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Hugo

Hugo (2011)

⭐ 7.5 | PG | 126 minutes
Blu-ray (1 discs ) Digital ✓
Genre: Family & Animation
Aspect Ratio: Wide
Sound: DD 5.1
Academy Awards: 5 Wins , 11 Nominations

Synopsis

The things we lose can sometimes lead us to the very places we're meant to be. Martin Scorsese's "Hugo," adapted from Brian Selznick's "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," follows Hugo (Asa Butterfield), an orphan who secretly lives inside the walls of a 1930s Paris train station, keeping its clocks running after his drunken uncle disappears. He steals food to survive while dodging the station inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen), who sends stray children to the orphanage. His only link to his late father (Jude Law), a clockmaker who died in a museum fire, is a broken mechanical man he's determined to repair, convinced it holds a message for him. With help from bookish Isabelle (Chloë Grace Moretz), Hugo uncovers a mystery tied to her godfather, a bitter toy seller (Ben Kingsley) with a remarkable past. That past leads them back to the dawn of cinema and to the magical films of pioneering French filmmaker Georges Méliès, including "A Trip to the Moon." Helen McCrory and Christopher Lee co-star. Scorsese's first film shot in 3D, and his first family film, it earned 11 Academy Award nominations, the most of any film that year, and won five, including cinematography and visual effects. It's a heartfelt love letter to the magic of the movies.

Cast

Ben Kingsley
Jude Law
Ray Winstone
Christopher Lee
Richard Griffiths
Emily Mortimer
Helen McCrory
Sacha Baron Cohen
Frances de la Tour
Michael Stuhlbarg
Kevin Eldon
Asa Butterfield
Chloë Grace Moretz
Gulliver McGrath
Shaun Aylward

Director

Martin Scorsese

Awards & Nominations

  • Oscar Nominee: Best Costume Design
  • Oscar Nominee: Best Director
  • Oscar Nominee: Best Film Editing
  • Oscar Nominee: Best Music, Original Music Score
  • Oscar Nominee: Best Picture
  • Oscar Nominee: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
  • Oscar Winner: Best Achievement in Sound Editing
  • Oscar Winner: Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
  • Oscar Winner: Best Achievement in Visual Effects
  • Oscar Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
  • Oscar Winner: Best Cinematography

Keywords

Academy Award Winners Adventure Book-To-Film Drama Family Fantasy Film About Film Mystery

Technical Specifications

Audio Languages

English, French, Spanish

Subtitle Languages

English, French, Spanish

Special Features

  • Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
  • Shoot The Moon: The Making Of Hugo
  • The Cinemagician, Georges Melies
  • The Mechanical Man At The Heart Of Hugo
  • Big Effects, Small Scale
  • Sacha Baron Cohen: Role Of A Lifetime
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