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 +'''''Hugo''''' is a 2011 [[3D film|3D]] [[Adventure film|adventure]] [[drama film]] based on [[Brian Selznick]]'s novel ''[[The Invention of Hugo Cabret]]'' about a boy who lives alone in a Paris railway station and the enigmatic owner of a toy shop there. It is directed by [[Martin Scorsese]] and written by [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]]. It is a co-production of [[Graham King]]'s GK Films and [[Johnny Depp]]'s [[Infinitum Nihil]]. The film stars [[Asa Butterfield]], [[Chloë Moretz|Chloë Grace Moretz]], [[Ben Kingsley]], [[Sacha Baron Cohen]], [[Ray Winstone]], [[Emily Mortimer]], and [[Jude Law]].
 +
 +''Hugo'' is Scorsese’s first film shot in [[3-D film|3D]], of 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 distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] and released in the U.S. on 23 November 2011.
 +
 +==Plot==
 +In 1931, Hugo Cabret, a young boy whose mother has died, lives with his father, a master clockmaker in Paris. Hugo's father takes him to see films and loves the films of [[Georges Méliès]] best of all. Hugo's father dies in a museum fire, and Hugo is taken away by his uncle, an alcoholic watchmaker who is responsible for maintaining the clocks in the railway station. His uncle teaches him to take care of the clocks, then disappears. Hugo lives between the walls of the station, maintaining the clocks, stealing food and working on his father's most ambitious project: repairing a broken [[automaton]] — a mechanical man who is supposed to write with a pen. Hugo steals mechanical parts in the station to repair the automaton, but he is caught by a toy store owner who takes away Hugo's blueprints for the automaton. The automaton is missing one part — a heart–shaped key. Convinced that the automaton contains a message from his father, Hugo goes to desperate lengths to fix the machine. He gains the assistance of Isabelle, a girl close to his age and the goddaughter of the toy shop owner. He introduces Isabelle to the movies, which her godfather has never let her see. Isabelle turns out to have the key to the automaton. When they use the key to activate the automaton, it produces a drawing of a film scene Hugo remembers his father telling him about. They discover that the film was created by Georges Méliès, Isabelle's godfather, an early — but now neglected and disillusioned — cinema legend, and that the automaton was a beloved creation of his from his days as a magician. In the end, the children reconnect Georges with his past and with a new generation of cinema aficionados which has come to appreciate his work.
 +
 +==Cast==
 +* [[Ben Kingsley]] as Papa [[Georges Méliès|Georges]], the toy shop owner
 +* [[Asa Butterfield]] as Hugo Cabret
 +* [[Chloë Moretz|Chloë Grace Moretz]] as Isabelle, Georges' goddaughter
 +* [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] as Inspector Gustav
 +* [[Jude Law]] as Hugo's father, a clockmaker
 +* [[Christopher Lee]] as Monsieur Labisse, the bookshop owner
 +* [[Helen McCrory]] as [[Jeanne d'Alcy|Mama Jeanne]], Georges' wife
 +* [[Michael Stuhlbarg]] as René Tabard, a film historian
 +* [[Emily Mortimer]] as Lisette, the flower girl
 +* [[Ray Winstone]] as Claude Cabret, Hugo's uncle.
 +* [[Frances de la Tour]] as Madame Emile, the owner of the café
 +* [[Richard Griffiths]] as Monsieur Frick, the newspaper seller
 +* [[Marco Aponte]] as train engineer assistant
 +
 +==Video game==
 +[[THQ]] and Paramount Digital Entertainment will release the game on the [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] with [[Jude Law]] reprising his role as Hugo's father and [[Joshua Seth]] playing Hugo Cabret (replacing [[Asa Butterfield]]).
 +
 +==Production==
 +[[Graham King|GK Films]] acquired the screen rights to ''[[The Invention of Hugo Cabret]]'' shortly after the book was published in 2007. ''Hugo'' was filmed at London’s [[Shepperton Studios]] as well as on locations in [[London]], [[Paris]] and the [[Nene Valley Railway]] near [[Peterborough]], who also loaned their original [[Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits]] rolling stock to the studio.
 +
 +==Reception==
 +===Critical reception===
 +''Hugo'' has received universal critical acclaim. Review tallying website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 157 of the tallied 168 reviews were positive, for a score of 93% and a certification of "fresh". In comparison, [[Metacritic]], which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 83 based on 41 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
 +
 +[[Roger Ebert]] of ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' gave the film four-out-of-four stars saying "''Hugo'' is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life. We feel a great artist has been given command of the tools and resources he needs to make a [[movie about—movies]]."
