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Ice Age - Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha

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Movie propaganda

Sub-zero heroes.

As thousands of prehistoric mammals migrate south to avoid the oncoming winter, we find a lone woolly mammoth heading north. The sullen and sarcastic mammoth Manfred (Ray Romano) quickly finds himself unwilling paired with Sid (John Leguizamo), the overly confident, somewhat irritating sloth. Before Manfred can get rid of Sid, the two come upon a human infant whose mother died in order to save him.

Sid convinces Manfred to return the baby to his herd (family), but the two must accept the help of Diego (Denis Leary), the sly sabre tooth tiger, in order to track down the human tribe. After a humorous and heart warming journey, Diego must decide whether to side with his new friends or deliver the human baby to the vengeful leader of the sabre tooth tiger pack.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

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Persons of interest

Ray Romano .... Manfred
John Leguizamo .... Sid
Denis Leary .... Diego
Jane Krakowski .... Jennifer
Kristen Johnston .... Sylvia
Andrea Bowen .... The Aardvark Child
Goran Visnjic .... Soto
Jack Black .... Zeke
Cedric the Entertainer .... Rhino
Stephen Root .... Rhino, Start
Diedrich Bader .... Sabre-Toothed Tiger
Alan Tudyk .... Sabre-Toothed Tiger, Dodo, Freaky Mammal
Lorri Bagley .... Female Sloth
Jane Krakowski .... Female Sloth
Peter Ackerman .... Dodo, Freaky Mammal
PJ Benjamin .... Dodo
Josh Hamilton .... Dodo/Aardvark
Chris Wedge .... Dodo, Scrat
Denny Dillon .... Glypto
Mitzi McCall .... Glypto
Tara Strong .... Start
Michael J Wilson .... Storywriter
James Bresnahan .... Storywriter
Galen T Chu .... Storywriter
Doug Compton .... Storywriter
Xeth Feinberg .... Storywriter
Jeff Siergey .... Storywriter
Mike Thurmeier .... Storywriter
Michael Berg .... Screenwriter
Michael J Wilson .... Screenwriter
Peter Ackerman .... Screenwriter
Chris Wedge .... Screenwriter
Chris Wedge .... Director
Carlos Saldanha .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Ice Age official movie site
Ice Age QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2003

See also Ice Age 2, Ice Age: Dawn of the dinosaurs
Studios and distributors:

20th Century Fox

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

He, he, he, ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho!

Ice Age is an absolute kak. It's a series of one-liners, set-up jokes and the best running gag in the history of animation. Scrat rules!

As you'd expect, the animation is flawless; anything less than perfect is unacceptable in this day and age. The characters are a little shallow although that's as much a product of this day and age as anything else: bland people simmering with angst and turmoil are stock characters in contemporary entertainment. Just watch Everybody loves Raymond.

What makes Ice Age so watchable is the funniness of the script - kudos to Chris Wedge for coming up with such snappy dialogue - as you really will laugh out loud, over and over again (and that's not even a desperate attempt to be quoted on the cover of the DVD). There are some odd bits, such as "Why did the humans abandon their camp?" and "Why was there only one female among half a dozen males?", but they're just the sort of thing that I like to look out for: most people won't even notice them.

See Ice Age, you'll enjoy it no matter what your age.