The Polar Express (2004) [G]

Release Date:
November 10, 2004

Original Title:
The Polar Express

Alternate Titles:
Ekspres Polarny
Le Pôle Express
O Expresso Polar
Polarni vlak
Polarny Ekspres
The Polar Express 3D
The Polar Express: An IMAX 3D Experience
To Poliko Express
Tàu tốc hành Bắc Cực
the-polar-express
北極快車

Genres:
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy

Production Companies:
Castle Rock Entertainment
Golden Mean
ImageMovers
Playtone
Shangri-La Entertainment

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: G  BR: L  CA: G  CH: 12  CZ: U  DE: 6  DK: 7  FI: S  FR: TP  GB: U  GR: K  HU: 16  IE: G  IT: T  JP: G  KR: All  MX: AA  NL: AL  PL: AL  PT: M/6  RO: AP  RU: 6+  SE: 7|Btl  US: G 

Runtime: 100

This holiday season... believe.

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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3D Artist:
Michael Condro

ADR Editor:
Jonathan Null

ADR Mixer:
Michael Miller

ADR Recordist:
David Lucarelli

Additional Casting:
Judith Bouley

Additional Editing:
W. Layne Mcdonald

Animation:
Martin L'Heureux
Alex Tysowsky
Jon L. Hooper
Seth Hippen
Keith Paciello
Jordan Harris
Alice V. Kaiserian
Jeff Lin
Stéphane Couture
Paul Jessel
Marco Marenghi
Danny Wawrzaszek
Denis Samoilov

Animation Supervisor:
David Schaub

Art Department Assistant:
Ryan Cosgrove

Art Department Coordinator:
Diana Goodwin
Erin Collins Butler

Art Direction:
Norman Newberry
James Hegedus
Alicia Maccarone
Tony Fanning

Assistant Art Director:
Mike Stassi
Scott Herbertson
Jim Wallis
Andrew L. Jones
John P. Goldsmith

Assistant Camera:
Steven Cueva

Assistant Dialogue Editor:
Karen Brocco

Assistant Editor:
Ryan Chan
James Andrykowski

Associate Producer:
Peter M. Tobyansen
Josh McLaglen
Debbie Denise

Best Boy Electric:
Edward J. Cox

Best Boy Grip:
Craig Kohtala

Book:
Chris Van Allsburg

Boom Operator:
Cary Weitz

CG Artist:
Pete Billington

Camera Operator:
Patrick B. O'Brien
David Howard
Matt Cohen

Casting:
Scot Boland
Victoria Burrows

Casting Assistant:
Josh Einsohn

Casting Associate:
Susan Fried

Character Designer:
Vladimir Todorov

Character Modelling Supervisor:
Edward Taylor IV

Chief Lighting Technician:
Steven C. McGee

Choreographer:
John Carrafa

Co-Producer:
Steven J. Boyd

Color Timer:
Terry Hager

Colorist:
Jan Yarbrough

Compositing Lead:
J.D. Cowles

Concept Artist:
Marc Gabbana

Conductor:
Alan Silvestri

Construction Coordinator:
John Villarino

Construction Foreman:
Brian Feola

Costume Design:
Joanna Johnston

Costume Illustrator:
Robin Richesson

Costume Supervisor:
Pamela Wise

Creative Producer:
Enfys Dickinson

Dialogue Editor:
Jonathan Null

Digital Compositor:
Brian Ducharme

Digital Compositors:
John E. Sasaki

Digital Effects Supervisor:
Sean Phillips
Alberto Menache
Mark Lambert
Rob Bredow
Rob Engle

Digital Intermediate Colorist:
Paul McGhee

Digital Intermediate Producer:
C. Marie Davis

Digital Producer:
Chris Juen
Daniel Kuehn

Director:
Robert Zemeckis

Director of Photography:
Don Burgess
Robert Presley

Dolby Consultant:
Gene Radzik

Driver:
Paulie DiCocco
Joseph Sullivan
Joey Freitas

Editor:
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
R. Orlando Duenas

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Mark Scoon
Zane Weiner

Executive Producer:
Chris Van Allsburg
Tom Hanks
Jack Rapke

First Assistant Accountant:
Christian Feldhaus

First Assistant Director:
Josh McLaglen

First Assistant Editor:
Alison Learned Wolf
Alex Olivares

Foley:
Dennie Thorpe
Jana Vance

Foley Artist:
Ellen Heuer

Foley Editor:
Sue Fox
E. Larry Oatfield

Foley Mixer:
Frank Rinella

Foley Recordist:
George Peterson Jr.

