A lion and zebra and two other of their pampered friends, from New York's Central Park Zoo, accidentally find themselves on a ship heading for Africa. When their vessel is hijacked, they become shipwrecked on the exotic island of Madagascar where they discover it really is a jungle out there!
MPAA rating: PG; for mild language, crude humor and some thematic elements.|||juvenile
DreamWorks Animation presents a PDI/DreamWorks production ; directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath ; produced by Mireille Soria ; co-producer, Teresa Cheng ; written by Mark Burton & Billy Frolick and Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath.
Widescreen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
Special features: Mad mishaps (animation bloopers); Meet the wild cast; Behind the crates; The tech of Madagascar; Commentary (with directors Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell); Penguin chat; Enchanted Island; Previews; Cast; Filmmakers; Production notes; Galleries; Crack the code (DVD game). DWK DreamWorks Kids!: "I like to move it, move it" music video.
Voices: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Tom McGrath, Christopher Knights, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo., single sided, dual layer; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
Music by Hans Zimmer ; editor, H. Lee Peterson ; production designer, Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin ; art director, Shannon Jeffries.
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