 +
 +''Hugo'' was selected for the [[Royal Film Performance]] 2011 with a screening at the Odeon, Leicester Square in London on Monday, 28 November 2011 in the presence of TRH [[Charles, Prince of Wales|The Prince of Wales]] and [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|The Duchess of Cornwall]] in support of the [[Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund]].
 +
 +[[Richard Corliss]] of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named it one of the Top 10 Best Movies of 2011, saying "Scorsese's love poem, rendered gorgeously in 3-D, restores both the reputation of an early pioneer and the glory of movie history — the birth of a popular art form given new life through a master's application of the coolest new techniques".
 +
 +=== Top ten lists ===
 +The film has appeared on the following critics' top ten lists for the best films of 2011:
 +{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 +|-
 +! Critic
 +! Publication
 +! Rank
 +|-
 +| Sasha Stone || Awards Daily || 1st
 +|-
 +| David Denby || The New Yorker || 1st
 +|-
 +| Noel Murray || A.V. Club || 2nd
 +|-
 +| Glenn Kenny || MSN Movies || 2nd
 +|-
 +| Peter Hartlaub || San Francisco Chronicle || 2nd
 +|-
 +| Richard Corliss || [[Time (magazine)|Time]] || 2nd
 +|-
 +| [[Roger Ebert]] || Chicago Sun-Times || 4th
 +|-
 +| Lisa Schwarzbaum || Entertainment Weekly || 4th
 +|-
 +| Richard Brody || The New Yorker || 4th
 +|-
 +| Peter Paras || [[E! Online]] || 5th
 +|-
 +| {{n/a}} || MTV || 5th
 +|-
 +| Keith Phipps || A.V. Club || 6th
 +|-
 +| Todd McCarthy || The Hollywood Reporter || 6th
 +|-
 +| Peter Travers || Rolling Stone || 6th
 +|-
 +| {{n/a}} || [[TV Guide]] || 7th
 +|-
 +| J. Hoberman || Village Voice || 8th
 +|-
 +| Kim Morgan || MSN Movies ||9th
 +|-
 +| Sean Axmaker || [[MSN]] Movies || 10th
 +|-
 +| Glenn Heath Jr. || Slant || 10th
 +|-
 +| Jeff Simon || Buffalo News || {{n/a}}
 +|-
 +| Manohla Dargis || [[The New York Times]] || {{n/a}}
 +|-
 +| Phillip French || The Observer || {{n/a}}
 +|}
 +
 +===Accolades===
 +[[Golden Globe Awards]]
 +*Pending - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama|Best Motion Picture - Drama]]
 +*Pending - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]] - [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +*Pending - [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] - [[Howard Shore]]
 +
 +[[National Board of Review]]
 +
 +*[[Best Picture]]
 +*[[Best Director]] - [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +
 +[[New York Film Critics Circle Award]]
 +* Nominated –(2nd place) [[Best Director]]
 +* Nominated –(3rd place) [[Best Film]]
 +
 +[[Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards]]
 +*[[Best Director]] - [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +*[[Best Art Direction]] – Dante Ferretti
 +* Nominated – [[Best Film]]
 +* Nominated – Best Acting Ensemble
 +* Nominated – [[Best Adapted Screenplay]] - [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Cinematography]] - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Score]] - [[Howard Shore]]
 +
 +[[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards]]
 +*[[Best Production Design]] - [[Dante Ferretti]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Film]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Director]] [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Adapted Screenplay]] - [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]]
 +* Nominated - [[Best Cinematography]][[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Editing]][[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Score]] - [[Howard Shore]]
 +
 +[[Boston Society of Film Critics Award]]
 +*[[Best Director]] - [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Film]]
 +* Nominated – (2nd place) [[Best Cinematography]] - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
 +* Nominated – (2nd place) [[Best Editing]] - [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
 +
 +[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]]
 +* Nominated –(2nd place) [[Best Director]] – [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Production Design]] – Dante Ferretti
 +
 +[[Las Vegas Film Critics Society]]
 +*[[Best Family Film]]
 +*[[Best Best Film Editing]] - [[Thelma Schoonmaker]]
 +*[[Best Youth in Film]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Film]]
 +
 +[[Indiana Film Critics Association]]
 +* Nominated – [[Best Film]]
 +* Nominated – (2nd place) [[Best Musical Score]]
 +
 +[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]
 +* Best Picture - ''Pending''
 +* Best Director - [[Martin Scorsese]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Young Actor/Actress - Asa Butterfield - ''Pending''
