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Madagascar - Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Threat advisory: Elevated - Significant risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

Someone's got a zoo loose.

An animal rights group stages a daring infiltration into the New York Central Park Zoo, freeing four best friends - Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer), Gloria the Hippopotamus (Jada Pinkett Smith), Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) and Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock) - from captivity. When the ship capsizes, however, they end up in Madagascar, where they are free to live in the wild... but these New Yorkers have absolutely no clue about how to fend for themselves without human care. Hilarity and hijinks ensue.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film animation animal adventure comedy New York Zoo Africa wild

Persons of interest

Chris Rock .... Marty the Zebra
Ben Stiller .... Alex the Lion
Jada Pinkett Smith .... Gloria the Hippopotamus
David Schwimmer .... Melman the Giraffe
Sacha Baron Cohen .... Julian
Cedric the Entertainer .... Maurice
Andy Richter .... Mort
Mark Burton .... Screenwriter
Billy Frolick .... Screenwriter
Eric Darnell .... Director
Tom McGrath .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Madagascar official movie site
Madagascar production notes
Madagascar QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Awards 2006: Nominated: Best Animated Film
Annie Awards 2005: Nominated: Best Animated Feature, Animated Effects (Matt Baer, Rick Glumac, Martin Usiak), Character Design in an Animated Feature Production (Craig Kellman), Music in an Animated Feature Production (Hans Zimmer), Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (Yoriko Ito), Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (Tom McGrath, Catherine Rader)
Australian Effects and Animation Festival (AEAF) 2005: Nominated: Best Feature Film - Animation
Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2005: Nominated: Funniest film, Best film - Animation, Biggest blockbuster
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005: Nominated: Best animated feature
Visual Effects Society Awards 2005: Nominated: Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture (King Julian - Rex Grignon, Denis Couchon)

See also The wild, Madagascar 2: the crate escape
Studios and distributors:

DreamWorks * United International Pictures

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Madagascar is a fun animated outing that will please the whole family. It isn't a classic. It doesn't redefine the genre. It doesn't blow your mind. It's just a safe bit of fun.