Madagascar (2005)
Madagascar (2005)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
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) / Director / Writer
Christopher Knights
Private (voice) / First Assistant Editor
Chris Miller
Kowalski (voice)
Conrad Vernon
Mason (voice) / Creative Consultant
Eric Darnell
Zoo Announcer / Lemur #1 / Fossa / Subway Car Announcer (voice) / Director / Writer
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)
Mark Burton
Writer
Billy Frolick
Writer
James Baxter
Animation Supervisor
Trey Thomas
Animation Supervisor
Pilar Flynn
Production Supervisor
Paul Carrera
First Assistant Editor
Emilio Ghorayeb
Animation
Mark A. Hester
Editor
Teresa Cheng
Co-Producer
Clare Knight
Editor
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
H. Lee Peterson
Editor
Mireille Soria
Producer
Paul Chung
Supervising Animator
Mark Binder
Sound Effects Editor
Tracey Dispensa
Animation Production Assistant
Terry Claborn
Color Timer
Melissa Muik
Music Editor
Richard L. Anderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Kory Heinzen
Production Illustrator
Erin Michael Rettig
Sound Engineer
Travis Koller
Visual Development
Edie Bielman
Additional Editing
Doug Pierce
Set Designer
Craig Heath
Sound Recordist
Christi Soper Hilt
Casting Associate
Damon Bard
Sculptor
Corban Gossett
Supervising Technical Director
Barbara Ford
Post-Production Manager
Robert C. Campion
Production Accountant
Mark Schoellkopf
Post Production Assistant
Greg Bulman
Systems Administrators & Support
Mark Coffey
Assistant Sound Editor
Philippe Gluckman
Visual Effects Supervisor
Dave Rosenbaum
Unit Manager
Leslee Feldman
Casting
Shannon Jeffries
Art Direction
Stewart Birnam
Software Engineer
José Antonio Macías
Translator
Gary L. Wohlleben
Production Controller
Lori Korngiebel
Post Production Supervisor
Jamie J. Silverman
Production Coordinator
Francois Antoine
Visual Effects
Kendal Cronkhite
Production Design
Ryeland Allison
Additional Music
Amy Christensen
Lighting Artist
Karey Kirkpatrick
Creative Consultant
Maryann Garger
Production Manager
Brian Brecht
Production Supervisor
Bruce Fowler
Orchestrator
Warren Zielinski
Musician
Jennifer Dahlman
Production Supervisor
Alessandro Ongaro
Visual Effects
Morten Folmer Nielsen
ADR Editor
Steve Mair
Musician
Ryan Harris
Production Supervisor
Betsy Nofsinger
Lighting Artist
Owen Slade
Musician
Jim Dooley
Additional Music
Heitor Pereira
Additional Music / Musician
Jonathan Williams
Musician
Andrew Findon
Musician
Lee Rasé
Production Coordinator
Tonia Pizzato
Production Supervisor
James Wood Wilson
Production Illustrator
Ted Tally
Creative Consultant
Bill Damaschke
Thanks
Olivier Mouroux
Publicist
Mark A. McGuire
Visual Effects Technical Director
Paul Archibald
Musician
John Detke
Systems Administrators & Support
Jeff Lee
Systems Administrators & Support
Al Clay
Scoring Mixer
Donnachada Daly
Supervising Animator
Kelly Jean-Ware
Production Supervisor
Peter Mehlman
Creative Consultant
Andy Sisul
Assistant Sound Editor
Terri Anderson
Finance
Jeff Hayes
Character Modelling Supervisor
Anthony Pike
Musician
Mike Lovett
Musician
Fadi Basem Kandah
Production Supervisor
Ruben Hickman
Production Illustrator
Michael Min
Supervising Technical Director
Linda Bel
Animation
James Bolt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
James Beshears
Executive In Charge Of Post Production
Buck Lewis
Character Designer
Erik Mattson
CG Supervisor
Dan Newell
Musician
Boguslav Kostecki
Musician
Alexandre Puvilland
Production Illustrator
Alan Meyerson
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jaime Castañeda
Animation
Morgan R. Kelly
Animation
Wade Wilson
Sound Effects Editor
Nicholas Bucknall
Musician
Debbie L. O'Keeffe
Thanks
Tom Holkenborg
Additional Music
Anna Noakes
Musician
Bruce White
Musician
Katherine Levin
Production Coordinator
Stacy Rentel
Production Supervisor
Yoriko Ito
Production Illustrator
Edwin R. Leonard
Thanks
Evan Smyth
Software Engineer
Shaun Collaco
Lighting Artist
Paul Clarvis
Musician
Jo Watanabe
Production Illustrator
Nicholas Long
Software Engineer
Cheryl Abood
Thanks
Robyn Rindge
Visual Effects Technical Director
James S. Levine
Additional Music
Andrew Crowley
Musician
Jonathan Evans-Jones
Musician
Mike Cutler
Systems Administrators & Support
Jill Hopper
Executive In Charge Of Production
Kristina Reed
Executive In Charge Of Production
Mark Berrow
Musician
Kristen D. Chidel
Executive In Charge Of Production / Production Executive
Rachel Bolt
Musician
Noel Wolfman
Production Supervisor
Ariandy Chandra
Title Designer
Rich Marco
Systems Administrators & Support
Craig Paulsen
First Assistant Editor
Matthieu Grospiron
Lighting Artist
Jennifer Freeman
Production Supervisor
Claudia Southmartin
Production Supervisor
Nick Ingman
Conductor
Bill Diaz
Animation
Jakob Hjort Jensen
Animation
Van Phan
Animation
Cristian Dumitriu
Modeling
Dug Stanat
Visual Effects
John O'Sullivan
Systems Administrators & Support
Holly Edwards
Production Supervisor
Gavin Greenaway
Conductor
Julia Woolf
