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
Madagascar is a movie produced by Dreamworks under the direction of Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, who undoubtedly achieved the perfect fusion between 3D animation and comedy, deriving as a final product a film for all audiences full of funny moments, moving music and really good animation for 2005, when watching the film you could tell just by seeing the characters their feelings and expressions that the animation team led by Shannon Jeffries as art director wanted to portray them to us.
The story of the film begins in the New York zoo, where there's a very diverse group of friends, consisting of a lion who is the protagonist (Alex), his best friend, a zebra (Marty), a hippopotamus (Gloria) and a giraffe (Melman). It all begins when Marty, on his 10th birthday, regrets how routine his life has become, which is increased by his desire to know what there is outside the walls that keep him captive, this dream of changing his life, combined with the ideas of a group of penguins which act as a squad of soldiers, leads this group of friends on many adventures.
The film is very entertaining, since its mixture of fiction and reality along, with some moments of dark humor, keep the audience focused on what will happen next during the film's 82 minutes, additionally, it instills important values like friendship and the anthropomorphic behavior of the characters will make us feel even more involved in the story that is presented to us.
The story of the film begins in the New York zoo, where there's a very diverse group of friends, consisting of a lion who is the protagonist (Alex), his best friend, a zebra (Marty), a hippopotamus (Gloria) and a giraffe (Melman). It all begins when Marty, on his 10th birthday, regrets how routine his life has become, which is increased by his desire to know what there is outside the walls that keep him captive, this dream of changing his life, combined with the ideas of a group of penguins which act as a squad of soldiers, leads this group of friends on many adventures.
The film is very entertaining, since its mixture of fiction and reality along, with some moments of dark humor, keep the audience focused on what will happen next during the film's 82 minutes, additionally, it instills important values like friendship and the anthropomorphic behavior of the characters will make us feel even more involved in the story that is presented to us.
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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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