Grip:
Mark P. Coo
Adam W. Erler
Mitchell K. Hiniker

Hair Designer:
Kathryn Blondell

Hairstylist:
Ketty Gonzalez
Scott Parrish
Avneet Kaur

Head of Layout:
James C.J. Williams

Key Costumer:
Diana Wilson

Key Grip:
Michael J. Coo

Key Hair Stylist:
Audrey L. Anzures
Tyler Ely
Roxane Griffin

Key Makeup Artist:
Deborah La Mia Denaver

Key Set Production Assistant:
Heather Wusterbarth

Layout:
Corey Hels
Fernando Benítez
Carlos Pedroza
Joseph Thomas
Maks Naporowski
Juan Gonzalez

Layout Supervisor:
Andrew Titcomb

Leadman:
David C. Potter

Lighting Artist:
Glen Gustafson
Ben Radcliffe
Mark Hamilton
Frances Kumashiro

Makeup Artist:
Daniel C. Striepeke
Nadege Schoenfeld
Jane English
Leo Corey Castellano
Robert Norin
Angie Wells
Robert Ryan
Cinzia Zanetti
Karen Westerfield
Donna Cicatelli-Lewis
Dale Condit
Nacoma Whobrey
Tegan Taylor
Bill Myer
Lisa Buono

Matte Painter:
Thomas Esmeralda

Modeling:
Marc Steinberg
Jeff Frost
Kim Smith
Tony Bohorquez
Dustin Zachary
Dean Wolcott
Mark Krentz

Motion Capture Artist:
Tom Armbruster
Mark Lipsmeyer
Michael Len
Steve Guevara

Music Editor:
Kenneth Karman

Musician:
Kevin Connolly
James Thatcher
Patricio Castillo
Eric Bradley
Matt Chamberlain
Andrew Bain
George Doering
M.B. Gordy
Wade Culbreath
Marcia Dickstein

Negative Cutter:
Gary Burritt
Mo Henry

Orchestrator:
William Ross
Conrad Pope
Joel McNeely

Original Music Composer:
Alan Silvestri

Payroll Accountant:
Angela Randazzo

Post Production Assistant:
Dana Gong

Producer:
Steve Starkey
William Teitler
Gary Goetzman
Robert Zemeckis

Production Accountant:
Daryl C. Lefever

Production Assistant:
Josh Ernstrom

Production Coordinator:
Gabriela Ríos

Production Design:
Doug Chiang
Rick Carter

Production Executive:
Zane Weiner

Production Illustrator:
Oliver Scholl

Production Office Coordinator:
Gabriela Ríos

Production Sound Mixer:
William B. Kaplan

Production Supervisor:
Sande Scoredos

Property Master:
Robin L. Miller

Propmaker:
Richard Robinson

Rigging Gaffer:
Bradlee Thomas Emmons III

Rigging Grip:
Ronald A. Miller

Screenplay:
Robert Zemeckis
William Broyles Jr.

Script Supervisor:
Luca Kouimelis

Second Assistant Accountant:
Dakau Jackson

Second Assistant Camera:
Antony Diamond

Second Assistant Director:
Rick Kelly

Second Unit Director:
Steve Starkey

Senior Animator:
Kelvin Lee

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor:
Jerome Chen

Sequence Supervisor:
Jep Hill
Adrian Iler
David Parrish
Robert Winter

Set Buyer:
Ann Knight

Set Costumer:
Anthony Almaraz

Set Decoration:
Karen O'Hara

Set Designer:
Jeffrey Beck
Jackson Bishop
Masako Masuda
Smokey Stover
Todd Cherniawsky
Kenneth A. Larson
Cathlyn Marshall
Kseniya Hoppe

Set Dresser:
Richard Blake Wester

Set Dressing Artist:
Scott Owen

Set Production Assistant:
Ken C. Wu

Software Engineer:
Christopher Burdorf
Brian Hall
J. Robert Ray
Min-Zhi Shao

Songs:
Alan Silvestri
Glen Ballard

Sound Design Assistant:
Will Files

Sound Designer:
Randy Thom

Sound Effects Editor:
David C. Hughes
Scott Guitteau

Sound Mixer:
William B. Kaplan

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Johnson
Randy Thom
Dennis S. Sands

Sound Recordist:
Brian Magerkurth
Ronald G. Roumas

Special Effects:
Kevin Gillen

Special Effects Coordinator:
Michael Lantieri

Special Effects Technician:
Joel Mitchell

Still Photographer:
François Duhamel

Storyboard:
Maureen Beatty

Storyboard Artist:
Stefan Dechant

Stunt Coordinator:
Allen Robinson

Stunt Double:
Dane Farwell

Stunts:
Mark Chadwick
Brian Machleit
David Hugghins
Matthew Rugetti
Jeff Evans
Shane Habberstad

Supervising Sound Editor:
Dennis Leonard

Transportation Coordinator:
Randy Cantor

Unit Production Manager:
Josh McLaglen

Unit Publicist:
Jane E. Russell

VFX Artist:
Ergin Kuke
Dan Kessler

VFX Editor:
Stephen M. Rickert Jr.

VFX Supervisor:
Ken Ralston

Video Assist Operator:
Samuel R. Harrison III

Visual Effects:
Oscar G. Castillo
Lori Smallwood
Kyudon Choi
Len White
Nick Gray
Sandra Warren
Brian C. Davis
Hae-Jeon Lee

Visual Effects Art Director:
Martin A. Kline
George Denes Suhayda

Visual Effects Assistant Editor:
Patrick Ballin

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Timothy Loughran
Jarrod Nesbit
Rocco Pucillo
Chris McLeod

Visual Effects Editor:
Timothy Eaton
James Andrykowski

Visual Effects Producer:
Craig Sost
John Clinton

Visual Effects Production Assistant:
Beth Tyszkiewicz

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Jim Berney

Visual Effects Technical Director:
Daniel James Weber
Quentin Frost

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