The Polar Express

[MacGuffin]

Teaser Trailer here.

Trailer

Release Date: November 19th, 2004 (wide)

Cast: Tom Hanks (The Conductor), Chris Coppola (Toothless), Eddie Deezen (Know it All), Ed Gale (Elf Lieutenant), Nona Gaye (Holly), Josh Hutcherson (Hero Boy), Michael Jeter (Smokey and Steamer), Hayden McFarland (Lonely Boy, Billy), Connor Matheus (Toothless), Jimmy "Jax" Pinchak (Know-it-All), Julene Renee, Peter Scolari (Lonely Boy), Chantel Valdivieso (Holly)

Director: Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away, Contact, Back to the Future, What Lies Beneath)

Screenwriter: Malia Scotch Marmo (Once Around; cowriter of Hook); rewrite by William Broyles (Cast Away; cowriter of Apollo 13, Planet of the Apes, Entrapment and Unfaithful)

Based Upon: The children's book of the same title by Chris Van Allsburg, who also authored the book that inspired Jumanji.

Premise: Believing in Santa Claus isn't easy when all of your friends and family insist he's just make-believe. A boy's faith is rewarded one Christmas Eve when he's awakened by a steam train that pulls up in front of his house and takes him and other children to the North Pole to meet Santa. (Tom Hanks plays the train's conductor).

[Finn]

Hmmm...doesn't look that interesting to me

[Ghostboy]

I don't like the way this looks one bit. You see things in the trailer that you recognize from the book...but they're barely recognizable behind all the pomp and nonsense.

But you know me, I'll see it anyway.

[Alethia]

wow, the teaser had me alot more excited for it than this fuckin thing

[Just Withnail]

Anyone catch the Back to the Future III reference?

[Alethia]

directed by robert zemeckis??

[Just Withnail]

"I've wanted to do that all my life" -- Ringing the bell in the locomotive.

[matt35mm]

I think it's kinda funny that Tom Hanks can't help but sounding like Tom Hanks, so all those magical adult characters just end up sounding like Tom Hanks with a high voice or low voice, etc. etc.

[Jeremy Blackman]

[coffeebeetle]

[Find Your Magali]

Even if it's just his voice, I am overwhelmed with joy at the prospect of Eddie Deezen being in a motion picture, let alone a movie with Tom Hanks!

This makes up for Deezen not being cast as Pvt. Ryan.

[Thrindle]

Perhaps my favorite children's book ever...  I don't know how I feel about this.  

[picolas]

Perhaps my favorite children's book ever...  I don't know how I feel about this.  

it's bad..?

[Thrindle]

it's bad.

[El Duderino]

Perhaps my favorite children's book ever

really? where does "where the wild things are" go on your list?