Hugo (2011) Edit

A child has to belong to somewhere.

A mechanical man drew it.

A palace made of glass.

A very gracious good evening to you.

A very old and dear companion.

Action!

Action!

Actors only on the set, please! Clear the set!

After all, I am your only friend.

Ah, Gourdon.

Ah, Isabelle.

Ahh!

All I know is the notebook made him very upset.

All right, all right. I know the rest.

All right.

All the way home

And at the museum, hmm? You understand.

And don't tell him we talked.

And finding parts to fit will be very hard.

And he and Mama Jeanne stayed up very late talking about it.

And he isn't a thief. You're the thief.

And how that message lit his way.

And I do hope you'll forgive me for saying...

And I think we should be very...

And I'd better not see you in here again!

And I'll teach you how to take care of them clocks.

And I've never had one before...

And in for the kill, knights. In for the kill!

And it will be up to me to decide when...

And not the one I thought it would.

And now we have to figure it out.

And now, my friends,

And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.

And the newest member of the Film Academy faculty,

And they saw no future in it, or so they said.

And this is a handbill from his stage act.

And this is my cousin from the country, Hugo.

And this... is one of his actual cameras.

And tonight, their creator,

And very much alive, thank you very much.

And we couldn't have been happier.

And you'll never get out, you'll never go to school,

And... knights!

Any study of the history of film must begin with the...

Anyway, how are you?

Anyway, how are you?

Are they smelly flowers?

Are you inebriated?

Are you sure about this?

Are you sure?

Are you up there?

Aren't you afraid someone will find out?

As you were.

Back from the dead.

Barns and catacombs.

Be brave. My brave soldier.

Be quiet!

Because it's true.

Being enigmatic really doesn't suit you.

Benny, speak to me.

Benny? I'm gonna have a word

Boxes of prints, and trunks full of decaying film,

But do you remember several weeks ago when...

But everybody's forgotten they're here.

But I think it's the only way to...

But I was always tinkering with machines.

But if this is to be the only time we meet,

But not here. We're too...

But now I think it is intended...

But only after I've finished my work at the shop

But Papa Georges and Mama Jeanne, they're my godparents,

But that's not possible.

But the secret was always in the clockwork.

But time hasn't been kind to old movies.

But to my eyes, it was nothing short of...

But we began a search.

But we did have fun.

But you'll have to prove there's more to you than being a thief.

But... he's so fragile now.

But... why did he stop?

By the way, my name's Isabelle. Do you want a book?

Calamity? Corruption? Go!

Can we fix him?

Can't say I'm surprised.

Celebrating the life and work of Georges Méliès!

Chateauxed, are we? Shicker? Are you drunk?

Christina Rossetti's her name, after the poetess.

Clear the set, please! Everybody except actors.

Clocks tell the time and trains take you places.

Come and dream with me.

Come back!

Come here.

Come on, give me your best smile.

Come on, then, attack!

Come on!

Come to the booth every day.

Come with me.

Come.

Consequently, he will no longer be employed here winding the clocks.

Could we watch some of his movies?

Could've hurt a child.

Cruel.

Deceased? Are you sure?

Demitasse, like everything else, must happen at the opportune moment.

Did you draw these pictures?

Did you see that?

Died?

Do as I say!

Do not leave my office

Do you have him?

Doltish?

Don't hurt him!

Don't say anything.

Don't worry. I'm now a fully functioning man. Aren't I, dear?

Eh?

Empty your pockets, or I'll call the Station Inspector.

Eventually I... I couldn't pay the actors...

Everything was lost.

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

Excellent, excellent. Setting back.

Excellent.

Excuse me, excuse me! Move aside!

Films had the power

Fix it.

For years, most of his films were thought to be lost.

Freeze. Freeze, everybody. Wait for my action.

Georges Méliès?

Get out of my way!

Get out of the way!

Get out of the way! Move! Come on!

Ghosts.

Give me two minutes. It was good up to there.

Go away.

Go away.

Go on, get in there!

Good evening, ma'am.

