Ice Age (2002 movie)

***Ice Age*** is a 2002 American computer-animated comedy-drama movie. It was produced by John C. Donkin and Lori Forte and was directed by Chris Wedge. The movie was released on March 15, 2002.

The movie was welcomed by film critics which praised its story, humor, characters, emotional weight, voice cast performance (especially those of Leguizamo and Leary), David Newman's musical score and the ending.

The movie currently has four sequels, _Ice Age: The Meltdown_ (2006), _Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs_ (2009), _Ice Age: Continental Drift_ (2012), and _Ice Age: Collision Course_ (2016). There has also been a Christmas special, Easter special and a series of short movies revolving around the comic relief character in the movies.

## Plot

A herd of prehistoric creatures are migrating to avoid a forthcoming ice age. Sid, a clumsy ground sloth, is left behind by his family and chases the herd by himself, but is attacked by an angry pair of brontotheres after he ruins their meal.

## Cast

The characters are all prehistoric animals. The animals can talk to and understand each other.

- Ray Romano as Manny, a Mammuthus.
- John Leguizamo as Sid, a ground sloth.
- Denis Leary as Diego, a Smilodon.
- Goran Višnjić as Soto, a Smilodon.
- Jack Black as Zeke, a Smilodon.
- Cedric the Entertainer as Carl, a brontothere.
- Stephen Root as:
    - Frank, a brontothere.
    - The angry and poor start, a hybrid of a elephant, a rhino, a tapir, and a hippo.
- Diedrich Bader as Oscar, a Smilodon.
- Alan Tudyk as:
    - Lenny, a Homotherium.
    - A dodo.
    - A freaky mammal.
- Lorri Bagley as Jennifer, a female Megalonyx.
- Jane Krakowski as Rachel, another female Megalonyx.
- Peter Ackerman as:
    - Another dodo.
    - Another freaky mammal (Macrauchenia).
- P. J. Benjamin as another dodo.
- Chris Wedge as:
    - Another dodo.
    - Scrat, a saber-toothed squirrel.
- Josh Hamilton as:
    - Another dodo.
    - An aardvark.
- Denny Dillon and Mitzi McCall as two Glyptodons.
- Tara Strong as:
    - An little start,  a hybrid of a elephant, a rhino, a tapir, and a hippo.
    - Roshan, an infant.

## Related pages

- _Ice Age: The Meltdown_
- _Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs_
- _Ice Age: Continental Drift_
- _Ice Age: Collision Course_
- _Ice Age: Boiling Point_

## Other websites

- Ice Age's Official website

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: Ice Age
- **image**: Iceage-logo.svg
- **caption**: Official logo of the movie
- **director**: Chris Wedge
**Co-director:**
Carlos Saldanha
- **producer**: Lori Forte
**Executive producer:**
Chris Meledandri, Christopher Meledandri
**Associate producer:**
John C. Donkin
- **writer**: Michael J. Wilson
- **screenplay**: Michael Berg
Michael J. Wilson
Peter Ackerman
- **starring**: Ray Romano
John Leguizamo
Denis Leary
Goran Višnjić, Goran Visnjic
Jack Black
Diedrich Bader
Alan Tudyk
Cedric the Entertainer, Cedric The Entertainer
Stephen Root
Peter Ackerman
P.J. Benjamin
Josh Hamilton (actor), Josh Hamilton
Chris Wedge
Denny Dillon
Mitzi McCall
Tara Strong
- **music**: David Newman
- **editing**: John Carnochan
- **distributor**: 20th Century Fox
- **released**: March 15, 2002
- **runtime**: 81 minutes
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $59 million
- **gross**: $383,257,136