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The Polar Express (100 min)
Synopsis: Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him--The Polar Express. When the boy arrives at the North Pole, Santa Claus offers him any gift he desires. The boy asks only for a bell from the harness of Santa's reindeer. But on the way home, the bell is lost. Christmas morning, the boy finds the bell under the Christmas tree, and when he shakes it, the bell makes the most beautiful sound he's ever heard. His mother admires the bell, but she laments that it is broken ... for, you see, only a true believer can hear the sound of the bell.
Cast: Tom Hanks (Hero Boy – adult voice, Hero Boy’s father, Conductor, Hobo, Santa Claus, Ebenezer Scrooge puppet); Daryl Sabara (Hero Boy – child voice); Nona Gaye (Hero Girl); Meagan Moore (Hero Girl – singing voice); Peter Scolari (Billy the Lonely Boy – motion capture); Jimmy Bennett (Billy – voice); Matthew Hall (Billy – singing); Eddie Deezen (Know-it-all); Michael Jeter (Smokey and Steamer); Leslie Zemeckis (Sister Sarah – motion capture, Hero Boy’s mother); Isabella Peregrina (Sister Sarah – voice); Charles Fleischer (Elf General); Steven Tyler (Elf Lieutenant and Elf Singer)
Songs: “Believe,”
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
US Release Date: November 10, 2004 (Premiered on October 13 at Chicago Internation Film Festival)
US Home Media Release Dates: November 22, 2005 (VHS/DVD); 2006 (HD-DVD); October 30, 2007 (Blu-ray); October 28, 2008 (3D Blu-ray); November 1, 2022 (4K Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Original Song (“Believe”)
• Original score by Alan Silvestri
• This film is listed in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the "first all-digital capture" film, where all acted parts were done in digital capture.
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The Polar Express (100 min)
Synopsis: Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him--The Polar Express. When the boy arrives at the North Pole, Santa Claus offers him any gift he desires. The boy asks only for a bell from the harness of Santa's reindeer. But on the way home, the bell is lost. Christmas morning, the boy finds the bell under the Christmas tree, and when he shakes it, the bell makes the most beautiful sound he's ever heard. His mother admires the bell, but she laments that it is broken ... for, you see, only a true believer can hear the sound of the bell.
Cast: Tom Hanks (Hero Boy – adult voice, Hero Boy’s father, Conductor, Hobo, Santa Claus, Ebenezer Scrooge puppet); Daryl Sabara (Hero Boy – child voice); Nona Gaye (Hero Girl); Meagan Moore (Hero Girl – singing voice); Peter Scolari (Billy the Lonely Boy – motion capture); Jimmy Bennett (Billy – voice); Matthew Hall (Billy – singing); Eddie Deezen (Know-it-all); Michael Jeter (Smokey and Steamer); Leslie Zemeckis (Sister Sarah – motion capture, Hero Boy’s mother); Isabella Peregrina (Sister Sarah – voice); Charles Fleischer (Elf General); Steven Tyler (Elf Lieutenant and Elf Singer)
Songs: “Believe,”
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
US Release Date: November 10, 2004 (Premiered on October 13 at Chicago Internation Film Festival)
US Home Media Release Dates: November 22, 2005 (VHS/DVD); 2006 (HD-DVD); October 30, 2007 (Blu-ray); October 28, 2008 (3D Blu-ray); November 1, 2022 (4K Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Original Song (“Believe”)
• Original score by Alan Silvestri
• This film is listed in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the "first all-digital capture" film, where all acted parts were done in digital capture.
The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
This video and the “Animation Compendia” YouTube channel in general may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyrighted holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.