 +* Best Adapted Screenplay - [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Cinematography - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] -''Pending''
 +* Best Editing - [[Thelma Schoonmaker]] -''Pending''
 +* Best Production Design - Dante Ferretti - ''Pending''
 +* Best Score - [[Howard Shore]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Costume Design – [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato - ''Pending''
 +* Best Sound - ''Pending''
 +* Best Youth Actress - Chloe Grace Moretz - ''Pending''
 +
 +[[Chicago Film Critics Association]]
 +* Nominated - {{Best Picture}}
 +* Nominated - {{Best Director}} - [[Martin Scorsese (director)|Martin Scorsese]]
 +* Nominated - {{Best Adapted Screenplay}} - [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]]
 +* Nominated - {{Best Cinematography}} - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]]
 +* Nominated - {{Best Score}} - [[Howard Shore]]
 +
 +[[Phoenix Film Critics Society]]
 +* Best Picture - ''Pending''
 +* Best Director - [[Martin Scorsese]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Adapted Screenplay - [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Cinematography - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] -''Pending''
 +* Best Production Design - Dante Ferretti - ''Pending''
 +* Best Costume Design – [[Sandy Powell (costume designer)|Sandy Powell]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato - ''Pending''
 +* Best Live Action Family Film - ''Pending''
 +
 +[[Detroit Film Critics Society]]
 +* Nominated - {{Best Picture}}
 +* Nominated - {{Best Director}} - [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +
 +[[Satellite Awards]]
 +* Best Picture - ''Pending''
 +* Best Director - [[Martin Scorsese]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Art Direction and Production Design - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo - ''Pending''
 +* Best Cinematography - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] -''Pending''
 +* Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato - ''Pending''
 +
 +[[Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
 +* Best Picture - ''Pending''
 +* Best Director - [[Martin Scorsese]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Cinematography - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] -''Pending''
 +
 +[[Alliance for Women Film Journalist]]
 +* Best Picture - ''Pending''
 +* Best Director - [[Martin Scorsese]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Adapted Screenplay - [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] - ''Pending''
 +* Best Cinematography - [[Robert Richardson (cinematographer)|Robert Richardson]] -''Pending''
 +* Best Editing - [[Thelma Schoonmaker]] -''Pending''
 +
 +==References to real-world history==
 +The overall backstory and primary features of [[Georges Méliès]]' life as depicted in the film are largely accurate: he did become interested in film after seeing a demonstration of the [[Lumière brothers]]' camera, he was a magician and toymaker, he experimented with automata, he did own a theatre ([[Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin|Theatre Robert-Houdin]]), he was forced into [[bankruptcy]], his film stock was reportedly melted down for its cellulose, he became a toy salesman at the [[Gare Montparnasse|Montparnasse station]], and he was eventually awarded the [[Légion d'honneur]] (Legion of honor) medal after a period of terrible neglect. Many of the early silent films shown in the movie are Méliès' actual works such as ''[[A Trip to the Moon|Le voyage dans la lune]]'' (1902).
 +
 +
 +The automaton was inspired by one made by the Swiss watchmaker Henri Maillardet, which Selznick had seen in the Franklin Museum, Philadelphia It is similar to two famous [[Jaquet-Droz automata]]—the Writer and the Draughtsman.
 +
 +A dream sequence in the film depicts the famous [[Gare Montparnasse#1895 derailment|Gare Montparnasse railway derailment]].
 +
 +Emil Lager, Ben Addis, and Robert Gill make cameo appearances as [[Django Reinhardt]], the father of jazz guitar, [[Salvador Dali]], the Spanish surrealist painter, and [[James Joyce]], the Irish writer, respectively. The names of all three characters appear towards the end of the film's cast credit list.
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Hugo is a 2011 3D adventure drama film based on Brian Selznick's novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret about a boy who lives alone in a Paris railway station and the enigmatic owner of a toy shop there. It is directed by Martin Scorsese and written by John Logan. It is a co-production of Graham King's GK Films and Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil. The film stars Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, and Jude Law.

