Madagascar (2005)
- Release Date
- May 25, 2005
- Director
- Eric Darnell , Tom McGrath
- Cast
- Ben Stiller , Chris Rock , David Schwimmer , Jada Pinkett Smith , Sacha Baron Cohen , Cedric the Entertainer
- Runtime
- 86
- Main Genre
- Animation
- Writers
- Mark Burton , Billy Frolick , Eric Darnell , Tom McGrath
- Tagline
- Someone's got a zoo loose.
Summary
Ben Stiller (“Meet the Parents”), Chris Rock (“Chris Rock Never Scared”), David Schwimmer (TV’s “Friends”) and Jada Pinkett Smith (“Collateral”) star as the voices of four zoo animals who hang up when they hear the call of the wild. Alex the Lion (Stiller) is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends Marty the Zebra (Rock), Melman the Giraffe (Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (Pinkett Smith) have lived their entire lives in blissful captivity, with regular meals provided and an admiring public to adore them. Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty allows his curiosity to get the better of him and, with the help of some prodigious penguins, makes his escape to explore the world he’s been missing. Alex, Melman and Gloria go after him, but before they can go wild in the streets, they are captured, crated and put on a ship to Africa…to be ultimately set free. When those plotting penguins sabotage the ship, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria find themselves washed ashore on the exotic island of Madagascar. Now, these native New Yorkers have to figure out how to survive in the wild and discover the true meaning of the phrase “It’s a jungle out there.” “Madagascar” also features the voices of Andy Richter (“Elf”), Sacha Baron Cohen (TV’s “Da Ali G Show”) and Cedric the Entertainer (“Barbershop”). The computer-animated comedy is being directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, with Mireille Soria producing and Teresa Cheng co-producing. Produced by PDI/DreamWorks for DreamWorks Animation SKG, “Madagascar” will be distributed by DreamWorks Distribution LLC.
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