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Movie
11.10.2004
 Polar Express: Pack your memories for a magical ride on the Polar Express
11.10.2004
R.I. gets on board for Polar Express
The film inspired by Providence children's author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg's book of the same name makes its New England premiere.
Special effects
11.7.2004
'Dotty' technology powers The Polar Express
When Tom Hanks fell in love with Providence author Chris Van Allsburg's Christmas tale The Polar Express while reading it to his children more than a decade ago, little did he know that one day he'd be the conductor on that magical steam train . . . and also the boy who boards the train to the North Pole . . . and also the boy's father and a hobo riding atop the train -- and even Santa Claus himself. All those characters became possible for the $165-million movie because of advances in computer technology and the motion-capture technique.
Making ‘The Polar Express’: Newsweek interviews director Robert Zemeckis and star Tom Hanks and takes questions about the “performance capture” technology used to make the Sony Imageworks film.
More detail: The Art Of Polar Express: How the book became a movie; production designers Doug Chiang and Rick Carter's concept art, storyboards, computer-generated renderings and commentary from cast and crew, including Ken Ralston and Jerome Chen, the visual effects supervisors. See some pages.
Author: Chris Van Allsburg
10.31.2004
Van Allsburg takes a journey of his own on Polar Express
PROVIDENCE -- Chris Van Allsburg lives in a big brick house on the East Side that looks very much like the White Rabbit's house in the Disney version of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," right down to the hinged white garden gate out front.
Book
10.28.2004
A fundraiser for asthma education is on track for The Polar Express premiere
In the magical world created by children's book author-illustrator Chris Van Allsburg, a boy rides the Polar Express to the North Pole to witness Christmas Eve festivities.
Web site
7.8.2004
Providence author-illustrator launches a Web site as magical as his work
The Polar Express has a new stop -- in cyberspace. For the past few weeks, book fans of all ages have been climbing aboard www.chrisvanallsburg.com, a new Internet site devoted to the work of Providence author-illustrator Chris Van Allsburg.
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