The Polar Express
Teachers at Tampa's St. Mary's Episcopal flourish in supportive, trusting school culture
...to faculty parties. Buses pulled up and whisked students and staff to WestShore Plaza theaters for a showing of Polar Express. "I am doing exactly what I want to do in the best...
NAB Show Brings Attendees Down the 3D Rabbit Hole with an Eye-Popping “Alice in Wonderland” Afternoon
..."Alice in Wonderland," Ralston has overseen the visual effects for a long list of blockbuster hits, including "Polar Express," "Beowulf," "Phenomenon" and several "Star Trek" films. Tom...
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'Green Zone' flops as 'Alice in Wonderland' dominates again
...formats. They do occasionally bend that rule, however. For example, Warner Bros. has re-released 2004's "The Polar Express" several times during the holiday season, as has Walt Disney...
Disney to close Zemeckis studio, lay off 450
...offices and reportedly cost $175 million to produce. IMD's past films include 2007's "Beowulf" and 2004's "Polar Express," two films that helped usher in Hollywood's latest wave of 3-D...
"Clash of the Titans" has been bumped to April 2 and will be released in 3-D and 2-D worldwide. "We are experienced and have been successful in the conversion of 2-D to 3-D going back to such hits as 'The Polar Express,' select scenes in 'Superman Returns' and the last two Harry Potter films," said Dan Fellman, president of domestic distribution for Warner Bros., in a statement announcing the change. "We are confident in the constantly evolving 3-D technology, and the results for 'Clash of the Titans' will be presented on screen with the highest-quality images available today."
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Disney to close Bob Zemeckis' digital film studio, laying off hundreds
...since "Roger Rabbit" and has pushed motion-capture technology with such films as Warner Bros.' "The Polar Express" and Paramount Pictures' release "Beowulf." Claudia Eller and Dawn...
3D HDTV: Samsung Makes the First Move
...if you didn't see it in an iMax, it's just another documentary. Many people will tell you that The Polar Express was the first modern 3D film they saw and it really was an amazing movie...
Oscars don't give 'Locker' boost
...formats. They do occasionally bend that rule, however. For example, Warner Bros. has re-released 2004's "The Polar Express" several times during the holiday season, as has Walt Disney...
Many theaters refuse to book 'Hurt Locker' despite Oscar win
They do occasionally bend that rule, however. For example, Warner Bros. has re-released 2004's "The Polar Express" several times during the holiday season, as has Walt Disney...
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Visual Challenge for 'Alice in Wonderland': Make You Believe 'World of Insanity'
...Magic, Ralston worked with George Lucas on Star Wars and later pioneered motion-capture technologies for The Polar Express and Beowulf. Cast members in the PG-rated Alice in Wonderland,...
Scarecrow suggests ... 'Alice in Wonderland' and Tim Burton films on DVD
...technology of motion capture - used famously in "Avatar," the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Polar Express" - uses actors' movements and expressions to control digitally...
3D movies: popping out since 1950s
...it hits theaters March 5. In recent years, other films have had 3-D showings in theaters, such as "The Polar Express" (2005) and "Chicken Little" (2005). George Lucas recently...
James Cameron, the focus and the fury
...can be tracked by more than 100 cameras. To avoid the "dead-eye" look of earlier motion capture films like "Polar Express," Cameron also developed a special head-rigged camera to record...
