The Polar Express (2004)
The Polar Express (2004)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Tom Hanks
Hero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus / Executive Producer
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
Daryl Sabara
Hero Boy (voice)
Jimmy Bennett
Lonely Boy (voice)
Brendan King
Pastry Chef
Andy Pellick
Pastry Chef
Josh Eli
Waiter
Mark Mendonca
Waiter
Rolondas Hendricks
Waiter
Mark Goodman
Waiter
Jon Scott
Waiter
Gregory Gast
Waiter
Sean Scott
Waiter
Gordon Hart
Waiter
Chris Coppola
Toothless Boy / Elf
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)
Eric Newton
Acrobatic Elf
Aidan O'Shea
Acrobatic Elf
Aaron Hendry
Acrobatic Elf
Kevin C. Carr
Acrobatic Elf
Bee Jay Joyer
Acrobatic Elf
Jena Carpenter
Acrobatic Elf
Karine Mauffrey
Acrobatic Elf
Elisabeth P. Carpenter
Acrobatic Elf
Bill Forchion
Acrobatic Elf
Devin Henderson
Acrobatic Elf
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)
Tinashe
Hero Girl (motion capture)
William Broyles Jr.
Screenplay
Gary Goetzman
Producer
Rick Carter
Production Design
William Teitler
Producer
Robert Zemeckis
Director / Screenplay / Producer
Don Burgess
Director of Photography
Karen O'Hara
Set Decoration
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Editor
Scot Boland
Casting
Joanna Johnston
Costume Design
Robert Presley
Director of Photography
Victoria Burrows
Casting
Chris Van Allsburg
Executive Producer / Book
Jack Rapke
Executive Producer
R. Orlando Duenas
Editor
Steve Starkey
Producer / Second Unit Director
Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer / Songs / Conductor
Doug Chiang
Production Design
Steven J. Boyd
Co-Producer
Peter M. Tobyansen
Associate Producer
Debbie Denise
Associate Producer
Josh McLaglen
Associate Producer / First Assistant Director / Unit Production Manager
Cary Weitz
Boom Operator
Juan Gonzalez
Layout
David Schaub
Animation Supervisor
Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Erin Collins Butler
Art Department Coordinator
Mark Lambert
Digital Effects Supervisor
Alison Learned Wolf
First Assistant Editor
Dennis Leonard
Supervising Sound Editor
Alberto Menache
Digital Effects Supervisor
Sean Phillips
Digital Effects Supervisor
Scott Guitteau
Sound Effects Editor
John Villarino
Construction Coordinator
John P. Goldsmith
Assistant Art Director
Rob Bredow
Digital Effects Supervisor
Jim Wallis
Assistant Art Director
Norman Newberry
Art Direction
Diana Goodwin
Art Department Coordinator
Luca Kouimelis
Script Supervisor
Martin A. Kline
Visual Effects Art Director
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer
John Carrafa
Choreographer
Craig Sost
Visual Effects Producer
Kathryn Blondell
Hair Designer
Pamela Wise
Costume Supervisor
Patrick B. O'Brien
Camera Operator
François Duhamel
Still Photographer
Dennis S. Sands
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Scott Herbertson
Assistant Art Director
Tony Fanning
Art Direction
Alicia Maccarone
Art Direction
Andrew L. Jones
Assistant Art Director
David C. Hughes
Sound Effects Editor
James Hegedus
Art Direction
Mike Stassi
Assistant Art Director
Vladimir Todorov
Character Designer
Jeffrey Beck
Set Designer
Jonathan Null
Dialogue Editor / ADR Editor
Joseph Thomas
Layout
Alex Olivares
First Assistant Editor
Chris Juen
Digital Producer
Michael J. Coo
Key Grip
Randy Cantor
Transportation Coordinator
E. Larry Oatfield
Foley Editor
Jackson Bishop
Set Designer
Timothy Eaton
Visual Effects Editor
Maks Naporowski
Layout
Robin L. Miller
Property Master
Ryan Chan
Assistant Editor
Will Files
Sound Design Assistant
Corey Hels
Layout
Mark P. Coo
Grip
Kenneth Karman
Music Editor
Stephen M. Rickert Jr.
