Madagascar
Someone’s got a zoo loose.
2005 | 86m | English
Popularity: 12 (history)
| Director: | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath |
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| Writer: | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Mark Burton, Billy Frolick |
| Staring: |
| Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar. | |
| Release Date: | May 25, 2005 |
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| Director: | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath |
| Writer: | Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Mark Burton, Billy Frolick |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure |
| Keywords | island, africa, zoo, giraffe, cartoon, zebra, madagascar, lemur, talking animal, friendship, escape, lion, hippopotamus, penguin, villain, slapstick comedy, animals, escaped animal |
| Production Companies | Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Animation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $542,064,525
Budget: $75,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 15, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Elisa Gabrielli | Old Lady (voice) |
| Stephen Apostolina | Police Officer (voice) |
| Devika Parikh | News Reporter (voice) |
| David P. Smith | Spider / Lemur #2 (voice) |
| Cody Cameron | Willie (voice) |
| Bob Saget | Zoo Animal (voice) |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg | Rico (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Eric Darnell | Director, Writer |
| Tom McGrath | Director, Writer |
| James Baxter | Animation Supervisor |
| Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Dave Rosenbaum | Unit Manager |
| Kendal Cronkhite | Production Design |
| José Antonio Macías | Translator |
| Karey Kirkpatrick | Creative Consultant |
| Olivier Mouroux | Publicist |
| Jim Dooley | Additional Music |
| Heitor Pereira | Musician, Additional Music |
| Alessandro Ongaro | Visual Effects |
| Ted Tally | Creative Consultant |
| Rachel Bolt | Musician |
| Tom Holkenborg | Additional Music |
| Philip R. Garrett | Production Supervisor |
| Serguei Kouchnerov | Animation |
| Conrad Vernon | Creative Consultant |
| Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Craig Kellman | Lead Character Designer |
| Charlie Ramos | Modeling |
| Kevan Shorey | Animation |
| Joe Campana | Associate Editor |
| Christopher Knights | First Assistant Editor |
| Theodore Anthony Lee Ty | Animation |
| Walt Dohrn | Story Artist |
| Mark Burton | Writer |
| Billy Frolick | Writer |
| Trey Thomas | Animation Supervisor |
| Emile Ghorayeb | Animation |
| Paul Carrera | First Assistant Editor |
| Clare Knight | Editor |
| Mark A. Hester | Editor |
| Pilar Flynn | Production Supervisor |
| H. Lee Peterson | Editor |
| Leslee Feldman | Casting |
| Shannon Jeffries | Art Direction |
| Kory Heinzen | Production Illustrator |
| Damon Bard | Sculptor |
| Doug Pierce | Set Designer |
| Ryeland Allison | Additional Music |
| Mark Schoellkopf | Post Production Assistant |
| Barbara Ford | Post-Production Manager |
| Lori Korngiebel | Post Production Supervisor |
| Gary L. Wohlleben | Production Controller |
| Stewart Birnam | Software Engineer |
| Craig Heath | Sound Recordist |
| Paul Chung | Supervising Animator |
| Greg Bulman | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Terry Claborn | Color Timer |
| Amy Christensen | Lighting Artist |
| Christi Soper Hilt | Casting Associate |
| Robert C. Campion | Production Accountant |
| Jamie J. Silverman | Production Coordinator |
| Maryann Garger | Production Manager |
| Brian Brecht | Production Supervisor |
| Mark Coffey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Melissa Muik | Music Editor |
| Mark Binder | Sound Effects Editor |
| Erin Michael Rettig | Sound Engineer |
| Travis Koller | Visual Development |
| Francois Antoine | Visual Effects |
| Philippe Gluckman | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Edie Bielman | Additional Editing |
| Tracey Dispensa | Animation Production Assistant |
| Corban Gossett | Supervising Technical Director |
| Bruce Fowler | Orchestrator |
| Cheryl Abood | Thanks |
| Edwin R. Leonard | Thanks |
| Debbie L. O'Keeffe | Thanks |
| Alan Meyerson | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| James Beshears | Executive In Charge Of Post Production |
| Evan Smyth | Software Engineer |
