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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419818479
Format: AC-3, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1419818473
Label: Warner Bros. Pictures
Manufacturer: Warner Bros. Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Bros. Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 22, 2005
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 26020
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: November 10, 2004
Editorial Review:
Description:
DVD Features:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interviews
Music Video
Other
Amazon.com:
Destined to become a holiday perennial, The Polar Express also heralded a brave new world of all-digital filmmaking. Critics and audiences were divided between those who hailed it as an instant classic that captures the visual splendor and evocative innocence of Chris Van Allsburg's popular children's book, and those who felt that the innovative use of 'performance capture'--to accurately translate live performances into all-digital characters--was an eerie and not-quite-lifelike distraction from the story's epic-scale North Pole adventure. In any case it's a benign, kind-hearted celebration of the yuletide spirit, especially for kids who have almost grown out of their need to believe in Santa Claus. Tom Hanks is the nominal 'star' who performs five different computer-generated characters, but it's the visuals that steal this show, as director Robert Zemeckis indulges his tireless pursuit of technological innovation. No matter how you respond to the many wonders on display, it's clear that The Polar Express represents a significant milestone in the digital revolution of cinema. If it also fills you with the joy of Christmas (in spite of its Nuremberg-like rally of frantic elves), so much the better. --Jeff Shannon
DVD features
The most intriguing feature on the two-disc DVD is probably the six-minute sequence featuring a new song performed by the two engine-room characters, Smokey and Steamer. The animation is crude and the song is nothing special, but it does preserve the dual performances of Michael Jeter (he played both characters), who passed away during filming. One of the striking aspects of The Polar Express is its use of motion-capture technology to turn real actors into animated characters, and that is examined in a significant portion of the five-part 11-minute featurette, in the 'look at' Tom Hanks's multiple performances, and in an Easter egg that offers a side-by-side comparison of the actors in their motion-capture suits with the finished film in the 'Hot Chocolate' number. There's also a live performance of Josh Groban singing 'Believe' followed by an interview segment with him and composer Alan Silvestri, author Chris Van Allsburg providing a five-minute capsulization of his career, a PC game demo, and a kids' set-top game. The version of the film on DVD is the standard theatrical version, not the 3-D version seen in IMAX theaters. --David Horiuchi
The World of The Polar Express 
The book by Chris Van Allsburg | 
The Soundtrack | 
The Magic Journey (Polar Express the Movie) (book) |
Stills from Polar Express (click for larger image)
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Very Pleased: Warner has made big bang for the buck
I've seen the IMAX version and it's astounding....... the 3D surface to the boy's eyeballs with veins. Utterly amazing and highly recommended.
Do not expect that from the home version but I found the results on an high resolution laptop or an 52 inch LCD to be quite pleasing for the piddly price one pays for the DVD.
Here is what I think most complaints result from re: the 3D.
The cheap, cardboard glasses are not comfortable......Be glad they provided them for 16 bucks ... Read More
Rating:  - 1 Star for the 3D Version!
My son saw that this was in 3D and I thought "cool." Not cool. We tried watching it with the 3D glasses it came with. It was horrible, not clear, lots of "double" vision going on. The same day I purchased some other 3D glasses that had good reviews and were not made of paper or scratched.
Here we are watching it in the new glasses...still no go. Still have double vision and an unclear awful picture. Watch the regular version and turn up the sound. It's a better experience.
Rating:  - The Polar Express
I bought this movie before on the HD-DVD after seeing it in the Theaters in 3-d and it was not the same experience at home not being in 3d and now it in Blu-ray 3d with the glasses and the 3d works great with brings the movie the experience for with in was intended for not 2d as the movie itself is a very good x-mas story to watch every x-mas with the wow factor to make it fresh.
Rating: - Classic
What more can be said.... a classic for all the family... must have for any holiday collection
Rating: - Great movie but horrible 3-D
The first time that I ever saw The Polar Express it was in the IMAX 3-D format and we found it absolutely enthralling. I eagerly purchased the DVD when it was released, and we still loved it even though it was not in 3-D. When I learned that it was being re-released on DVD in a 3-D version I automatically ordered a copy even though I already owned it on DVD. I was very disappointed. The 3-D technology on the home version is not nearly as compelling as the process used in the theatrical version. I ... Read More
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