Madagascar (2005)

Directors:

Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath

Writers:

Mark Burton (written by) &
Billy Frolick (written by) ...
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Release Date:

27 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Ton On The Run

Plot:

Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs

Plot Keywords:

Zoo | Madagascar | Lion | Giraffe | Escape

Awards:

3 wins & 24 nominations

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Alex (voice)
Chris Rock	...	Marty (voice)
David Schwimmer	...	Melman (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Gloria (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Julien (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Maurice (voice)
Andy Richter	...	Mort (voice)
Tom McGrath	...	Skipper / Fossa / Panicky Man on Subway (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Private (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Kowalski (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Mason (voice)
Eric Darnell	...	Zoo Announcer / Lemur #1 / Fossa / Subway Car Announcer (voice)
David Cowgill	...	Police Horse (voice)
Stephen Apostolina	...	Police Officer (voice) (as Steve Apostolina)
Elisa Gabrielli	...	Old Lady (voice)
Devika Parikh	...	News Reporter (voice)
David P. Smith	...	Spider / Lemur #2 (voice)
Cody Cameron	...	Willie (voice)
Bob Saget	...	Zoo Animal (voice)

Directed by
Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath

Writing credits
Mark Burton		(written by) &
Billy Frolick		(written by) and
Eric Darnell		(written by) &
Tom McGrath		(written by)

Produced by
Teresa Cheng	....	co-producer
Mireille Soria	....	producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer

