Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, and Eileen Essell appeared in Finding Neverland (2004).
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Martin Scorsese screened 3-D prints of House of Wax (1953) and Dial M for Murder (1954) for the cast and crew as part of the preparation for filming this movie in 3-D.
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Martin Scorsese portrays the photographer in the scene where Georges Méliès and his wife are being photographed in front of their new studio building.
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Martin Scorsese said that when he read the book, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret", he felt an immediate connection to the story.
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Sir Ben Kingsley based his characterization of Georges Méliès on Martin Scorsese.
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During the early scene which introduces the interior of the train station, there are appearances by characters representing Django Reinhardt, James Joyce, and Sir Winston Churchill.
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Michael Pitt: The star of Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire (2010) has an uncredited appearance as the projectionist.
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Emily Mortimer and Sir Ben Kingsley worked with Martin Scorsese on Shutter Island (2010).
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Robert Richardson's win on the Oscar's cinematographic category for this movie, means that he, Emmanuel Lubezki, and Vittorio Storaro are the only present living cinematographers to win the award three times.
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The music during the scene in which Hugo and Isabelle read the book The Invention of Dreams, about the history of filmmaking, is Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. He is considered to be the first composer to write an official movie soundtrack for The Assassination of the Duke de Guise (1908), making this musical reference quite apt.
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This movie takes place in 1931.
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Martin Scorsese's first PG rated movie in eighteen years. His first was The Age of Innocence (1993).
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The train station depicted is the Gare Montparnasse. The real-life Georges Méliès worked as a toymaker at that station after World War I. The derailment scene during Hugo's dream is a reference to the infamous 1895 derailment at the station.
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Brian Selznick: The author of the book can be seen at the end of the movie at Méliès' apartment. He is the one wearing glasses following behind Méliès and the film professor.
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Sacha Baron Cohen said the reason he agreed to appear in this movie was because he wanted to work with Martin Scorsese.
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There are several references to James Joyce in the movie. In the beginning, he is standing in the café. Also, the frozen people outside of the apartment building are a direct reference to Joyce's short story "The Dead", which has the central character imagining frozen people in the snow all over Ireland.
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When Hugo is seen for the last time, he has just done a card trick and is showing off the three of clubs, which is always "your card" in card tricks by Penn and Teller.
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Martin Scorsese's first theatrical movie in twelve years not starring Leonardo DiCaprio. His last theatrical movie without DiCaprio was Bringing Out the Dead (1999).
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The driving force behind the movie was Martin Scorsese's young daughter Francesca Scorsese, who presented him a copy of the Brian Selznick book as a birthday gift, hoping that he would make a movie out of it someday. It was also her suggestion to have the movie presented in 3-D. Rather than having the 3-D accomplished by post-conversion, Scorsese decided to have it shot in native format, so together with Visual Effects Supervisor Robert Legato and Cinematographer Robert Richardson, they spent (before filming) about two weeks at the Cameron/Pace group doing a crash course on filming in that format.
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Martin Scorsese sent Screenwriter John Logan the book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick. When John Logan began reading the book, he completely understood why Martin Scorsese was interested in adapting it.
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Hugo - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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