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Hugo (2011)
Hugo is a 2011 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese, and adapted for the screen by John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's 2007 book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, it tells the story of a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s, only to become embroiled in a mystery surrounding his late father's automaton and the pioneering filmmaker Georges…
Directed by Martin Scorsese · Shot by Robert Richardson · Cut by Thelma Schoonmaker · Music by Howard Shore · Ratio 1.85:1 · 126 min
How it was made
- The Nene Valley Railway lent the production its original Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits rolling stock for the Shepperton Studios shoot.
- In Paris, a lecture hall at the Sorbonne was converted into a 1930s cinema hall for filming, and the production based itself at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, whose cafeteria served 700 meals a day to cast and crew.
- The film's budget grew from an initial $100 million to between $156 and $170 million.
- Howard Shore's score shares the soundtrack with pre-existing pieces used prominently in the film, including Saint-Saëns's Danse macabre and Satie's Gnossienne No. 1.
Behind the scenes
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