Hugo is Scorsese’s first film shot in 3D, of 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 distributed by Paramount Pictures and released in the U.S. on 23 November 2011.

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Plot

In 1931, Hugo Cabret, a young boy whose mother has died, lives with his father, a master clockmaker in Paris. Hugo's father takes him to see films and loves the films of Georges Méliès best of all. Hugo's father dies in a museum fire, and Hugo is taken away by his uncle, an alcoholic watchmaker who is responsible for maintaining the clocks in the railway station. His uncle teaches him to take care of the clocks, then disappears. Hugo lives between the walls of the station, maintaining the clocks, stealing food and working on his father's most ambitious project: repairing a broken automaton — a mechanical man who is supposed to write with a pen. Hugo steals mechanical parts in the station to repair the automaton, but he is caught by a toy store owner who takes away Hugo's blueprints for the automaton. The automaton is missing one part — a heart–shaped key. Convinced that the automaton contains a message from his father, Hugo goes to desperate lengths to fix the machine. He gains the assistance of Isabelle, a girl close to his age and the goddaughter of the toy shop owner. He introduces Isabelle to the movies, which her godfather has never let her see. Isabelle turns out to have the key to the automaton. When they use the key to activate the automaton, it produces a drawing of a film scene Hugo remembers his father telling him about. They discover that the film was created by Georges Méliès, Isabelle's godfather, an early — but now neglected and disillusioned — cinema legend, and that the automaton was a beloved creation of his from his days as a magician. In the end, the children reconnect Georges with his past and with a new generation of cinema aficionados which has come to appreciate his work.

Cast

Video game

THQ and Paramount Digital Entertainment will release the game on the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS with Jude Law reprising his role as Hugo's father and Joshua Seth playing Hugo Cabret (replacing Asa Butterfield).

Production

GK Films acquired the screen rights to The Invention of Hugo Cabret shortly after the book was published in 2007. Hugo was filmed at London’s Shepperton Studios as well as on locations in London, Paris and the Nene Valley Railway near Peterborough, who also loaned their original Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits rolling stock to the studio.

Reception

Critical reception

Hugo has received universal critical acclaim. Review tallying website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 157 of the tallied 168 reviews were positive, for a score of 93% and a certification of "fresh". In comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 83 based on 41 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four-out-of-four stars saying "Hugo is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life. We feel a great artist has been given command of the tools and resources he needs to make a movie about—movies."

Hugo was selected for the Royal Film Performance 2011 with a screening at the Odeon, Leicester Square in London on Monday, 28 November 2011 in the presence of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall in support of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund.

