Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo’s job is to oil and maintain the station’s clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.
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Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
- Hugo Cabret: Asa Butterfield
- Georges Méliès: Ben Kingsley
- The Station Inspector: Sacha Baron Cohen
- Isabelle: Chloë Grace Moretz
- Uncle Claude: Ray Winstone
- Lisette: Emily Mortimer
- Monsieur Labisse: Christopher Lee
- Mama Jeanne: Helen McCrory
- Rene Rabard: Michael Stuhlbarg
- Madame Emilie: Frances de la Tour
- Monsieur Frick: Richard Griffiths
- Hugo’s Father: Jude Law
- Policeman: Kevin Eldon
- Young Tabard: Gulliver McGrath
- Theatre Manager: Angus Barnett
- Camera Technician: Edmund Kingsley
- Train Engineer: Max Wrottesley
- Julien Carette: Marco Aponte
- Arabian Knight: Christos Lawton
- Salvador Dali: Ben Addis
- Railway Porteur 71 (uncredited): Graham Curry
- Policeman (uncredited): Eric Haldezos
- Theater Guest (uncredited): Hugo Malpeyre
- Worker (uncredited): Gino Picciano
- Projectionist (uncredited): Michael Pitt
- Photographer: Martin Scorsese
- Party Guest (uncredited): Brian Selznick
- Young Tabard’s Brother: Ed Sanders
- Guest at Gala (uncredited): Lorenzo Harani
Film Crew:
- Producer: Johnny Depp
- Director of Photography: Robert Richardson
- Original Music Composer: Howard Shore
- Screenplay: John Logan
- Producer: Martin Scorsese
- Sound Designer: Eugene Gearty
- Casting: Ellen Lewis
- Production Design: Dante Ferretti
- Executive Producer: Georgia Kacandes
- Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
- Post Production Supervisor: Kelley Cribben
- Line Producer: John Bernard
- Executive Producer: Barbara De Fina
- Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Costume Design: Sandy Powell
- Executive Producer: David Crockett
- Executive Producer: Charles Newirth
- Producer: Graham King
- Art Direction: Stuart Rose
- Hairstylist: Laura Schalker
- Thanks: Rick Yorn
- Executive Producer: Emma Tillinger Koskoff
- Foley Editor: Kam Chan
- Foley: Marko Costanzo
- First Assistant Sound Editor: Chris Fielder
- Supervising ADR Editor: Marissa Littlefield
- Producer: Tim Headington
- Visual Effects Editor: Matt Garner
- Thanks: Stephen Castor
- Post Production Supervisor: Michael Solinger
- Stunt Coordinator: Doug Coleman
- Executive Producer: Christi Dembrowski
- Book: Brian Selznick
- Foley: George A. Lara
- Foley: Frank Kern
- Costume Supervisor: David Davenport
- Makeup Designer: Morag Ross
- Dialogue Editor: Philip Stockton
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Ben Grossmann
- Supervising Art Director: David Warren
- Visual Effects: Max Leonard
- Visual Effects Producer: Karen M. Murphy
- Scoring Mixer: Simon Rhodes
- Still Photographer: Jaap Buitendijk
- Visual Effects: Thomas Nittmann
- VFX Artist: Edson Williams
- Digital Effects Supervisor: Alex Henning
- Production Sound Mixer: John Midgley
- Visual Effects: Craig Barron
- Property Master: David Balfour
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Fleischman
- Visual Effects Producer: Michael Kowalski
- Visual Effects Supervisor: John Knoll
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Legato
- Music Editor: Jennifer Dunnington
- Script Supervisor: Martha Pinson
- Stunts: Gillian Aldam
- Digital Intermediate: Marisa Clayton
- Makeup Artist: Kate Benton
- Wigmaker: Stephanie Hovette
- Location Manager: Ben Gladstone
- Gaffer: Lee Walters
- Assistant Costume Designer: Allison Pokladowski
- Transportation Coordinator: Charles Heidet
- Dialogue Editor: Branka Mrkic
- Special Effects Supervisor: Joss Williams
- Art Direction: Martin Foley
- Hair Designer: Jan Archibald
- Makeup Artist: Deborah Jarvis
- Best Boy Electrician: Paul Sharp
- Casting Associate: Meghan Rafferty
- Foley Editor: Jamie Baker
- VFX Artist: Jeremiah Sweeney
- Grip: Lee Eldred
- Hairstylist: Suzanne Stokes-Munton
- First Assistant Director: Christopher Surgent
- Scientific Consultant: Clive Lamming
Movie Reviews:
- Kamurai: Really good watch, might watch again, and can recommend.
Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace-Moretz, Ben Kingsley, and Sacha Baron Cohen all give a great performance in this weird, weird setting of an alt history train station, or hell, maybe this is a true story and I’m just that unfamiliar with the birth of cinema.
There is a great message of love and togetherness in this, but it’s told in such an odd way. It’s very refreshing, but a family movie from the point of view of an orphan is untraditional, and then there is all this theming of mechanics and along with weird dreams. Despite all the artsy fartsy nonsense, the experience and story are both fun and charming.
As long as you have an open mind, I’m sure this will be a fun watch.