A star-studded cast provides the voices for the prehistoric creatures in this computer-animated feature set 20,000 years ago as the Ice Age approaches. Seemingly anti-social Manny, a woolly mammoth (voiced by Ray Romano), acts as if he just wants to be left alone. When he meets Sid (voiced by John Leguizamo), a sloth, the two become unlikely traveling companions. The plot thickens when the duo finds a human infant and decides to try to return the child to its "herd." Manny slowly but surely reveals his heart of gold, while Sid continues to provide comic relief. Diego (voiced by Denis Leary), a saber-tooth tiger with ulterior motives, soon joins them in their search for the humans. Ultimately, this group of misfits becomes its own herd, learning about friendship and loyalty as they brave snow, ice, freezing temperatures, predators, hail, and even boiling lava pits. All the while, a saber-tooth squirrel, Scat, provides comic relief as he valiantly struggles with an acorn. A well-written, humorous script and endearing characters mesh well with the state-of-the-art technology and effects. Other stars lending their voices to the feature include Goran Visnjic, Jack Black, and Jane Krakowski.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case - Checkpoint, Sensormatic
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78; Full Frame -1.33
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround -French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Disc 1: ICE AGE in Widescreen and Full Frame
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Director Chris Wedge and Co-Director Carlos Saldanha
Trailers - ICE AGE 2 Sneak, ROBOTS Trailer B
Interactive Features:
Interactive Games - 1. Hide and Eek
2. Frozen Pairs
3. Playing Darwin
DVD-ROM:
Interactive Games - 1. Super Dodo Ball
2. Sid Shreds
Downloads - Printables: 1. Snowflake Flurry Ornaments
2. Ice Digest Magazine
3. 12 Months Migration Calendar
4. Hanging with the Herd Mobile
5. Sub-Zero Heroes Adventure Board Games
6. Icebox Theatre
Disc 2: Digital Copy
Distributor Notes: They came... they thawed... they conquered the hearts of audiences everywhere in the coolest animated adventure of all time! Heading south to avoid a bad case of global frostbite, a group of migrating misfit creatures embark on a hilarious quest to reunite a human baby with his tribe. Featuring an all-star voice cast, including Ray Romano, John Leguizamo and Denis Leary, ICE AGE is "a pure delight" (New York Daily News) for all ages!
Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Co-Director
Carlos Saldanha: CoDirector, ICE AGE (2002)
Voice
Denis Leary: American comedian/actor
Voice
Diedrich Bader: TV/Film Actor
Voice
Goran Visnjic: Croatian actor, ER/ELEKTRA
Voice
Jack Black: Actor, HIGH FIDELITY
Voice
John Leguizamo: American Actor/Writer
Voice
Ray Romano: American actor/comedian, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND
Production Designer
Brian McEntee: Art Director, Story - THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER
Review 1:
"...Mr. Wedge and Mr. Saldanha handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well..."
Source: New York Times
p.E22 03/15/2002
Review 2:
"...ICE AGE has some groundbreakingly realistic digimation and plenty of laughs. Think a prehistoric JUNGLE BOOK..."
Source: Total Film
p.106 04/01/2002
Review 3:
"...Chris Wedge has done nifty, amusing things on the visual side....His style is a kind of storybook photo-realism, giving those characters the unusual look of living and breathing plush toys..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.C25 03/15/2002
Review 4:
"...The film's stylized, blocky humans and personable, exaggerated creatures have the feel of three-dimensional cartoons....There are emotional resonances beyond the obvious..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.47 05/01/2002
Review 5:
"...A pleasure to look at....The visuals are rich with character touches for the animals..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.6 06/02/2002
Review 6:
"...There's something matter-of-factly astonishing about the vivid precision of key details....Arresting and often laugh-out-loud funny..."
Source: Variety
p.23-30 03/18/2002
Review 7:
"...A delight....ICE AGE deserves to pass animation's survival-of-the-fittest test..."
Source: USA Today
p.4E 03/15/2002
Review 8:
"...There's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages..."
Source: Box Office
p.60 05/01/2002