| Kristen D. Chidel | Production Executive, Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Jill Hopper | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Kristina Reed | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Mark A. McGuire | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Robyn Rindge | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Morten Folmer Nielsen | ADR Editor |
| Jaime Castañeda | Animation |
| Linda Bel | Animation |
| Morgan R. Kelly | Animation |
| Andy Sisul | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Buck Lewis | Character Designer |
| Erik Mattson | CG Supervisor |
| Wade Wilson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Terri Anderson | Finance |
| Bill Damaschke | Thanks |
| Shaun Collaco | Lighting Artist |
| Betsy Nofsinger | Lighting Artist |
| Jeff Hayes | Character Modelling Supervisor |
| Jonathan Williams | Musician |
| Nicholas Bucknall | Musician |
| Anthony Pike | Musician |
| Steve Mair | Musician |
| Andrew Findon | Musician |
| Anna Noakes | Musician |
| Paul Clarvis | Musician |
| Paul Archibald | Musician |
| Andrew Crowley | Musician |
| Mike Lovett | Musician |
| Dan Newell | Musician |
| Owen Slade | Musician |
| Bruce White | Musician |
| Mark Berrow | Musician |
| Jonathan Evans-Jones | Musician |
| Boguslav Kostecki | Musician |
| Warren Zielinski | Musician |
| Katherine Levin | Production Coordinator |
| Lee Rasé | Production Coordinator |
| Kelly Jean-Ware | Production Supervisor |
| Jennifer Dahlman | Production Supervisor |
| Tonia Pizzato | Production Supervisor |
| Stacy Rentel | Production Supervisor |
| Fadi Basem Kandah | Production Supervisor |
| Peter Mehlman | Creative Consultant |
| Ryan Harris | Production Supervisor |
| Noel Wolfman | Production Supervisor |
| James Bolt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Al Clay | Scoring Mixer |
| Ruben Hickman | Production Illustrator |
| Yoriko Ito | Production Illustrator |
| Alexandre Puvilland | Production Illustrator |
| Jo Watanabe | Production Illustrator |
| James Wood Wilson | Production Illustrator |
| Ariandy Chandra | Title Designer |
| Nicholas Long | Software Engineer |
| Donnachada Daly | Supervising Animator |
| Michael Min | Supervising Technical Director |
| Mike Cutler | Systems Administrators & Support |
| John Detke | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Bart Feliciano | Systems Administrators & Support |
| David Fent | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Scott Kilty | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Derek Mann | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Rich Marco | Systems Administrators & Support |
| John O'Sullivan | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Daniel Rich | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Stephen E. Ross | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Tim Toll | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Joe Monteleone | Assistant Editor |
| Craig Paulsen | First Assistant Editor |
| Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Cindy Hong | Lighting Artist |
| Robert Lurye | Lighting Artist |
| Michael McNeill | Lighting Artist |
| Frank Sabia Jr. | Lighting Artist |
| Matthieu Grospiron | Lighting Artist |
| Celeste Leger | Casting Assistant |
| Stephanie C. Lee | Production Coordinator |
| Jessie Carbonaro | Production Coordinator |
| Angela Ensele | Production Coordinator |
| Alison Fedrick | Production Coordinator |
| Robyn Mesher | Production Coordinator |
| Trinity Murphy | Production Coordinator |
| Hannibal P. Odisho | Production Coordinator |
| Jenny Wolfe-Binder | Production Coordinator |
| Kerry Shea | Production Manager |
| Tony Cosanella | Production Supervisor |
| Andre de Oliviera Araujo | Production Supervisor |
| Holly Edwards | Production Supervisor |
| Jennifer Freeman | Production Supervisor |
| Claudia Southmartin | Production Supervisor |
| Jenna Grigg Thomas | Production Supervisor |
| Ray Felipe | Script Researcher |
| Gavin Greenaway | Conductor |
| Nick Ingman | Conductor |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley |
| Jake Walker | Musician |
| Walt Fowler | Orchestrator |
| Rick Giovinazzo | Orchestrator |
| Reuben Simon | Sound Effects Editor |
| David A. Whittaker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Robert Renga | Sound Recordist |
| Jeremy Bernstein | Animation |
| Arnaud Berthier | Animation |
| Patrick Bonneau | Animation |
| Dave Burgess | Animation |
| Chung Chan | Animation |
| Kenny Chung | Animation |
| Melanie Cordan | Animation |
| Nick Craven | Animation |
| Cassidy Curtis | Animation |
| Lou Dellarosa | Animation |
| Eric Deuel | Animation |
| Roberto Espanto Domingo | Animation |
| Raffaella Filipponi | Animation |
