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Polar Express, The (2004)

Polar Express, The | United States of America

A young boy lies awake in his room one snowy Christmas Eve, excited and alert. Breathing silently. Hardly moving. Waiting. He's listening for a sound he's afraid that he might never hear - the ringing bells of Santa's sleigh. The time is five minutes to midnight. Suddenly, the boy is startled by a thunderous roar. Clearing the mist from his window he sees the most amazing sight - a gleaming black train rumbles to a stop right in front of his house, the steam from its powerful engine hissing through the night sky and the softly falling snowflakes. The boy rushes outside, clad only in his pajamas and slippers, and is met by the train's conductor who seems to be waiting just for him. "Well, are you coming?" the conductor asks. "Where?" "Why, to the North Pole, of course. This is the Polar Express!"

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Description

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Writers

Robert Zemeckis
William Broyles Jr.

Stars

Tom Hanks
Hero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus (voice)

Michael Jeter
Smokey / Steamer (voice)

Nona Gaye
Hero Girl (voice)

Peter Scolari
Lonely Boy Billy (voice)

Eddie Deezen
Know-It-All (voice)

Leslie Zemeckis
Sister Sarah / Mother (voice)

Steven Tyler
Elf Lieutenant (voice)

Julene Renee
Red Head Girl (voice)

Chris Coppola
Toothless Boy (voice)

Charles Fleischer
Elf General (voice)

Others...

Budget

165,000,000.00

Revenue

310,634,054.00

Links

Keywords

holiday, christmas, santa claus, train, ticket, bell, beard, faith, nerd, gift, north pole, trestle, train travel

Trailers

Production

Castle Rock Entertainment, Shangri-La Entertainment, Playtone, ImageMovers, Golden Mean

Actor

Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Eddie Deezen, Leslie Zemeckis, Steven Tyler, Julene Renee, Chris Coppola, Charles Fleischer, Daryl Sabara, Josh Hutcherson, Isabella Peregrina, Ashly Holloway, Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, Tinashe, Chantel Valdivieso, Sean Scott, Chantel Valdivieso, Meagan Moore, Jimmy Bennett, Hayden McFarland, Matthew Hall, Dylan Cash, André Sogliuzzo, Brendan King, Andy Pellick, Connor Matheus, Evan Sabara, Dante Pastula, Josh Eli, Mark Mendonca, Rolandas Hendricks, Mark Goodman, Jon Scott, Gregory Gast, Gordon Hart, Phil Fondacaro, Debbie Lee Carrington, Mark Povinelli, Ed Gale, Eric Newton, Aidan O'Shea, Aaron Hendry, Kevin C. Carr, Bee Jay Joyer, Jena Carpenter, Jack Angel, Karine Mauffrey, Rodger Bumpass, Elisabeth P. Carpenter, Bill Forchion, Cody Klop, Devin Henderson, Patrick Stogner, Sagiv Ben-Binyamin