Film Editing by
Clare De Chenu
Mark A. Hester
H. Lee Peterson

Production Design by
Kendal Cronkhite

Art Direction by
Shannon Jeffries

Production Management
Brian Brecht	....	production supervisor
Tony Cosanella	....	production supervisor
Jennifer Dahlman	....	production supervisor
Holly Edwards	....	production supervisor
Pilar Flynn	....	production supervisor
Jennifer Freeman	....	production supervisor
Maryann Garger	....	production manager
Philip R. Garrett	....	production supervisor
Ryan Harris	....	story supervisor
Kelly M. Jean	....	production supervisor
Lori Korngiebel	....	post-production supervisor
Mary Maffei	....	additional production manager
Kerry Shea	....	production manager
Jerome Solomon	....	technical production manager
Jenna Grigg Thomas	....	production supervisor
Triva von Klark	....	additional production manager
Noel Wolfman	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Dino Athanassiou	....	storyboard artist
Damon Bard	....	sculptor
Randy Cartwright	....	additional storyboard artist
Theresa Cullen	....	storyboard artist (as Theresa Pettengill)
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	additional storyboard artist
Kory Heinzen	....	production illustrator
Ruben Hickman	....	production illustrator
Yoriko Ito	....	production illustrator
Noah Klocek	....	matte painter
Travis Koller	....	production illustrator
Robert Koo	....	lead storyboard artist
Cecile Picard	....	artist: character modeling unit
Doug Pierce	....	set designer
Tonia Pizzato	....	production supervisor: art department
John Puglisi	....	storyboard artist
Alexandre Puvilland	....	production illustrator
Jamie J. Silverman	....	production coordinator
John Stevenson	....	storyboard artist
Ennio Torresan	....	storyboard artist
Gary Trousdale	....	additional storyboard artist
Simon Wells	....	storyboard artist
James Wood Wilson	....	production illustrator
Julia Woolf	....	visual development artist
Catherine Yuh	....	lead storyboard artist
Alfred Gimeno	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Steve Hickner	....	additional storyboard artist (uncredited)
Christophe Lautrette	....	additional visual development (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	supervising sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Binder	....	sound effects editor
Marissa N. Blanchard	....	voiceover recordist
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Jim Bolt)
James Christopher	....	sound effects recordist
Mark Coffey	....	assistant sound editor
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Laverne Dewberry	....	adr recordist
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist
Thomas Jones	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Roy Latham	....	dialogue mixer
Alan Meyerson	....	additional sound mixer
Robert Morrisey	....	first sound assistant
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Erin Michael Rettig	....	sound engineer
Reuben Simon	....	sound effects editor
Andy Sisul	....	assistant sound editor (as Andy S. Sisul)
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer
Chris Varekamp	....	dialogue recordist
David A. Whittaker	....	sound effects editor
Wade Wilson	....	co-supervising sound editor
Wade Wilson	....	sound effects editor
Larry Winer	....	original dialogue mixer
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
William Levins	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
David P. Allen	....	visual effects lead (as David Allen)
John B. Anderson	....	effects animator (as John Anderson)
Francois Antoine	....	visual effects
Shinsaku Arima	....	effects animator
Carol Ashley	....	lighter
Michael Aucoin	....	character technical director
Matt Baer	....	visual effects lead
Stephen Bailey	....	lighter & compositor
Damon Bard	....	sculptor
Yuri Bartoli	....	digital matte painter
Wendy Berry	....	effects production coordinator
Stewart Birnam	....	software engineer
Liz Borges-Herzog	....	digital paint artist
Katherine Bouglai	....	digital effects artist
Terran Boylan	....	character technical director
Julie Anne Brame	....	effects engineer: research & development (as Julie Anne Mayfield)
James Buckhouse	....	rough layout
Juan J. Buhler	....	visual effects lead
Dave Burgess	....	CGI animator
Ted Burge	....	rendering software engineer
David Caeiro Cebrián	....	visual effects
Claudia Candia	....	senior texture painter
Michael A. Chang	....	head of global pipeline: DreamWorks Animation (as Mike Chang)
Andy Chen	....	digital effects artist
Amy Christensen	....	lighting artist
Shaun Collaco	....	lighting and compositing artist: Dreamworks Animation
Michael Collery	....	matte painting technical supervisor
Lisa Slates Connors	....	surfacing artist
Damon Crowe	....	effects animator
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Gilbert Davoud	....	character technical director
Brian Deans-Rowe	....	additional modeling
Brian Deans-Rowe	....	additional modeller
Alain De Hoe	....	visual effects lead
Philippe Denis	....	lighting CG supervisor
John K. Dodelson	....	modeler
Cristian Dumitriu	....	modeler
David Eberle	....	fx engineer
Peter Farson	....	character technical director
