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Thomas and the Magic Railroad is a 2000 British-American fantasy adventure film written, produced and directed by Britt Allcroft. The film stars Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson, Didi Conn, Russell Means, Cody McMains, Michael E. Rodgers, and Eddie Glen as the voice of Thomas. The film is based on the British children's book series The Railway Series by The Rev. W. Awdry, its televised adaptation Thomas & Friends, and the American television series Shining Time Station by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow.
The film was co-produced by Gullane Pictures and the Isle of Man Film Commission. It was distributed by Destination Films in the United States and Icon Film Distribution in the United Kingdom. The film tells the story of Lily Stone, the granddaughter of the caretaker of an enchanted steam engine who is lacking an appropriate supply of coal, and Mr. Conductor of Shining Time Station, whose provisions of magical gold dust are at a critical low. To ameliorate these problems, Lily and Mr. Conductor enlist the help of Thomas, who along the way confronts the ruthless Diesel 10, who plans to get rid of the railway's steam engines.
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=== Animation ===
The main goal for the art style and animation for the film is to mix between the typical Disney-style animation style used in most 1990s animated films with the well-known Dr. Seuss-style look, which was done by a group of former Disney animators such as TBA.
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=== Home media ===
Thomas and the Magic Railroad was released on VHS and two-disc DVD on March 16, 2002. It features 16 deleted scenes, 20 voice outtakes, almost a dozen featurettes, two games called "TBA" and "TBA" and a "Dance with the Cat" tutorial to teach kids a Cat in the Hat dance. On February 7, 2013, the film was released on Blu-ray special edition, The home video release brought in more than $172 million in DVD and VHS sales and rentals
=== Video game ===
The film has a 2.5D platformer video game published by Paramount Interactive, Ubisoft and developed by Magenta Software and Digital Eclipse. The game was released for PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance on November 5, 2003, and PC on November 9, 2003, shortly before the film's theatrical release
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