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The friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated feature. Chris Rock provides the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ultimately strands him and his pals on the shores of savage Madagascar. Marty loves the new, edible scenery, but his best friend Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller) the Lion begins to starve since his diet of thick steaks has been cut off, and the rump of his friend starts to look mighty tasty. Their other friends, a hypochondriac giraffe (David Schwimmer) and a sassy hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), try their best to think of a solution as the call of the wild slowly turns the starving Alex into Marty's worst nightmare. Meanwhile the hilariously self aggrandising King of the Ocelots (Sacha Cohen) has a plan to use Marty to repel their own carnivore problem. This kid-oriented comedy stays adult-friendly every step of the way thanks to a clever script that mixes New Yorker humour and even some existentialism in with the pratfalls and spit-takes. Jolts of comedic brilliance are supplied by some Arctic-bound escaped con penguins, and a couple of literary apes. It's not a musical, but classic songs from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Sammy Davis Jr. keep the montages flowing loose and sassy.Product Identifiers
ProducerMireille Soria
EAN5051189121630
eBay Product ID (ePID)54608895
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleMadagascar
DirectorTom Mcgrath, Eric Darnell
LanguageEnglish
Run Time82 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2006
FormatDVD
FranchiseMadagascar
FeaturesWidescreen, Closed Caption
GenreFamily, Animation
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ComposerHans Zimmer
ReviewsUSA Today - The animation is visually stunning, and the animals' stylized rendering and friendly look is in keeping with the energetic mood of the movie., Sight And Sound - MADAGASCAR offers plenty of amusement, Entertainment Weekly - A delightfully wacked new digitally animated comedy....Untamed fun
ScreenwriterMark Burton, Tom McGrath, Eric Darnell, Billy Frolick
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleMadagascar
VoiceDavid Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Andy Richter, Ben Stiller, Cedric The Entertainer, Chris Rock