Continuity mistake: When the boy runs out of his house, as the train is arriving, they make a point of showing his footprints in the snow along with his sliding leaving long marks. However, when they pan back it is his footprints that are gone.
The Polar Express (2004)
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Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter, Chris Coppola, Leslie Zemeckis
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Conductor: One thing about trains - it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on.
Trivia: The ticket that gets lost often times floats almost exactly like the feather does in the beginning of "Forrest Gump" (1994), another Robert Zemeckis-Tom Hanks film.
Question: What kind of instrument was the bum playing when we first meet him?
Answer: Violin.
Answer: The instrument is called a Hurdy-Gurdy. It is a type of wound string instrument.