| Antony Gray | Animation |
| Mariko Hoshi | Animation |
| James Hull | Animation |
| Ethan Hurd | Animation |
| Manu Ittina | Animation |
| Jakob Hjort Jensen | Animation |
| Jeffrey Joe | Animation |
| Heather Knight | Animation |
| Kevin Koch | Animation |
| Marek Kochout | Animation |
| Kevin MacLean | Animation |
| Sean Mahoney | Animation |
| Steve Mason | Animation |
| Bill E. Miller | Animation |
| Luci Napier | Animation |
| Bill Díaz | Animation |
| Fredrik Nilsson | Animation |
| Pres Romanillos | Animation |
| Carlos M. Rosas | Animation |
| Ben Rush | Animation |
| Jason Schleifer | Animation |
| Trish Schutz-Krause | Animation |
| David Spivack | Animation |
| Van Phan | Animation |
| Chris Wahl | Animation |
| Scott Wright | Animation |
| Nico Marlet | Character Designer |
| Philippe Tilikete | Character Designer |
| John K. Dodelson | Modeling |
| Cristian Dumitriu | Modeling |
| Joshua West | Modeling |
| Julia Woolf | Visual Development |
| David Caeiro Cebrián | Visual Effects |
| Nick Foster | Visual Effects |
| Laurent Kermel | Visual Effects |
| Andre LeBlanc | Visual Effects |
| Scott Liedtka | Visual Effects |
| William Opdyke | Visual Effects |
| Paul Rademacher | Visual Effects |
| Dug Stanat | Visual Effects |
| Kevin Vassey | Visual Effects |
| Andrew Wheeler | Visual Effects |
| Karen Smith | VFX Artist |
| Ellen Poon | VFX Artist |
| Thomas Jones | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Wayne Hellinger | Post Production Coordinator |
| Troy Porter | ADR Mixer |
| Laverne Dewberry | ADR Recordist |
| John T. Cucci | Foley Artist |
| James Ashwill | Foley Mixer |
| Dawn Turner | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
| Ewan Johnson | Head of Layout |
| York N. Schueller | Animation Technical Director |
| Eric Lessard | Senior Animator |
| Timothy Peeler | Digital Colorist |
| Chris Douridas | Music Consultant |
| Julie Imboden Keel | Music Coordinator |
| Jane Hartwell | Head of Production |
| Jim Mainard | Head of Research |
| Noah Klocek | Matte Painter |
| Linda Bork | Production Assistant |
| Jeff Lee | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| James S. Levine | Additional Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Teresa Cheng | Co-Producer |
| Mireille Soria | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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SoSmooth1982
8.0
A surprisingly good and very funny movie. I laughed throughout this movie. Great family movie. ...
Jul 10, 2023
Geronimo1967
7.0
"Alex" the lion is quite literally king of the castle at the Central Park zoo in New York. He even has his own, built in, tanning machine. His pals, though - well they are not so enamoured of the place. After an encounter with the penguins doing their best to tunnel to Antarctica, "Marty" the zebra ... yearns for the wild and decides the best he can do is a train to Connecticut. When his friends discover that he has done a bunk, "Gloria" (the hippo), "Melman" (the giraffe) and "Alex" set off in hot pursuit. They don't get very far but inadvertently they do get their wish - the humans decide that these creatures should be free and so off they are shipped. En route, the pesky penguins realise that Africa is no use to them so they commandeer the ship and divert it to chillier climes. Not before, however, the crates carrying our intrepid travellers topple overboard and end up on the island of Madagascar. There they discover the population of lemurs ruled with a rod of lettuce by "King Julius" and terrorised by the local foussa (think very small lions). Of course when we hear the animals speak, we hear words. When the other creatures hear "Alex" it is a mighty roar - just what the lemurs need to keep their foes at bay. Will the visitors settle in, or miss their home comforts and want to head back home? Will their more natural instincts start to kick in and start to test the strength of their friendships? Although there is, for me at any rate, just way too much relentless dialogue - especially from the giraffe and the zebra, this is a fun family adventure with loads of action, some enjoyable pith from quite a witty and observational script and, of course, we have the message for all to adhere to about loyalty and friendship etc... The jungle animations are fun and there are not too many songs to clutter up the steady pace of the proceedings. Makes you wonder just how many animals in a zoo would actually want to be repatriated to the wild (assuming they were ever there in the first place!) to fend for themselves!
Nov 05, 2023