Eric Fernandes	....	lead lighter
Benjamin Fischler	....	lighter
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Jonathan Gibbs	....	visual effects lead
Philippe Gluckman	....	visual effects supervisor
Rick Glumac	....	visual effects lead
Lee Graft	....	character effects supervisor
John Hanashiro	....	lead film/color technician
David Augustus Hart	....	visual effects lead
Greg Hart	....	effects animator
Todd Harvey	....	lighting: Dreamworks
Jeff Hayes	....	modeling supervisor (as Jeff Hays)
Jeff Hayes	....	modeling supervisor
Ronald D. Henderson	....	software development manager
Gooby Herms	....	digital paint artist
Cindy Hong	....	lighting artist
Milana Huang	....	character technical director supervisor
Pasha Ivanov	....	digital artist
Pasha Ivanov	....	modeler
James Jackson	....	effects animator
Amy Rae Jones	....	lighting
Kaishin Kam	....	layout artist
Yun Geuk Kang	....	senior modeler
Sandy Kao	....	character technical director
Tim Keenan	....	effects technical director
Laurent Kermel	....	visual effects
Andrew Young Kim	....	effects animator
Annmarie Koenig	....	lighting CG supervisor
Lewis Kofsky	....	effects animator
Ben H. Kwa	....	rendering software engineer
Bryan Gregg LaShelle	....	render wrangler
Andre LeBlanc	....	visual effects
Michael H. Lee	....	effects technical director
Victor Lew	....	effects technical director
Penny Leyton	....	character technical director
Scott Liedtka	....	visual effects
David Lipton	....	effects animator
Benjamin Lishka	....	lighter
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	roto/paint artist
Robert Lurye	....	lighting artist
Jim Mainard	....	head of research and development
Mark Manfrey	....	effects animator
Michael Manza	....	lighter: DreamWorks Animation
Mariette Marinus	....	character technical director
Steve Mason	....	character animator
Erik Mattson	....	lighting CG supervisor
Gerald McAleece III	....	senior layout artist
Steve McGrath	....	additional modeling
Mark A. McGuire	....	technical director
Tadao Mihashi	....	effects animator: PDI/DreamWorks
Tony Mitzelfelt	....	lighting technical director
Stephanie Mulqueen	....	lighting effects
Gaku Nakatani	....	lead lighter
Julie Nelson	....	character animator
Brian Newlin	....	final layout artist
Ronman Yiu Yan Ng	....	key lighting artist
Peter Nicolai	....	digital artist
Joe Oh	....	character animator
Drew Olbrich	....	research and development
Rob O'Neill	....	character technical director
Alex Ongaro	....	visual effects
Justin Onstine	....	technical director: matte painting
William Opdyke	....	visual effects
Nick Panagos	....	digital effects artist
Mary Payne	....	digital artist
Andrew Pearce	....	senior software manager
Sven Pohle	....	character technical director
Gabriel Portnof	....	lead lighter
Tsun-Hui Andrea Pun	....	surfacing artist
Paul Rademacher	....	visual effects
Mahesh Ramasubramanian	....	visual effects lead
Charlie Ramos	....	modeler
Matthew Rampias	....	lighter & compositor
Keith Reicher	....	layout artist
Janet Rentel	....	lighting CG supervisor (as Janet Quinn Casey Lavin)
Stacy Rentel	....	production supervisor: FX
Sabrina Riegel	....	surfacing supervisor (as Sabrina M. Riegel)
Damon Riesberg	....	character effects animator
Robyn Rindge	....	technical director
Eli Rod	....	completion artist
Kevin Rodgers	....	character effects supervisor
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios	....	lighting CG supervisor
Carlos M. Rosas	....	character animator
Robert Rossoff	....	senior layout artist
Krzysztof Rostek	....	effects animator
Trina M. Roy	....	engineering lead
Frank Sabia Jr.	....	lighting artist
William Salazar	....	character animator
Ramprasad Sampath	....	digital effects artist
Nico Scapel	....	character technical director
York N. Schueller	....	animation technical director
Sean Schur	....	lead lighter
Marc Scott	....	lighter
Michael Sehgal	....	training and artist development
Taylor Shaw	....	effects animator
Richard Shiba	....	layout artist
Kevan Shorey	....	character animator: PDI/Dreamworks
Scott Singer	....	head of effects
Kawaldeep Singh	....	effects animator
Marty Sixkiller	....	layout technical director
Dug Stanat	....	visual effects
Curt Stewart	....	lighter
Peter Szewczyk	....	lighting & compositing technical director
J. Todd Taylor	....	character setup
Joanne Thiel	....	senior effects animator
Dawn Turner	....	visual effects production assistant
Pablo Valle	....	lighting CG supervisor
Dana Vanhove	....	recruiter
Kevin Vassey	....	visual effects
Robert Vogt	....	character technical director supervisor
Nick Walker	....	rough layout
Craig Wentworth	....	lighter
Joshua West	....	modeler
Andrew Wheeler	....	visual effects
Mark R. Wilkins	....	lighting/effects technical director: Glendale
Laura Wood	....	production engineer
Stephen Wood	....	visual effects animator
Gentaro Yamamoto	....	surfacing artist
Ken Yao	....	character effects animator
Hector Yangli Yee	....	rendering specialist: research & development
Emre Yilmaz	....	character technical director
Brian Daniel Young	....	digital effects artist
James Stewart	....	modeler (uncredited)

