Hugo (2011)

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Genre

drama film, adventure film, mystery film, steampunk film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 06m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 7,714 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy secretly lives in a Paris train station maintaining the clocks after his father dies. He gets involved in a mystery about an old automaton and a filmmaker named Georges Méliès.

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What happens

Hugo is a 2011 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, and adapted for the screen by John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's 2007 book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, it tells the story of a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s, only to become embroiled in a mystery surrounding his late father's automaton and the pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès. Hugo is Scorsese's first film shot in 3D, about which the filmmaker remarked, "I found 3D to be really interesting, because the actors were more upfront emotionally. Their slightest move, their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely." The film was released in the United States on November 23, 2011. Despite receiving considerable acclaim from critics, Hugo was a financial disappointment, grossing only $185 million against its estimated $150 million budget. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture), more than any other film that year, winning a leading five awards: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Visual Effects. It was also nominated for eight BAFTAs, including Best Director, and winning two, and was nominated for three Golden Globes, including Scorsese's third win for Best Director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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