Hugo

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Original title: Hugo
Year: 2011
Running time: 127 min.
Country: United States
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: John Logan (Book: Brian Selznick)
Music: Howard Shore
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helen McCrory, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jude Law, Emily Mortimer, Ray Winstone, Christopher Lee, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Martin Scorsese, Francesca Scorsese
Producer: GK Films / Infinitum Nihil / Paramount Pictures. Producer: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Adventure. Drama. Fantasy. Mystery | 1930s. Film In Film. Steampunk. Family-friendly. 3D. Friendship
Synopsis / Plot: Story centers on a 12-year-old orphan named Hugo, who lives in a train station and must finish what his late father started by solving the mystery of a broken robot. Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield), an orphan boy living in the walls of a Paris train station, meets a girl (Chloë Moretz) who possesses the key to a machine left behind by the father he recently lost. With her help, he searches for the answer to a mystery linking a bitter old toy shop owner, a hidden message from his dead father and a mechanical man.

Based on Brian Selznick's award-winning New York Times bestseller, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret."

Awards: 2011: Academy Awards: 5 technical awards. 11 nominations, including Best Film

2011: National Board of Review: Best Film & Best Director

2011: Golden Globes: Best Director. 3 nominations, including Best Film (Drama)

2011: BAFTA Awards: Best Prod. Design and Sound. 9 Nom, Including Best Director

2011: New York Film Critics Circle: 3 Nominations including Best Film

2011: Critics Choice Awards: Best Art Direction. 11 nominations

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2011: Satellite Awards: Best Visual Effects. 5 nomin., inc. Best Picture & Best Director

2011: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Production Design. 2 Nominations

2011: Nominated for David di Donatello: Best Foreign Film

2011: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - Movies of the Year

2011: Chicago Film Critics Awards: 5 Nominations including Best Picture

2011: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film

2011: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

2011: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay

2012: Sur Awards: Best Foreign Film

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3 Best Movie Posters of 2011 (6)
5 My Top 10 Movies from 2011 (521)
53 Movies with Impressive Art Direction (29)
66 My Favorite Family Movies (23)
69 Most Beautiful Movie Posters in Film History (5)
71 My Favorite Adventure Movies (55)
72 My Favorite Fantasy Movies (44)
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