The Polar Express

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American film Christmas film animated film fantasy film film

The Polar Express is a 2004 animated Christmas fantasy film, directed by Robert Zemeckis and known for its pioneering use of motion-capture technology to tell the story of a magical train journey to the North Pole.

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The Polar Express canonical	27
The Polar Express (film)	2
Polar Express	1
The Polar Express (1985 book)	1
The Polar Express (2004 film adaptation)	1
The Polar Express (book)	1
The Polar Express (film score)	1
The Polar Express train	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ Christmas film ⓘ animated film ⓘ fantasy film ⓘ film ⓘ
animationStyle	computer-animated ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Chris Van Allsburg ⓘ
basedOn	The Polar Express self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Polar Express (book)
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide	approximately $314 million ⓘ
budget	approximately $165 million ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Don Burgess ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Robert Zemeckis ⓘ
distributedBy	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Jeremiah O’Driscoll ⓘ
genre	Christmas ⓘ adventure ⓘ animated ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Conductor ⓘ Hero Boy ⓘ Santa Claus ⓘ
musicBy	Alan Silvestri ⓘ
narratedBy	Tom Hanks ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
notableFor	pioneering use of performance capture in animation ⓘ
plotSummary	A young boy embarks on a magical train journey to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. ⓘ
producer	Gary Goetzman ⓘ Robert Zemeckis ⓘ Steve Starkey ⓘ
productionCompany	Castle Rock Entertainment ⓘ ImageMovers ⓘ Playtone ⓘ
releaseDateUS	November 10, 2004 ⓘ
releaseYear	2004 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	100 ⓘ
screenwriter	Robert Zemeckis ⓘ William Broyles Jr. ⓘ
setting	Christmas Eve ⓘ North Pole ⓘ
sourceWorkPublicationYear	1985 ⓘ
starred	Daryl Sabara ⓘ Eddie Deezen ⓘ Leslie Zemeckis ⓘ Nona Gaye ⓘ Peter Scolari ⓘ Tom Hanks ⓘ
usesTechnology	motion capture ⓘ

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