“The Polar Express” movie was made and released in 2004.

Film release details

  • The animated film adaptation of “The Polar Express,” directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, was released in theaters in 2004.
  • In the United States, it opened widely on November 10, 2004, becoming a regular holiday-season feature in cinemas and on TV.

Book vs. movie timing

  • The film is based on the illustrated children’s book “The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg, which was first published in 1985, about 19 years before the movie release.
  • The long gap between book and film helped the story become a modern Christmas classic before being adapted with then-cutting-edge motion-capture animation.

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