Tom McGrath explained that "Ben Stiller was the first actor we asked to perform, and we knew we wanted his character, Alex, to be a big performing lion with a vulnerable side." As the lemurs throw a farewell celebration for the foursome, the penguins decide not to break the news that the ship has run out of fuel, thus leaving them stranded on the island.ĭavid Schwimmer at the film's British premiere in London The lemurs regain their respect for Alex, and the penguins satisfy his hunger by feeding him sushi, which he finds better than steak. Alex overcomes his predatory instincts, rescues his friends, and scares the fossa away from the lemur territory forever. The fossa attack Marty, and though Gloria, Melman, and the penguins come to the rescue, they are outnumbered. Seeing the chance to return Alex to New York, Marty crosses over to the predator side and attempts to convince the scared, starving Alex to return, but Alex refuses out of fear that he will attack Marty again. The penguins, having found Antarctica to be inhospitable, land the ship at Madagascar. Seeing what Alex has become, and how dangerous the wild can be, Marty begins to regret his decision to leave the zoo. After realizing what he did and seeing himself as a monster, Alex runs off to the predator side of the island, where the fossa live and builds a cage resembling the one back at the zoo, feeling sad and guilty for attacking his friends. When Alex loses control and attacks Marty by biting him, he goes wild again and begins to chase Marty until Maurice throws a coconut at Alex to stop him. Julien has the lemurs befriend the zoo animals in the hope that Alex's presence will keep the fossa at bay, despite his adviser Maurice's warnings about Alex's predatory nature. Alex eventually comes around, but without the raw steaks he was provided at the zoo, hunger sets in and his prey drive begins to show. Marty finds the wild to be exactly what he was looking for, and Gloria and Melman soon join him in enjoying the island. Alex blames Marty for the group's predicament and attempts to signal for help to get back to civilization. The predatory fossa attack the lemurs, but are scared off by Alex's fearsome appearance.
Their antics on the bridge cause the crates containing Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria to fall overboard and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.Īrriving at Madagascar, the animals come across a pack of lemurs led by King Julien XIII. During their travels, the penguins escape and take over the ship, intent on taking it to Antarctica. Under pressure from anti-captivity activists, the zoo is forced to ship the escaped animals by sea to a wildlife preserve in Kenya. The four, along with the penguins and two chimpanzees named Mason and Phil, converge at Grand Central Station, where the New York City police sedate them using tranquillizer guns.
Alex, Melman, and Gloria pursue Marty and attempt to convince him to return. On Marty's tenth birthday, Alex, Melman, and Gloria attempt to cheer him up, but Marty, still unsatisfied, learns that the zoo's penguins-Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private-are trying to escape to Antarctica, and follows them out. In New York City, Alex the lion is the star attraction of the Central Park Zoo, and spends time with his friends, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippopotamus, and his best friend Marty the zebra, who has grown bored with his daily routine and longs to experience the wild. 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). Despite the mixed reviews, it was a success at the box office, grossing $556 million on a production budget of $75 million, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 2005. Released on May 27, 2005, Madagascar received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visuals and charm, but criticized its story and humor. It centers around a group of animals from the Central Park Zoo who find themselves stranded on the island of Madagascar. The film stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter. 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. Madagascar is a 2005 American computer-animated survival comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures.
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