Tom Hanks: so what role will I be playing? Director: Yes.

@JohnJApanovitch

3 жыл бұрын

They mentioned in the video that Tom Hanks wanted to play the role of the conductor. But ultimately, he got a majority of the characters in the film.

@gaming4K

3 жыл бұрын

All of them xD

@dontask6220

3 жыл бұрын

Tom Hanks: So what role am I playing? Director: The Film

@youtubevideo2607

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@a2pha

3 жыл бұрын

I finally Urban Dictionary'ed that word.

Had absolutely no idea that he played all those characters

@Elektro3006

3 жыл бұрын

ditto

@lillymsf5946

3 жыл бұрын

Apart from hearing his voice here and there i was most surprised that he did the main character

@GoudaBug

3 жыл бұрын

@@lillymsf5946 he didn't do the voice, that was Josh Hutcherson iirc

@lesliesaldana1825

3 жыл бұрын

@@GoudaBug no that was the kid from spy kids

@duineeigeann1040

3 жыл бұрын

He played 6 roles

Tom Hanks literally played every adult character in this movie

@glendaleegonzalez3274

3 жыл бұрын

I watched this movie in school alot! I didn't even know he was in the movie! 😭😭😭😭😭

@glendaleegonzalez3274

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment My teacher would always put this before we have winter break 😂

@glendaleegonzalez3274

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment why? Do you ever watched this in school?

@kazaklived

3 жыл бұрын

even the main kid 💀💀 wtf

@bobo5134

3 жыл бұрын

What about the mom

Should've been titled "The Tom Hanks Express"

@softlucii8175

3 жыл бұрын

true

@Novasigmia

3 жыл бұрын

Mike Meyers, Tyler perry, and Eddie Murphy take notes

@Music_Lover0.6

3 жыл бұрын

Lol so true

@2donnyblack2

3 жыл бұрын

Or Lolita Express... .. .

@user-tf5dh6pp1q

3 жыл бұрын

@@2donnyblack2 goddamn.. I see what you did there

Robert Zemeckis: Alright who are we gonna cast for this movie? Tom Hanks: Hold my hot chocolate

@erikdavidson4914

3 жыл бұрын

Then he goes on to win the Oscars for best Actor, supporting Actor, etc.

@alexispapageorgiou72

3 жыл бұрын

@@erikdavidson4914 LMFAO

@jesslabrunette

3 жыл бұрын

Never heard or someone write “who’re”.....kinda looks like you’re saying “whore”, maybe that’s why alot of people rarely use it.

@erikdavidson4914

3 жыл бұрын

@@jesslabrunette Probably more of a slang contraction that is spoken more often than used in written grammar.

@jesslabrunette

3 жыл бұрын

@@erikdavidson4914 yeah true

I don’t get why people don’t like this movie. The technology and Tom Hanks is really impressive

@beverlythebird5040

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment literally all my friends and ppl I talk to say it’s scary and retarded. Idk why it’s a great movie

@tltmusic7624

2 жыл бұрын

The Easter eggs too

@marxvargas7697

2 жыл бұрын

@@beverlythebird5040 maybe they expected the movie to have cartoony faces. They could be creeped out by the realistic faces because, it's too realistic for a cgi back then. I mean, maybe they think that the faces don't match with the "cartoony" vibe (that evokes a "fun" emotion for them).

@scoutart1508

2 жыл бұрын

@@marxvargas7697 actually, it was technically considered groundbreaking use of CGI motion capture when it was first released, and in the end it was not that well transcended the 3d when it comes to uncanny consideration

@newman8180

2 жыл бұрын

@Gaming & Movie Entertainment I understand what they mean. The Polar Express is one of those Christmas films that I start out watching, but by the middle lose interest in it. I always end up falling asleep in the middle of it for some reason. And I can't explain it. The Polar Express may have become a Christmas classic, but it will never be a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, or A Charlie Brown Christmas, or a Grinch. It just won't.

I think it's an instant classic because it has a basic premise. A boy who wants to believe but has his doubts, and then at the end, his heart is open to understanding the spirit of Christmas. It's not really about believing in Santa, it's about believing in the impossible.

