Themes: Fish Out of Water, Survival in the Wilderness
Main Cast: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen
Release Year: 2005
Country: US
Run Time: 86 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
A pack of not-so-wild animals experience some serious culture shock when they move from the Big Apple to the Mighty Jungle in this computer-animated comedy. Alex (voice of Ben Stiller) is a lion who enjoys a charmed life as one of the leading attractions at a zoo in New York City's Central Park. While Alex and his pals Marty the Zebra (voice of Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (voice of Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (voice of David Schwimmer) are happy with their lot in life, they occasionally have a certain curiosity about the outside world, and when the zoo's penguins decide to make a break for it, Marty follows them into the city. Alex, Gloria, and Melman set out to find Marty before he gets into trouble, but they're a bit too late, and soon the zookeepers have decided that the animals are restless and need to be returned to the wild. Soon the critters find themselves living on the coast of Madagascar, where they quickly discover they aren't quite suited for living in the wild. Madagascar also features the voice talents of Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, and Sacha Baron Cohen. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Shannon Jeffries - Art Director, Rex Grignon - Character Animation, Leslee Feldman - Casting, Peter Mehlman - Consultant/advisor, Conrad Vernon - Consultant/advisor, Teresa Cheng - Co-producer, Eric Darnell - Director, Tom McGrath - Director, H. Lee Peterson - Editor, Hans Zimmer - Composer (Music Score), Harry Gregson-Williams - Composer (Music Score), Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin - Production Designer, Mireille Soria - Producer, Douglas Pierce - Set Designer, Robert Renga - Sound/Sound Designer, Craig Heath - Sound/Sound Designer, Eric Darnell - Screen Story, Tom McGrath - Screen Story, Eric Darnell - Screenwriter, Mark Burton - Screenwriter, Billy Frolick - Screenwriter, Tom McGrath - Screenwriter, Philippe Gluckman - Visual Effects Supervisor, Ewan Johnson - Layout, Andy Nelson - Re-Recording Mixer, Anna Behlmer - Re-Recording Mixer, James Bolt - Re-Recording Mixer, Denis Couchon - Supervising Animator, Richard L. Anderson - Supervising Sound Editor
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