The Polar Express

Name: The Polar Express
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2004-11-10
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 6.722

★ 6,7 /10 (6,958 Votes)

2004 EN 100 min

Overview

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

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Release date

10/11/2004

Votes

6,958

Popularity

11.0

A journey like you’ve never imagined.

Genres

Adventure Animation Family Fantasy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

100 min

Budget

$165,000,000

Revenue

$318,432,432

Website

www.warnerbros.com

Tom Hanks

Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus

Leslie Zemeckis

Sister Sarah / Mother

Eddie Deezen

Know-It-All

Nona Gaye

Hero Girl (voice)

Peter Scolari

Billy / Lonely Boy

Michael Jeter

Smokey / Steamer

Josh Hutcherson

Hero Boy (motion capture)

Daryl Sabara

Hero Boy (voice)

Jimmy Bennett

Lonely Boy (voice)

Tinashe

Hero Girl (motion capture)

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Brendan King

Pastry Chef

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Andy Pellick

Pastry Chef

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Josh Eli

Waiter

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Mark Mendonca

Waiter

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Rolondas Hendricks

Waiter

Mark Goodman

Waiter

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Jon Scott

Waiter

Gregory Gast

Waiter

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Sean Scott

Waiter

Gordon Hart

Waiter

Chris Coppola

Toothless Boy / Elf

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Julene Renee

Red Head Girl / Elf

Charles Fleischer

Elf General

Steven Tyler

Elf Lieutenant / Elf Singer

Phil Fondacaro

Elf

Debbie Lee Carrington

Elf

Mark Povinelli

Elf

Ed Gale

Elf

Dante Pastula

Little Boy

André Sogliuzzo

Smokey / Steamer (voice)

Isabella Peregrina

Sister Sarah (voice)

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Eric Newton

Acrobatic Elf

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Aidan O'Shea

Acrobatic Elf

Aaron Hendry

Acrobatic Elf

Kevin C. Carr

Acrobatic Elf

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Bee Jay Joyer

Acrobatic Elf

Jena Carpenter

Acrobatic Elf

Karine Mauffrey

Acrobatic Elf

Elisabeth P. Carpenter

Acrobatic Elf

Bill Forchion

Acrobatic Elf

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Devin Henderson

Acrobatic Elf

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Sagiv Ben-Binyamin

Acrobatic Elf

Ashly Holloway

Sister Sarah

Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak

Know-It-All

Chantel Valdivieso

Hero Girl

Hayden McFarland

Lonely Boy

Connor Matheus

Toothless Boy

Evan Sabara

Young Boy

Jack Angel

Wolves (uncredited)

Rodger Bumpass

Wolves (uncredited)

Dylan Cash

Boy (voice) (uncredited)

Cody Klop

Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Patrick Stogner

(uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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***Some kids with creepy dead eyes take a dreamlike trip to the North Pole on The Polar Express*** A boy from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is at the age where he no longer believes in Christmas, as far as Santa, his elves and flying reindeer go, but a magical train appears in front of his home on Christmas Eve and whisks him away on an adventurous trip to the North Pole with several other kids. “The Polar Express” (2004) was based on the 1985 Christmas book and was the first mainline movie to use motion capture animation for all its characters beginning to end (think Gollum from “The Lord of…

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No matter how many times I watch this, it always brought me to tears! I only wish that I got to see it in 3D at the cinema.

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Watching The Polar Express is not an annual event for me, but I believe I have seen it three times and would not nix the idea if someone were to suggest watching it again. I feel a connection to it for an odd reason: my wife and I volunteered one Christmas season to be elves serving cocoa and dancing for an actual Polar Express narrow gauge train ride when we lived in Maine. (Though I can assure you our dancing was not as acrobatic as what you see in this movie.) The animation feels a little odd at first, but I stop noticing it each time I watch it. The story turns the train trip to the No…

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A young man is all excited as he heads to bed on Christmas eve. His sleep is disturbed though, when his house starts to shake. He bounds to the window whereupon he sees the arrival of a great train, one he quickly discovers is heading on to the North Pole. Safely aboard he encounters other children and adventure beckons as they learn that one child will get to meet Santa Claus himself before he embarks on his global deliveries! I didn't love this film. I found the rather sharp, linear, facial animations a bit too sterile and there is way too much chatter with not enough going on. I can play ch…

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