Full credits for The Polar Express (2004).
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Closing[]
Directed by
BOB MORRIS
Screenplay by
PAUL HUNT &
MICHAEL MCCULLERS
Based on the Book by
TOM MCGRATH
Produced by
MARK O'HARE, p.g.a.
JAMIE KENNEDY
Executive Producers
TOM CHO and JO EKE
JON HEDER
CARY ELWES
PATRICK WARBURTON
EMILY DESCHANNEL
AMBYR CHILDERS
ELIJAH WOOD
JERRY LEWIS
CHRIS TRENGROVE
and
CATHERINE O'HARA
Executive Producers
CHRIS RENAUD
CHRIS HEADRICK
Senior Visual Effects Supervisors
STEPHEN HILLENBURG
DEREK DRYMON
Director of Photography
ALAN SMART, A.S.C.
and
JOE RANFT
Production Designers
JOHN LASSETER
and
PETE DOCTOR
Editors
BERT RING
&
H.A. REY
Co-Producer
STEVEN BOYD
Original Songs by
GLEN BALLARD
and
ALAN SILVESTRI
Music Score Composed and Conducted by
ALAN SILVESTRI
Costumes Designed by
JOANNA JOHNSTON
Casting by
VICTORIA BURROWS
SCOT BOLAND
Choreography by
JOHN CARRAFA
Associate Producers
DEBBIE DENISE
PETER TOBYANSEN
JOSH McLAGLEN
A
CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
Presentation
In Association with
SHANGRI-LA ENTERTAINMENT
A
PLAYTONE/IMAGEMOVERS/GOLDEN MEAN
Production
A
ROBRET ZEMECKIS
Film
Crawl Art[]
Unit Production Manager/ First Assistant Director |
JOSH McLAGLEN |
Second Assistant Director | RICK KELLY |
Sound Designer | RANDY THOM |
Imagery and Animation by SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC.
Visual Effects Producer | CRAIG SOST |
Digital Producer | CHRIS JUEN |
Animation Supervisor | DAVID SCHAUB |
Digital Effects Supervisors | ROB BREDOW MARK LAMBERT ALBERTO MENACHE SEAN PHILLIPS |
Character Designer | VLADIMIR TODOWOR |
Visual Effects Art Directors | MARTY KLINE GEORGE SUHAYDA |
ImageMotion Supervisor | DEMIAN GORDON |
ImageMotion Integration Supervisor | ALBERT HASTINGS |
Look Development Supervisor | CLIFF BRETT |
Environment Modeling Supervisor | KEVIN HUDSON |
Character Modeling Supervisor | EDWARD TAYLOR |
Character Set-Up Supervisor | J.J. BLUMENKRANZ |
Animation Pipeline Supervisor | BERT VAN BRANDE |
Layout Supervisor | JAMES WILLIAMS |
Cloth and Hair Supervisor | SHO IGARASHI |
Effects Animation Supervisor | DANIEL KRAMER |
Matte Painting Supervisor | IVO HORVAT |
Cast[]
Hero Boy | TOM HANKS |
Father | TOM HANKS |
Sister Sarah | LESLIE ZEMECKIS |
Mother | LESLIE ZEMECKIS |
Conductor | TOM HANKS |
Know-it-All | EDDIE DEEZEN |
Hero Girl | NONA GAYE |
Lonely Boy | PETER SCOLARI |
Pastry Chefs | BRENDAN KING ANDY PELLICK |
Josh Eli | Mark Mendonca |
Rolandas Hendricks | Mark Goodman |
Jon Scott | Gregory Gast |
Sean Scott | Gordon Hart |
Hobo | TOM HANKS |
Smokey | MICHAEL JETER |
Steamer | MICHAEL JETER |
Toothless Boy | CHRIS COPOLA |
Red Head Girl | JULENE RENNE |
Scrooge | TOM HANKS |
Elf General | CHARLES FLEISCHER |
Elf Lieutenant | STEVEN TYLER |
Phil Fondacaro | Debbie Lee Carrington |
Mark Povinelli | Ed Gale |
Chris Coppola | Julene Renee |
Little Boy | DARYL SABARA |
Santa Claus | TOM HANKS |
Elf Singer | STEVEN TYLER |
Voice Performers[]
Hero Boy | DARYL SABARA |
Smokey & Steamer | ANDRE SOGLIUZZO |
