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The Polar Express: The Movie : Shadow Book
In this innovative book, read about the train trip to the North Pole and project six beautiful scenes on your wall. Flashlight not included.
6 pages, Spiral-bound
First published October 12, 2004
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Robert Zemeckis
27 books5 followersRobert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future films as well as the live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director.
His films are characterized by an interest in state-of-the-art special effects, including the early use of match moving in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in The Polar Express (2004). Though Zemeckis has often been pigeonholed as a director only interested in effects, his work has been defended by several critics, including David Thomson, who wrote that "No other contemporary director has used special effects to more dramatic and narrative purpose."
His films are characterized by an interest in state-of-the-art special effects, including the early use of match moving in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in The Polar Express (2004). Though Zemeckis has often been pigeonholed as a director only interested in effects, his work has been defended by several critics, including David Thomson, who wrote that "No other contemporary director has used special effects to more dramatic and narrative purpose."
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August 24, 2019
This is a fun book to read at night with your kids. Each page has a small paragraph leading you through the movie version story of The Polar Express, but each page also has a shadow image that you shine a light through to project the image in a wall...the kids loved it!
Can’t wait to read this at Christmas with all the Christmas lights up!
Can’t wait to read this at Christmas with all the Christmas lights up!
May 16, 2015
A wonderful and extremely creative method for illustrating the story. I had a blast reading by flashlight like a kid sneaking a book after bedtime (it's 11pm ... ssssshhhhh!). Yet only six pages/illustrations with just a blurb of text on each page seemed way too short of a condensation.
February 28, 2011
So fun to read. I've got to look for more of these. I'm even thinking of how to make some ourselves by printing images out on transparency paper.
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