@vipwilms

7 ай бұрын

I also really appreciate that it was technologically groundbreaking for it's time. I think it's that dream quality I always appreciated as a child because I used to have strange dreams that wouldn't make sense like this movie does sometimes. I always held a special place for Santa in my heart though even as an adult now because of this movie I think. A classic for the Zoomers maybe. 🎄🧑‍🎄

@shorty7363

6 ай бұрын

@@vipwilmsIsn't it weird how things make perfect sense in our dreams, but then when we wake up and think about them they make absolutely ZERO sense!🤣🤣🤣

Didn’t know they use real movements instead of computer

@hey2775

3 жыл бұрын

Same, thought it was just animation

@antonioterry5797

3 жыл бұрын

Motion capture

@captaindowntown7851

3 жыл бұрын

Just like videogames

@alexandratwoface6422

3 жыл бұрын

Ya same

@mrshadow8984

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexandratwoface6422 its emotion capture

I knew he played the conductor, the hobo, Santa, and the father but never did I know that he played the Kid. Amazing see this is why I love Tom Hanks. Big Fan loved the Movie.

@josephbennett3482

3 жыл бұрын

He didn't actually play the kids characters , they had actual children play in the movie too and the part where the girl and boy sing is done by the famous singer Meagan Moore and another person named Matthew hall.

@QuiGonJinn1993

3 жыл бұрын

What I mean to say was the main kid that tom played

@josephbennett3482

3 жыл бұрын

@@QuiGonJinn1993 that part he was acting out was the hero boys line when he first boarded the train. An actual kid played the part though , there's several kids that played the characters especially the hero boy character.

@r.s.4085

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephbennett3482 dude Tom himself LITERALLY just said he played the boy lmao

@orangeboy97

3 жыл бұрын

@@r.s.4085 there can be more than one actor playing a part. And Tom obviously didn't voice the kid.

Writers: How many characters do you wanna play? Tom: Yes

@averagecartoonfan3519

3 жыл бұрын

600th like

@ghomerhust

5 ай бұрын

tom: "i got this"

he carried this movie on his back ! what a talent

@JamesDayleyMusic

3 жыл бұрын

This man Carrie's every movie he's in. Especially the movie "cast away"

@birdacorn1115

3 жыл бұрын

He literally was the movie

Hands down, the best Christmas movie i've ever experienced.

@nafy2302

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yea yea

@candybuilds2862

3 жыл бұрын

Seen?

@BeatDr0p_Beats

3 жыл бұрын

@@candybuilds2862 no

@jeffreyms5948

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

@CrossOfBayonne

3 ай бұрын

Especially with Tom Hanks but I wouldn't consider to be the best because there are other good ones

I just realized that Tom Hanks is literally everyone

@fleeg3064

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment I said that I realized it. You don't have to be so angry, I just didn't know he did that before.

@ectovampz

2 жыл бұрын

I knew he did the adults but I didn't know he did the hero boy, very unexpecting

Wow! Amazing! I didn’t know he played multiple characters in the movie! Such talent 🥰 amazing work altogether 🙌🙌✨🤩

@thehopelesshobbit8731

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Cypherhunter2023

3 жыл бұрын

He played all of them 🤣

@travoneal

3 жыл бұрын

He was Santa, The Father, The Conductor, The Ghost .. he did it all girl!!

@blu6344

3 жыл бұрын

I think he was the narrator (the main character but older) as well

@SEXYMAN71778

3 жыл бұрын

Me either

Theory: The conductor is the hero boy as an adult, confirming the theory that the train is a time machine

@katherinepollock

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh... Good theory!

@haticecetin9231

3 жыл бұрын

Does Obi Wan still have the high ground?

@Jo_Wardy

3 жыл бұрын

Yes there's also a flux capacitor in the train so that could help

@HarveyRivers

3 жыл бұрын

I thought of that aswell

@caljones

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh, i like that

This is one of the reasons that I think Tom Hanks is a great actor. Not only he stared in the movie, but played multiple of the main characters.

@lochlainngaming7182

3 жыл бұрын

Y3s

@josiahwhite3157

Жыл бұрын

Facts

I didn’t know Tom Hanks played all of these characters he’s so talented

My favorite animated Christmas movie. Happy holidays

@KijkNiet

3 жыл бұрын

Technically its a motion capture movie

@jothishprabu8

3 жыл бұрын

@@KijkNiet ok

@koenacfalle

2 жыл бұрын

Same

They really said, "We've got Tom Hanks cast for the conductor, who else should we hire? Nah, this works. He can just voice everyone."