Animation Department
Tracey Michelle Arnold	....	animation production assistant
James Baxter	....	additional supervising animator
Linda Bel	....	animator (as Linda M. Bel)
Jeremy Bernstein	....	animator
Arnaud Berthier	....	animator
Sean Bishop	....	additional story artist
Patrick Bonneau	....	animator
Rejean Bourdages	....	story artist
Dave Burgess	....	animator
Cody Cameron	....	additional story artist
Randy Cartwright	....	additional story artist
Jaime Castañeda	....	animator (as Jaime Andrés Castañeda)
Chung Chan	....	animator
Kenny Chung	....	animator
Paul Chung	....	supervising animator
Lorna Cook	....	additional story artist
Melanie Cordan	....	animator
Denis Couchon	....	senior supervising animator
Nick Craven	....	animator
Cassidy Curtis	....	animator
Donnachada Daly	....	supervising animator
Lou Dellarosa	....	animator
Eric Deuel	....	animator
Bill Diaz	....	animator
Jed Diffenderfer	....	story artist
Walt Dohrn	....	additional story artist (as Walt Dohm)
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator
Thom Enriquez	....	additional story artist
Raffaella Filipponi	....	animator
Emilio Ghorayeb	....	animator
Alfred Gimeno	....	additional story artist
Sue Gleadhill	....	final layout artist
Sue Gleadhill	....	rough layout artist
Lee Graft	....	character effects supervisor
Carlos Grangel	....	additional character designer
Antony Gray	....	animator
Rex Grignon	....	head of character animation
Rodolphe Guenoden	....	additional story artist
Todd Heapy	....	layout artist
Stephen Heidelberg	....	animation consultant
Anthony Hodgson	....	additional animator
Mariko Hoshi	....	animator
Raman Hui	....	additional animator
James Hull	....	animator
Ethan Hurd	....	animator
Manu Ittina	....	animator
Jeffrey 'JJ' Jay	....	character technical director
Jakob Hjort Jensen	....	animator
Jeffrey Joe	....	animator
Craig Kellman	....	lead character designer
Morgan R. Kelly	....	animator
Heather Knight	....	animator
Kevin Koch	....	animator
Marek Kochout	....	animator
Serguei Kouchnerov	....	animator
Eric Lessard	....	senior animator
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis	....	character designer
Philip K. Livingston Jr.	....	animator: character effects
Bob Logan	....	story artist
Conan Low	....	layout artist
David Lowery	....	additional story artist
Marci Mack	....	animation staff
Kevin MacLean	....	animator
Sean Mahoney	....	animator
Nicolas Marlet	....	character designer
Steve Mason	....	animator
Bill E. Miller	....	animator
Chris Miller	....	story artist
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
Ken Morrissey	....	additional animator
Luci Napier	....	animator
Fredrik Nilsson	....	animator
David Nix	....	layout artist
Damon O'Beirne	....	additional layout artist
Joe Oh	....	character animator
Dave Otte	....	layout artist
Tom Owens	....	additional story artist
Robert Porter	....	additional story artist (as Rob Porter)
Robert Porter	....	story artist
Pres Romanillos	....	animator
Carlos M. Rosas	....	animator
Ben Rush	....	animator
Jason Schleifer	....	animator
Trish Schutz-Krause	....	animator
Kevan Shorey	....	animator
David P. Smith	....	additional story artist
David Spivack	....	animator
Trey Thomas	....	supervising animator
Philippe Tilikete	....	character designer
Theodore Ty	....	animator
Van Phan	....	animator
Dan Wagner	....	additional supervising animator
Chris Wahl	....	animator
Scott Wright	....	animator
Jennifer Yuh	....	story artist
Kathy Zielinski	....	character developer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Celeste Leger	....	casting assistant
Christi Soper	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Karl Armstrong	....	second assistant editor
James Beshears	....	post-production executive
Edie Bielman	....	additional editor
Paul Carrera	....	first assistant editor
Terry Claborn	....	color timer
Sim Evan-Jones	....	additional editor
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production coordinator
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Vicki Hiatt	....	additional editor
Christopher Knights	....	first assistant editor
Nelson Lee	....	post-production coordinator
Joe Monteleone	....	assistant editor
Paul Neal	....	editor: high definition
Craig Paulsen	....	first assistant editor
Timothy Peeler	....	digital colorist
Marcus Taylor	....	additional editor
Ryan Schnizlein	....	editorial technical director (uncredited)
John Venzon	....	additional editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Ryeland Allison	....	composer: additional music
John Barry	....	composer: theme "Born Free"
Jeffrey Biggers	....	assistant score engineer
Mark Brisbane	....	music technical assistant: James Dooley
Julie Butchko	....	music clearances
Al Clay	....	score mixer
Al Clay	....	vocals / whistling
James Dooley	....	composer: additional music (as Jim Dooley)
Chris Douridas	....	music consultant
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Walt Fowler	....	orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Gavin Greenaway	....	conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestral contractor: London
Nick Ingman	....	conductor
Julie Imboden Keel	....	music coordinator
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
James S. Levine	....	composer: additional music
Abhay Manusmare	....	technical score engineer
Erick Morillo	....	composer: song "I Like to Move It"
Melissa Muik	....	music editor
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Heitor Pereira	....	composer: additional music
Cindi Smith	....	music coordinator
Ken 'Kaz' Smith	....	music coordinator
Jill Streeter	....	score preparation (as Jill Streater)
Gavyn Wright	....	orchestra leader
Paul Kegg	....	musician: cello (uncredited)

