Cinematic background from The Polar Express 2004 - When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

The Polar Express

2004

Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Directors:
Robert Zemeckis
Writers:
William Broyles Jr., Chris Van Allsburg, Robert Zemeckis
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Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A child whispering into the ear of a santa clause; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A crowd of people are gathered around a man in a suit; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A large group of people standing next to each other; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A fire hydrant sitting in front of a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A bunch of people that are standing in a room together; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man and a little girl standing in front of a christmas tree; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy looking up at a crowd of people; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy looking up into the sky; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An old steam engine train traveling down the tracks at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man in a uniform standing in front of a crowd of people; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy's face in a crowd of people; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy and a girl standing in front of a building; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A train conductor talking to a boy in uniform; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young girl in a pink nightgown standing in front of a door; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A group of people standing in front of each other; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A group of people in red uniforms standing next to each other in a factory; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A train traveling down train tracks at night time; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A crowd of people standing in front of a large christmas tree; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A group of people sitting in a train car; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A crowd of people standing next to each other in front of a train at night; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man in a uniform handing a light to a boy; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An image of an ice cave with icicles on the walls; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy stares at the camera in front of a crowd of people; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy is looking up at the sky in a snowy scene; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A train traveling over a bridge in the middle of the night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An overhead view of a train on a track; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An image of a man in a blue uniform; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A room filled with lots of machines and instruments; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man wearing a hat and a jacket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A woman holding a pencil in front of a child; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An artistic painting of a city at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A steam train traveling down the tracks at night; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy standing in front of a train car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An image of a train going down the tracks at christmas time; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy in a blue and yellow shirt is looking up; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A group of people standing next to each other in a room; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A row of seats in a train car at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An old man dressed as santa claus with long white beard; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy in a blue and yellow shirt; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A little girl holding a piece of paper in front of a train; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man sitting on top of a wooden box next to another man; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – Two children standing next to each other in front of a building; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy in a blue robe standing in a train car; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A person looking out over a city at night; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy and a little girl sitting on the floor; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy is looking into the distance; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy is looking up at the sky; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man with a hat is looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A crowd of people watching a parade of reindeer; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man wearing a hat standing next to a body of water; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man holding a pair of ski poles while wearing a hat and holding a flashlight; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – Two children looking out over a body of water; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – Two young children standing next to each other on a train; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man in a uniform and a woman in a dress shaking hands; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A group of people standing in front of a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – Two young children are standing in front of a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy standing next to a train on a train track; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A group of people standing in an industrial setting; Extreme Wide shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young girl is standing in front of the ocean; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy is looking up into the sky; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man sitting on the edge of a body of water; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man looking at himself in a mirror; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man sitting in front of an open fire holding something; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An aerial view of a city at night with a lit up christmas tree in the middle of it; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy standing in front of a train car; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man in a train conductor's uniform and hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man standing next to a train on a train track; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy is looking into the distance; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An image of a person holding a ball in front of a crowd of people; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy is holding a gift box while another boy is holding an apple; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy and a girl are shaking hands outside; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A train conductor with a mustache wearing a hat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy with green eyes stares into the distance; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A crowd of people standing around a large christmas tree; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An aerial view of a crowd of people in front of a fountain; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man wearing a brown hat and a brown jacket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man in a conductor's hat and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy wearing a blue and yellow jacket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy holding up a ticket in front of his face; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A couple of people that are in the dark; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man and a boy shaking hands in the rain; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy's face with yellow eyes; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy in a nightgown standing in the snow; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A view of a train track with a mountain in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man in a train conductor's uniform looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man in a train conductor's hat and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy and a girl standing next to each other in front of the moon; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A train traveling on a train track near a body of water at night time; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A group of people standing on a train platform; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An animated picture of a young girl in front of a crowd of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An animated scene of a man and a boy; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A young boy standing in front of a rail road track; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – Three children are standing in a living room together; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A man and a boy are standing next to each other in front of a train; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A train traveling down train tracks near a forest; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – An image of a living room scene with a person standing in front of a window; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A view of a body of water with a mountain in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Polar Express” (2004), directed by Robert Zemeckis – A boy and a man are in the rain; Close Up shot, High angle