The film features human characters animated using live action motion capture animation.
Guy on roof of polar express.
Steve bing the film financier and philanthropist who backed hit movies from robert zemeckis the polar express and beowulf to the rolling stones.
Request the hobo in the polar express there is a curious character who appears briefly in the film the polar express.
He does not believe in santa claus or christmas but his negativity tests hero boy s faith.
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The conductor also notes that on his first ride of the polar express he was saved from falling off the train by someone.
In the dvd extra song the engineers tell the kids about hobo that he was sitting on the top of the train for free and the train headed for flatop.
Throughout the film hero boy is the only character who sees and directly interacts with.
The polar express 2004 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.
Granted hank s natural voice can be felt in those first two but we re really impressed by his wide range for these different characters.
The hobo is a strange man who lives on top of the polar express and rides it whenever he feels like it for free.
He put up about 85 million to finance robert zemeckis 2004 animated film the polar express featuring tom hanks.
The polar express is a 2004 american computer animated adventure film co written and directed by robert zemeckis based on the 1985 children s book of the same name by chris van allsburg who also served as one of the executive producers.