The Oscar-winning director received a standing ovation last night before showing an unfinished print of his first 3-D production at Avery Fisher Hall.

Scorsese said the special effects, soundtrack, credits and other parts of the film must still be completed before it opens in theaters on Nov. 23.

“This is a work in progress,” he told the packed audience. “I hope that those of you who really do like it come and see the final film.”

Richard Pena, the festival’s program director, said it was the first unfinished work shown at the event since “Beauty and the Beast” in 1991.

“We’re just as proud this evening to have this film,” Pena said.

“Hugo,” based on Brian Selznick’s novel about an orphan living in a Paris train station in the 1930s, this is an uncommon film subject for Scorsese, who’s best known for gangster movies like “Goodfellas” and “The Departed.” 

In the film, the orphan fixes clocks at the train station and tinkers with a broken robot left behind by his late father. There’s also a wonderful homage to the legendary silent-era scene in which Harold Lloyd dangles from the hands of a skyscraper clock.

Rumors that co-producer Johnny Depp has a cameo are still unresolved. A mustachioed painter who makes a brief appearance looks a lot like him, but the latest word is that it’s another actor.

The 17-day New York Film Festival closes Oct. 16.