Certificate
U
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
Boston Globe - An exhilarating tale of magic, machines, memories, and dreams, Martin Scorsese pulls off the neatest trick of all. He marshals the marvels of modern movie technology - up to and including the dreaded 3-D - to create a love letter to the earliest of movies and, by extension, to every movie from then to now., Salon.com - Instead of sticking with the familiar, Scorsese has followed his impulses into something that feels entirely new but is still distinctively his. He has made a potential holiday classic, an exciting, comic and sentimental melodrama that will satisfy children and adults alike and reward repeat viewings for many years to come., Empire - This is a great director's greatest love story., Time - Bursting with earned emotion, Hugo is a mechanism that comes to life at the turn of a key in the shape of a heart., The Globe And Mail (Toronto) - As well as an engaging fable about a homeless orphan living in a train station, Scorsese's film is a richly illustrated lesson in cinema history and the best argument for 3-D since James Cameron's "AVATAR."
Author
Brian Selznick
Consumer Advice
Contains mild scenes of danger
Additional Information
Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's award-winning novel THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET stars Asa Butterfield, as an orphan boy who lives in a Parisian train station. Sent to live with his drunken uncle after his father's death in a fire, Hugo learned how to wind the massive clocks that run throughout the station. When the uncle disappears one day, Hugo decides to maintain the clocks on his own, hoping nobody will catch on to him squatting in the station. His natural aptitude for engineering leads him to steal gears, tools, and other items from a toy-shop owner who maintains a storefront in the station. Hugo needs these purloined pieces in order to rebuild a mechanical man that was left in the father's care at the museum -- the restoration was a project father and son did together. When Georges (Ben Kingsley), the old man who runs the toy stand, catches on to the thievery, he threatens to turn Hugo over to the station's lone police officer (Sacha Baron Cohen, who makes every effort to send any parentless child in the station to the orphanage. But Hugo's run-in with Georges leads to a friendship with the elderly gentleman's goddaughter, Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz), who unknowingly possesses the last item Hugo needs to make the mechanical man work again.
Movie/TV Title
Hugo
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Awards
Best Visual Effects 2012 - Robert Legato, Best Sound 2012 -, Best Music Original Score (Dramatic/Musical/Comedy) 2012 - Howard Shore, Best Director - Motion Picture 2012 -, Best Director 2012 -, Best Cinematography 2012 -, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 2012 - John Logan
Screenwriter
John Logan, Robert Richardson
Editor
Thelma Schoonmaker
Voice
Richard Griffiths