Good evening, mademoiselle.

Good, good. Good, knights. Poised for the attack.

Good.

Got you at last!

Got you!

Happy endings only happen in the movies.

Has been a busy week.

He could've drunk the entire River Seine. [chuckles]

He didn't burn it. That was all a trick.

He is upset by your visage.

He lived in a train station.

He looks sad.

He saw a rocket fly into the eye of the man in the moon.

He told me about the first one he ever saw...

He was a great filmmaker.

He was an inebriant of the highest order.

He was phenomenally popular in his day.

He went into a dark room, and on a white screen,

He worked perfectly.

He's always doing that, sending books to a good home.

He's badly rusted.

He's got real... [sighs]

He's my godfather, you see.

He's passed out, isn't he?

He's passed out.

He's quite... simple minded. Doltish, really.

Hello.

Hello. How was your day?

Help! Help! Assistance!

Here he is at work in his studio.

Hey! Move aside!

Hmm, yes.

Hmm.

Hold on!

Hold still.

Hold the train! Whoa!

How about letting me see your covert lair?

How to follow orders. How to keep to yourself.

How to survive without a family.

Hugo, look, it doesn't have to be like this.

Hugo, look! Look, it's not done. It's not done!

Hugo, um... where do you live?

Hugo, without me, you'd be in the orphanage.

Hugo!

Hugo. Hugo Cabret.

Hugo...

Huh, look at that.

I address you all tonight as you truly are:

I already searched it when I was looking for your notebook.

I am standing before you tonight...

I asked the Lumière brothers to sell me a camera, but they refused.

I assure you, sir...

I bet my parents would've let me.

I can't tell you.

I couldn't be an extra part

I do.

I don't have any!

I don't know what to do. She's having a baby, you know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I fell in love with their invention. How could I not be part of it?

I fixed the gears and...

I found him abandoned in the attic at the museum.

I had my own workshop at the theater, where I could invent new illusions.

I had to be here for some reason.

I have a different job. But I'll come when I can.

I have not heard any of those rumors. No, I was not aware of that.

I have only the highest respect for you. Please.

I I don't wish to impose on you, Madame Méliès,

I just had to be a part of this new wonder.

I just need it

I know it's Rossetti.

I know it's silly...

I know you're there.

I know you've been stealing parts from the shop.

I lost my brother.

I love poetry, just... not in the station.

I love poetry, particularly that poem by Chris... tina.

I loved to fix things

I need my notebook.

I need to know what this means.

I need to talk to you. It's terribly important, but...

I put my heart and soul into him

I said, fix it

I should get back.

I should never have left the station to begin with.

I started out as a magician.

I think I'm halfway in love with David Copperfield. Photography?

I thought I might see you today.

I was forced to sell my movies to a company

I will leave immediately and return upon your request.

I wish you could.

I wonder what my purpose is.

I work with my Papa Georges at the toy booth.

I would know

I would recognize the sound of a movie projector anywhere.

I would recognize the sound of a movie projector anywhere.

I... I deeply apologize, madame. I thought you were expecting us.

I... I tend not to plan that far ahead.

I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine.

I'll be right back.

I'll begin now.

I'll bring Tabard tomorrow night at 7:00.

I'll decide how long you must work for each item you stole.

I'll get in trouble.

I'll get it.

I'll look again. You stand guard.

I'll make sure he doesn't burn your notebook.

I'll take these.

I'm going home to burn your notebook.

I'm not a thief.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry. He's broken.

I've got to get it back before he burns it.

I've never seen a movie.

If he is deceased...

If its clear, give me a clear

If we only knew when that moment was.

If you lose your purpose, it's like you're broken.

If you pull down a little harder on the left hand rope,

If you should see her, please...

In hundreds of movies.

In reality, this was to let in all the sunlight necessary for filming

In the end, I built my own camera

In the Seine?

Indeed, Monsieur Méliès believed so himself.

Is here to share them with you.

Is it a secret?

IS it?

Is this your card?

Isabelle...

It is intended for... my godson.

