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".

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...

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.

Movie : 687 M , French language

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