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The Polar Express
Fantasy film with a runtime of 100 minutes, released in 2004. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
Directed by Robert Zemeckis and based on children's author Chris Van Allsburg's modern holiday classic of the same name, The Polar Express revolves around Billy (Hayden McFarland), who longs to believe in Santa Claus but finds it quite difficult to do so, what with his family's dogged insistence that all of it, from the North Pole, to the elves, to the man himself, is all just a myth. This all changes, however, on Christmas Eve, when a mysterious train visits Billy in the middle of the night, promising to take him and a group of other lucky children to the North Pole for a visit with Santa. The train's conductor (Tom Hanks) along with the other passengers help turn Billy's crisis in faith into a journey of self-discovery. A long-time fan of Van Allsburg's book, Hanks also helped produce the film.
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Cast
- Tom Hanks
- Nona Gaye
- Peter Scolari
- Leslie Zemeckis
- Michael Jeter
- Eddie Deezen
- Charles Fleischer
- Chris Coppola
- Julene Renee
- Brendan King
- Andy Pellick
- Josh Eli
- Mark Mendonca
- Rolandas Hendricks
- Mark Goodman
- Ed Gale
- Jon Scott
- Josh Hutcherson
- Hayden McFarland
- Gregory Gast
- Connor Matheus
- Sean Scott
- Gordon Hart
- Phil Fondacaro
- Debbie Lee Carrington
- Mark Povinelli
- Dante Pastula
- Aaron Hendry
- Ashly Holloway
- Evan Sabara
- Leslie Harter Zemeckis
- Nona M. Gaye
- Isabella Peregrina
- Richard Carter
- Jeff Evans
- Eddie Deezen
- Angie Wells
- Dennis S. Sands
- André Sogliuzzo
- Roland Hemmo
- Jackson Bishop
- Nacoma Whobrey
- Todd Cherniawsky
- Steven Tyler
- Steven J. Boyd
- Josh McLaglen
- Alicia Maccarone
- Scott Boland
- Jimmy Bennett
- Cathy T. Marshall
- Dane Farwell
- Peter Scolari
- Bob Norin
- Robert Presley
- Masako Masuda
- Chris Van Allsburg
- Jeremiah O'Driscoll
- Bill Myer
- Chantel Valdivieso
- Dan Striepeke
- Donald Burgess
- Doug Chiang
- Jack Rapke
- Arne Elsholtz
- R. Orlando Duenas
- Mark Chadwick
- Hannes Maurer
- Tobias Meister
- Robert Zemeckis
- John Carrafa
- Tom Hanks
- James Hegedus
- Dennis Sands
- Joanna Johnston
- Nona Gaye
- Randy Thom
- Victoria Burrows
- Daryl Sabara
- William Broyles Jr.
- Norman Newberry
- Tony Fanning
- William B. Kaplan
- Dennis Leonard
- Tom Johnson
- Debbie Denise
- Don Burgess
- Shane Habberstad