It is my notebook and I'll do with it what I like! Maybe I'll just burn it!

It must've been made in London.

It was a gift.

It was a message from my father.

It was another time. I, uh... I...

It was like... It was like a new kind of magic.

It was like... something out of a dream.

It was the kindest magic trick...

It will terrify you!

It'll always be broken!

It's a toile, though, right? [continues indistinctly]

It's about how this singular young man

It's all gone now. Everything I ever made.

It's allowed.

It's beautiful.

It's been down there for many months, it seems.

It's no longer your notebook!

It's straight to the orphanage with you, isn't it?

It's what my father did.

Jules Verne. Yes, indeed.

Just go home.

Just keep on walking. Act natural.

Just like you...

Keep a grip onto your spanners you cack handed oaf!

Keep... Stop your sniffling, you little urchin,

Knights in position, lobsters in position.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Like Monsieur Labisse.

Like Papa Georges.

Listen to me, please! Please, listen to me!

Look at you, look at you! Love this shape, Mel.

Look how happy he is.

Look, there's nothing wrong with crying.

Look.

Machines never come with any extra parts, you know.

Madame Méliès?

Made by his mentor, Robert Houdin.

Magicians used machines like this when I was a boy.

Malediction!

Mama Jeanne was my assistant.

Mama, it's you!

Mama?

Maximilian, find him!

Maximilian, he's gone the other way. Come on!

Maximilian!

May I present to you Monsieur Hugo Cabret,

May we show you?

Maybe he'll come back one day, but I doubt it.

Maybe if I had known my parents...

Maybe it's the same with people.

Maybe it's time to try and remember.

Maybe we can fix him.

Mermaids in position. Action!

Might I have another cup?

Mmm. A keyhole in the shape of a heart.

Monsieur Cabret.

Monsieur Claude, was that you?

Monsieur Claude?

Monsieur Frick!

Monsieur Labisse gave me a book the other night.

Monsieur Labisse lets me borrow them, and I'm sure I could get one for you.

Monsieur...

Move aside! Gangway!

Move aside! Get out of the way!

Move back! Move aside! Move back!

Move the bag! Move the bag!

Move, move!

Move, move! Ah!

Move!

My beautiful wife was my muse, my star.

My brother worked as a carpenter building sets for Méliès.

My father always took me for my birthday.

My father and I used to read it together.

My father and I used to read Jules Verne together.

My father and I, we worked hard to fix this.

My father was fixing it... before he died.

My heart is like a singing bird

My husband's sleeping. He hasn't been well since...

New delivery. I'm sure you've got some excellent books there.

No one had ever seen anything like it before.

No one had ever seen anything like it before.

No, but it needed my...

No, he has no... no relatives.

No, he's not.

No, no, no. That was very, very bad.

No, of course I wasn't talking to you.

No, that was not a comment about your wife.

No.

No. I think it should be a surprise, like a magic trick.

No. No, you take this away. Can't dredge up the past now.

No... No, I do.

Nobody wanted him.

Not a noise from either of you.

Not as long as the clocks keep on running and no one sees me.

Not canine romance?

Not on the stairs? Didn't you see her when you were going past?

Not the first time you've stolen from me, is it, my little thief?!

Not unless you tell me why.

Not unless...

Nothing but a penniless merchant! A broken windup toy.

Nothing but ashes and fading strips of celluloid.

Now go.

Now just keep quiet I'll find a way to get him out of the apartment.

Now, since I just saved your life,

Of course it's yours. When's the last time you had relations with her?

Of course we can fix him.

Oh, Gustave, be intrepid.

Oh, he... was a particular treasure.

Oh, hello.

Oh, I don't know, Hugo.

Oh, Monsieur Frick, do I detect a pearl in your oyster?

Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness me.

Oh, oh!

Oh, she came back?

Oh, this is superlative.

Oh, trespass, theft, pilfering, littering, pillorying,

Oh, um... yes, a little. They're... Please.

Oh, you look so cold.

Oh, you think it's yours? Excellent.

Oh! Hold it, hold the train!

