<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> The children all board the Polar Express to return home, but the 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 and sister, 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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