Madagascar(2005)

Poster of Madagascar

Synopsis

This movie focuses on four residents and "stars" of the Central Park Zoo in New York City who are also best friends: a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer) and a pregnant hippo (Smith). When one of them goes missing, the other three break out of the zoo looking for him, and eventually all four are captured and put in boxes to ship them back to the continent their species are originally from: Africa. An accident at sea, however, strands them on the shore of Madagascar. Having had humans take care of them their entire life, the four know nothing of surviving in the wild, or that one of them, the lion, is genetically predisposed to eat his three best friends. Exploring their surroundings, the four friends soon meet the Malagasy locals (a type of lemur given to having loud "rave-like" dance parties) and their carnivorous enemies, the fousas. As the two sides try to use these four new, strange (and large) friends to their benefit, our heroes are also confronted with the reality of their predestined roles in nature.
This movie focuses on four residents and "stars" of the Central Park Zoo in New York City who are also best friends: a lion (Stiller), a zebra (Rock), a giraffe (Schwimmer) and a pregnant hippo (Smith). When one of them goes missing, …
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In Theaters

  • May 27, 2005

MPAA Rating

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

Genres

Comedy, Family, Animated, Action/Adventure, Drama

Run Time

1 hour 26 minutes

Distributors

DreamWorks Studios

Box Office

$193,136,720

Directors

Tom McGrath

Director

Eric Darnell

Director

CAST

Andy Richter

Voice of Mort

Ben Stiller

Voice of Alex

Chris Rock

Voice of Marty

Jada Pinkett Smith

Voice of Gloria

David Schwimmer

Voice of Melman

Sacha Baron Cohen

Voice of Julien
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