Ice Age

Story

Just as A Bug's Life was a computer-animated comedy inspired by Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, the funny and often enthralling Ice Age is a digital re-imagining of the Western Three Godfathers. The heroes of this unofficial remake (set 20,000 years ago, during the titular Paleolithic era) are a taciturn mastodon named Manfred (voiced by Ray Romano), an annoying sloth named Sid (John Leguizamo), and a duplicitous saber-toothed tiger, Diego (Denis Leary). The unlikely team encounters a dying, human mother who relinquishes her chirpy toddler to the care of these critters. Hoping, against all odds, to return the little guy to his migrating tribe, Manfred and his associates need to establish trust among themselves, not an easy thing in a harsh world of predators, prey, and pushy glaciers. Audiences that have become accustomed to the rounded, polished, storybook look of Pixar's house brand of computer animation (Monsters, Inc.) will find the blunt edges and chilly brilliance of Ice Age--evoking the harsh, dangerous environment of a frozen world--a wholly different, and equally pleasing, trip. Recommended for ages 4 and up. --Tom Keogh

DVD Features

• Audio Commentary from director Chris Wedge and co-director Carlos Saldanha
  
• 6 deleted scenes with optional audio commentary: Paying Toll With Aardvarks
  
• Sylvia And Sid Intro
  
• Sabre Stake Out
  
• No More Fruit For You
  
• Sid And The Ladies
  
• Sid And Sylvia
  
• HBO 'Behind the Scenes Special' (20 mins approx.)
  
• 6 featurettes looking at Blue Sky, the award winning animation studio behind the movie: Making A Character
  
• The Art Of Rigging
  
• Animators Acting
  
• The Art Of Effects
  
• Lighting And Materials
  
• Using 2D In A 3D World
  
• 'Behind The Scenes Of Ice Age' documentary (30 mins)
  
• 'Scrat's New Adventure': an exclusive all-new animation based on the movies lynchpin character
  
• Multi-angle comparison sequences
  
• Trailers
  
• Interactive menu

Cast

Jack Black	Zeke (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer	Carl (voice)
Denis Leary	Diego (voice)
John Leguizamo	Sid (voice)
Stephen Root	Frank / Start (voice)
Goran Visnjic	Soto (voice)
Diedrich Bader	Saber-Toothed Tiger (voice)
Alan Tudyk	Lenny / Oscar / Dab (voice)
Tara Strong	Baby Moeritherium (voice)
Ray Romano	Manfred (voice)
Chris Wedge	Dodo / Scrat (voice)
Lorri Bagley	Jennifer (voice)
Jane Krakowski	Rachel (voice)