<P> The train finally arrives at the North Pole, where the conductor announces that one of the passengers will be chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas, from Santa himself . The girl discovers Billy still alone in the rear car, and she and the boy persuade him to come along; however, the boy accidentally unhitches the car, sending it back along the line to a railway turntable in Santa's workshop . The children sneak through an elf command center and a gift sorting office before accidentally being dumped into Santa's sack, where they discover that the know - it - all stowed away along with them, hoping to open his Christmas presents early . The elves rescue them as Santa arrives, and the boy grows frustrated, unable to see Santa through the crowd . A jingle bell flies loose from the galloping reindeers' reins; the boy initially cannot hear it ring, until he finds it within himself to believe . He returns the bell to Santa as he passes, and Santa selects the boy to receive the first gift of Christmas . The boy asks to keep the jingle bell, and places it in his robe pocket . </P> <P> Four of the elves use a handcar to trundle the wayward passenger car back to the train as the children all board the Polar Express to return home, but the then boy discovers that the pocket was torn and that the bell had fallen out . He returns home and awakens Christmas morning to find a present containing the bell . He holds it to his ear and shakes it; his parents, not believing in Santa, lament how the bell is "broken". </P> <Ul> <Li> Tom Hanks as the Hero Boy (motion - capture only), the Hero Boy's father, the Conductor, the Hobo, Santa Claus, and the Narrator <Ul> <Li> Daryl Sabara as the Hero Boy (voice) </Li> <Li> Josh Hutcherson as the Hero Boy (additional motion - capture) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Leslie Zemeckis as Sister Sarah (motion - capture only) and the Hero Boy's mother <Ul> <Li> Isabella Peregrina as Sister Sarah (voice) </Li> <Li> Ashly Holloway as Sister Sarah (additional motion - capture) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Eddie Deezen as Know - It - All <Ul> <Li> Jimmy' Jax' Pinchak as Know - It - All (additional motion - capture) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Nona Gaye as the Hero Girl <Ul> <Li> Chantel Valdivieso as the Hero Girl (additional motion - capture) </Li> <Li> Meagan Moore as the Hero Girl (singing voice) </Li> <Li> Tinashe as the Hero Girl (motion - capture modeling) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Peter Scolari as Billy the Lonely Boy (motion - capture only) <Ul> <Li> Hayden McFarland as Billy the Lonely Boy (additional motion - capture) </Li> <Li> Jimmy Bennett as Billy the Lonely Boy (voice) </Li> <Li> Matthew Hall as Billy the Lonely Boy (singing voice) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Dylan Cash as Boy on Train (voice) </Li> <Li> Brendan King and Andy Pellick as the Pastry Chefs </Li> <Li> Josh Eli, Rolandas Hendricks, Jon Scott, Sean Scott, Mark Mendonca, Mark Goodman, Gregory Gast, and Gordon Hart as the Waiters </Li> <Li> Andre Sogliuzzo as Smokey and Steamer (voice) <Ul> <Li> Michael Jeter as Smokey and Steamer (motion - capture only) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Chris Coppola as Gus the Toothless Boy and an Elf <Ul> <Li> Connor Matheus as the Toothless Boy (additional motion - capture) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Julene Renee as the Red Head Girl and an Elf </Li> <Li> Phil Fondacaro, Debbie Lee Carrington, Mark Povinelli, and Ed Gale as Elves </Li> <Li> Charles Fleischer as the Elf General </Li> <Li> Steven Tyler as the Elf Lieutenant and the Elf Singer </Li> <Li> Dante Pastula as the Little Boy </Li> <Li> Eric Newton, Aidan O'Shea, Aaron Hendry, Kevin C. Carr, Bee Jay Joyer, Jena Carpenter, Karine Mauffrey, Beth Carpenter, Bill Forchion, Devin Henderson, and Sagiv Ben - Binyamin as Acrobatic Elves </Li> <Li> Evan Sabara as a Young Boy (additional motion - capture) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Tom Hanks as the Hero Boy (motion - capture only), the Hero Boy's father, the Conductor, the Hobo, Santa Claus, and the Narrator <Ul> <Li> Daryl Sabara as the Hero Boy (voice) </Li> <Li> Josh Hutcherson as the Hero Boy (additional motion - capture) </Li> </Ul> </Li>

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