The interior of Sainte-Geneviève library was used in Hugo by Martin Scorsese (2011). Hugo decides to take his girlfriend to see "Safety last !"
The Cast Courts Gallery at the V&A featured in Hugo (2011) in scenes of flashbacks to Hugo's father. Crew had to carefully manoeuvre 3D rigs between exhibits for the require shots.
In Hugo (2011), the theatre in which Georges Méliès performs his magic act including the levitation of his wife was the Théâtre d l'Athénée-Louis-Jouvet.
The final tribute and showing of Méliès' films in Hugo (2011) was shot at the Université Paris IV lecture theatre.
Shots of the exterior of the Parisian station at the centre of Martin Scorsese's Hugo (2011) were filmed at Longcross Studios. A working railway was built into the studio for some of the scenes.
Hugo (2011) utilised Stage D at Pinewood to build a life-sized clock face from which Hugo hangs to evade the station inspector in an homage to Saftey Last (1923).
Hugo and Isabelle are seen briefly in Place Édouard VII in Hugo (2011), shortly before they sneak into a cinema showing Safety Last! (1923).
The titular character of Hugo (2011) is seen in front of the tall green doors inside Paris Gare du Nord in one of the rare scenes of the film not shot on set.
