A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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 BE: AL 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 NO: 6 PL: AL PT: M/6 RO: AP RU: 6+ SE: 7|Btl US: G
Runtime: 100
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:
Jon Null
ADR Mixer:
Michael Miller
ADR Recordist:
David Lucarelli
Additional Casting:
Judith Bouley
Additional Editing:
W. Layne Mcdonald
Animation:
Martin L'Heureux
Alex Tysowsky
Alice V. Kaiserian
Danny Wawrzaszek
Denis Samoilov
Jeff Lin
Jon L. Hooper
Jordan Harris
Keith Paciello
Marco Marenghi
Paul Jessel
Seth Hippen
Stéphane Couture
Animation Supervisor:
David Schaub
Art Department Assistant:
Ryan Cosgrove
Art Department Coordinator:
Erin Collins Butler
Diana Goodwin
Art Direction:
Tony Fanning
James Hegedus
Alicia Maccarone
Norman Newberry
Assistant Art Director:
Mike Stassi
Andrew L. Jones
John P. Goldsmith
Scott Herbertson
Jim Wallis
Assistant Camera:
Steven Cueva
Assistant Dialogue Editor:
Karen Brocco
Assistant Editor:
Ryan Chan
James Andrykowski
Associate Producer:
Debbie Denise
Josh McLaglen
Peter M. Tobyansen
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 Haggar
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:
Jon Null
Digital Compositor:
Brian Ducharme
Digital Compositors:
John E. Sasaki
Digital Effects Supervisor:
Rob Bredow
Mark Lambert
Alberto Menache
Sean Phillips
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
Joey Freitas
Joseph Sullivan
Editor:
R. Orlando Duenas
Jeremiah O'Driscoll
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:
E. Larry Oatfield
Sue Fox
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
Roxane Griffin
Tyler Ely
Key Makeup Artist:
Deborah La Mia Denaver
Key Set Production Assistant:
Heather Wusterbarth
Layout:
Fernando Benítez
Juan Gonzalez
Corey Hels
Maks Naporowski
Carlos Pedroza
Joseph Thomas
Layout Supervisor:
Andrew Titcomb
Leadman:
David C. Potter
Lighting Artist:
Glen Gustafson
Ben Radcliffe
Frances Kumashiro
Mark Hamilton
Makeup Artist:
Daniel C. Striepeke
Angie Wells
Bill Myer
Cinzia Zanetti
Dale Condit
Donna Cicatelli-Lewis
Jane English
Karen Westerfield
Leo Corey Castellano
Lisa Buono
Nacoma Whobrey
Nadege Schoenfeld
Robert Norin
Robert Ryan
Tegan Taylor
Matte Painter:
Thomas Esmeralda
Modeling:
Dean Wolcott
Dustin Zachary
Jeff Frost
Kim Smith
Marc Steinberg
Mark Krentz
Tony Bohorquez
Motion Capture Artist:
Tom Armbruster
Mark Lipsmeyer
Michael Len
Steve Guevara
Music Editor:
Kenneth Karman
Musician:
Andrew Bain
Eric Bradley
George Doering
James Thatcher
Kevin Connolly
M.B. Gordy
Marcia Dickstein
Matt Chamberlain
Patricio Castillo
Wade Culbreath
Negative Cutter:
Gary Burritt
Mo Henry
Orchestrator:
Conrad Pope
William Ross
Joel McNeely
Original Music Composer:
Alan Silvestri
Payroll Accountant:
Angela Randazzo
Post Production Assistant:
Dana Gong
Producer:
Gary Goetzman
Steve Starkey
William Teitler
Robert Zemeckis
Production Accountant:
Daryl C. Lefever
Production Assistant:
Josh Ernstrom
Production Coordinator:
Gabriela Ríos
Production Design:
Rick Carter
Doug Chiang
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:
Jackson Bishop
Jeffrey Beck
Cathlyn Marshall
Todd Cherniawsky
Smokey Stover
Kenneth A. Larson
Masako Masuda
Kseniya Hoppe
Set Dresser:
Richard B. 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:
Scott Guitteau
David C. Hughes
Sound Mixer:
William B. Kaplan
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Johnson
Dennis Sands
Randy Thom
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
Jeff Evans
Matthew Rugetti
Shane Habberstad
Supervising Sound Editor:
Dennis Leonard
Transportation Coordinator:
Randy Cantor
Unit Production Manager:
Josh McLaglen
Unit Publicist:
Jane E. Russell
VFX Artist:
Dan Kessler
Ergin Kuke
VFX Editor:
Stephen M. Rickert Jr.
VFX Supervisor:
Ken Ralston
Video Assist Operator:
Samuel R. Harrison III
Visual Effects:
Oscar G. Castillo
Brian C. Davis
Hae-Jeon Lee
Kyudon Choi
Len White
Lori Smallwood
Nick Gray
Sandra Warren
Visual Effects Art Director:
Martin A. Kline
George Denes Suhayda
Visual Effects Assistant Editor:
Patrick Ballin
Visual Effects Coordinator:
Timothy Loughran
Chris McLeod
Jarrod Nesbit
Rocco Pucillo
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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