Madagascar
- Studio
- DreamWorks SKG
- Animation studio
- Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Animation
- Distributor
- DreamWorks Distribution LLC
Synopsis
An animal rights group gets five zoo animals released back to their home country. Unfortunately, during the trip back to Kenya, the boat sinks and they are stranded in Madagascar.
Characters
Alex, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hippo, Julien, Maurice, Mort, Skipper, Fossa, Panicky Man on Subway, Private, Kowalski, Mason, Zoo Announcer, Fossa, Subway Car Announcer, Police Horse, Police Officer, Old Lady, News Reporter, Spider, Willie, Zoo Animal, Lemurs
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Producing
- Producer
- Mireille Soria
- Co-Producer
- Teresa Cheng
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Burton, Billy Frolick, Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Animation
- Animator
- Linda M. Bel, Jeremy Bernstein, Arnaud Berthier, Dave Burgess, Kenny Chung, Melanie Cordan, Cassidy Curtis, Lou Dellarosa, Eric Deuel, Bill Diaz, Raffaella Filipponi, Emilio Ghorayeb, Mariko Hoshi, Ethan Hurd, Manu Ittina, Jakob Hjort Jensen, Jeffrey Joe, Morgan R. Kelly, Heather Knight, Kevin Koch, Marek Kochout, Kevin MacLean, Bill E. Miller, Fred Nilsson, Van Phan, Ben Rush, Jason Schleifer, Trish Schutz-Krause, David Spivack, Scott Wright
- Senior Supervising Animator
- Denis Couchon
- Supervising Animators
- Paul Chung, Donnachada Daly, Trey Thomas
- Additional Supervising Animators
- James Baxter, Dan Wagner
- Character Animators
- Steve Mason, Julie Nelson, Joe Oh, Carlos M. Rosas, William Salazar, Theodore Ty
- Character Animator (PDI/DreamWorks)
- Kevan Shorey
- Character Effects Animators
- Damon Riesberg, Ken Yao
- Senior Effects Animator
- Joanne Thiel
- Effects Animators
- John Anderson, Damon Crowe, Greg Hart, James Jackson, Andrew Young Kim, David Lipton, Mark Manfrey, Taylor Shaw, Kawaldeep Singh
- Effects Animator (PDI/DreamWorks)
- Tadao Mihashi
- Visual Effects Animator
- Stephen Wood
- CGI Animator
- Dave Burgess
Voices
- Voice
- Ben Stiller (Alex), Chris Rock (Marty the Zebra), David Schwimmer (Melman the Giraffe), Jada Pinkett (Gloria the Hippo), Sacha Baron Cohen (Julien), Cedric the Entertainer (Maurice), Andy Richter (Mort), Tom McGrath (Skipper, Fossa, Panicky Man on Subway), Christopher Knights (Private), Chris Miller (Kowalski), Conrad Vernon (Mason), Eric Darnell (Zoo Announcer, Lemur #1, Fossa, Subway Car Announcer), David Cowgill (Police Horse), Steve Apostolina (Police Officer), Elisa Gabrielli (Old Lady), Devika Parikh (News Reporter), David P. Smith (Spider, Lemur #2), Cody Cameron (Willie), Bob Saget (Zoo Animal)
Music
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Theme from "Born Free"
- John Barry
- Song "I Like to Move It"
- Erick Morillo
- Theme from "American Beauty"
- Thomas Newman
Editing
- Editor
- Clare De Chenu, Mark A. Hester, H. Lee Peterson
Crew
- Production Design
- Kendal Cronkhite
- Art Direction
- Shannon Jeffries
- Production Manager
- Kerry Shea
- Technical Production Manager
- Jerome Solomon
- Production Supervisors
- Brian Brecht, Tony Cosanella, Jennifer Dahlman, Jennifer Freeman, Philip R. Garrett, Kelly M. Jean
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Lori Korngiebel
- Storyboard Artists
- Dino Athanassiou, John Puglisi, John Stevenson
- Production Coordinator
- Jamie J. Silverman
- Production Illustrators
- Kory Heinzen, Ruben Hickman, Yoriko Ito, Travis Koller, Alexandre Puvilland, James Wood Wilson
- Set Designer
- Doug Pierce
- Score Recorded At
- London
- Catering
- Bon Appetit
- Rendering Services
- Hewlett Packard
- Workstations and Servers
- Hewlett Packard
- ADR Voice Casting
- L.A. MadDogs
- Foley
- One Step Up
- Avid Editing Equipment Provided By
- Pivotal Post
- Sound Editing
- Technicolor Weddington
- Prints
- TECHNICOLOR
Companies and other credits
- Post-Production Facilities: Twentieth Century Fox Studios
- Score Recorded At: Air Lyndhurst Studio
- Soundtrack Released By: Geffen Records
- Music Production Services: Remote Control Productions Inc
Awards
Nominee, Saturn Award, Best Animated Film, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Effects, Matt Baer, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Effects, Rick Glumac, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Effects, Martin Usiak, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production, Craig Kellman, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Music in an Animated Feature Production, Hans Zimmer, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Yoriko Ito, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Catherine Yuh, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Tom McGrath, 2006.
Nominee, BET Comedy Award, Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film, Jada Pinkett Smith, 2005.
Nominee, BET Comedy Award, Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film, Chris Rock, 2005.
Nominee, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2006.
Nominee, Artios, Best Animated Voice-Over Feature Casting, Leslee Feldman, 2005.
Nominee, Golden Trailer, Best Animation/Family, 2005.
Nominee, Golden Reel Award, Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Animated, 2006.
Nominee, Online Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2006.
Nominee, Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, Animated Motion Picture, Mireille Soria, PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2006.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Outstanding Youth DVD (Widescreen Edition), 2005.
Nominee, Teen Choice Award, Choice Movie: Animated/Computer Generated, 2005.
Nominee, Visual Effects Society Award, Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture, Rex Grignon and Denis Couchon, For "King Julian," 2006
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Effects, Matt Baer, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Effects, Rick Glumac, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Effects, Martin Usiak, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production, Craig Kellman, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Music in an Animated Feature Production, Hans Zimmer, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Yoriko Ito, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Catherine Yuh, 2006.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Tom McGrath, 2006.
Nominee, BET Comedy Award, Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film, Jada Pinkett Smith, 2005.
Nominee, BET Comedy Award, Best Performance in an Animated Theatrical Film, Chris Rock, 2005.
Nominee, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2006.
Nominee, Artios, Best Animated Voice-Over Feature Casting, Leslee Feldman, 2005.
Nominee, Golden Trailer, Best Animation/Family, 2005.
Nominee, Golden Reel Award, Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Animated, 2006.
Nominee, Online Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2006.
Nominee, Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award, Animated Motion Picture, Mireille Soria, PGA Golden Laurel Awards, 2006.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Outstanding Youth DVD (Widescreen Edition), 2005.
Nominee, Teen Choice Award, Choice Movie: Animated/Computer Generated, 2005.
Nominee, Visual Effects Society Award, Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture, Rex Grignon and Denis Couchon, For "King Julian," 2006
Reviews
Poor Work By Dreamworks
Dreamworks could have done better with this movie. The movie lacked humor, and the story was badly written. The best characters in the move is the penguins. This movie did however have good animation with bright colors. When I went to the theater to watch this movie I did not laugh once. Dreamworks need to reconsider their policy "quantity over quality". This movie is not a blockbuster and is not near as good as Shreck.