Richard Corliss of Time named it one of the Top 10 Best Movies of 2011, saying "Scorsese's love poem, rendered gorgeously in 3-D, restores both the reputation of an early pioneer and the glory of movie history — the birth of a popular art form given new life through a master's application of the coolest new techniques".

Top ten lists

The film has appeared on the following critics' top ten lists for the best films of 2011:

Critic Publication Rank
Sasha Stone Awards Daily 1st
David Denby The New Yorker 1st
Noel Murray A.V. Club 2nd
Glenn Kenny MSN Movies 2nd
Peter Hartlaub San Francisco Chronicle 2nd
Richard Corliss Time 2nd
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 4th
Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly 4th
Richard Brody The New Yorker 4th
Peter Paras E! Online 5th
Template:N/a MTV 5th
Keith Phipps A.V. Club 6th
Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter 6th
Peter Travers Rolling Stone 6th
Template:N/a TV Guide 7th
J. Hoberman Village Voice 8th
Kim Morgan MSN Movies 9th
Sean Axmaker MSN Movies 10th
Glenn Heath Jr. Slant 10th
Jeff Simon Buffalo News Template:N/a
Manohla Dargis The New York Times Template:N/a
Phillip French The Observer Template:N/a

Accolades

Golden Globe Awards

National Board of Review

New York Film Critics Circle Award

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

Boston Society of Film Critics Award

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Indiana Film Critics Association

Broadcast Film Critics Association

  • Best Picture - Pending
  • Best Director - Martin Scorsese - Pending
  • Best Young Actor/Actress - Asa Butterfield - Pending
  • Best Adapted Screenplay - John Logan - Pending
  • Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson -Pending
  • Best Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker -Pending
  • Best Production Design - Dante Ferretti - Pending
  • Best Score - Howard Shore - Pending
  • Best Costume Design – Sandy Powell - Pending
  • Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato - Pending
  • Best Sound - Pending
  • Best Youth Actress - Chloe Grace Moretz - Pending

Chicago Film Critics Association

Phoenix Film Critics Society

  • Best Picture - Pending
  • Best Director - Martin Scorsese - Pending
  • Best Adapted Screenplay - John Logan - Pending
  • Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson -Pending
  • Best Production Design - Dante Ferretti - Pending
  • Best Costume Design – Sandy Powell - Pending
  • Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato - Pending
  • Best Live Action Family Film - Pending

Detroit Film Critics Society

Satellite Awards

  • Best Picture - Pending
  • Best Director - Martin Scorsese - Pending
  • Best Art Direction and Production Design - Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo - Pending
  • Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson -Pending
  • Best Visual Effects - Robert Legato - Pending

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Alliance for Women Film Journalist

References to real-world history

The overall backstory and primary features of Georges Méliès' life as depicted in the film are largely accurate: he did become interested in film after seeing a demonstration of the Lumière brothers' camera, he was a magician and toymaker, he experimented with automata, he did own a theatre (Theatre Robert-Houdin), he was forced into bankruptcy, his film stock was reportedly melted down for its cellulose, he became a toy salesman at the Montparnasse station, and he was eventually awarded the Légion d'honneur (Legion of honor) medal after a period of terrible neglect. Many of the early silent films shown in the movie are Méliès' actual works such as Le voyage dans la lune (1902).


The automaton was inspired by one made by the Swiss watchmaker Henri Maillardet, which Selznick had seen in the Franklin Museum, Philadelphia It is similar to two famous Jaquet-Droz automata—the Writer and the Draughtsman.

A dream sequence in the film depicts the famous Gare Montparnasse railway derailment.

Emil Lager, Ben Addis, and Robert Gill make cameo appearances as Django Reinhardt, the father of jazz guitar, Salvador Dali, the Spanish surrealist painter, and James Joyce, the Irish writer, respectively. The names of all three characters appear towards the end of the film's cast credit list.




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