The Polar Express 3D / Castle Rock Entertainment presents in association with Shangri-La Entertainment, a Playtone/ImageMovers/Golden Mean production ; a Robert Zemeckis film ; produced by Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis, Gary Goetzman, William Teitler ; screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & William Broyles, Jr. ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Tom Hanks, Leslie Harter Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, Brendan King, Andy Pellick, Josh Eli, Mark Mendonca, Rolandas Hendricks. Title from container. Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg. Special features: Smokey and the steamer song, not seen in theaters; You look familiar: the many Polar faces of Tom Hanks; five featurettes; profiule of author, Chris Van Allsburg; Believe: Josh Groban performance and behind the scenes; more.
Summary:
Billy longs to believe in Santa Claus, but he finds it quite difficult to do so. His family has a dogged insistence that all of it, from the North Pole, to the elves, to Santa 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. The train's conductor along with the other passengers help turn Billy's crisis of faith into a journey of self-discovery.
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