Lonely Boy | JIMMY BENNETT |
Sister Sarah | ISABELLA PEREGRINA |
Additional Adult Performers[]
Stunt Coordinator | ALLAN ROBINSON |
MARK CHADWICK
JEFF EVANS
DANE FARWELL
SHANE HABBERSTAD
MATTHEW RUGETTI
SAGIV BEN-BIVYMAN
BETH CARPENTER
JENA CARPENTER
KEVIN C. CARR
BILL FORCHION
DEVIN HENDERSON
AARON HENDRY
BEE JAY JOYER
KARINE NAUFFREY
ERIC NEWTON
AIDAN O'SHEA
Additional Chils Performers[]
Hero Boy | JOSH HUTCHERSON |
Sister Sarah | ASHLY HOLLOWAY |
Know it All | JIMMY "JAX" PINCHAK |
Hero Girl | CHANTEL VALDIVIESO |
Lonely Boy | HAYDEN McFARLAND |
Toothless | CONNOR MATHEUS |
Young Boy | EVAN SABARA |
Motion Capture Models[]
Performance Capture Understudy | ROSS McCALL |
VALENTINA AULISI
JACK BENNINGSER
BOBBY BLOCK
CHRISTINA BOEWE
CHASE CELMESHA
JOSEPH DOWD
RYAN FRANCOIS
JORDAN FRISBEE
NATHALIE GOMES
CARLA HEINEY
YUVAL HOD
MEGAN HOLLOWAY
TINASHE KACHINGWE
MICHAEL LEN
COURTNEY LOUIS
TONY MATTA
TATIANA MOLLMANN
MICHAEL MONKEN
NICOLE NIPKOW
WOODY SCHULTZ
KIRSTEN SEVERSON
KEVIN ST. LAURENT
JENNY THOMAS
NICOLE WELLS
ANNE-MARIE WILSON
Second Unit Director | STEVE STARKEY |
Production Video Supervisor | IAN KELLY |
Digital Visual Concept Consultant | SIMON WELLS |
TONY FANNING
JAMES HEDGEUS
ALICIA MACCARONE
NORMAN NEWBERRY
Set Decorator | KAREN O'HARA |
AARON BECKER
BRIAN FLORA
MARC GABBANA
RANDY GAUL
KURT KAUFMAN
BILL MATHER
DAVID SACCHERI
MARK SULLIVAN
JAMES CLYNE
STEFAN DECHANT
PHILLIP KELLER
OLIVER SCHOLL
PETE BILLINGTON
YOUNG DUK CHO
MATTHEW A. WARD
ZAC WOLLONS
JOHN P. GOLDSMITH
SCOTT HERBERTSON
ANDREW L. JONES
MIKE STASSI
JIM WALLIS
JEFF BECK
JACKSON BISHOP
TODD CHERNIAWSKY
KSENIYA HOPPE
KENNETH A. LARSON
CATHLYN MARSHALL
MASAKO MASUDA
SMOKEY STOVER
TONY BOHORQUEZ
JEFF FROST
JOHN GOODSON
R. KIM SMITH
DEAN WOLCOTT
Coordinators | ERIN COLLINS DIANA GOODWIN |
Storyboard Coordinator | MAUREEN BEATTY |
RYAN COSGROVE
ROEL BANZON ROBLES
JOEY SPIOTTO
JOSH VIERS
Buyers ANDREA FENTON
ANN KNIGHT
Leadperson DAVID POTTER
Coordinator RICHIE KAWAMOTO
Set Dressers ALEX KIRST
SCOTT BRUZA RICHARD WESTER
Staff Assistant JESSICA RAPKE
First Assistant Editors ALEX OLIVARES
ALISON LEARNED WOLF
VFX Editors STEPHEN M. RICKERT, JR
. JAMES ANDRYKOWSKI
Assistant Editor RYAN CHAN
Staff Assistants CHRISTOPHER BROWNE
ALEXANDER ZEMECKIS DANA GONG
Accountant DARYL C. LEFEVER
Imageworks DPMs KATHERINE CONCEPCION
MANDY TANKENSON JULIE ZACKARY
Visual Effects Editor TIM EATON
Layout Leads CHRISTOPHER POPLIN LISA SUZUKI
LayoutFERNANDO BENITEZ
JUAN GONZALES
COREY HELS
MAKSYMILLIAN NAPOROWSKI
CARLOS PEDROZA
JOSEPH THOMAS
ANDREA DONNELLY
RONALD FISCHEY
DAVID STRIPINIS
COREY TURNER
DAVID BENNETT
THOMAS BLAND
SCOTT BOGONIEWSKI
PAUL CECH
PIERRE CHASTAIN
KEVIN CUSHING
CHARLES GHISLANDI
DON JOHNSON
ERIC LALUMIERE
NEIL LIM SANG
DANIE LUPOVICI
ROBERT MACKENZIE
KEVIN MAHORNEY
JOHN MEEHAN
KLEE MILLER
MICHAEL MUMBAUER
DAVID PENG
JULIAN SARMIENTO
TREY STOKES
CHRISTINA SWING
SANDRA WARREN
DAVID WASHBURN
KEITH KELLOGG
JOHN CLARK MATTHEWS
KENN McDONALD
JEFF SCIU
CHAD STEWART
ALFONSO ALPUERTO
LAURA BARBERA
WOLF-RUEDIGER BLOSS
FRANK BONNIWELL
TOM BRUNO JR.