Oh! Monsieur Frick, I am undone!

Oh! No! Stop the train!

Oh! Sir, hold on!

Oh. You sure you want her back?

Oh...

Ohhh! Oh! No!

OK.

OK.

Once, I even built a working automaton.

One day he took me to visit the studio.

One night, in bitter despair, I...

One of Georges' films?

Only to the most wonderful place on earth.

Or I'll drag you to the Station Inspector's office.

Or work in different shops, is that clear?

Our work was rewarded with old negatives,

Out of hundreds, one.

Pack your things, quickly. You're coming with me.

Panache.

Papa Georges isn't my grandfather.

Papa Georges still has your notebook.

Papa Georges won't let me.

Perfect.

Perfectly formed udders.

Please be careful! You've stepped on him!

Please come and pick him up.

Please don't be mad, Mama.

Please just go away.

Please, let me express to you

Please.

Police headquarters, 7th arrondissement?

Poor thing.

Poppy? The cave pictographs at

Professor Tabard, would you perhaps...

Robust.

Say hello to her.

Schatzi, what's he got? What has he got?

Scram! Shoo!

Searched so hard to find a secret message from his father.

Seems Maximilian doesn't like the cut of your jib, little man.

She appeared in almost all his films

She was from Coventry, but she... moved to London.

She's one of my favorites. I know it's Rossetti.

Shh. [mouthing silently]

Shouldn't I tell Mama Jeanne?

Sixty minutes in an hour.

So I figured if the entire world was one big machine...

So I gave him to a museum, hoping he would find a home.

So I just keep on doing it.

So they took me in.

So we could build our own movie studio.

Some walked, some danced, some sang.

Something strange. Something wonderful.

Sorry, I...

Splendid country, that.

Splendid.

Stabbing, stabbing, and lunge!

Stand aside!

Stand aside. Careful.

Stand back! He's just a small little dog.

Stay away from me, Hugo Cabret.

Still brewing. Soon.

Stop that! No, no! Don't you frighten Monsieur Frick.

Stop that! No, Schatzi! Stop it!

Stop, stop, stop. I saw that.

Stop. Stop, Georges.

Surely you've seen me there before.

Tap the deck. And it's up, it's up, it's up... It's there!

Tastes had changed, but I had not changed with them.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, I'll... I will gather his belongings.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you...

That felt good, that felt good. On the pulley? On the smoke?

That makes you happy.

That melted them down into chemicals.

That young man is not welcome here.

That's enough poetry for today.

That's how you know it's an adventure.

That's not possible. They're all gone.

That's really what this book is going to be about.

That's what he calls it.

The choreography was really good up to there. Thank you, gentlemen.

The filmmaker Georges Méliès...

The great pioneer of early filmmaking died during...

The head will come up higher, which will be better...

The Invention of Dreams...

The Invention of Dreams...

The movies were our special place...

The only thing I couldn't bring myself to destroy

The profound debt of gratitude I owe your husband.

The returning soldiers, having seen so much of reality,

The weather... the cows and such mooing.

The whole building was made of glass.

The world had no time for magic tricks and movie shows.

The world of imagination.

Then he'll see he's not forgotten.

Then we will take our leave, madame.

Then, one night, Mama Jeanne and I

There has been a disquieting development.

There was a fire.

There was a lobster in front of a mermaid.

There.

There'll be no time for that when you're in them walls.

There's a boy! Turn it off! There's a boy on the track!

These apartments were built for them that run the station years ago.

These chemicals were used to make shoe heels.

They always come with the exact amount they need.

They come in on the overnight train, so they're very fresh.

They could use the new medium to tell stories.

They died... when I was a baby.

They do what they're meant to do.

They found his corpse in the Seine.

They inspired me.

They're very nice about most everything, except the movies.

This is how you thank me.

This is Hugo Cabret.

This is marvelous. I feel just like Jean Valjean.

This is my only chance...

This is the most complicated one I've ever seen... by far.

This is the only one that we know of that survived.

This is where they're made.

Those are lovely posies, those.

