Hugo (2011)
Based on The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Hugo follows the titular character, a young boy living alone in a train station in Paris. While working to restore an automaton found by his late father, Hugo becomes involved in a mystery surrounding the automaton and filmmaker Georges Méliès. Asa Butterfield stars as Hugo, with Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Jude Law as part of the main cast.
Hugo
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- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Release Date
- November 22, 2011
- Studio(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount Pictures
- Cast
- Sacha Baron Cohen , Jude Law , Ben Kingsley , Ray Winstone , Emily Mortimer , Christopher Lee , Asa Butterfield , Chloe Grace Moretz
- Writers
- John Logan , Brian Selznick
- Runtime
- 126 minutes
- Budget
- $150 million
Summary
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.
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