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Polar Express Widescreen DVD

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Directed by:

Robert Zemeckis

Featuring:

Peter Scolari, Nona Gaye, Eddie Deezen, Charles Fleischer, Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, Michael Jeter

Categories:

Childrens, Kids Adventure, Children, Christmas, Theatrical Release, Trains, Train Adventures, Santa Claus

	Description

	Director Robert Zemeckis revolutionized the art of animated film in 1998's WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT by dropping cartoon characters into the same frame with flesh-and-blood actors. In THE POLAR EXPRESS, live action and animation have merged seamlessly, resulting in sparkling super-realism. A landmark technique Zemeckis and his Sony Pictures Imageworks team call "Performance Capture" perfectly suits the tenor of this wondrous children's Christmas story by Chris Van Allsburg. A disillusioned little boy, just old enough to doubt the existence of Santa Claus, has the adventure of a lifetime one fateful Christmas Eve. Clad in his pajamas, he climbs aboard a magic train to the North Pole, driven by a kindly train conductor (voiced by Tom Hanks who starred in both of Zemeckis's Academy-Award winning films FORREST GUMP and CASTAWAY). Among myriad jaw-dropping moments, the train plummets brakeless through crystalline mountains in a simulated roller coaster ride. Going off the rails, skidding sideways, and snaking violently across a frozen lake, the train arrives at the North Pole (a vast, glowing city of brick buildings). At that moment, the car carrying the kids detaches and they're sent tumbling down never-ending chutes and slides until they land in the middle of Santa's Workshop. With its fascinating tale and impressive technical frolics, THE POLAR EXPRESS is destined to become both a holiday classic and a new turning point in the art of animated cinema.

	DVD Features

	Full Frame - 1.33 Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Dolby Surround 5.1 English, French, Spanish

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	Technical Specifications

	Color - Color Additional Information - Widescreen

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Average Rating: Number of Reviews: 3 (view all)

Posted on January 2, 2008

Reviewed by: Ben

"The Polar Express" was directed by Spielberg protégée Robert Zemeckis (who also directed "Beowulf"), and it is based on a book by Chris Van Allsburg which Tom Hanks was a big fan of when he was kid....
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Posted on March 14, 2007

Reviewed by: Zara

One of the main things wrong with this movie is the producers were in too much of a hurry to get to use the technology. As most people have learned with any major programming, you've got to let it go...
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Posted on July 1, 2006

Reviewed by: Tony

Words such as "creepy", "bizarre", and "strange" were not words I expected to use to describe "The Polar Express". This is a film that is made for children, but as a 20 year old male, I have to tell...
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