RANDY CARTWRIGHT
STEPHANE COUTURE
JAMES CROSSLEY
RENATO DOS ANJOS
CHRISTOPHER ENDICOTT
ROBERT FOX
KELLY GOLDSTEIN
JORDAN HARRIS
NICOLE HERR
SETH HIPPEN
T. DANIEL HOFSTEDT
JON HOOPER
PAUL JESSEL
ALICE KAISERIAN
MICHAEL KIELY
MICHAEL KIMMEL
KELVIN LEE
JEFF LIN
LES MAJOR
MARCO MARENGHI
JAMES MOORHEAD
PATRICK OSBORNE
KEITH PACIELLO
DENIS SAMOILOV
HENRY SATO JR.
BRIAN SCHINDLER
ALEXANDER SOKOLOFF
TOM SOREM
WILLIAM TESSIER
ROGER VIZARD
DAN WAWRZASZEK
ERIC WEISS
CHRIS WILLIAMS
CHRISTIAN AUBERT
CHRISTOPHER CHRISTMAN
MICHELL COCKERHAM
DEREK CROSBY
JOSEPH DILALLO
AMY HRONEK
ALAN LEHMAN
DAVID LO
PETER MEGOW
CAROLYN OROS
JIWON PAIK
JOSEPH SPADARO
SUSAN HAMMON
ROB HOUSE
RODRIGO IBANEZ
CHRIS YEE
ARTURO AGUILAR
JAY BANKS
AIMEE CAMPBELL
BRIAN CASPER
OSCAR CASTILLO
MARK DE SOUSA
CURTIS EDWARDS
JEFF EDWARDS
BARBARA ELLISON
OLIVER FINKELDE
ASHRAF GHONIEM
AVNEET KAUR
DAVID KERSEY
ANDY KING
EUN JAE LEE
MICHAEL LEVINE
CHRISTO LIBARIDIAN
CHRISTOPHER LOGAN
GUSTAV MELICH
ROBERT NITSCH
KEVIN OAKLEY
SCOTT PARRISH
ERIC WARREN
DUSTIN WICKE
KALIM WINATA
Effects Animation Leads MATT HAUSMAN
CARL HOOPER
Effects AnimationDEBORAH CARLSON
MATTHEW CORDNER
DAVID R. DAVIES
MATTHEW DAVIES
BRIAN DAVIS
ANDY GAUVREAU
MARC HORSFIELD
DAN KESSLER
HAE-JEON LEE
STEPHEN MARSHALL
AARON JAMES McCOMAS
STEVEN ONG
JOHN PATTON
CHERIE RYE
ALLEN RUIVOLA
VINCENT SERRITELLA
PETER SHINNERS
PATRICK COHEN
R. STIRLING DUGUID
JEP HILL
ADRIAN ILER
MacDUFF KNOX
DAVID PARRISH
CARLOS VIDAL
ROBERT WINTER
THEO BIALEK
CLARA CHAN
STEPHEN LUNN
BAUDOUIN STRUYE
JOACHIM BARNREUTHER
ERIK BORZI
GEORGIA CANO
ONNY CARR
ALAN CHEN
CHRISTIAN CUNNINGHAM
GINA DI BARI
DALE DRUMMOND
QUENTIN FROST
ROBB GARDNER
RAINER GOMBOS
JAMES GREEN
CHAD GREENE
HARRY GUNDERSEN
GLEN GUSTAFSON
MARK HAMILTON
JUSTIN HAMMOND
KURT JUDSON
DAVID KINTNER
ERGIN KUKE
FRANCES KUMASHIRO
LYNDON LI
TIMOTHY LLEWELLYN
KIERON LO
DAVID MENKES
MARC MILLER
ENRIQUE MUNOZ
PATRICK NEARY
BOB PEITZMAN
BENJAMIN RADCLIFFE
OLUN RILEY
DAVID SATCHWELL
MARK SHOAF
DOUG SMITH
JEREMY SQUIRES
JEFF STERN
LISA TSE
JON TOJEK
JAMES VALLADAO
WAYNE VINCENZI
DANIEL JAMES WEBER
MARK WURTZ
DOUG YOSHIDA
TERUYUKI YOSHIDA
Character Set-Up
MIKE MYERS VOL CKN TOYS
NON MICHAEL TRUJILLO KEN
DAURIO VICTOR
Performance Captureunit[]
Camera Operator PAT O'BRIEN
Animators DIELLOUL
BEKRI FRANCOIS-XAVIER
DIE WARS
Still Photographer FRANCOIS DUHAMEL
Script Supervisor LUCA KOUIMELIS
Character Design Supervisor NATACHA RAVLIC
VAN HERWERDEN
Production Sound Mixer WILLIAM B. KAPLAN, CAS
Boom Operator CARY WEITZ
Character Production Supervisor MATHILDE NAUTOU
Character Production Assistant ORCHESTRAL NONA
Property Master ROBIN L. MILLER
Assistant Property Master GREGORY N. ROCCO
Lighting Coordinator
MILLER MICHAEL MUMBAUER DAVID PENG
JULIAN SARMIENTO TREY STOKES CHRISTINA SWING
SANDRA WARREN DAVID
Make-Up Artists
DONNA CICATELLI
BILL MYER
NAGEDED SCHOLFLEID
LISA BEUNO
Prosthetics Supplied by WM CREATIONS
Wigs by Renate
VAN ALLSBURG XAVIER TRUDEAU-DESCHÊNES
BRIAN FLORA MARC GABBANA
Production Coordinator GABRIELA RIOS
Post Production Supervisor JEANNINE BERGER
Post Production Coordinator JESSICA STONE
Unit Publicist JANE E. RUSSELL
Software Engineering MICHAEL BALL
CHRISTOPHER BURDORF
Additional Casting JUDITH BOULEY, CSA
TBA
Drivers
TBA
Catering Tomkats
TBA
Post Production Sound Services by
SKYWALKER SOUND
a Lucasfilm Ltd. Company, Marin County, California
Re-Recording Mixers | RANDY THOM |
TOM JOHNSON | |
DENNIS SANDS | |
Supervising Sound Editor | DENNIS LEONARD |
Dialogue Supervisor | MARILYN McCOPPEN |
Dialogue Editor | JONATHAN NULL |
Sound Effects Editors | DAVID C. HUGHES |
SCOTT GUITTEAU | |
Foley Editors | SUZANNE FOX |
E. LARRY OATFIELD | |
