"It's Christmas Eve, and you're about to roller-coaster up and down mountains, slip-slide over ice fields, teeter across mile-high bridges and be served hot chocolate by singing waiters more astonishing than any you can imagine. You're on The Polar Express!"--Container insert.
Publisher:Burbank, California : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Copyright:copyright 2007
General Note: English dialogue, English ; French or Spanish subtitles.Smokey and Steamer song ; You look familiar: the many polar faces of the Tom Hanks ; A genuine ticket to ride documentary gallery: 5 featurettes ; True inspirations: An author's adventure: profiling Chris Van Allsburg ; Believe: Josh Groban performs at the Greek Theatre ; Behind-the-scenes of Believe: bringing a hit song to magical life in the recording studio ; Flurry of effects gallery: 5 motion-capture sessions Christmas memories ; Theatrical trailer.Title from container.Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Produced by Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Gary Goetzman, William Teitler ; screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & William Broyles, Jr. ; directors of photography, Don Burgess, Robert Presley ; edited by Jeremiah O'Driscoll, R. Orlando Duenas ; music score by Alan Silvestri ; original songs by Glen Ballard, Alan Silvestri ; costume designer, Joanna Johnston ; production designers by Rick Carter, Doug Chiang ; senior visual effects supervisors, Ken Ralston, Jerome Chen ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Participant or Performer Note: Voices: Tom Hanks, Leslie Harter Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Brendan King, Andy Pellick, Josh Eli, Mark Mendonca, Rolandas Hendricks.