A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.A group of animals who have spent all their life in a New York zoo end up in the jungles of Madagascar, and must adjust to living in the wild.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 32 nominations
Chris Rock
- Marty
- (voice)
Ben Stiller
- Alex
- (voice)
David Schwimmer
- Melman
- (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith
- Gloria
- (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen
- Julien
- (voice)
Andy Richter
- Mort
- (voice)
Tom McGrath
- Skipper
- (voice)
- …
Christopher Knights
- Private
- (voice)
Chris Miller
- Kowalski
- (voice)
Conrad Vernon
- Mason
- (voice)
Eric Darnell
- Zoo Announcer
- (voice)
- …
David Cowgill
- Police Horse
- (voice)
Elisa Gabrielli
- Old Lady
- (voice)
Devika Parikh
- News Reporter
- (voice)
David P. Smith
- Spider
- (voice)
- …
Cody Cameron
- Willie
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, Julien was intended to be a minor character with only two lines. However, when Sacha Baron Cohen auditioned for the role, he improvised not only an Indian accent, but eight minutes of dialogue for his recording. The filmmakers found Cohen's performance so funny that they rewrote the script and made Julien a much more prominent character in the story as King of the Lemurs.
- GoofsIn this film, pineapples grow on trees in the jungle. In reality, pineapples grow on the ground.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Private the Penguin: Skipper. Shouldn't we tell them that the boat is out of gas?
Skipper the Penguin: Nah! Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave.
[all four penguins waving]
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the closing credits, Gloria appears and taps the screen with a magic wand to end the movie.
- Alternate versionsThe UK version omits a partially uttered use of strong language to secure a U rating. International versions do not implement this cut, as filmmakers often put in single uses of strong language in otherwise-junior films to secure a higher rating in the US. When the film comes to be rated in the UK, the language has to be cut for a lower rating. See also 101 Dalmatians.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: Madagascar: Welcome to the Jungle (2005)
- SoundtracksBorn Free
Written by John Barry & Don Black
Performed by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (as The Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Featured review
I took my 8 yr old daughter and a friend of hers to see the movie last weekend. We had a blast. The humor is one of Dreamworks best. It was sutle enough on some of the jokes that the younger kids did not catch on but you could hear the adults chuckling.
My personal favorite was Melmen. He was very funny and I think that everyone can relate to knowing someone like that. (Sick all the time)
I would not recommend kids under the age of 6 to see it though. Their where quite a few little ones in the theater and all you heard was "what are they doing now? Why are people laughing?" etc.
A lot of fun and a lot of laughs. We will definitely own this when it comes out on DVD.
My personal favorite was Melmen. He was very funny and I think that everyone can relate to knowing someone like that. (Sick all the time)
I would not recommend kids under the age of 6 to see it though. Their where quite a few little ones in the theater and all you heard was "what are they doing now? Why are people laughing?" etc.
A lot of fun and a lot of laughs. We will definitely own this when it comes out on DVD.
- larimeramy
- Jun 12, 2005
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Madagaskar
- Filming locations
- Glendale, California, USA(principal animation)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $75,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $193,595,521
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,224,594
- May 29, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $542,064,525
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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