VFX Editor
Bradlee Thomas Emmons III
Rigging Gaffer
Gabriela RÃos
Production Coordinator / Production Office Coordinator
Fernando BenÃtez
Layout
Jane E. Russell
Unit Publicist
Audrey L. Anzures
Key Hair Stylist
Kseniya Hoppe
Set Designer
Josh Einsohn
Casting Assistant
Terry Hager
Color Timer
George Denes Suhayda
Visual Effects Art Director
Masako Masuda
Set Designer
Carlos Pedroza
Layout
Steven C. McGee
Chief Lighting Technician
Rick Kelly
Second Assistant Director
William B. Kaplan
Production Sound Mixer / Sound Mixer
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Key Makeup Artist
Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Artist
Todd Cherniawsky
Set Designer
Kenneth A. Larson
Set Designer
Sue Fox
Foley Editor
Conrad Pope
Orchestrator
Glen Ballard
Songs
Cathlyn Marshall
Set Designer
Smokey Stover
Set Designer
Michael Lantieri
Special Effects Coordinator
William Ross
Orchestrator
Ryan Cosgrove
Art Department Assistant
Ronald A. Miller
Rigging Grip
Sande Scoredos
Production Supervisor
Oliver Scholl
Production Illustrator
Jim Berney
Visual Effects Supervisor
Brian Feola
Construction Foreman
Daryl C. Lefever
Production Accountant
Timothy Loughran
Visual Effects Coordinator
Tom Armbruster
Motion Capture Artist
Gene Radzik
Dolby Consultant
Richard Robinson
Propmaker
Mark Scoon
Executive In Charge Of Production
Jep Hill
Sequence Supervisor
Susan Fried
Casting Associate
Martin L'Heureux
Animation
Paulie DiCocco
Driver
Allen Robinson
Stunt Coordinator
Mark Chadwick
Stunts
Christopher Burdorf
Software Engineer
John E. Sasaki
Digital Compositors
David C. Potter
Leadman
Ketty Gonzalez
Hairstylist
Enfys Dickinson
Creative Producer
Scott Owen
Set Dressing Artist
Dana Gong
Post Production Assistant
Edward J. Cox
Best Boy Electric
Oscar G. Castillo
Visual Effects
Anthony Almaraz
Set Costumer
Ken C. Wu
Set Production Assistant
Samuel R. Harrison III
Video Assist Operator
Glen Gustafson
Lighting Artist
Maureen Beatty
Storyboard
Ronald G. Roumas
Sound Recordist
Jeff Lin
Animation
Seth Hippen
Animation
Ben Radcliffe
Lighting Artist
Frances Kumashiro
Lighting Artist
Mark Hamilton
Lighting Artist
Patricio Castillo
Musician
Lori Smallwood
Visual Effects
Cinzia Zanetti
Makeup Artist
Jane English
Makeup Artist
Robert Norin
Makeup Artist
Kim Smith
Modeling
M.B. Gordy
Musician
Marcia Dickstein
Musician
Kevin Gillen
Special Effects
Alex Tysowsky
Animation
Jordan Harris
Animation
Tegan Taylor
Makeup Artist
Tony Bohorquez
Modeling
Andrew Bain
Musician
Brian Hall
Software Engineer
Chris McLeod
Visual Effects Coordinator
Danny Wawrzaszek
Animation
Robin Richesson
Costume Illustrator
Adrian Iler
Sequence Supervisor
Kyudon Choi
Visual Effects
Paul Jessel
Animation
Jeff Evans
Stunts
Len White
Visual Effects
Tyler Ely
Key Hair Stylist
Leo Corey Castellano
Makeup Artist
Robert Ryan
Makeup Artist
Eric Bradley
Musician
Matthew Rugetti
Stunts
Matt Cohen
Camera Operator
Dennie Thorpe
Foley
Jeff Frost
Modeling
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
J. Robert Ray
Software Engineer
David Hugghins
Stunts
Michael Condro
3D Artist
Alice V. Kaiserian
Animation
Lisa Buono
Makeup Artist
Marc Steinberg
Modeling
Joel McNeely
Orchestrator
Brian C. Davis
Visual Effects
Rocco Pucillo
Visual Effects Coordinator
Edward Taylor IV
Character Modelling Supervisor
Dale Condit
Makeup Artist
Dean Wolcott
Modeling
George Doering
Musician
Matt Chamberlain
Musician
Wade Culbreath
Musician
Dan Kessler
VFX Artist
David Howard
Camera Operator
Zane Weiner
Executive In Charge Of Production / Production Executive
Karen Westerfield
Makeup Artist
Mark Lipsmeyer
Motion Capture Artist
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Min-Zhi Shao
Software Engineer
Quentin Frost