Three, two, one, action!

Time is everything.

To do what he's supposed to do.

To fix him

To help me...

To take things that don't belong to them.

To welcome you to this gala

To work again.

Uh...

Um, trespass and theft this time.

Uncle Claude.

Unfortunately, we don't have the key.

Up until today, I believed that he died in the war...

Using leftover pieces from the automaton.

Verdun.

Very good evening, Mademoiselle Lisette.

Very good manners... for a thief.

Very good plates.

W ' [gasps] as that your paper bag?

Wait! Hey!

Walking about, playing. It's irrelevant.

Was a long time ago, children. It was...

Was called A Train Arrives in the Station,

Was my beloved automaton. [voice breaking]

Was that your paper bag? It states clearly...

Was that your... Was that your bottle?!

We could get into trouble.

We fixed it.

We found out who Papa Georges is.

We have a film.

We have to investigate.

We need to have some... panache.

We now have over 80 films by Georges Méliès.

We painted it by hand, frame by frame.

We risked everything. And we sold the theater and everything we had

We thought it would never end.

We were walking past the sideshow tents when I noticed something.

We weren't movie stars like they have today.

We'll let the orphanage deal with you.

We'll put this back in. Just steady it...

We're clockmakers, aren't we?

We're here to either get on trains or get off them.

Well done!

Well, I suppose you'll find out in seven months.

Well, I'm sure she will return.

Well, if you won't tell me, then you'll have to leave.

Well, oh, that's very flattering.

Well, what a surprise. Come in, come in.

Well, which one? I've mastered three of them.

Well, you see, I think he was crying.

Went to visit a traveling circus.

Were bored by my films

What am I?

What an idiot, to think I could fix it

What are you doing with all these?

What do you mean?

What do you think I should do about her?

What happened to him?

What happened to them?

What happens when you wind him up?

What have you done? Where did you get this?

What is that?

What? Why?

What's going on, Isabelle?

What's the matter?

Whatever happens, you don't let Papa Georges see it.

When I was a boy, I saw all his films.

When the first filmmakers discovered

Where are your designated adults? Answer me!

Where Mother was from.

Where?

Where's the Station Inspector?!

Which had nothing more than a train coming into the station.

Which we were able to save.

Who are you?

Whoa!

Whose boughs are bent with thick set...

Whose nest is in a water'd shoot

Why are you helping me?

Why are you still here?

Why do you need it so badly?

Why do you need it so badly?

Why I'm alone.

Why should I believe you?

Why we doing this again?

Why would he not like your face?

Why would my key fit into your father's machine?

Why would your father's machine sign Papa Georges' name?

With Douglas Fairbanks. Did you see that?

With the little money I had from selling my films, I bought the toy booth...

Wizards, mermaids...

Would you like me to recite?

Would you like to meet her again?

Yes, he's employed here. Large, uncouth man.

Yes, it's me again. Another orphan.

Yes, they're from Gourdon.

Yes, you can start with the thaumatrope, the zoetrope, the praxinoscope.

You begin tomorrow. Go away.

You bloated buffoon!

You can hold onto a bottle well enough, can't you?

You can't escape me!

You don't understand, I've got to go.

You don't understand.

You don't understand. You have to let me go.

You know this volume?

You might as well use those you haven't stolen yet.

You must both forget this.

You remember my husband's films with such fondness.

You see this? Another complication.

You see, they were convinced that movies were only a passing fad

You see, this one...

You should not yet know such sadness.

You should understand!

You think about him a lot, don't you?

You two, halt!

You want to know?

You were beautiful.

You will never get married and have children of your own

You!

You'll be my apprentice, and you'll live with me at the station.

You'll call me a liar.

You'll find all you need to know about movies there

You'll go nowhere until your parents are found.

You'll learn a thing or two there. I certainly did.

You're cruel.

You're not my only friend.

You've got a bit of talent.

You've got a little friend. Look!

You've never seen a movie? Not ever?

You've seen my house. Isn't it about time that I saw yours?

You've seen my house. Isn't it about time that I saw yours?

