Madagascar movie
Stars of the New York Zoo – Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, hippopotamus Gloria and Melman the giraffe – find themselves among wild nature on Madagascar Island. Here the show starts! Animals have to stay alive in unusual conditions. The island is full of lemurs and penguins. Many exciting and funny adventures are waiting for Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman.
- Name – “Madagascar”
- Director – Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
- Date of release – May 25, 2005
- Budget – $75 000 000
- Earnings – $532 680 671
“Madagascar” movie is presented by DreamWorks. It is interesting for both kids and adults. The animation contains bright characters, funny jokes and perfect storyline. Doogal advises it to every one of you!
Plot
At the beginning of “Madagascar,” Alex the lion, his best friend and neighbor zebra Marty, hippopotamus Gloria and giraffe Melman live in New York’s zoo in Manhattan. They like their existence and work to have well-fed carefree life. At night, they talk to each other; at day they act in their cages as in the show. Only zebra dreams of escaping from that place. She thinks hard about her existence:

Madagascar movie
Marty the Zebra: I’m ten years old. My life is half over and I don’t even know if I’m black with white stripes or white with black stripes!
As the result of risking fraud made by penguins, the friends go to Madagascar where there adventures begin. There are no people on the island. Can animals, accustomed to the hothouse conditions of a zoo, survive in the harsh world of Madagascar? We only know that they will face many difficulties. And the main thing is that Alex will no longer receive his daily serving steaks.

Madagascar movie
It will be hard for him to keep from tempting hips of his friend Marty…

Madagascar movie
You can download “Madagascar” movie for free!
Interesting Facts
- Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani wanted to get the role of Gloria but Jada Pinkett Smith got it.
- One of the names for the animation was “Wild Life”.
- The original version of the scenario described the fate of the humanists, liberating animals from the cells.
- During the scene in Times Square, where zebra Marty addresses her question to police horses we see company logo of «Hewlett-Packard» on the screen. HP is the official supplier of animation studio «DreamWorks».
Cast
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)