The Polar Express overview

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.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Robert Zemeckis
  • Studio: Shangri-La Entertainment, Playtone, Image Movers, Golden Mean, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Castle Rock Entertainment
  • Year: 2004
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: G
  • Category: Animated
  • Genre/Type: Children's/Family
  • Filmed in: Computer Animation, Color, Motion Capture
  • Release: 2004 11 19 (USA - IMAX 3D), 2004 11 10 (USA)

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