Hugo

Year:

2011

Duration:

USA:126 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Mystery

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Awards:

Won 5 Oscars. Another 59 wins & 138 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2011-11-23

Filming Locations: Théâtre de l'Athénée, Paris, France

Earnings

Budget: $170,000,000

Opening Weekend: $11,364,505 (USA) (21 February 2012)

Gross: $73,820,094 (USA) (8 April 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Helen McCrory

Hugo

Chloë Grace Moretz

Hugo

Asa Butterfield

Hugo

Ben Kingsley

Georges Méliès

Sacha Baron Cohen

Station Inspector

Ray Winstone

Uncle Claude

Emily Mortimer

Lisette

Christopher Lee

Monsieur Labisse

Michael Stuhlbarg

Rene Tabard

Frances de la Tour

Madame Emilie

Richard Griffiths

Monsieur Frick

Jude Law

Hugo's Father

Kevin Eldon

Policeman

Gulliver McGrath

Young Tabard

Shaun Aylward

Street Kid

Emil Lager

Django Reinhardt

Angus Barnett

Theatre Manager

Edmund Kingsley

Camera Technician

Max Wrottesley

Train Engineer

Marco Aponte

Train Engineer Assistant

Ilona Cheshire

Café Waitress

Francesca Scorsese

Child at Café

Emily Surgent

Child at Café

Lily Carlson

Child at Café

Frederick Warder

Arabian Knight

Christos Lawton

Arabian Knight

Tomos James

Arabian Knight

Ed Sanders

Young Tabard's Brother

Terence Frisch

Circus Barker

Max Cane

Circus Barker

Frank Bourke

Gendarme

Stephen Box

Gendarme

Ben Addis

Salvador Dali

Robert Gill

James Joyce

Mihai Arsene

French Fisherman (uncredited)

Lasco Atkins

Talent scout (uncredited)

Catherine Balavage

Girl in Cafe (uncredited)

Graham Curry

Railway Porteur 71 (uncredited)

Amanda Dyar

Train Station Pedestrian (uncredited)

Eric Haldezos

Policeman (uncredited)

Lorenzo Harani

Guest at the gala Méliès (uncredited)

Kostas Katsikis

Business Man (uncredited)

Helen Kingston

Mermaid (uncredited)

Hugo Malpeyre

Theater Guest (uncredited)

Ed Pearce

Business Man (uncredited)

Gino Picciano

Worker (uncredited)

Gemma Rourke

Circus Audience (uncredited)

Martin Scorsese

Photographer (uncredited)

Brian Selznick

Party Guest (uncredited)

Nick Shaw

Passenger on Train (uncredited)

Jane Staiano

Parisian Commuter (uncredited)

Grégoire Thoby

An usher (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The poem Isabelle recites in the train station to Inspector Gustav is "A Birthday" by Christina Georgina Rossetti.

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During the early scene which introduces the interior of the train station, there are appearances by characters representing Django Reinhardt, James Joyce, and Winston Churchill.

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The cam mechanism in the automaton is heavily inspired by the machinery in the Jaquet-Droz automata, built between 1768 and 1774. Indeed these automata are still in working condition (they can be seen at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Neuchâtel, in Switzerland) and are capable of drawing figures as complicated as the drawing depicted in the film. Many nuances such as the head following the pen as it was drawing and dipping the pen in ink were also present in the automata in real life.

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Goofs

When Hugo sees the key it is on the ballast (the stones) between the tracks, but in the next shot it is on one of the sleepers.

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At minute number 4, you see Hugo looking at Melies' shop from above (from behind a #4 in a clock). As Melies winds up the mouse and falls asleep, Hugo walks out from behind the walls without changing levels. He never goes down stairs to be at floor level.

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The movie is set in 1931. From 1925 to 1934 the Eiffel tower had illuminated signs for Citroën adorned three of the tower's four sides. However in the movie the lights on the tower are as they are today, with no Citroën sign on it.

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Quotes

Georges Méliès: If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from, you look around... this is where they're made.

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Georges Méliès: My life has taught me one lesson, Hugo Cabret, and not the one I thought it would. Happy endings only happen in the movies.

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Georges Méliès: My friends, I address you all tonight as you truly are; wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, magicians... Come and dream with me.

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Faq

Q

Is 'Hugo' based on a book?

A

Yes. Hugo is based on The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007), a novel by American author of children's book, Brian Selznick. The book was adapted for the movie by American screenwriter John Logan.

Q

Did Johnny Depp play a cameo as a band member?

A

No. Johnny Depp was a producer on the film and was offered a different cameo part, but he was busy filming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) at the time. The actor playing Django Reinhardt is, as stated in the credits, Emil Lager, although he does look a bit like Johnny Depp.

Q

How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?

A

For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Hugo can be found here.

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