Creators

Robert Zemeckis (Director), Robert Zemeckis (Screenplay), William Broyles Jr. (Screenplay), Gary Goetzman (Producer), Steve Starkey (Producer), William Teitler (Producer), Robert Zemeckis (Producer), Chris van Allsburg (Executive Producer), Tom Hanks (Executive Producer), Jack Rapke (Executive Producer), Alan Silvestri (Original Music Composer), Don Burgess (Director of Photography), Robert Presley (Director of Photography), R. Orlando Duenas (Editor), Jeremiah O'Driscoll (Editor), Scot Boland (Casting), Victoria Burrows (Casting), Rick Carter (Production Design), Doug Chiang (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration), Joanna Johnston (Costume Design), Steven J. Boyd (Co-Producer), Debbie Denise (Associate Producer), Josh McLaglen (Associate Producer), Peter M. Tobyansen (Associate Producer), Juan Gonzalez (Layout), Cary Weitz (Boom Operator), Tony Fanning (Art Direction), James Hegedus (Art Direction), Alicia Maccarone (Art Direction), Norman Newberry (Art Direction), Erin Collins Butler (Art Department Coordinator), Diana Goodwin (Art Department Coordinator), Mike Stassi (Assistant Art Director), Andrew L. Jones (Assistant Art Director), John P. Goldsmith (Assistant Art Director), Scott Herbertson (Assistant Art Director), Jim Wallis (Assistant Art Director), Pamela Wise (Costume Supervisor), John Carrafa (Choreographer), Luca Kouimelis (Script Supervisor), Patrick B. O'Brien (Camera Operator), François Duhamel (Still Photographer), David Schaub (Animation Supervisor), Rob Bredow (Digital Effects Supervisor), Mark Lambert (Digital Effects Supervisor), Alberto Menache (Digital Effects Supervisor), Sean Phillips (Digital Effects Supervisor), Martin A. Kline (Visual Effects Art Director), Craig Sost (Visual Effects Producer), Brian Magerkurth (Sound Recordist), Scott Guitteau (Sound Effects Editor), David C. Hughes (Sound Effects Editor), Tom Johnson (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Dennis S. Sands (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Randy Thom (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Dennis Leonard (Supervising Sound Editor), Kathryn Blondell (Hair Designer), Alison Learned Wolf (First Assistant Editor), John Villarino (Construction Coordinator), Chris van Allsburg (Book), Alan Silvestri (Songs), Glen Ballard (Songs), Josh McLaglen (Unit Production Manager), Josh McLaglen (First Assistant Director), Rick Kelly (Second Assistant Director), Randy Thom (Sound Designer), Chris Juen (Digital Producer), Vladimir Todorov (Character Designer), George Denes Suhayda (Visual Effects Art Director), Jackson Bishop (Set Designer), Jeffrey Beck (Set Designer), Cathlyn Marshall (Set Designer), Todd Cherniawsky (Set Designer), Smokey Stover (Set Designer), Kenneth A. Larson (Set Designer), Masako Masuda (Set Designer), Kseniya Hoppe (Set Designer), Alex Olivares (First Assistant Editor), Stephen M. Rickert Jr. (VFX Editor), James Andrykowski (VFX Editor), Ryan Chan (Assistant Editor), Timothy Eaton (Visual Effects Editor), Fernando Benítez (Layout), Corey Hels (Layout), Maksymillian Naporowski (Layout), Carlos Pedroza (Layout), Joseph Thomas (Layout), William B. Kaplan (Production Sound Mixer), Robin L. Miller (Property Master), Deborah La Mia Denaver (Key Makeup Artist), Daniel C. Striepeke (Makeup Artist), Audrey L. Anzures (Key Hair Stylist), Steven C. McGee (Chief Lighting Technician), Bradlee Thomas Emmons III (Rigging Gaffer), Michael J. Coo (Key Grip), Mark P. Coo (Grip), Michael Lantieri (Special Effects Coordinator), Gabriela Ríos (Production Coordinator), Jane E. Russell (Unit Publicist), Josh Einsohn (Casting Assistant), Randy Cantor (Transportation Coordinator), Jonathan Null (Dialogue Editor), E. Larry Oatfield (Foley Editor), Will Files (Sound Design Assistant), Sue Fox (Foley Editor), Kenneth Karman (Music Editor), Conrad Pope (Orchestrator), William Ross (Orchestrator), Terry Haggar (Color Timer), Ryan Cosgrove (Art Department Assistant), Brian Feola (Construction Foreman), David C. Potter (Leadman), Oliver Scholl (Production Illustrator), Ketty Gonzalez (Hairstylist), Anthony Almaraz (Set Costumer), Scott Owen (Set Dressing Artist), Paulie DiCocco (Driver), Dana Gong (Post Production Assistant), Gabriela Ríos (Production Office Coordinator), Richard Robinson (Propmaker), Steve Starkey (Second Unit Cinematographer), Jep Hill (Sequence Supervisor), Ken C. Wu (Set Production Assistant), Christopher Burdorf (Software Engineer), Allen Robinson (Stunt Coordinator), Mark Chadwick (Stunts), Samuel R. Harrison III (Video Assist Operator), Paul McGhee (Digital Intermediate), Edward J. Cox (Best Boy Electric), Glen Gustafson (Lighting Artist), Ronald A. Miller (Rigging Grip), Susan Fried (Casting Associate), Mark Scoon (Executive In Charge Of