The Polar Express

The Polar Express is a 2004 American Christmas 3D animated musical fantasy film based on the 1985 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg, who served as one of the executive producers on the film. Written, produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film features human characters animated using the live action performance capture technique.

The film stars Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett, and Eddie Deezen, with Tom Hanks in six distinct roles. The film also included a performance by Tinashe at age 9, who later gained exposure as a pop singer in 2010, as the CGI-model for the female protagonist. Castle Rock Entertainment produced the film in association with Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers, Playtone and Golden Mean, for Warner Bros. Pictures. The visual effects and performance capture were done at Sony Pictures Imageworks. The film was made with a budget of $165 million, a record-breaking sum for an animated feature at the time. The studio first released the film in both conventional and IMAX 3D theaters November 10, 2004. It grossed $309 million worldwide.

The Polar Express is listed in the Guinness World Book of Records in 2006 as the first all-digital capture film. This is Castle Rock Entertainment's first animated film. The film also marks Michael Jeter's last acting role before his death, and the film was dedicated to his memory.

Cast

Image	Character	USA	Mex	Jap	Bra	Ger	Fra	Ita	Pol	Neth	Hun	Swe	Fin	Nor	Den	Spa(Catalan)	Spa	Por	Kor	Taiw	Isr	Turk
	Hero Boy	Daryl Sabara	Fabrizio Santini	Yamamoto Ryūhei	Thiago Farias	Maximilian Artajo	Maxime Baudouin	Furio Pergolani	Kajetan Lewandowski	Frans Limburg	Jelinek Márk	Calle Dahlström	Henri Piispanen	Aslak Maurstad		Anna Orra	Andrés Arahuete	João Teixeira	Kim Seo-Young		Tamir Ginzburg	Anıl Kırkyıldız
		Tom Hanks
	Hero Girl	Nona Gaye	Georgina Sánchez	Yuna Mimura	Lina Mendes	Julia Ziffer	Camille Donda	Flavia Rosa	Zuzanna Adamczyk		Kálmánfi Anita	Norea Sjöquist	Viivi Tamminen	Maiken KolleRiskild		Berta Cortés	Paula Ribó	Maria Barbosa	Park Sun-young		Lenny Cohen	Hazal Erdal
	Conductor	Tom Hanks	Salvador Delgado	Toshiaki Karasawa	Hélio Ribeiro	Arne Elsholtz	JeanPhilippe Puymartin	Francesco Pannofino	Krzysztof Dracz	Frans Limburg	Balázs Péter	Roger Storm	Juha Paananen	Anders Hatlo		Jordi Brau		Paulo Oom	Oh Se-Hong		Ohad Shachar	Naşit Özcan
	Billy	Jimmy Bennett	Rodrigo García	Yûto Uemura		Julius Hasper	Martin Faliu	Alex Polidori	Miłosz Woźniak			CarlMagnus Lilljedahl						André Ferraz
		Peter Scolari
	Know-it-All	Eddie Deezen	HéctorEmmanuel Gómez	Tanaka Kyōhei	Gustavo Nader	Hannes Maurer	Laurent Lévy	Leonardo Graziano	Rafał Kołsut		Sánta Balázs	Adam Giertz	Petri Hanttu	Erik Skøld			Masumi Mutsuda	André Maia	Um Sanghyun		Ido Mosseri	Deniz Salman
	Father	Tom Hanks	Roberto Molina	Toshiaki Karasawa	Luiz Feier Motta	Tobias Meister	JeanPhilippe Puymartin	Angelo Maggi	Adam Ferency	Frans Limburg	Forgács Péter	Andreas Nilsson	Jari Karjalainen	Nicolay LangeNielsen			Jordi Brau	Diogo Infante			Ohad Shachar
	Mother	Leslie Zemeckis	Adriana Casas		Juraciára Diácovo	Ulrike Stürzbecher	Céline Monsarrat	Roberta Greganti	Dorota Chotecka		Katona Zoltán	Louise Raeder	Noora Malli	Siv Klynderud			María Moscardó	Paula Fonseca			Sarit VinoElad
	Sarah	IsabellaPeregrina				Friedel Morgenstern	Lola Krellenstein	Valentina Rossi	Zuzanna Bernat		Kántor Kitty	Alexandra Alm Nylén						Carolina Salles			Noa Shemi
		Leslie Zemeckis
	Hobo	Tom Hanks	Jesse Conde	Toshiaki Karasawa	Mauro Ramos	Arne Elsholtz	JeanPhilippe Puymartin	Francesco Pannofino	Adam Ferency	Frans Limburg	Károly Gesztesi	Andreas Nilsson				Jordi Brau		Paulo Oom			Ohad Shachar	Engin Alkan
	Smokey	Michael Jeter	Ismael Castro	Ryusei Nakao	Guilherme Briggs	Hasso Zorn	BernardPierre Donnadieu	Mino Caprio	Mariusz Czajka	Jan Nonhof	Görög László	Jan Modin						Fernando Luis			Albert Cohen
	Steamer	Michael Jeter	Rolando de Castro	Yûsaku Yara	Guilherme Briggs	Hasso Zorn	BernardPierre Donnadieu	Mino Caprio	Wojciech Paszkowski		Németh Gábor	Göran Engman		Christoffer Staib				Fernando Luis			Albert Cohen
	Santa Claus	Tom Hanks	Armando Réndiz	Toshiaki Karasawa	Pietro Mário	Roland Hemmo	JeanPhilippe Puymartin	Francesco Pannofino	Adam Ferency	Frans Limburg	Bácskai János	Roger Storm									Ohad Shachar	Kerem Atabeyoğlu
	Scrooge	Tom Hanks	Jesse Conde	Toshiaki Karasawa	Mauro Ramos	Arne Elsholtz	JeanPhilippe Puymartin	Francesco Pannofino	Adam Ferency	Frans Limburg	Károly Gesztesi	Andreas Nilsson				Jordi Brau		Paulo Oom			Ohad Shachar	Engin Alkan
	Toothless Boy
	Elf General	Charles Fleischer		Hiroaki Hamada		Michael Narloch	Marc Saez		Mieczysław Morański			Gunnar Ernblad					JoséJavier Serrano
	Elf Lieutenant	Steven Tyler
	Elf Singer	Steven Tyler				HansJürgen Dittberner						Kristian Ståhlgren						Quimbé
	Narrator	Tom Hanks	Óscar Gómez		MarcoAntônio Costa	Frank Glaubrecht	JeanPhilippe Puymartin	Francesco Pannofino	Adam Ferency	Frans Limburg	Kőszegi Ákos	Roger Storm						Diogo Infante			Ohad Shachar

