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The Polar Express

2004, Movie, G, 100 mins

The Polar Express: Review

Robert Zemeckis' computer-animated feature, based on the 1986 Caldecott Award-winning book by Chris Van Allsburg, is an extraordinary achievement, which isn't the same as being an extraordinary film. Van Allsburg's slim tale of a boy whose doubts about Santa, flying reindeer and the whole holly-jolly holiday ball of wax are banished by a trip on the magical Polar Express — a steam engine of such seductive grace and beauty that it seems more alive than the human characters — i... read more leave a comment

The Polar Express: Cast & Details

Year: 2004
Rated G

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Cast
Tom Hanks: Hero Boy/Father/Conductor/Hobo/Scrooge/Santa
Daryl Sabara: Voice of Hero Boy
Nona Gaye: Hero Girl
Jimmy Bennett: Voice of Lonely Boy
Michael Jeter: Smokey/Steamer
Leslie Zemeckis: Sister Sarah/Mother

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The Polar Express: TV Guide News

HITTING THE MODER LODE | Today's News: Our Take | 8/18/2005
She was "eh" as Alexander the Great's mommy, but maybe she will do better parenting an eighth-century Scandinavian hero. Headline magnet Angelina Jolie will play the mother of Beowulf in Robert Zemeckis' upcoming big-budget feature based on the Old English epic poem. Beowulf will be computer animated, using the same performance-capture technology as Zemeckis' The Polar Express, meaning some ridiculously lucky stagehand will get to stick those little ping-pong ball thingies all over Brad Pitt's lady friend.
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