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The Polar Express (U) Stars: Tom Hanks, Nona Gaye, Michael Jeter, Peter Scolari, Eddie Deezen, Charles Fleischer 100 mins THE film of Chris Van Allsburg's children's book is notable for more than Hanks playing no less than five roles as he's reunited with his Forrest Gump and Castaway director Robert Zemeckis. The trick is that The Polar Express can claim to be the first feature to be shot entirely using motion capture technology.
Actors were filmed first and their live action performances digitally reproduced. The result looks like animation but is driven by the actors' emotions and movements. All very clever but what's the point? These animated humans still have the slightly-crazed look of all computerrendered people. I'd rather it was one thing or the other. People apart, The Polar Express is a rattling good journey as a young boy, Hero Boy (Hanks) boards the train under the watchful eye of the Conductor (Hanks again) for a rollercoaster trip to the North Pole and Santa Claus.See the full content of this document
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His fellow passengers are all on personal journeys too, including a lonely boy (Scolari) and a plucky girl (Gaye). Not that they have much time to ponder as this rail trip is beset by more problems than a GNER journey from Darlington to York. Zemeckis can't ...
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