Songs

Image	Character	USA	Mex	Jap	Bra	Ger	Fra	Ita	Pol	Neth	Hun	Swe	Fin	Nor	Den	Spa(Catalan)	Spa	Por	Kor	Taiw	Isr	Turk
	Hero Girl	Meagan Moore	Leyla Rangel	Yuna Mimura	Lina Mendes	Julia Ziffer	Camille Donda	Giulia Luzi	Zuzanna Adamczyk			Norea Sjöquist	Viivi Tamminen	MaikenKolle Riskild		Berta Cortés	Paula Ribó	Maria Barbosa	Park Sunyoung		Lenny Cohen	Hazal Erdal
	Conductor	Tom Hanks	Beto Castillo	Toshiaki Karasawa	Hélio Ribeiro	Arne Elsholtz	JeanPhilippe Puymartin	Francesco Pannofino	Krzysztof Dracz	Frans Limburg		Roger Storm	Juha Paananen	Anders Hatlo		Jordi Brau		Paulo Oom	Oh Se-Hong		Ohad Shachar	Naşit Özcan
	Billy	Matthew Hall	Alejandro Orozco			Julius Hasper		Alex Polidori	Miłosz Woźniak

Some Lines

Image	Character	USA
	Smokey	André Sogliuzzo
	Steamer	André Sogliuzzo

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