Hugo
2011 American adventure drama film · Released October 10, 2011
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.
Cast ages when filming began (June 29, 2010)
- Asa Butterfield, as Hugo Cabret: 13
- Chloë Grace Moretz, as Isabelle: 13
- Ben Kingsley, as Georges Méliès / Papa Georges: 66
- Sacha Baron Cohen, as Inspector Gustave Dasté: 38
- Jude Law, as Mr. Cabret: 37
- Christopher Lee, as Monsieur Labisse: 88
- Helen McCrory, as Jehanne D'Alcy / Mama Jeanne: 41
- Michael Stuhlbarg, as René Tabard: 41
- Emily Mortimer, as Lisette: 38
- Ray Winstone, as Claude Cabret: 53
- Frances de la Tour, as Madame Emile: 65
- Richard Griffiths, as Monsieur Frick: 62
- Martin Scorsese: 67
- Robert Gill, as James Joyce: 205
- Georges Méliès: 148
- Michael Pitt: 29
- Brian Selznick: 43
- Gulliver McGrath, as Young Tabard: 11
- Kevin Eldon, as Policeman: 49