Ice Age

Overview

A team of "sub-zero heroes" band together to save a human infant in this digitally animated feature from Oscar-winning director Chris Wedge, whose unique lighting software (called "Ray Tracing") sets his visual style apart from earlier CGI efforts. Twenty thousand years ago, the Earth is overrun by freezing temperatures in an Ice Age that is sending all manner of critters scattering in the path of encroaching glaciers. When a lost human infant is discovered, an unlikely quartet of misfits forms to return it to its mother: Manny, a depressed woolly mammoth (Ray Romano); Sid, a fast-talking sloth (John Leguizamo); an acorn-crazed squirrel named Scrat (Wedge); and the devilish saber-toothed tiger named Diego (Denis Leary). Before they can complete their mission, the reluctant compatriots will brave pits of boiling lava, dangerous caverns of ice, and even a traitorous plot within their midst. Ice Age (2002) also features the voices of Jack Black, Jane Krakowski, and Goran Visnjic.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/08/2005
UPC:	0024543171607
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	PG
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Letterbox, Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, THX-Supervised Mastering, Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	7,388

Special Features

Closed Caption;Full-length audio commentary by director Chris Wedge and co-director Carlos Saldanha; 3 interactive games; 8 DVD-ROM* games/activities; Robots theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ray Romano	Manny
John Leguizamo	Sid
Denis Leary	Diego
Goran Visnjic	Soto
Jack Black	Zeke
Cedric the Entertainer	Rhino
Stephen Root	Rhino/Start
Diedrich Bader	Saber-Toothed Tiger
Tara Strong	Roshan/Start
Alan Tudyk	Saber-Tooth Tiger/Dodo/Freaky Mammal
Lorri Bagley	Female Sloth
Jane Krakowski	Female Sloth
Peter Ackerman	Dodo/Freaky Mammal
P.J. Benjamin	Dodo
Josh Hamilton	Dodo/Glypto
Chris Wedge	Dodo/Scrat
Denny Dillon	Glyptodon
Mitzi McCall	Glyptodont
David Newman	Conductor,Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Berg

Michael J. Wilson

Peter Ackerman

Chris Wedge	Director
Carlos Saldanha	Director
Michael Berg	Screenwriter
Michael J. Wilson	Screenwriter
Peter Ackerman	Screenwriter
Robert V. Cavaleri	Special Effects
Alan Filderman	Casting
Lori Forte	Producer
Christopher Meledandri	Executive Producer
Sean Garnhart	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

One of the biggest box office hits of 2002, this pre-hysteric comedy echoes John Ford's 1948 western, Three Godfathers, as a mismatched trio of creatures teams up to return a wayward human infant to its family. Emmy winner Ray Romano is the voice of Manfred, a woolly mammoth who is migrating north instead of south. John Leguizamo voices Sid, a sloth who becomes to Manfred what Donkey was to Shrek. "We make a great team," the hyper-verbal Sid exclaims. "Isn't there someone else you can annoy?" Manfred replies. Denis Leary is the voice of Diego, a saber-toothed tiger who joins them on their treacherous journey and has his own agenda. But the character who runs away with Ice Age is Scrat, a hapless squirrel/rat who tries desperately to make off with his hard-won prize, an acorn. There is one heart-tugging moment in which Manfred sadly observes cave drawings of an ill-fated woolly mammoth family, and some tooth-and-claw fight scenes may send chills through younger viewers. The computer animation throughout is quite good, and the storytelling will warm the hearts of young and old for ages to come.