Polar Express A young boy boards a train and
he desires. The boy asks only for a
embarks on an extraordinary
bell from the harness of Santa’s
journey to the North Pole to meet
reindeer. But on the way home,
Santa Claus. His life takes a turn
the bell is lost. Christmas morning,
after he encounters special people
the boy finds the bell under the
that make his journey memorable.
Christmas tree, and when he shakes
Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him--The Polar Express. When the boy arrives at the North Pole, Santa Claus offers him any gift
“TOM HANKS. HAS HE EVER MADE A BAD MOVIE?”
it, the bell makes the most beautiful sound he’s ever heard. His mother admires the bell, but she laments that it is broken ... for, you see, only a true believer can hear the sound of the bell.
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