Is anyone else watching this movie before Christmas 🎄or on Christmas 2022 and beyond? I am. My favorite Christmas movie in the entire world. Even 18 years later. ❤️🌹 Excellent actors and movie. From the animation to the different voices, GIFTED. Unbelievably BREATH TAKING.

Thank you Tom Hanks making this movie awesome when I was kid till now even for my kids....

Am i the only one who didnt know they actually put suits on And recorded their movements i thought they just animated it?

@addisonfulling3202

3 жыл бұрын

nope you're not alone

@generalwolfeye9110

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@eternalart9168

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a bit hard to animate that, and the movements looked like the animated cgi from grand Moff tarkin in starwars rogue 1

@KillJoy_Since2017

3 жыл бұрын

It’s called motion capture, not all movies and video games use Mo-Cap

@rhemaprice5679

3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

This movie came out when I was 8 years old, actually took a field trip to go see this movie with my entire school. I couldn't stop smiling the whole way there. My teacher actually asked me "my god, why are you smiling so much? Have you never gone to the movies?" One of my fondest memories. Tom Hanks I love you!!!! I didn't know he played some many of the characters, I thought it was just the conductor he played. Such a talented, humble man he is.

@The2Coolest2

2 жыл бұрын

Same age. I somehow convinced people in my class it was real and the train would come christmas eve. I had some angry questioning after Christmas break 😂.

Mom: So which role did you apply for? Tom: All of them

It's 6th grade, you come on the last day of school, the teacher puts on polar express and everybody gets excited, for once you like school, life's great.

For anyone wondering why Tom hanks played most of the adults in this movie: The reason is is because the boy is all of them, the conductor is the older boy and wants him to believe which is why he is so worried about getting there on time, and the hobo represents doubt, and if the boy never got on the train or never got there on time, and how the hobo tricks the boy into having doubt, this is also why we see the hobo disappear at the end of the movie because the boy’s doubt has gone away or he has believed and his fate to turn into the hobo is gone, also the conductor and the hobo have the same color eyes and jawline. It shows that the boy could be anyone of them. This is probably not true and could just be because he wanted to play the characters, but I think it ties into the story pretty well

how did he not win an oscar for doing all of this??

@noahlewis6920

3 жыл бұрын

Does Tom Hanks even have a spot on the Walk of Fame?

I love Tom Hanks. He is a fantastic and charismatic actor.

@CrossOfBayonne

3 ай бұрын

And also the producer of Band Of Brothers and The Pacific

Dude it's crazy to see how it is made. The movie is just a masterpiece; so much so that it's mentioned everywhere and the movie is used in several memes that I enjoy. The visuals are stunning, the character models look good, the movements and physics are realistic. This was surely ahead of its time. Honestly, when I googled this movie, I couldn't believe that it was released in 2004. I was 3 when it came out!

@nono-oz4gv

6 ай бұрын

i wasnt even born. i love this movie, and still am amazed they managed to make it look so good. i loved it when my old elementary school would have us gather in the big lunch hall to play this movie and they gave us blankets and hot chocolate during the winter. man the nostalgia, i really wanna see what that place looks like inside if any different. the plastic chocolate bottles instead of the cockroach infested cardboard(?) milk cartons, popcorn chicken, reading cheat code explosion books when we were about to leave... nostalgia

On behalf of all 2000s kids, thank you Tom Hanks!!

I honestly can’t believe he played basically all the parts. It’s absolutely amazing.❤️

I wish they'd remake this movie with today's technology. The character renderings are either creepy or on the edge of creepy. Still an awesome flick and it's on our top watch list every Christmas

@wolfelkan8183

3 жыл бұрын

They might not even need to reshoot it. Just use the same performances they captured for the original.

@moviestudios4681

3 жыл бұрын

You do not change a work of art after it has been published.

@Redcoat6650

3 жыл бұрын

the fact it is creepy is brilliant, they shouldnt change it, it would ruin it

@justinbarton8808

3 жыл бұрын

Nah there’s something magical about this movie I love it. Why change anything? It’s a gem.

@ovalhead1412

3 жыл бұрын

The elves are the worst offender

Absolutely PHENOMENAL, I had no idea he played them all...