Visual Effects Technical Director
Denis Samoilov
Animation
Joey Freitas
Driver
Donna Cicatelli-Lewis
Makeup Artist
Kevin Connolly
Musician
Ken Ralston
VFX Supervisor
Jarrod Nesbit
Visual Effects Coordinator
Jon L. Hooper
Animation
Daniel Kuehn
Digital Producer
Adam W. Erler
Grip
Angie Wells
Makeup Artist
Nadege Schoenfeld
Makeup Artist
Dustin Zachary
Modeling
Richard Blake Wester
Set Dresser
Shane Habberstad
Stunts
Nick Gray
Visual Effects
Sandra Warren
Visual Effects
W. Layne Mcdonald
Additional Editing
Joseph Sullivan
Driver
Scott Parrish
Hairstylist
Diana Wilson
Key Costumer
Mark Krentz
Modeling
Hae-Jeon Lee
Visual Effects
Keith Paciello
Animation
Stéphane Couture
Animation
Jana Vance
Foley
Mitchell K. Hiniker
Grip
Roxane Griffin
Key Hair Stylist
Bill Myer
Makeup Artist
David Parrish
Sequence Supervisor
John Clinton
Visual Effects Producer
Rob Engle
Digital Effects Supervisor
Nacoma Whobrey
Makeup Artist
James Thatcher
Musician
Robert Winter
Sequence Supervisor
Brian Machleit
Stunts
Daniel James Weber
Visual Effects Technical Director
Marco Marenghi
Animation
Ergin Kuke
VFX Artist
Michael Len
Motion Capture Artist
Dane Farwell
Stunt Double
Ann Knight
Set Buyer
George Peterson Jr.
Foley Recordist
Joel Mitchell
Special Effects Technician
James Andrykowski
Visual Effects Editor / Assistant Editor
David Lucarelli
ADR Recordist
Patrick Ballin
Visual Effects Assistant Editor
Jerome Chen
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Antony Diamond
Second Assistant Camera
Andrew Titcomb
Layout Supervisor
Ellen Heuer
Foley Artist
Steven Cueva
Assistant Camera
Karen Brocco
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Beth Tyszkiewicz
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Michael Miller
ADR Mixer
Stefan Dechant
Storyboard Artist
Frank Rinella
Foley Mixer
Craig Kohtala
Best Boy Grip
Josh Ernstrom
Production Assistant
Judith Bouley
Additional Casting
Paul McGhee
Digital Intermediate Colorist
C. Marie Davis
Digital Intermediate Producer
Jan Yarbrough
Colorist
Dakau Jackson
Second Assistant Accountant
Angela Randazzo
Payroll Accountant
J.D. Cowles
Compositing Lead
Kelvin Lee
Senior Animator
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 2004
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingG
Budget$165,000,000
Box Office$310,634,054
Genres
Wiki.
The Polar Express is a 2004 American animated Christmas adventure fantasy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Broyles Jr., based on the 1985 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. It stars Tom Hanks (in multiple roles), Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, and Eddie Deezen. The film features human characters animated using live action and motion capture computer animation, with sequences for the latter taking place from June 2003 to May 2004. Set on Christmas Eve, it tells the story of a young boy who sees a mysterious train bound for the North Pole stop outside his window and is invited aboard by its conductor. He joins other children as they embark on a journey to visit Santa Claus preparing for Christmas.
The Polar Express premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 13, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 10, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and initially grossed $286 million against a record-breaking $165–170 million budget, which was the biggest sum for an animated feature at the time. Later re-releases helped propel the film's gross to $314 million worldwide, and it was later listed in the 2006 Guinness World Records as the first all-digital capture film. The Polar Express is also the last film appearance for Michael Jeter before his death and it is dedicated to his memory.