Hugo (2011) - Train Crash into Station Scene

In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

[@alphaw0lfenvt]

Always loved this movie and this was always my favorite scene cause i like trains and the fact this crash was based on real events its a crazy good movie.

[@Sharpshooter9904]

*the fat controller was very cross* "YOU HAVE CAUSED CONFUSION AND DELAY"

[@christopherbattig6059]

Yes sir sorry sir

[@SuperFoxyRailwayProduction6702]

This accident based in a true accident in paris in 1895

[@Shays_Shellac_Shelf]

It was the Montparnasse Station incident in 1895, yes (one person was killed when the locomotive crushed them on the street, while six more were injured)

[@jonahmoran3751]

@@Shays_Shellac_Shelf actually it was the masonry that crushed them.

[@SE_2607]

Like the narrator from Thomas & friends says: Luckily, no one was hurt

[@JoseFernandez-cd7ew]

IRL not so much tho...

[@Earl-er5xj]

One person died, you call THAT NO ONE GOT HURT?!

[@davidfarmer2193]

"A better view for Gordon" anyone?

[@LazyOldFusspot_3428]

Trxn

[@JonGamingPizza]

Ye

[@juliancabrera555]

The real version of that crash inspired Gordon’s crash they actually did that a lot more then you expect

[@tanto64]

"I know you wanted a panoramic view, Gordon, but this is not the way to achieve it."

[@gustavorblx9940]

1:34 Good Ending: It was only a dream

[@b0nzbud537]

secret ending: it was a dream inside a dream

[@windusbindo]

@@b0nzbud537 the weird ending you mean

[@dmechanicodude3960]

That train had no right to be going into the station that fast in the first place.

[@dalekinthewater4708]

Well could be making up for lost time or the brakes failed

[@tommytheblackfive4467]

It was late and had to get into the station faster then usual

[@harrythered4-4-0production8]

The steam pipe had snapped. It wasn't the engines fault and the shunter was meant to divert it onto the mainline. Not into montparnasse

[@JeffMitchell]

It’s a D R E A M

[@frxbo]

@@dalekinthewater4708 That wouldn't really be true, Since the break had already been shown on screen literally

[@thundertv1431]

Is it seriously that hard for him to grab the key and then get off the train tracks?? I mean seriously bro come on 😂

[@tamara2102]

It's a dream and part of the movie

[@d4c_reznor470]

Plenty of deaths on the NYC subway happen because of that. They think they can jump down, grab their item and run, but they can’t do it in time

[@MrUtah1]

It’s a dream, therefore logic goes out the window

[@Jeffyandblueamongus8550]

Yeah but the station is so small and its easy to get back on

[@Pepsi_Cola]

I saw this clip from a TV in a samsung store in 2013 I think and every time I see the part when the train overshoots the station it brings back memories and makes me feel nostalgic

[@windusbindo]

To the people wondering why the train was going so fast, the train was late and was gonna have to go faster than usual.

[@tracypaxton1054]

He didn't have to go fast and disobey all safety laws and the two break warning points. Don't you think it's better to arrive safe but late than to crash?

[@armorpro573]

@@tracypaxton1054To some people, punctuality is more important than safety

[@michaelramsey82]

For such good special effects, you'd think they could pay a little more attention to continuity. The close-ups of the wheels are definitely not the same locomotive that crashes through the wall.

[@definitelynottommywiseau3037]

Scorsese's movies usually disregard continuity.

[@sdmedia1323]

I can at least agree with the wheel arrangement being off... That thing is portrayed as a 4-6-0 from the braking angles, and a 2-4-0 / 2-2-4 in others

[@fds7476]

To be fair, _it's a dream._

[@DeepEye1994]

And they tell me I'm nitpicky when I criticize films XP

[@cameron5063]

It’s a dream

[@vanento7229]

This scene was based on the Gare Montparnasse train crash in 1895

[@keyboardwarrior6802]

"Help me pleaseeee!"

[@angeloalvarez8828]

"help me please!"

[@lightningdragon2243]

My question is why was the train going so fast when it was approaching the station?

[@practicallyfamous]

From what little I know the scene is based on a true event in the late 1800's in Paris.

[@sdmedia1323]

Can’t believe the engine didn’t sustain that much damage after crashing through a platform it shouldn’t even had the speed to go through, somehow speeding up when the brakes were on, and going *straight through a glass wall and falling onto the road.* *A n d y e t i t d i d n ‘ t s u s t a i n m u c h d a m a g e .* - Wikipedia

[@Formal_Foumo]

The driver was doing paperwork and lost track of where he was and when did it was too late

[@SshadowSnap]

Apparently it's based off of a true crash that happened, they were late to their next stop and decided to speed up They were going too fast by the time they reached the station

[@AndroCubed]

@@Formal_Foumo pretty sure that was the guard

[@plasma_659]

but surely the train would have wanted to stop before the platform, yet only hit the brakes upon seeing the boy, and not the end of the tracks.