Production), Daryl C. Lefever (Production Accountant), Sande Scoredos (Production Supervisor), William B. Kaplan (Sound Mixer), John E. Sasaki (Digital Compositors), Oscar G. Castillo (Visual Effects), Timothy Loughran (Visual Effects Coordinator), Jim Berney (Visual Effects Supervisor), Maureen Beatty (Storyboard), Tom Armbruster (Motion Capture Artist), Gene Radzik (Dolby Consultant), Martin L'Heureux (Animation), Enfys Dickinson (Creative Producer), Ronald G. Roumas (Sound Recordist), Michael Condro (3D Artist), W. Layne Mcdonald (Additional Editing), Alex Tysowsky (Animation), Alice V. Kaiserian (Animation), Danny Wawrzaszek (Animation), Denis Samoilov (Animation), Jeff Lin (Animation), Jon L. Hooper (Animation), Jordan Harris (Animation), Keith Paciello (Animation), Marco Marenghi (Animation), Paul Jessel (Animation), Seth Hippen (Animation), Stéphane Couture (Animation), David Howard (Camera Operator), Matt Cohen (Camera Operator), Edward Taylor IV (Character Modelling Supervisor), Robin Richesson (Costume Illustrator), Rob Engle (Digital Effects Supervisor), C. Marie Davis (Digital Intermediate), Daniel Kuehn (Digital Producer), Joey Freitas (Driver), Joseph Sullivan (Driver), Zane Weiner (Executive In Charge Of Production), Dennie Thorpe (Foley), Ellen Heuer (Foley), Jana Vance (Foley), Adam W. Erler (Grip), Mitchell K. Hiniker (Grip), Avneet Kaur (Hairstylist), Scott Parrish (Hairstylist), Diana Wilson (Key Costumer), Roxane Griffin (Key Hair Stylist), Tyler Ely (Key Hair Stylist), Ben Radcliffe (Lighting Artist), Frances Kumashiro (Lighting Artist), Mark Hamilton (Lighting Artist), Angie Wells (Makeup Artist), Bill Myer (Makeup Artist), Cinzia Zanetti (Makeup Artist), Dale Condit (Makeup Artist), Donna Cicatelli-Lewis (Makeup Artist), Jane English (Makeup Artist), Karen Westerfield (Makeup Artist), Leo Corey Castellano (Makeup Artist), Lisa Buono (Makeup Artist), Nacoma Whobrey (Makeup Artist), Nadege Schoenfeld (Makeup Artist), Robert Norin (Makeup Artist), Robert Ryan (Makeup Artist), Tegan Taylor (Makeup Artist), Dean Wolcott (Modeling), Dustin Zachary (Modeling), Jeff Frost (Modeling), Kim Smith (Modeling), Marc Steinberg (Modeling), Mark Krentz (Modeling), Tony Bohorquez (Modeling), Mark Lipsmeyer (Motion Capture Artist), Andrew Bain (Musician), Eric Bradley (Musician), George Doering (Musician), James Thatcher (Musician), Kevin Connolly (Musician), M.B. Gordy (Musician), Marcia Dickstein (Musician), Matt Chamberlain (Musician), Patricio Castillo (Musician), Wade Culbreath (Musician), Gary Burritt (Negative Cutter), Mo Henry (Negative Cutter), Joel McNeely (Orchestrator), Adrian Iler (Sequence Supervisor), David Parrish (Sequence Supervisor), Robert Winter (Sequence Supervisor), Richard Blake Wester (Set Dresser), Brian Hall (Software Engineer), J. Robert Ray (Software Engineer), Min-Zhi Shao (Software Engineer), Kevin Gillen (Special Effects), Brian Machleit (Stunts), David Hugghins (Stunts), Jeff Evans (Stunts), Matthew Rugetti (Stunts), Shane Habberstad (Stunts), Dan Kessler (VFX Artist), Ergin Kuke (VFX Artist), Ken Ralston (VFX Supervisor), Brian C. Davis (Visual Effects), Hae-Jeon Lee (Visual Effects), Kyudon Choi (Visual Effects), Len White (Visual Effects), Lori Smallwood (Visual Effects), Nick Gray (Visual Effects), Sandra Warren (Visual Effects), Chris McLeod (Visual Effects Coordinator), Jarrod Nesbit (Visual Effects Coordinator), Rocco Pucillo (Visual Effects Coordinator), John Clinton (Visual Effects Producer), Daniel James Weber (Visual Effects Technical Director), Quentin Frost (Visual Effects Technical Director), Michael Len (Motion Capture Artist), Jerome Chen (Senior Visual Effects Supervisor), David Lucarelli (ADR Recordist), James C.J. Williams (Head of Layout), Stefan Dechant (Storyboard Artist), Judith Bouley (Additional Casting), Patrick Ballin (Visual Effects Assistant Editor), Kelvin Lee (Senior Animator), Michael Miller (ADR Mixer), Marc Gabbana (Concept Artist), Frank Rinella (Foley Mixer), Karen Brocco (Assistant Dialogue Editor), Steven Cueva (Assistant Camera), Dane Farwell (Stunt Double), Heather Wusterbarth (Key Set Production Assistant), Thomas Esmeralda (Matte Painter), George Peterson Jr. (Foley Recordist), Joel Mitchell (Special Effects Technician), Brian Ducharme (Digital Compositor), Christian Feldhaus (First Assistant Accountant), Dakau Jackson (Second Assistant Accountant), Craig Kohtala (Best Boy Grip), Jan Yarbrough (Colorist), Ann Knight (Set Buyer), Angela Randazzo (Payroll Accountant), Beth Tyszkiewicz (Visual Effects Production Assistant), Antony Diamond (Second Assistant Camera), Andrew Titcomb (Layout Supervisor), Pete Billington (CG Artist), J.D. Cowles (Compositing Lead), Josh Ernstrom (Production Assistant), Steve Guevara (Motion Capture Artist)

