Ice Age (2002) Movie Overview

Ice Age is a 2002 American computer-animated film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox in 2002. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge from a story by Michael J. Wilson. The story follows three Paleolithical mammals attempting to return a lost human baby to its parents. The film was originally to be directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, and produced in 2D by Fox Animation Studios, but the rise of CGI animation and the failure of Titan A.E. destroyed Fox’s traditional animation division, hence Bluth and Goldman transferred their duties for Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha from Fox’s CGI division Blue Sky. The film was met with both critical acclaim and box office success, starting a series with two sequels, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The film begins with a squirrel known as Scrat, who is trying to find a location to store his prized acorn. Eventually, as he tries to hide it, he causes an avalanche. He barely escapes, but finds himself stepped on by a herd of prehistoric animals. The animals are trying to avoid the ice age by migrating south. Sid, a clumsy sloth left behind by his family, is attacked by two Brontops… Source

• Ice Age Movie Details
• Official Sites: 20th Century Fox [fr], Twentieth Century Fox [us]
• Tagline: The Coolest Event In 16,000 Years.
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 81 min
• Genre: Animation , Adventure , Comedy , Family

• Cast Overview
• Ray Romano as Manfred (voice)
• John Leguizamo as Sid (voice)
• Denis Leary as Diego (voice)
• Goran Visnjic as Soto (voice)
• Jack Black as Zeke (voice)
• Cedric the Entertainer as Carl (voice)

Ice Age Movie Review from New York Times

Like most corporate animation pictures, Fox’s “Ice Age” is about abandonment. A human baby is left behind by his tribe, which is fleeing — along with much of the rest of animal life — as the Ice Age approaches. Sid the sloth (the voice of John Leguizamo) convinces Manfred, a woolly mammoth (Ray Romano), that they have to return the child… Source

Ice Age Movie Info by Apple Movies

Manny, Sid and Diego return in another incredible adventure. The Ice Age is coming to an end, and the animals are delighting in their new world: a melting paradise of water parks, geysers and tar pits. But when Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the miles of melted ice will flood their valley, they must warn everyone and somehow figure out a way to… Source

Ice Age Movie Details from Imdb

Back when the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and animals were scurrying to save themselves from the upcoming Ice Age, a stupid sloth named Sid, a woolly mammoth named Manny, a saber-toothed tiger named Diego, and an acorn-loving saber-toothed squirrel named Scrat are forced to become unlikely heroes. The four reluctantly come together when th… Source

Ice Age (2002) from YouTube