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Balto is a american film of genre Adventure directed by Simon Wells released in USA on 22 december 1995 with Kevin Bacon

Balto (1995)

Balto
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Released in USA 22 december 1995
Length 1h18
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Adventure,    Animation
Rating71% 3.553673.553673.553673.553673.55367

Balto is a 1995 American live-action/animated historical adventure drama film directed by Simon Wells, produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film is loosely based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to Nome. The live-action portions of the film were filmed at Central Park, in New York City.

The film was the final animated feature produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblimation animation studio. Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Bonne Radford acted as executive producers on the film. Although the film's theatrical run was overshadowed by the success of the competing Pixar film Toy Story, its subsequent strong sales on home video led to two direct-to-video sequels: Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002) and Balto III: Wings of Change (2004).

Synopsis

In present-day at New York City, an elderly woman and her granddaughter are walking through Central Park, looking for a memorial statue. As they seat themselves for a rest, the grandmother tells a story about Nome, Alaska, back in 1925 which shifts the film from live-action to animation.

Actors

Kevin Bacon

(Balto (voice))
Bob Hoskins

(Boris the Goose (voice))
Bridget Fonda

(Jenna (voice))
Jim Cummings

(Steele the Sled Dog (voice))
Phil Collins

(Muk and Luk (voice))
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