The Aviator" has some really gorgeous depictions of the prototype planes. For the reasons I have listed here the film is worth owning on DVD.