This movie certifies that Tom Hanks is a real legend. 🙏🏻✨

The fact he played the kid too caught me off guard. Wouldn’t have believed you if you told me, but I guess seeing is believing!

We need a live action of The Polar express

@dinsin2764

3 жыл бұрын

imagine just everyone tom hank played, is just tom hanks

@shannenknudsen2608

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe

@samsung4360

3 жыл бұрын

@@dinsin2764 i see this as an absolute win.

@DisneyNerd101

3 жыл бұрын

Yess

@TREDKIDD

3 жыл бұрын

@cristal star All the adults would still be tom hanks because half of them arent even in the same scenes.

“Is this you?” “Yes 😳”3:03

@lochlainngaming7182

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

They did the same with Jim Carrey in Christmas carol 2009, he plays multiple characters! Everytime Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks team up, it's something special!

@noahlewis6920

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ari? Do you have any idea when Robert Zemeckis died? Because I saw a video of the final chase from TATMR based on the director's cut, and at the end of the video a message comes onscreen and it says "In loving memory of: Robert Zemeckis.

Tom Hanks actually also did the motion capture for the train.

The thing I love about Tom hanks playing a majority of the characters is that if you look at this movie as if "adult main character" is telling this story to someone, it begins to make sense why everyone is similarly voiced

Did that dude say Tom Cruise instead of Tom Hanks😂

@parsman9914

3 жыл бұрын

He said "first".

@michaelscott981

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he said when Tom first...at first, I thought he said cruise too

@orangesamurai89

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@abrahamreyes8912

3 жыл бұрын

He did 😂

Not gonna lie, this helped my migraine slightly. Tom hanks has a lovely voice

One of the best actors of this generation. I've watched him way back in the early 80's when he played bosom buddies.

Tom Hanks is a Multitalent in Movies!😎👍❤

kid actors: am i a joke to you?

@uAKING2006

3 жыл бұрын

Adults: Yes

*What the heck he damn near played every character! Super talented!!*

Now I am soooO convinced. Tom is an acting genius 😅

If Tom could voice multiple characters, then YOU know that’s TALENT👏🏾👏🏾

He was damn near everybody😂

Dude deserves a grammy for his hard work ☺️

@filip4dk

3 жыл бұрын

Grammy is for music

All salute tom hanks for being one of the greatest actors of all time.

This just shows how versatile Tom Hanks is as an actor.

A classic Christmas movie for the ages!!! One of my all-time favorites and will be forever. Tom Hanks is amazing in it! I cry at the end every single time I watch it! Touches the child inside me with Christmas wonder. Excellent!

“Wait, it’s all Tom Hanks? “Always has been”

When i was a kid me and my brother always watch this movie every year every christmas. Until the dvd broke for how many years and how many times we watxh this movie the best movie for Christmas.

I didn't know Tom Hanks was playing multiple roles such amazing talent 🌟🌟

My four year old son has been watching this movie over and over again since Xmas 2021 non stop and I didn’t know how good this movie is.. and I watch it with him 😂

I honestly Had No idea that this Movie was Motion Capture until I Saw This 😱

I’ve got such a love for this move. The Mo-cap was so ahead of its time, Tom hanks totally outdid himself. The animation was made to look like the original book illustration and Alan silvestri’s composition in TPE is my favorite of any movie score of all time.

My childhood are 50% composed by Tom Hanks masterpiece, true legend

That technology is very impressive and I had no idea that's how they did the movie. Pretty cool

I just realized this is like the first movie I have watched, that the main character does not have a name Edit: how did I get 110 likes this is the most I have ever gotten

@lmproductions6075

3 жыл бұрын

At 3:15, Hanks calls the main character “Chris”

@cyborg4701

3 жыл бұрын

@@lmproductions6075 but in the movie he doesn’t get a name

@arnold_john

3 жыл бұрын

Haven't watched tenet yet?

@kayleighx921

3 жыл бұрын

@@lmproductions6075 hero boy

@cyborg4701

3 жыл бұрын

O

One of the best Christmas movies ever

Tom Hanks is such a badass!! The fact that he plays so many different characters just amazes me. The Hobo is my favorite because of all the faces that Tom makes!

20 years, 20 f***ing years and I never knew!

