Balto
- Studio
- Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures
- Animation studio
- Amblimation
- Distributor
- Universal Pictures
Synopsis
A half-wolf, half-husky named Balto gets a chance to become a hero when an outbreak of diphtheria threatens the children of Nome, Alaska in the winter of 1925. He leads a dog team on a 600-mile trip across the Alaskan wilderness to get medical supplies. The film is based on a true story which inspired the Iditarod dog sled race.
Characters
Balto, Boris, Jenna, Steele, Muk, Luk, Nikki, Kaltag, Star, Rosy, Sylvie, Grandma Rosy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Simon Wells
Producing
- Producer
- Steve Hickner
- Executive Producers
- Kathleen Kennedy, Bonne Radford, Steven Spielberg
- Associate Producer
- Rich Arons
Writing
Animation
- Animator
- Jakob Hjort Jensen, Urretabizkaia Oskar
- Animator Character Leads
- Jane Poole (Star, Nikki, Kaltag), Maximilian Graenitz (Jenna)
- Assistant Animator
- Aksel Studsgarth, Tim Window, Erica Fox, Laura Ann Fiorino
Voices
- Voice
- Kevin Bacon (Balto), Bob Hoskins (Boris), Bridget Fonda (Jenna), Jim Cummings (Steele), Phil Collins (Muk, Luk), Jack Angel (Nikki), Danny Mann (Kaltag), Robbie Rist (Star), Juliette Brewer (Rosy), Sandra Searles Dickinson (Sylvie), Miriam Margolyes (Grandma Rosy), Lola Bates-Campbell (Granddaughter), Donald Sinden (Doc), William Roberts (Rosy's Father), Garrick Hagon (Telegraph Operator), Bill Bailey (Butcher), Big Al (Town Dog), Mike McShane, Austin Tichenor, Reed Martin, Adam Long, Jennifer Blanc, Jim Carter, Christine Cavanaugh, Michael Shannon
Music
- Music
- James Horner
- Songs
- Barry Mann
Editing
- Editor
- Sim Evan-Jones, Nick Fletcher
Crew
- Animation Production Supervisor
- Colin J. Alexander
- Assistant Editor
- Marcus Taylor
- Camera Operator
- Graham Tiernan
- Casting: Animation
- Patsy Pollock, Robert Litvak
- Casting: Live:Action
- Ellen Parks
- Character Animator: Supervising All Wolves
- Erik Chr. Schmidt
- Character Animator: Universal/Amblimation
- Vladimir Todorov
- Character Designer
- Carlos Grangel
- Character Designer, Supervising Animator
- Nicolas Marlet, Patrick Mate
- Digital Painter
- Stuart M. Ellis
- Digital Scene Designer
- James C.J. Williams, Robert Edward Crawford
- Effects Supervisor
- Mike Smith
- Foley Artist
- Hilda Hodges, John Roesch
- Layout Supervisor
- Douglas Kirk
- Orchestrator
- Don Davis
- Rostrum Camera
- James Bird
- Sceneplanning Supervisor
- Harald Kraut
- Score Mixer
- Shawn Murphy
- Software Developer: SFX
- Doug Cooper
- Song Lyrics
- Cynthia Weil
- Sound Mixer
- Tom Paul
- Sound Re:Recording Mixer
- Steve Maslow
- Storyboard Supervisor
- Daan Jippes
- Supervising Animator
- Christoph Serrand, David Bowers, Dick Zondag, Robert Stevenhagen, Rodolphe Guenoden, Sahin Ersoz, William Salazar
- Supervising Animator: Balto
- Jeffrey James Varab
- Supervising Digital Effects Animator
- Mick Harper
- Systems Administrator
- Alan Horn
- Unit Production Manager
- Sidney Brammer
Reviews
A great classic, which deserve to be more known
I'm 22, and yet I've never heard of Balto before this year. But now I'm an absolute fan of this movie, and I've must seen it a few dozens of time now... Why? Outside of its classical aspects, this is simply a well done animated movie. To me, there's everything you need to make a great movie : great animation, attractive characters, a beautiful story, a good production... There's no dead time, no songs (except for the excellent credits one), and it's a really good thing. But above all, I love the soundtrack, composed by James Horner (= Titanic, Braveheart...) There are probably the most awesome and varied themes I've ever heard in this kind of movies. And I'm sure everybody would have put it up among Disney's greatest movies, if it had been one! So if you've never seen it, give it a try!
Balto
Balto will win the hearts of alduts and childern of all ages, NO if your an dog lover or not. This wolf-half breed named 'BALTO' will steal the show and a few hearts along the way.
And we musted forget his sidekikes that make this move humoure as well as heat w arming.in tring to hlep a town in need of medisoe that can only way the town can recve the medisen is by dog sled so Balto TO TE RESCUE!
Balto
Balto is the outcast half wolf , half dog. This is a compassionate story filled with humor and thrills. Great fun for the whole family.
Balto
A real nice kid friendly movie. I loved It!