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| Director: | 
Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon |  | 
Writer: | 
Billy Frolick, Mark Burton |  | 
Starring: | 
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett-Smith, David Schwimmer |  | 
Released: | 
June 16, 2005 |  | 
Rating: | 
 
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Runtime: | 
86 minutes
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Story: | 
Alex the Lion 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, Melman the 
Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo 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."
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Cast: | 
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Ben Stiller
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Alex the Lion (voice) |  | 
Chris Rock
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Marty the Zebra (voice) |  | 
David Schwimmer
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Melman the Giraffe (voice) |  | 
Jada Pinkett Smith
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Gloria the Hippo (voice) |  | 
Sacha Baron Cohen
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King Julian the Lemur (voice) |  | 
Cedric the Entertainer
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Maurice the Lemur (voice) |  | 
Tom McGrath
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Skipper the Penguin (voice) |  | 
Christopher Knights
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Private the Penguin (voice) |  | 
Chris Miller
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Kowalski the Penguin (voice) |  | 
Andy Richter
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Mort the Mouse Lemur (voice) |  | 
Conrad Vernon
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Mason the Chimpanzee (voice) |  | 
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