@noahlewis6920

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, it's only 2021. We are 3 years short of 20 years since this movie came out. It's been 17 years come this Christmas season.

@hstrhgfchnethshtrb

3 жыл бұрын

@@noahlewis6920 My mistake.... 16 years, 16 f***ing years and I never knew! Thanks ^_^

@noahlewis6920

3 жыл бұрын

@@hstrhgfchnethshtrb u r welcome.

Ah yes... The Tom Hanks movie starring Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks, with Tom Hanks and the amazing Tom Hanks. Coming out Tom Hanks day this Tom Hanks holiday season.

Tom hanks made his own entire movie amazing wnd classic! GOD BLESS TOM HANKS... HE MADE MY CHILDHOOD COMPLETE 😭😭❤❤❤❤

The talent it takes for an adult man do the voice of a prepubescent child so well

This is one of the best Christmas movies of all time!🎄❤️

It's just funny when he plays a kid and talk's to santa

sooo this man plays mutiple roles in this film?! what amazing!

The Polar Express is what made me do some tokyo drift shit with my toy trains when i was younger

No wonder the movie was so good.

I'm kind of surprised that this film was animated, to be honest. as a kid, when I watched it, I thought it was all live action. Seemed that way to me. Guess not. Now I know.

@cantbelieveitsnotredacted1117

3 жыл бұрын

You didn’t think they looked a little weird?

@bruhmoment6381

3 жыл бұрын

That’s kinda sad, a one year old could tell the difference between real and animated.

The hard work that went into making this film is just outstanding Tom Hanks really knock this one out the park as he does all the time👍👍

tom hanks is miracle in cinema

Very impressive, great job Tom Hanks.

He practically played all the characters of the movie

Tom hanks in polar express movies it’s classic this we’ll be good Christmas movies this year 💪💪💪💪

This is the best Christmas movie of all time. My girls love looking at this every Christmas season.

This guy could make his own movie and be the producer, director, sound designer, cinematographer, stunt double, and all the characters and it would still be better than twilight

After hearing The Voice of woody....i think the conductor of train is the real man who's reincarnated to a toy

Tom Hanks is literally amazing and so talented.

Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors in my opinion 😍😍

@CrossOfBayonne

3 ай бұрын

Arguably

Did anyone else notice when he called the hero boy Chris??

@LottelinA

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering that too! I'm not sure if he was referring to the actor used as a stand in for that part or of that is actually here boys name. Intriguing

@coleberan3333

3 жыл бұрын

The Hero Boy's name is Chris Van Allsburg

@leighjarman5318

3 жыл бұрын

Chris Van Allsburg was the guy who wrote the original book and we can only assume it was from Chris’ perspective

Even though the cg on the characters are a bit uncanny and creepy but the rest of the cg like landscape, the locations, and especially the train they look really good and the rest of the is fantastic a true Christmas classic

@deiyuwell

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but this was a 2004 movie. When I watched it then, it was groundbreaking for me.

This movie is such a masterpiece from my beloved childhood memories

I will watch this movie again once more. Just as I've done as a child.

Basically The Tom Hanks Movie

Was this before, during, or after epstein island?

I didn't know he played multiple roles in the movie. WOW. TOM IS AMAZING

Still to this day my favorite Christmas film.

*Spirit, The Lion King and The Polar Express best animated movies*

@OReily08080

3 жыл бұрын

Movies i can watch over and over again and never get tired of it

@EnesBaydemir_LOSTNIGHTS

3 жыл бұрын

@@OReily08080 *Yes*

Thank you

Wow, that really amazing that Tom Hank can do, he is one of the best actor of all time.

i like how someone related to Lincoln can play heaps of roles and nobody thinks of looking up his tree to see his ancestors

Honestly he should’ve just played every single character even the girl lol he’s such an amazing man

Temuera Morrison: "You play more than one character in the same film?" Tom Hanks: "Yes, I do." Temuera Morrison: "Always a pleasure to meet a multi role actor."

@Miguel-ch5ld

3 жыл бұрын

@Gaming And Movie Entertainment I'm not forgetting about them. I'm just comparing Tom Hanks to Temuera Morrison using a partly edited quote Tem himself said in Star Wars AOTC😅

Tom Hanks, a One-Man wonder 🙌🏽

Ah yes, the Tom Hanks movie, my favorite movie.