Your bed is in the corner, over there.

Your best smile.

Your father's dead.

Your godfather is a passion of mine.

Your grandfather stole my notebook.

Your husband is a very great artist.

...I...

[98803] [brace squeaks]

[barking echoes] [gasps]

[bombs booming] And youth and hope were at an end.

[Cracking] [grunts]

[gasps] ' [Whip cracks]

[girls giggle] Perfect.

[grunts] Oof!

[Hugo] Please. Oh, yes, please, Mama. Please.

[Isabelle] Good day, monsieur. Where are your parents?

[Isabelle] Mama? You were in the movies?

[man 2] Get the louvers opened. [man 1] Open the louver, please! More!

[Maximilian barking] [gasping]

[projector whirring] [instrumental soundtrack playing]

[rock clanks] [woman speaks indistinctly]

[Schatzi barks, whines] [indistinct arguing]

[Schatzi growling] [chuckles]

[shrieks] [barking]

[slaps] Oh, my God! I'm so sorry

[Tabard] Good evening. This way, sir.

[vans] Ah! A wolf!

[whispers] Come on. [woman] Isabelle?

[woman] Good morning! [man] Morning, sweetheart.

[woman] Please. No.

Act natural. What?

Ah, ah, ah! [chuckles]

Ain't got none. [panting] Do you have any parents?

And the other one. There's nothing in it.

Are you crying? No.

Back corner, left, top shelf. Thank you.

Cat? Yes.

Come on, you little vermin. [boy sobs]

Come on. Where are we going?

Do you think it's mine? What?

First positions! Back, first positions!

Get out of here. Give me my notebook!

Go! [echoes] Maximilian, do you hear an atrocity?

Good evening. Ah, hello.

Good morning. Good morning, madame.

Good morning. Hello.

Gustave, have a heart! Please, help me!

He was a magician? Yes. He began on the stage.

He's very strict about it. I love the movies.

Hey! Come on! Nice try.

Hm? Quick, empty your pockets. You're hurting me!

Hold it! [gasps]

How did you two rats get in here?! [yelps]

I already have a job. Thief is not a job, boy.

I already have a job. Thief is not a job, boy.

I didn't steal it. You're a thief and a liar.

I just thought... [indistinct] [dog growling]

I need it. What for?

In books, they're crying all the time. I can do it.

Is this your card? [man] That is my card.

It went straight in. Really?

It's impossibly romantic, Mama. It wasn't like that.

Knock on it. OK.

Let me go! Let me go! Did you think you'd escape me?

Little man. [gasps]

Mm hmm. He's been found deceased.

Monsieur Claude is dead. [98898]

Monsieur Inspector. Hmm, yes.

Move! [shrieks]

Move! Whoa!

My time is... 60 seconds in a minute. [watch ticking]

My what? Where you live, in the walls.

Niaux. Niaux.

No, I don't belong there! Where do you belong?

No, I don't think so. Very suspicious, then.

No! Excellent.

No! Then tell me who did the drawings!

No. No? Well, um...

Not unknown in France. One of our finest.

Not without my notebook! Shh!

of removing its contents. [boy sobbing]

Oh, hello. Hello.

Oh, I wouldn't say that. Yes, he was a drunk!

Oh. Mademoiselle Lisette.

Pardon me! [grunts]

Please tell us what's going on. Out! None of your business.

Quick! [gasps]

Rossetti. She's... yeah.

Sir, move! [grunts]

Sorry, I... I saw.

Stop it! This is your work! My work?!

Tell me this instant. No.

That's absurd. [sniffing]

The key I gave you. No, no, Mama, he...

This is the one. Who's a little strudel thief then?

Turn it off! [low rumbling]

Uh... Any time in the last year?

Under the belly! I see it.

Well, yes, he was a drunk. Shoo.

What about school? You've finished with school!

What are you up to? I've got to go.

What is it? You know Monsieur Claude?

What? Isn't it appalling?

What? About what? Leaving me.

What's the boy done? Let me go!

Where did you get this? None of your business.