The Polar Express (Widescreen) (DVD) ~ Tom Hanks (actor) Cover Art

The Polar Express (Widescreen) (DVD)

Tom Hanks (actor), Michael Jeter (actor) and Robert Zemeckis (director)


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Review

Ultimate DVD, 04/01/2008, p.64, 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a technical masterpiece that is made primarily for kids..."

Los Angeles Times, 11/10/2004, p.E1, "[T}here is wonder for us to cherish, courtesy of a spectacular visual sense....It does nicely with its quieter moments, especially in the emotional scenes that close the story."

Title Note

Theatrical Release: November 10, 2004

Release Note

VHS Features:

Full Frame
Audio:
Dolby Surround Stereo

VHS Features:

Full Frame
Audio:
Dolby Surround Stereo

DVD Features:

Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 English, French, Spanish

DVD Features:

Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 English, French, Spanish

Product Notes

Director Robert Zemeckis revolutionized the art of animated film in 1998's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT by dropping cartoon characters into the same frame with flesh-and-blood actors. In THE POLAR EXPRESS, live action and animation have merged seamlessly, resulting in sparkling super-realism. A landmark technique Zemeckis and his Sony Pictures Imageworks team call "Performance Capture" perfectly suits the tenor of this wondrous children's Christmas story by Chris Van Allsburg. A disillusioned little boy, just old enough to doubt the existence of Santa Claus, has the adventure of a lifetime one fateful Christmas Eve. Clad in his pajamas, he climbs aboard a magic train to the North Pole, driven by a kindly train conductor (voiced by Tom Hanks who starred in both of Zemeckis's Academy-Award winning films FORREST GUMP and CASTAWAY). Among myriad jaw-dropping moments, the train plummets brakeless through crystalline mountains in a simulated roller coaster ride. Going off the rails, skidding sideways, and snaking violently across a frozen lake, the train arrives at the North Pole (a vast, glowing city of brick buildings). At that moment, the car carrying the kids detaches and they're sent tumbling down never-ending chutes and slides until they land in the middle of Santa's Workshop. With its fascinating tale and impressive technical frolics, THE POLAR EXPRESS is destined to become both a holiday classic and a new turning point in the art of animated cinema.



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