Assistant Sound Designer | WILL E. FILES |
Assistant Supervising Sound Editor | STUART McCOWAN |
Assistant ADR Editor | JESSICA BELLFORT RANKIN |
Assistant Sound Effects Editor | COYA ELLIOTT |
Assistant Dialogue Editor | KAREN BROCCO |
Foley Artists | DENNIE THORPE |
JANA VANCE | |
ELLEN HEUER | |
ADR Mixer | CHARLEEN RICHARDS |
ADR Recordist | DAVID LUCARELLI |
Foley Mixer | FRANK RINELLA |
Foley Recordist | GEORGE PETERSON, JR. |
Recordists | RONALD G. ROUMAS |
BRIAN D. MAGERKURTH |
Loop Group L.A. MadDogs
TBA
Opticals by Pacific Title
Negative Cutter Mo Henry
Color Timer Terry Haggar
TBA
Color and Lighting ATDs
TBA
ImageMotion Tracking
TBA
Digital Coordinators
TBA
Production Services Technicians
TBA
Film Recording[]
TBA
Software Engineering
TBA
Look Development[]
TBA
Artist Production Supervision
TBA
Soundtrack Album on
WARNER SUNSET RECORDS / REPRISE RECORDS
Songs[]
THE POLAR EXPRESS
Written and Produced by Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
HOT CHOCOLATE
Written and Produced by Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by Tom Hanks
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES TO TOWN
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore
SILVER BELLS
Written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Performed by Kate Smith
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
Under License from BMG Film & TV Music
DECK THE HALLS
Performed by Mario Lanza
Courtesy of BMG Classics
Under License from BMG Film & TV Music
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
Written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Performed by Red Foley
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Bing Crosby
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises
ROCKIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Written and Produced by Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler appears courtesy of Columbia Records
SPRIT OF THE SEASON
Written and Produced by Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by Alan Silvestri
WINTER WONDERLAND
Written by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE
Written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldmen
Perfumed by
Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License From Universal Music Enterprises
IT'S BEGINNING TO
LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS
Written by Meredith Wilson
Performed by Perry Como
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
Under License from BMG Film & TV Music
CHRISTMAS MORNING
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Perfomed by Matthew Hall & Meegan Moore
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Written by Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, and Buck Ram
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
Written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
BELIEVE
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
Performed by Josh Groban
Josh Groban appears courtesy of
143 Records/Reprise Records
Microphone Booms provided by J.L. FISHER, INC.
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This Motion Picture
© 2004 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc
Story and Screenplay
©2004 Warner Bros Entertainment Inc
Original Score
©2004 Warner Olive Music LLC
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and all countries throughout the world. All rights reserved.
Country of First Publication: United States of America.
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"THE POLAR EXPRESS" published in the United States by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN.



