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📅 2004 ⏱ 1h 40min G Released FHD / 4K

The Polar Express

"A journey like you’ve never imagined."

AnimationAdventureFamilyFantasy

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.

🎬 DirectorRobert Zemeckis

📅 Release2004-11-10

🌍 CountryUnited States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioGolden Mean, Playtone, ImageMovers

🗳 Votes6,788

🔥 Popularity6

💰 Budget$165,000,000

💵 Revenue$318,432,432

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🎭 Cast

Tom Hanks

Hero Boy (Adult)/ Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus

Leslie Zemeckis

Sister Sarah / Mother

Eddie Deezen

Know-It-All

Nona Gaye

Hero Girl (voice)

Peter Scolari

Billy - Lonely Boy

Michael Jeter

Smokey / Steamer

Josh Hutcherson

Hero Boy (motion capture)

Daryl Sabara

Hero Boy (voice)

Jimmy Bennett

Lonely Boy (voice)

Tinashe

Hero Girl (motion capture)

Brendan King

Pastry Chef

Andy Pellick

Pastry Chef

Josh Eli

Waiter

Mark Mendonca

Waiter

Rolondas Hendricks

Waiter

🎥 Crew

ScreenplayWilliam Broyles Jr.

Director of PhotographyRobert Presley

CastingScot Boland

Costume DesignJoanna Johnston

Executive ProducerChris Van Allsburg

Set DecorationKaren O'Hara

ProducerWilliam Teitler

Executive ProducerJack Rapke

ScreenplayRobert Zemeckis

CastingVictoria Burrows

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🏷 Keywords

faithholidaysanta clausnerdbelltrainbeardnorth poletrestletickettrain travelchristmas

💬 Reviews

Wuchak⭐ 5/10

***Some kids with creepy dead eyes take a dreamlike trip to the North Pole on The Polar Express*** A boy from Grand Rapids, Michigan, is at the age where he no longer believes in Christmas, as far as Santa, his elves and flying reindeer go, but a magical train appears in front of his home on Christmas Eve and whisks him away on an adventurous trip to the North Pole with several other kids. …

Peter89Spencer⭐ 10/10

No matter how many times I watch this, it always brought me to tears! I only wish that I got to see it in 3D at the cinema.…

Peter McGinn⭐ 8/10

Watching The Polar Express is not an annual event for me, but I believe I have seen it three times and would not nix the idea if someone were to suggest watching it again. I feel a connection to it for an odd reason: my wife and I volunteered one Christmas season to be elves serving cocoa and dancing for an actual Polar Express narrow gauge train ride when we lived in Maine. (Though I can assure …