[@sdmedia1323]

And despite the brakes being on, *the engine clearly speeds up and goes straight through the solid stone platform just to reach the glass wall.*

[@torgalbestboy16]

Ok was i the only pne terrifyed by this scene as a kid like its stuck with me for ages and i only just remembered the film after seeing a picture of that crashed train

[@lukethomas.125]

0:51 Where's the train?

[@FictionalADDON]

I realize that the close up shot of the engines wheels is a 4-6-0 instead of a 2-4-0

[@paytongauthier6452]

Not to mention the smokestack

[@kaseyleitchnextgen3281]

*Is no one going to talk about **1:06** in which the train suddenly shifts closer in the next second?*

[@sxnny9554]

Never seen a station like that

[@emperorofJapan125]

Actually the train crash happened in Paris 1895

[@randomguy56789]

It’s only a nightmare

[@endorstick1569]

the film is set in the 1930's interesting

[@emperorofJapan125]

@@endorstick1569 i don't know what that is

[@OniyunYun]

2:22 this shit fucked me up when i was a kid

[@canard_man]

I remember going to see this movie with my school. I was 6 years old and this scene terrified me. I had never been so scared in my life up to that point. The whole movie fucked with me because of that creepy puppet but this scene was especially bad

[@nwrpaulo1187]

Narrator: one day a train 1775 was getting the passenger train hes name is train 1775 he loves going with his passenger train Train 1775: what a good day with passenger train Narrator: when he saw a Man was in the tracks! but train 1775 tried to stop but his brakes wont work! Then he said: Train 1775: OH NO!! narrator: then the Man jump too the floor but the train crash the buffers but he go ahead Train 1775: HELP! narrator:the train crashes ALL the peaple when he saw there was a window at his direction the he Said: Train 1775: OH NO IM GONNA- CRAAAAAAA!!!! narrator: he crashed the window at his front and a girl was walkin when she look up she died Girl:*Girl screams* ahhhh!!! narrator:luckily no one was hurt but the girl died by train 1557 all the hospital and ALL the police was there then they helped the girl get out of the train when they saw the girl was dead... Soo they said: hospital and police: omg shes dead! Narrator:said the helpers (The end)

[@KENDOBULL]

Hugo’s Dream 💭

[@Tasmanian_AviationYT]

when Gordon crashes through Paris:

[@LorentaForever]

YO THIS IS BASED ON A CARTOON TRAIN CRASHED CALLED A BETTER VIEW FOR GORDON

[@janethmuganyizi3155]

1:29 Hugo & Papa Georges are dead (dream world)

[@paperclip9558]

Looks frickin good. If its done today they would cgi the shit out of this and everything would look like cartoon.

[@s.th0mas]

You think that the original didn't use cgi? It's a train going off the tracks into a station and a kid turning into metal, it's all cgi anyways.

[@zyancuerdo8367]

@@s.th0mas the crash was real the train was late so it was going much faster too fast when it enter the station and the crash you saw is what exactly happen

[@user-hn1bi4pq3r]

France 🇫🇷

[@pattaibrahimgotcorruptedas5029]

Well the same driver was released from jail or prison and get back to work again but now he saw boy on track it was same one and luckily it didn't hit the boy and crashed

[@alphaw0lfenvt]

I continue to watch this scene but there are some goofs witht his scene one, the locomotive has two giant driving wheels but when there is the shot of the wheels braking there are six which are from the other engine at the end of the movie, two the cars in the shot from the drivers angle seem to be orient express coaches but for the rest of the scene they are more old looking.

[@UuuuHhhh-ek9su]

There's 2 bad dreams

[@DamienHaitidis]

Its too late

[@exm9174]

a beter fyue for gordon

[@slam-ittthehedgehog8723]

Double nightmare

[@mario-xe2cg]

There's a kid on tracks stop the train

[@b0nzbud537]

i understood that reference (no, not talking about Thomas the tank engine)

[@RedToxicHoodie]

2:22 WHAT THE HELL!?

[@charlotterae5623]

Susie Alison The Steam Engine) NO!!!!! I CANT!!!!! STOP!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackhromadka6842]

Not now, Charlotte

[@JociGnoatto]

1:11 Hugo * uses instant transmition to escape the crash

[@JuneHoward-yh6yp]

He turned into a Robot 2:22

[@romaniaball7806]

did considerable amounts of people die?

[@zyancuerdo8367]

Only one and 6 injured

[@JoseFernandez-cd7ew]

so, my biggest complain in all of this are 2 things: first, the driver and fireman are idiots "THERE'S A BOY ON THE TRACK!"uh... sir? YOU'RE AT THE STATION? you should be BREAKING regardless of what's on the tracks? Second, they mix a 4-6-2 pacific with a 2-4-0, how?

[@armorpro573]

LOL well it doesn’t matter since this is all a dream

[@쬬]

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