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

References

Other websites
Ice Age's Official website 

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