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Hugo [2011] ... |  | |
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Length: | 126 minutes (2 hours 6 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | PG | Sorting Category: | Family |
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Synopsis: In Paris in 1931, an orphan named Hugo Cabret, who lives in the walls of a train station, is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Reaction: Beautifully made ode to classic cinema.
Personal Rating: 7/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Jude LawJude Law (Hugo's father) only appears on-screen for three minutes.
- Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese and Sir Christopher LeeChristopher Lee were very good friends, but up until 2010, had never worked together. Lee's response when he was asked by Scorsese to appear in Hugo was: "It's about time!"
- After a screening that James CameronJames Cameron attended, he called this movie a "masterpiece", and told Director Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese it was the best use of 3-D he had seen, including his own movies.
- While much of the magic performed is period appropriate, there are a few pieces in this movie which are modern adaptations of classic pieces. The rising card is one of these pieces. It was created and performed on stage by [?] Howard Thurston in the early 1900s. The technology to perform it close-up, with the aid of invisible thread, was not available until the 1960s, and was popularized by magician [?] Fred Kaps.
- Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese's first theatrical movie in twelve years not starring Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprio. His last theatrical movie without DiCaprio was Bringing Out the Dead (1999).
- Sir Ben KingsleyBen Kingsley based his characterization of [?] Georges Méliès on Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese.
- With Sir Christopher LeeChristopher Lee having been born in 1922, makes him the only supporting actor to have lived in the age this movie is set: 1931.
- When Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese decided to adapt The Invention of Hugo Cabret, his first and only choice to portray [?] Georges Méliès was Sir Ben KingsleyBen Kingsley.
- Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese's first PG rated movie in eighteen years. His first was The Age of Innocence (1993).
- When Brian SelznickBrian Selznick heard that Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese wanted to adapt his book, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret", into a movie, Brian SelznickBrian Selznick said, of course it has to be directed by Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese.
- Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese sent Screenwriter John LoganJohn Logan the book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian SelznickBrian Selznick. When John LoganJohn Logan began reading the book, he completely understood why Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese was interested in adapting it.
- Sacha Baron CohenSacha Baron Cohen said the reason he agreed to appear in this movie was because he wanted to work with Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese.
- Hugo also gave director Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese the opportunity to make reference to his passion for film preservation and restoration. Scorcese is the founder and chair of The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation, restoration, and exhibition of classic cinema.
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