Other crew
Tommy Bacorn	....	purchaser
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Richard M. Barnes	....	technology supporter
Alison Baumann	....	assistant to producers and directors
Will Bilton	....	research and development
Rob Blau	....	production engineering supervisor
Andrew Bonello	....	production engineer
Jacen Bridges	....	virtual studio coordinator
Greg Bulman	....	systems administrator
Eduardo Bustillo	....	research and development
Kristopher Campbell	....	technician
Robert C. Campion	....	production accountant
Jessie Carbonaro	....	production coordinator
Ariandy Chandra	....	title designer
Chloe Chao	....	research and development
Kristen D. Chidel	....	production executive
Ellen Connell	....	digital training coordinator
Michael Coronado	....	hardware engineer
Mike Cutler	....	systems administrator
Patrick Danford	....	technology engineer
Sanjay Das	....	director of research and development
John Detke	....	systems administrator
Moosie Drier	....	adr voice group
Ava DuVernay	....	publicity consultant
Christopher Edgar	....	editorial systems engineer
Christopher Ell	....	staff
Anthony Esposito III	....	training and artistic development
Daniel Evans	....	technical resource administrator
Rylee Fansler	....	voice over
Alison Fedrick	....	production coordinator
Bart Feliciano	....	systems administrator
Ray Felipe	....	script researcher
David Fent	....	systems administrator
Mary Lou Finn	....	assistant production accountant
Angela Ensele Firebaugh	....	production coordinator
Dana Frizzell Park	....	assistant to producers and directors
Nick Fumia	....	key layout assistant
Reid Gershbein	....	research and development
Eric Griswold	....	research and development
Eddie Guerra	....	production assistant
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
Michael J. Henderson	....	production engineer
Jill Hopper	....	production executive
Pamela Hu	....	technical resource administrator
Allison Lee Mussell Hurd	....	production assistant (as Allison L.M. Hurd)
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
Ewan Johnson	....	head of layout
Gregory P. Jones	....	production support engineer
Fadi Basem Kandah	....	production supervisor: modeling department
Brad Kane	....	layout production assistant
Scott Kilty	....	systems administrator
Karey Kirkpatrick	....	creative consultant
Daniel Kirksey	....	technical resource administrator
Cohl Klop	....	adr voice (as Cohl Kenneth Klop)
Jeff Lee	....	production engineer
Jeff Lee	....	systems administrator
Stephanie C. Lee	....	production coordinator
Jim Leuper	....	technical lead
Katherine Levin	....	production coordinator
Wingmay Vivian Liu	....	assistant production accountant
Kimberly Logan	....	assistant: Cedric the Entertainer (as Kim Logan)
Nicholas Long	....	software engineer
José Antonio Macías	....	translator: Spanish
Adam Stanley Maino	....	technical resource administrator
Derek Mann	....	systems administrator
Rich Marco	....	systems administrator
Derek McClurg	....	production assistant
Megan McDonald	....	research and development assistant
Alex McDonnell	....	editorial/story production assistant
Peter Mehlman	....	creative consultant
Robyn Mesher	....	production coordinator
Jim Meyer	....	production engineering supervisor
Humberto Meza Jr.	....	assistant production accountant
Corrin Milewski	....	research and development supervisor
Peter C. Miller	....	research and development
Michael Min	....	supervising technical director
Laura Monteiro	....	studio operations
Marlon Montgomery	....	studio resources coordinator
David Morehead	....	compositor: titles
Trinity Murphy	....	production coordinator
Anna Newman	....	research and development manager
Hannibal P. Odisho	....	production coordinator
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Kyle Pascucci	....	film and color supervisor (as Kyle D. Pascucci)
Harbor Peoples	....	office manager: technology
Drew Perttula	....	resource administrator
Saty Raghavachary	....	research and development
Lee Rase	....	production coordinator
Kristina Reed	....	production executive
Joshua F. Richards	....	research and development
Daniel Rich	....	systems administrator
Salvatore Richichi Jr.	....	render assistant
Luana Romero	....	assistant to producers and directors
David Rosenbaum	....	production coordinator
Stephen E. Ross	....	systems administrator
Hayyim Sanchez	....	completion artist
Jason Scott	....	training and artistic development
Hernan Silberman	....	research and development
Megan Smith	....	assistant to producers and directors
Steven Sorensen	....	technical resource administrator
Allen Stetson	....	technical director
April Struebing	....	software coordinator
Kate Swanborg	....	technology executive
Ted Tally	....	creative consultant
Adam Teninbaum	....	technical resource administrator
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager of technical resources
Tim Toll	....	systems administrator
Brandon Troutman	....	production assistant
Conrad Vernon	....	creative consultant
Charley Walters	....	production communication
Courtney Ward	....	assistant to producer and director
Larry Weisberg	....	senior paralegal
Gary L. Wohlleben	....	production controller
Jenny Wolfe-Binder	....	production coordinator
Daniel Yu	....	research and development
Andrew Zack	....	executive assistant: Hans Zimmer
Diana Burnett	....	production coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks
Cheryl Abood	....	special thanks
Ed Leonard	....	special thanks
Debbie L. O'Keeffe	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG
• Pacific Data Images (PDI)
• DreamWorks Animation

