Alex the Lion (Stiller) is the king of the urban jungle, the main attraction at New York’s Central Park Zoo. He and his best friends Marty the Zebra (Rock), Melman the Giraffe (Schwimmer) and Gloria the Hippo (Pinkett Smith) have lived their entire lives in blissful captivity, with regular meals provided and an admiring public to adore them.

Not content to leave well enough alone, Marty allows his curiosity to get the better of him and, with the help of some prodigious penguins, makes his escape to explore the world he’s been missing. Alex, Melman and Gloria go after him, but before they can go wild in the streets, they are captured, crated and put on a ship to Africa…to be ultimately set free.

When those plotting penguins sabotage the ship, Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria find themselves washed ashore on the exotic island of Madagascar. Now, these native New Yorkers have to figure out how to survive in the wild and discover the true meaning of the phrase “It’s a jungle out there.”

Directed by
Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath

Cast
Ben Stiller - Alex
Chris Rock - Marty
Jada Pinkett-Smith - Gloria
David Schwimmer - Melman
Sacha Baron Cohen - Julien
Andy Richter - Voice of Mort
Cedric The Entertainer - Maurice
Tom McGrath - Skipper, Fossa, Panicky Man on Subway
Christopher Knights - Private
Chris Miller - Kowalski
Conrad Vernon - Mason

Production Co.
PDI/DreamWorks

Produced by
Karey Kirkpatrick
Mireille Soria
Teresa Cheng

Studio
DreamWorks Animation

Writer
Mark Burton
Billy Frolick

Music
Hans Zimmer