Alternative titles

The Polar Express 3D (US)
Pole Express (FR)
北極快車 (HK)
北極特快車 (TW)
The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience (US)
Polarni vlak (SI)
Το Πολικό Εξπρές (GR)
To Poliko Express (GR)
El Expreso Polar (MX)
폴라 익스프레스 (KR)
O Expresso Polar (BR)
Der Polarexpress (DE)

Release dates

24.12.2004 (RO)
24.12.2004 (IN)
24.12.2004 (EE)
23.12.2004 (HK)
22.12.2004 (OM)
22.12.2004 (EG)
10.11.2004 (CA)
22.12.2004 (AE)
10.12.2004 (PA)
10.12.2004 (NO)
09.12.2004 (IL)
09.12.2004 (BO)
10.12.2004 (IE)
03.12.2004 (PL)
10.12.2004 (SE)
03.12.2004 (IS)
09.12.2004 (CZ)
03.12.2004 (ES)
26.11.2004 (MX)
26.11.2004 (CO)
03.12.2004 (FI)
25.11.2004 (SG)
22.12.2004 (KW)
25.11.2004 (CH)
03.12.2004 (CH)
08.12.2004 (CH)
09.12.2004 (HU)
05.01.2005 (GE)
03.12.2004 (BR)
10.12.2004 (GR)
24.12.2004 (KR)
09.12.2004 (NZ)
14.01.2005 (TR)
03.12.2004 (IT)
03.12.2004 (DK)
22.12.2004 (QA)
09.12.2004 (NL)
14.11.2007 (NL)
15.11.2005 (NL)
25.11.2008 (NL)
16.07.2014 (NL)
20.12.2008 (NL)
23.12.2004 (TH)
23.12.2004 (RU)
27.11.2004 (JP)
25.11.2004 (DE)
18.11.2004 (AU)
02.12.2004 (PE)
24.11.2004 (PH)
25.11.2004 (AT)
03.12.2004 (GB)
10.12.2004 (GB)
09.12.2004 (CL)
09.12.2004 (AR)
22.12.2004 (BH)
09.12.2004 (PT)
21.10.2004 (US)
07.11.2004 (US)
10.11.2004 (US)
08.12.2004 (BE)
01.12.2004 (FR)
26.11.2004 (MX)
15.12.2022 (GR)
03.12.2004 (BR)
10.12.2004 (SE)
23.11.2005 (SE)
19.10.2011 (SE)
10.12.2008 (SE)
09.12.2004 (PT)

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