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Madagascar (2005 film)

Madagascar
Madagascar Theatrical Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Produced by Mireille Soria
Written by
Story by Tom McGrath
Eric Darnell
Starring
Music by Hans Zimmer
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed by DreamWorks Pictures
Release date
  • May 25, 2005 (2005-05-25) (Philippines)
  • May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27) (United States)
Running time
86 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $75 million
Box office $532.7 million
Madagascar
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released May 26, 2005
Genre Soundtrack, disco, new-age
Length 31:27
Label Geffen Records

Madagascar is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and released to theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four animals from the Central Park Zoo who unexpectedly find themselves stranded on the island of Madagascar. It features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith, with Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter voicing secondary characters.

Despite its mixed critical reception, it was a success at the box office. A sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, was released on November 7, 2008. A second, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, was released on June 8, 2012. A spin-off featuring the series' penguin characters, Penguins of Madagascar, was released on November 26, 2014.

At the Central Park Zoo, Marty the zebra is celebrating his tenth birthday, but has grown bored with his daily routine and longs to experience the wild. Marty's best friend is Alex the lion, who enjoys showing off for the public and his celebrity status as "the king of New York". Alex attempts to cheer Marty up, but Marty, still unsatisfied, gets some tips from the zoo's penguins—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—who are trying to escape the zoo, and follows them out. Alex, Melman the giraffe, and Gloria the hippopotamus pursue Marty in an attempt to convince him to return. The four, along with the penguins and two chimpanzees named Mason and Phil, find themselves at Grand Central Station, where they are quickly sedated via tranquillizer gun when Alex's attempt to communicate with humans is mistaken for aggression. The zoo, under pressure from anti-captivity activists, is forced to ship the escaped animals by sea to a Kenyan wildlife preserve. During their travels, the penguins escape from their enclosure and take over the ship, intent on taking it to Antarctica. Their antics on the bridge cause the crates containing Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria to fall overboard and wash ashore on Madagascar.


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