Hugo Review

Hugo


Release Date: 12th January 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (present)
GK Films (present)
Infinitum Nihil

Dean Street Productions (in association with)

Future Capital Partners (in association with)

Screen Capital International (in association with)

Distribution
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 126 minutes


Budget: $150,000,000

Box Office Gross: $185,770,310 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
In 1931, an orphan boy named Hugo had lived in the walls of a Paris train station and enjoyed tending the railway clocks while struggling to survive and avoiding the bumbling Railway Inspector. He gets caught up in a mystery that involves his automaton, which was left to him by his deceased father.


Cast
Asa Butterfield - Hugo Cabret
Ben Kingsley - Papa Georges
Chloë Grace Moretz - Isabelle
Sacha Baron Cohen - Inspector Gustave
Ray Winstone - Uncle Claude
Jude Law - Hugo's Father
Christopher Lee - Monsieur

Labisse
Helen McCrory - Mama Jeanne
Michael Stuhlbarg - Rene Tabard
Emily Mortimer - Lisette
Frances de la Tour - Madame Emile
Richard Griffiths - Monsieur Frick

Kevin Eldon - Policeman

Gulliver McGrath - Young Tabard

Shaun Alyward - Street Kid

Emil Lager - Django Reinhardt

Angus Barnett - Theatre Manager

Edmund Kingsley - Technician

Max Wrottesley - Train Engineer

Marco Aponte - Train Engineer Assistant

Ed Sanders - Young Tabard's Brother

Ben Addis - Salvador Dali

Robert Gill - James Joyce

Martin Scorsese - Photographer (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Michael Pitt - Projectionist (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Brian Selznick - Party Guest (Cameo)

(Uncredited)

Crew
Producer/Director - Martin Scorsese
Based on the Book "The Invention of Hugo

Cabret" - Brian Selznick

Screenplay - John Logan

Executive Producers - David Crockett,

Barbara De Fina, Christi Dembrowski

and Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Executive Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Georgia Kacandes

Executive Producer (Uncredited)/Unit

Production Manager - Charles Newrith

Producers - Johnny Depp,
Tim Headington and Graham King

Casting Director: Australia - Christine King

Animal Trainers - Matilda de Cagny

and Agni Horak

Train Consultant - Clive Lamming 

Production Designer - Dante Ferretti

Supervising Art Director - David Warren

Art Directors - Martin Foley, Christian Huband,

Rod McLean, Stuart Rose, Luca Tranchino,

Dimitri Capuani (Uncredited) and Steve Carter

(Uncredited)

Art Department/Model Lead: New Deal

Studios - Patrick Dunn-Baker (Uncredited)

Artist/Automaton Maker - Thomas Kuntz 

Set Decorator - Francesca Lo Schiavo

Property Master - David Balfour
Costume Designer - Sandy Powell

Makeup Designer - Morag Ross

Makeup and Hair Designer: Ben Kingsley -

Ann Buchanan

Hair Designer - Jan Archibald
Director of Photography - Robert Richardson

"B" Camera/Steadicam Operator - Larry McConkey

First Assistant "A" Camera - Gregor Tavenner

Unit Production Manager - Angus More Gordon

Production Coordinator - Hannah Goodwin

Co-Second Assistant Directors - Tom Brewster

and Fraser Fennell-Ball

Second Unit Director/Director of Photography/

Visual Effects Supervisor - Robert Legato

Stunt Coordinator - Doug Coleman

Assistant Stunt Coordinator - Richard Bradshaw

Special Effects Supervisor - Joss Williams

Special Effects Coordinator/Buyer -

Andrea Williams
Visual Effects Supervisor - Ben Grossman

Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - John Knoll

Visual Effects Supervisor: New Deal Studios -

Matthew Gratzner

Visual Effects Producers - Karen M. Murphy,

Pam Hammarlund (Uncredited) and Lucy Killick

(Uncredited)

Visual Effects Editors - Javier Marcheselli

and Kosta Saric
Digital Effects Supervisor - Alex Henning

Digital Set Designer: New Deal Studios -

Forest P. Fischer (Uncredited)

3D Stereographer - Demetri Portelli

Editor - Thelma Schoonmaker

Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer/

Effects Editor - Eugene Gearty

Supervising Sound/Dialogue Editor -

Phillip Stockton

Production Sound Mixer - John Midgley

Re-Recording Mixer - Tom Fleischman

Foley Recording Engineer - George A. Lara

Foley Artist - Marko A. Contanzo
Music - Howard Shore

Music Supervisor - Randall Poster

Music Coordinator - Karen Elliott

Awards

2012 Academy Awards
Best Art Direction - Dante Ferretti
and Francesca Lo Schiavo (Won)
Best Cinematography - Robert Richardson (Won)
Best Sound Editing - Phillip Stockton
and Eugene Gearty (Won)
Best Sound Mixing - Tom Fleischman

and John Midgley (Won)
Best Visual Effects - Rob Legato, Joss Williams,
Ben Grossman and Alex Henning (Won)
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Best Costume Design - Sandy Powell (Nominated)
Best Director - Martin Scorsese (Nominated)
Best Film Editing - Thelma Schoonmaker (Nominated)
Best Picture (Nominated)
Best Adapted Screenplay - John Logan (Nominated)


Review
The director, Martin Scorsese, made HUGO a mechanical masterpiece without a dull moment. I didn't know that the movie was an ode to silent classics that allowed us to experience the magic of cinema. I find it very enthralling in this moving family flick. The acting in the film was truly incredible. I applaud Ben Kingsley, who does an excellent job portraying a character who invented the term filmmaking. We won't guess who that name was. I must comment on the young, up-and-coming actor Asa Butterfield, whose innocent looks suit him in playing the title character. I can't forget that Sacha Baron Cohen had a lovely time in his supporting role as the clumsy train inspector.

A terrific and impressive picture for all ages, HUGO is a 3D must-see. Many of you, like myself, would be disappointed that HUGO did not win an Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards (which went to the silent movie The Artist). I'm adding HUGO to my favourite movie list. Now, don't you miss it?

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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