Hugo
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Released
- 2011
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
Details
Release year: 2011
Storyline
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Top credits
Asa Butterfield — Hugo Cabret
Chloë Grace Moretz — Isabelle
Christopher Lee — Monsieur Labisse
Ben Kingsley — Georges Méliès
Awards
5 wins & 6 nominations
See all awards →Did you know
• The guitarist, who appeared early in the movie and at the Georges Méliès party near the end, was modeled after famed Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt. The filmmakers even went so far as to have the actor's left-hand match Django's. He doesn't use his fourth and fifth fingers (which were burned in a fire).
• Martin Scorsese and Sir Christopher Lee were excellent friends but, up until 2010, had never worked together. Lee's response when Scorsese asked him to appear in Hugo was: "It's about time!"
• Sir Christopher Lee, having been born in 1922, makes him the only supporting actor to have lived in the age this movie is set: 1931.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $73,864,507
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $11,364,505 (2011-11-27)