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Paramount (2006) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Poland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2008) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• SBS6 (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Universal Home Video (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (2005) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (Spain) (2005) (Spain) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Studios  post-production facilities (as Twentieth Century Fox Studios)
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded at (as Air Lyndhurst Studio, London)
• Bon Appetit Catering  catering (as Bon Appetit)
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Geffen Records  soundtrack released by
• Hewlett Packard  rendering services
• Hewlett Packard  workstations and servers
• L.A. Mad Dogs  adr voice casting (as L.A. MadDogs)
• One Step Up  foley
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Remote Control Productions Inc.  music production services
• Technicolor Weddington  sound editing
• Technicolor  prints

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language, crude humor and some thematic elements.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese | Spanish | German | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | Taiwan:GP | Sweden:Btl | Philippines:G | Switzerland:6 (canton of Zurich) | Spain:T | Denmark:A | Iceland:L | Brazil:Livre (theater release) | Malaysia:U | UK:U (cut) | South Korea:All | Brazil:12 (DVD re-rating) | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Czech Republic:U | Ireland:G | Mexico:AA | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG | Germany:o.Al. | New Zealand:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Peru:PT | Norway:A | Hong Kong:I

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: as the large crowd of people come charging up the stairs at Grand Central Station, thinking that Alex is chasing them.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Fossas are spelled "foosa" in the film. This is actually the way the word is spelled by the natives of Madagascar.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Alex the Lion: Surprise!
Marty the Zebra: Aaahhh! Alex! Do not interrupt me when I'm daydreaming. When a zebra's in the zone, leave him alone.

Movie Connections:

Spin off The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005)

Soundtrack:

I Like To Move It, Move It

Wonderful...!

A wonderful movie for all ages.

This films really follows in the footsteps of recent animated blockbusters as Finding Nemo,Shrek, Monster Inc., The Incredibles, Ice Age etc. The story works very well, and it is obvious that the team behind is people who knows their media. It stays on the same course all the way through, something that really is the essence of the success of the animated films these last years, something other writers can really learn from. And that's all the comparison I will do, because it really is its own movie.

A wonderful thing about it is the references to other movies like The Planet of the Apes and American Beauty. Very obvious references I might add. This also means that the filmmakers are aware that a growing number of gross comes from adult audiences as well, and you then have to assume that the story is written for them as well.

The style of the movie is like we are use to in normal cartoons, just put into a new media. And it works very well, you're always aware of it, and yet you sit and really is in awe of the texture of for instance Marty(Chris Rock). The technique is definitely as is to be expected.

Hanz Zimmer, who's becoming a very well known man within the animated world, does a moderate good job, the music is there and really gives the effects it needs, but is just background. Directing is good, and all the characters works in their own way on the screen but are best together. There's a huge deal of very well timed jokes and they all somehow seems to work.

The characters are very amu... sorry, highly amusing. Chris Rock is almost best as voice(like in Dr. Doolittle), where Ben Stiller although he comes through still is more enjoyable as live action. But both of them are easily identified. Jada Pinkett is a bit to anonymous, and David Schwimmer is just great, although his character wins in being a good background joke. Now for the minor characters, as often with these films, the minor characters gets a way with so much attention they deserve a little more attention. The three penguins are awesome, and is the ideal kick starters for this movie. They deliver almost nothing but laughs. The king of the wild Julien(Mr. Ali G) is fun, although without his sidekick Maurice(Cedric) he would be nothing. And then there's the two monkeys also very enjoyable. One minor thing is to me that in seems that the Sabletooth tigers from Ice Age seems to have been copy-pasted into this movie for action, a bit sad but nothing that the movie itself doesn't salvage.

I would rank it among the top ten movies of this year, it is very fun and works very well in most ways. 8/10