As she and the conductor cross to the dining car, the boy notices that she left her unpunched ticket but loses hold of the ticket between the cars when he attempts to return it, and the ticket ends up blowing away into the wilderness where it is played with by animals. As Billy sits alone in the train's observation car, hot chocolate is served in the passenger car, and the girl stows away a cup for Billy. The train picks up a boy named Billy, who also declines to board, but changes his mind, and the boy pulls the emergency brake to allow Billy to board, much to the conductor's annoyance. In a passenger car, he meets a spirited girl and a smart know-it-all boy. Initially reluctant, the boy jumps aboard as the train departs. The conductor introduces the train as the Polar Express, which was on its way to the North Pole. Struggling to fall asleep, he witnesses a steam locomotive arrives on the street and goes outside to examine it, ripping a hole in his dressing gown pocket on the way. Starting in a flashback on the night of Christmas Eve, dated 1955, a boy starts to become skeptical of the existence of Santa Claus. It also marks Michael Jeter's last acting role before his death, and the film was thus dedicated to his memory. The film grossed $286 million worldwide during its initial run, and $314 million with subsequent re-releases, and was later listed in the 2006 Guinness World Records as the first all-digital capture film. The Polar Express was released in both conventional and IMAX 3D theaters on November 10, 2004. The film was made with a production budget of $165 million, a record-breaking sum for an animated feature at the time. The visual effects and performance capture were done at Sony Pictures Imageworks. Pictures, as Castle Rock's first animated film.
The film stars Tom Hanks, who was also one of the film's executive producers, in multiple distinct roles, with Daryl Sabara, Nona Gaye, Jimmy Bennett and Eddie Deezen in supporting roles.Ĭastle Rock Entertainment produced the film in association with Shangri-La Entertainment, ImageMovers, Playtone and Golden Mean Productions for Warner Bros. The boy joins several other children as they embark on a journey to visit Santa Claus preparing for Christmas.
The film tells the story of a young boy who, on Christmas Eve, sees a mysterious train bound for the North Pole stop outside his window and is invited aboard by its conductor. The film features human characters animated using live-action motion capture animation. The Polar Express is a 2004 American computer-animated adventure film co-written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, based on the 1985 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg, who also served as one of the executive producers.
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