Visual Development
Serguei Kouchnerov
Animation
Kevin Vassey
Visual Effects
Alison Fedrick
Production Coordinator
Philip R. Garrett
Production Supervisor
Raffaella Filipponi
Animation
Antony Gray
Animation
James Hull
Animation
Heather Knight
Animation
Andre LeBlanc
Visual Effects
Bart Feliciano
Systems Administrators & Support
Derek Mann
Systems Administrators & Support
Stephen E. Ross
Systems Administrators & Support
Tim Toll
Systems Administrators & Support
Jessie Carbonaro
Production Coordinator
Trinity Murphy
Production Coordinator
Andre de Oliviera Araujo
Production Supervisor
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeremy Bernstein
Animation
Chung Chan
Animation
Nick Craven
Animation
Ethan Hurd
Animation
Sean Mahoney
Animation
David Fent
Systems Administrators & Support
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
Cindy Hong
Lighting Artist
Anna Behlmer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Roberto Espanto Domingo
Animation
Jeffrey Joe
Animation
Bill E. Miller
Animation
William Opdyke
Visual Effects
Scott Kilty
Systems Administrators & Support
Joe Campana
Associate Editor
Robyn Mesher
Production Coordinator
Kevan Shorey
Animation
Scott Wright
Animation
Philippe Tilikete
Character Designer
Andrew Wheeler
Visual Effects
Ellen Poon
VFX Artist
Michael McNeill
Lighting Artist
Reuben Simon
Sound Effects Editor
Cassidy Curtis
Animation
Lou Dellarosa
Animation
Eric Deuel
Animation
Ben Rush
Animation
Charlie Ramos
Modeling
Jake Walker
Musician
Dave Burgess
Animation
Melanie Cordan
Animation
Kevin MacLean
Animation
Trish Schutz-Krause
Animation
Craig Kellman
Lead Character Designer
Joshua West
Modeling
Scott Liedtka
Visual Effects
Joe Monteleone
Assistant Editor
Jenny Wolfe-Binder
Production Coordinator
Dan O'Connell
Foley
Rick Giovinazzo
Orchestrator
David A. Whittaker
Sound Effects Editor
Arnaud Berthier
Animation
Kenny Chung
Animation
Kevin Koch
Animation
Fredrik Nilsson
Animation
Nick Foster
Visual Effects
Kerry Shea
Production Manager
Walt Fowler
Orchestrator
Luci Napier
Animation
Jason Schleifer
Animation
Nico Marlet
Character Designer
Robert Lurye
Lighting Artist
Tony Cosanella
Production Supervisor
Patrick Bonneau
Animation
Laurent Kermel
Visual Effects
Angela Ensele
Production Coordinator
Pres Romanillos
Animation
Theodore Anthony Lee Ty
Animation
Chris Wahl
Animation
Paul Rademacher
Visual Effects
Daniel Rich
Systems Administrators & Support
Hannibal P. Odisho
Production Coordinator
Jenna Grigg Thomas
Production Supervisor
Mariko Hoshi
Animation
Carlos M. Rosas
Animation
David Spivack
Animation
Karen Smith
VFX Artist
Frank Sabia Jr.
Lighting Artist
Stephanie C. Lee
Production Coordinator
Ray Felipe
Script Researcher
Robert Renga
Sound Recordist
Manu Ittina
Animation
Marek Kochout
Animation
David Caeiro Cebrián
Visual Effects
Celeste Leger
Casting Assistant
Steve Mason
Animation
John K. Dodelson
Modeling
Thomas Jones
Supervising ADR Editor
Wayne Hellinger
Post Production Coordinator
Ewan Johnson
Head of Layout
Jim Mainard
Head of Research
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 25, 2005
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 26m
Budget$75,000,000
Box Office$542,100,000
Genres
Wiki.
Madagascar is a 2005 American animated survival comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG and PDI/DreamWorks, and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath (in McGrath's feature directorial debut) and written by Darnell, McGrath, Mark Burton, and Billy Frolick. The film stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter. It centers around a group of animals from the Central Park Zoo who find themselves stranded on the island of Madagascar and must adjust to living in the wild.
DreamWorks and PDI began developing an animated film titled Rockumentary, featuring a Beatles-esque penguin rock band, and was set to be directed by Darnell, after he finished his work on Antz (1998). The idea was scrapped in 2001, but Darnell decided to revive the penguins, albeit with a commando unit instead rather than a rock band after production on Madagascar started. The film features several songs from various artists, with musical score being composed by Hans Zimmer. It also has the cover of "I Like to Move It" by Cohen, which has since become a recurring theme song throughout the franchise.
Released on May 27, 2005, Madagascar received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visuals and charm but criticized the story and humor. Despite the mixed reviews, it was a success at the box office, grossing $556.6 million on a production budget of $75 million, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2005. The success of Madagascar launched a multimedia franchise, which includes two sequels as well as the spin-off film Penguins of Madagascar (2014); several short films, television series and specials; and a number of video games, theme park attractions and live stage shows, starting with Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008).