"Guardian of Time": film actors, plot, facts

In 2011, the premiere of the new filmMartin Scorsese, called the “Keeper of Time”. It is worth noting that for the cult director it was the first family full-length fairy tale, which he shot in 3D.

Fantasy scenario involved John Logan, taking forThe basis of the work of Brian Selznik "The Invention of Hugo Cabre". The book was on store shelves in 2007, almost immediately after that, Scorsese acquired her rights. A couple of years later, he began to shoot the project “The Keeper of Time”, the actors of which subsequently coped remarkably well with the task entrusted to them. So, what is remarkable about this film story?

Plot

The capital of France, the thirties of the last century. Twelve-year-old Hugo Cabra is forced to dwell at the station with his uncle. The teenager is an orphan, so most often left to himself.

From early childhood, the boy was fascinatedmechanics, and once he has a chance to repair the mechanism that he got from his father. Having eliminated the problems, the young man hopes to reveal a certain secret of his dad, who died in the fire at the museum. Since then, several years have passed. The main character did not know his mother (the woman died in childbirth).

Между тем выясняется, что механизм, доставшийся he inherited, created one of the founders of cinema Georges Melez. Taking up the case, the boy finds himself in an exciting world full of adventures, and his true companion in the maze of dangers and mysteries becomes his girlfriend Isabella.

Performers of roles

Many leading critics have pointed out howThe cast of the film was brilliantly selected. One of the leading roles went to a young actor named Asa Butterfield. The thirteen year old mummer was already well known to the audience. He starred in the film “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” before he was invited to the fantasy “The Keeper of Time”.

Chloe Moretz, his shooting partner, was no less popular, because by 2011 she had already played more than a dozen films of various genres.

At the same time, the performers, who took on themselves the supporting roles, were in no way inferior to the main stars.

It's about celebrities like ChristopherLee, Sasha Baron Cohen, Jude Law. Especially worth mentioning is Ben Kingsley, who portrayed a man who was hard going through his losses and suffering from hard memories. However, this, of course, does not end the names of the participants of the tape “Keeper of Time”. Actors who also contributed to Scorsese's work: Francis De La Tour, Helen McCrory, Richard Griffiths, Emily Mortimer and many others.

Screen adaptation errors

In this film, as in many others, there werethere are bloopers and historical inaccuracies that generally do not spoil the general impression of a family detective story, filmed by a famous director. For example, according to the plot of the Time Keeper project, the actors played the scene, according to which Melies, without buying a camera projector from the Lumiere brothers, created its analogue in his own workshop. In fact, he was not a skilled mechanic and acquired the right camera in the UK.

The hero played by Ace Butterfield dreameda dream, according to which he saw a key in the shape of a heart on the rails. It is noteworthy that when Hugo looks at his find, it lies near the sleepers, but when he bends down in order to raise it, the key is already on the sleeper itself.

When the boy started the automaton, there was no paper sheet in front of the robot, however, when he earned, the paper appeared.

Data

Undoubtedly, many viewers remember the moment.train wreck, shown in the picture "The Keeper of Time." The actors played a very believable role in the scene, and in fact this tragedy is not an invention of the writer or writer. In October 1895, a similar incident really occurred at the station in Paris. As a result of a dramatic accident, five people were injured, and the kiosk saleswoman died from a piece of wall falling on him.

The automaton shown in the movie has prototypes: a robot created by the Jacquet Droz family, and an automaton on which the watchmaker Henri Mayard once worked.

In conclusion, it is worth noting that the project has becomethis hit, receiving a positive rating from leading film critics, as well as eleven nominations for the Oscar. As a result, the masterpiece managed to win five treasured figurines, and was also awarded the prestigious Golden Globe award.