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''Hugo'' is a 2011 American 3D Steampunk-historical adventure drama film directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan. Based on Brian Selznick's novel ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret'', it is about a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s. A co-production between Graham King's GK Films and Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil, the film stars Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Jude Law, Helen McCrory, and Christopher Lee. ''Hugo'' is Scorsese's first film shot in 3D, of which the filmmaker remarked: "I found 3D to be really interesting, because the actors were more upfront emotionally. Their slightest move, their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely." The film was released in the United States on November 23, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Global Sites & Release Dates )〕 The film was received with critical acclaim, with many critics praising its visual design, acting and direction. However, it was financially unsuccessful, grossing only $185 million at the box office and barely surpassing its budget. ''Hugo'' received eleven 2011 Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture), more than any other film that year, and won five awards: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. It was also nominated for eight BAFTAs, winning two, and was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, earning Scorsese his third Golden Globe for Best Director. ==Plot== In 1931, 12-year-old Hugo Cabret lives in Paris with his father, a widowed, but kind and devoted master clockmaker. Hugo's father takes him to see films and loves those of Georges Méliès best of all. When Hugo's father dies in a museum fire, Hugo is taken away by his alcoholic uncle Claude, who maintains the clocks in the railway station of Gare Montparnasse. Claude teaches him how to tend to the clocks, then disappears. Hugo lives a secretive life in the station's hidden chambers and passageways, maintaining the clocks, avoiding the vindictive Station Inspector Gustave and his Doberman Maximilian, and working on his father's most ambitious project: repairing a broken automaton—a mechanical man designed to write with a pen. Hugo begins stealing the parts he needs for the automaton, but a toy-store owner catches him and confiscates his carefully drawn blueprints. The automaton is missing a critical part: a heart-shaped key. Convinced the machine contains a message from his father, Hugo goes to desperate lengths to fix it. He gains the assistance of Isabelle, the toy shop owner's goddaughter. He introduces her to the movies, which her godfather has never let her see. Remarkably, Isabelle turns out to have the automaton's key. When they use it to activate the automaton, it produces a drawing of a film scene Hugo remembers his father telling him about. They discover the film was created by Isabelle's godfather, Georges Méliès—a cinema legend, now neglected and disillusioned—and that the automaton was his beloved creation from his days as a magician. Searching the Méliès household for clues, they find a cache of the filmmaker's fantastic drawings. However, Méliès catches them in the act, admonishes Isabelle, and banishes Hugo from their home. Hugo and Isabelle travel to Paris' great Film Academy Library, where they find a book with photos and biographical information about Méliès. They meet René Tabard, a film expert who venerates Méliès, and who, like most of the film world, assumes Méliès is dead, as he was never seen after World War I brought an abrupt halt to his career. René shows Hugo and Isabelle the collection of rare Méliès memorabilia in his Library office. When he learns Méliès is alive and living in Paris, he is incredulous, then excited at the possibility of meeting the great man. Hugo and Isabelle invite René to the Méliès home, where they encounter Méliès's wife, Jeanne, whom René immediately recognizes as the star of many of Méliès films. René, who has brought a small projector, shows the group his copy of Méliès's surviving film, ''A Trip to the Moon''. When Méliès finds the four in his parlour, he is outraged, but Jeanne convinces him to cherish his glorious accomplishments rather than regretting his lost dream. He recounts his history as a film-maker and his bankruptcy during The Great War (World War I), finishing with the sad tale of donating his beloved automaton to a museum where it was ignored and destroyed in a fire. Realizing that his automaton is Méliès's creation, Hugo races back to the train station to retrieve it. However, he is spotted by Inspector Gustave, who chases Hugo through the station. As he approaches one of the train platforms, Hugo stumbles and the machine flies from his grasp, landing on the tracks. As he struggles to retrieve it, a train approaches, and the Inspector rescues Hugo a split second before the train would have crushed him. Before the Inspector is able to take Hugo to the orphanage, Méliès arrives and claims Hugo as his child, and the Inspector lets him go. In the final scene, Méliès—accompanied by his wife, his goddaughter, and Hugo—is the honoured guest at a grand celebration, where his invaluable contributions to cinema are acknowledged and praised. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugo (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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