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Balto is an animated film, released in 1995 and produced by the Universal / Amblimation studios.

BaltoThe film follows such films as An American Tail or Land Before Time from the same studio, which share common points with the Disney animated films, and were released during the golden age of traditional western animation.

The story of Balto deals with wolves and dog sledding, and is based on true facts that happened in 1925 in Nome, Alaska, where diphteria, a fatal disease, occured.
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Two low-budget sequels to Balto have been released to date, being direct-to-video sequels unlike the original.

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Balto is a feature-length film, produced by the Amblimation studios from Steven Spielberg, known for several other animated films such as "An American Tail", "Fievel Goes West" or "Land Before Time".
 
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Released in 1995 in the USA, and mid-1996 in Europe, the movie didn't attract the crowd and didn't encounter the deserved success. That's the reason it is not much known compared to Disney or even Dreamworks movies, and yet...

Based on real facts, this cartoon relate the story of Balto, a brave sled dog, who brought back an antidiphtheria serum in order to save children, in Alaska (1925).

 

Many famous people have taken part in it, starting with Spielberg of course, as an executive producer (besides, we can even see a wink to "ET" in Balto), Simon Wells as the director/producer, and James Horner as the soundtrack composer (" Titanic ", " Braveheart ", " Alien "...and all the other Amblimation movies)

 

Nowadays, Amblimation has disappeared, in fact just after the release of this film, and the studios had been retaken with the help of an old Disney director for the conception of another animated movie, "The Prince of Egypt". And so was born Dreamworks...


Balto theatrical cover

Technical description of the film:

Country of origin: The USA

Scenario: David Cohen, Elana Lesser, Cliff Ruby, Roger S.H. Schulman

Producers: Steven Spielberg and Steve Hickner.

Musics: James Horner and Barry Man

Studio/Distributor: Universal Pictures

Original Title: Balto

Live action places: Central park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, the USA

Length: 1. 14 mn.

 

American voices:

Balto voices

 Kevin Bacon ... Balto

Bob Hoskins ... Boris the Goose

Bridget Fonda ... Jenna

Jim Cummings ... Steele

Phil Collins ... Muk and Luk

Jack Angel ... Nikki

Danny Mann ... Kaltag

Robbie Rist ... Star

 

Theatrical release in USA: December 22, 1995

Release in VHS in USA: April 02, 1996

Release in DVD in USA: February 19, 2002

 

Theatrical release in France: July 10, 1996

Release in VHS in France: February 05, 1997

Release in DVD in France: October 8, 2002

 


Entries made by the film on its release in theaters :

France : 91 035, + 21 600 (out again in Feb. 2003)
Great Britain : 66 321
Germany : 133 300
Total Europe : 354 320

USA : 1 211 006

Source : Lumiere



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baltoimissyoubud
Baltoimi
ssyoubud
January 10, 2012
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Balto i miss you soooooo much! i know he wasn't mine but i still miss him! When i get a husky, his name is going to be balto. Miss you bud love you!:howl:

December 10, 2011
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:p ME SUPERFACINA ESTE LOBITO HEROE ES EL MEJOR SI TENGO UN PERRO ALASKA LE PONDRE BALTO EN SU HONOR :innocentgrin: :innocentgrin:

October 11, 2011
Canada Is not currently on the site
This is the best animated movie ever made.
Am I right?:P

September 24, 2011
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i am a balto fanatic :closedgrin: :closedgrin:

luvusteel
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August 08, 2011
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wow this is my fave movie actually i loved it when i was younger every week my grandmother would let us rent a movie and i always every time picked this one i guess it would have been cheeper to just but it lol and last year i got hooked on it again still my fave

luv u steel:Love:

ilovewolves
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August 01, 2011
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The first is by far my favorite of the three movies. In my opinion, the 2nd and 3rd both sucked. In the 1st, the voices were better, the plot was better, and the animation was better. I can sit and watch the 1st over and over, and I can't even watch 10 minutes of the 2nd or 3rd without getting bored of it. They shouldn't have even wasted their time making squeals. The 1st Balto is one of my favorite movies and probably always will be! :howl:

June 15, 2011
Sweden Male Is not currently on the site
I saw Balto 1 years 2008th When I first saw omsalgen I do not like him. This summer I saw some clips on Youtube for real Balto in Central Park in New York. I believe in him very much than other Swedish. My whole school knows nothing about him!

"What did you like the movie?" I thought it was good story, characters and voices!

May 30, 2011
Usa Is not currently on the site
I loved balto since i was 4 that movie was the only thing that made me happy back then! and i still love it now!:allears: :cool2: :closedgrin: :Be_happy:

omega12
Omega12
May 27, 2011
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i cant imagine how good the days were back then...now i cant even imagine at all. what happened to disney???

kodifans
Kodifans
April 16, 2011
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balto 1,2,3 its verry lol:grincolonp: :grincolonp:
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