Madagascar (2005)
| Release Date | 25 May 2005 |
| Budget | $75,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $193,000,000 |
| Tagline | Ton On The Run |
| Genre | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Glendale, California, USA |
| Language | English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, French |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Animated |
| Film Class | Family-Oriented Comedy |
| Niche Genre | Children's/Family |
| Mood | Just for Fun |
| Themes | Fish Out of Water, Survival in the Wilderness |
| Tones | Silly, Humorous, Light, Easygoing, Whimsical, Bright |
| Tags | Fish Out Of Water, Island Tropical, Lemur, Lion, Zebra, Zoo |
Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked on the island of Madagascar. The voices of Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Rock, and David Schwimmer are featured. Other voices include Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, and Andy Richter. Madagascar was released on DVD on November 15, 2005, along with the short film, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper. A Blu-ray Disc version was released on September 23, 2008. A sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, was released on November 7, 2008. The third film in the series is planned for summer 2012.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Tom McGrath
Skipper, Fossa, Panicky Man on Subway
Christopher Knights
Private
Chris Miller
Kowalski
Eric Darnell
Fossa, Zoo Announcer, Subway Car Announcer , Lemur #1
David Cowgill
Police Horse
Stephen Apostolina
Police Officer
David P. Smith
Spider, Lemur #2
Cody Cameron
Willie
Director
Eric Darnell
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Tom McGrath
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Writer
Mark Burton
Billy Frolick
Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
Producer
Teresa Cheng
co-producer
Mireille Soria
producer
Original Music
Editor
Clare De Chenu
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Mark A. Hester
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H. Lee Peterson
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Production Designer
Kendal Cronkhite
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Art Director
Shannon Jeffries
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Production Manager
Brian Brecht
production supervisor
Tony Cosanella
production supervisor
Jennifer Dahlman
production supervisor
Holly Edwards
production supervisor
Pilar Flynn
production supervisor
Jennifer Freeman
production supervisor
Maryann Garger
production manager
Philip R. Garrett
production supervisor
Ryan Harris
story supervisor
Kelly M. Jean
production supervisor
Lori Korngiebel
post-production supervisor
Mary Maffei
additional production manager
Kerry Shea
production manager
Jerome Solomon
technical production manager
Jenna Grigg Thomas
production supervisor
Triva Von Klark
additional production manager
Noel Wolfman
production supervisor
Art Department
Dino Athanassiou
storyboard artist
Damon Bard
sculptor
Randy Cartwright
additional storyboard artist
Theresa Cullen
storyboard artist
Rodolphe Guenoden
additional storyboard artist
Kory Heinzen
production illustrator
Ruben Hickman
production illustrator
Yoriko Ito
production illustrator
Noah Klocek
matte painter
Travis Koller
production illustrator
Robert Koo
lead storyboard artist
Cecile Picard
artist: character modeling unit
Doug Pierce
set designer
Tonia Pizzato
production supervisor: art department
John Puglisi
storyboard artist
Alexandre Puvilland
production illustrator
Jamie J. Silverman
production coordinator
John Stevenson
storyboard artist
Ennio Torresan
storyboard artist
Gary Trousdale
additional storyboard artist
James Wood Wilson
production illustrator
Julia Woolf
visual development artist
Catherine Yuh
lead storyboard artist
Alfred Gimeno
storyboard artist
Steve Hickner
additional storyboard artist
Christophe Lautrette
additional visual development
Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson
supervising sound editor
James Ashwill
foley mixer
Anna Behlmer
sound re-recording mixer
Mark Binder
sound effects editor
Marissa N. Blanchard
voiceover recordist
James Bolt
sound re-recording mixer
James Christopher
sound effects recordist
Mark Coffey
assistant sound editor
John T. Cucci
foley artist
Laverne Dewberry
adr recordist
Richard Duarte
foley mixer
Craig Heath
sound recordist
Roy Latham
dialogue mixer
Alan Meyerson
additional sound mixer
Robert Morrisey
first sound assistant
Andy Nelson
sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell
foley artist
Troy Porter
adr mixer
Robert Renga
sound recordist
Erin Michael Rettig
sound engineer
Reuben Simon
sound effects editor
Andy Sisul
assistant sound editor
Carlos Sotolongo
original dialogue mixer
Chris Varekamp
dialogue recordist
David A. Whittaker
sound effects editor
Wade Wilson
sound effects editor, co-supervising sound editor
Larry Winer
original dialogue mixer
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff
sound effects editor
William Levins
sound effects editor
Visual Effects
David P. Allen
visual effects lead
John B. Anderson
effects animator
Francois Antoine
visual effects
Shinsaku Arima
effects animator
Carol Ashley
lighter
Michael Aucoin
character technical director
Matt Baer
visual effects lead
Stephen Bailey
lighter & compositor
Damon Bard
sculptor
Yuri Bartoli
digital matte painter
Wendy Berry
effects production coordinator
Stewart Birnam
software engineer
Liz Borges-Herzog
digital paint artist
Katherine Bouglai
digital effects artist
Terran Boylan
character technical director
Julie Anne Brame
effects engineer: research & development
James Buckhouse
rough layout
Juan J. Buhler
visual effects lead
Dave Burgess
CGI animator
Ted Burge
rendering software engineer
David Caeiro Cebrián
visual effects
Claudia Candia
senior texture painter
Michael A. Chang
head of global pipeline: DreamWorks Animation
Andy Chen
digital effects artist
Amy Christensen
lighting artist
Shaun Collaco
lighting and compositing artist: Dreamworks Animation
Michael Collery
matte painting technical supervisor
Lisa Slates Connors
surfacing artist
Damon Crowe
effects animator
Kwesi Davis
production engineer
Gilbert Davoud
character technical director
Brian Deans-Rowe
additional modeling, additional modeller
Alain De Hoe
visual effects lead
Philippe Denis
lighting CG supervisor
John K. Dodelson
modeler
Cristian Dumitriu
modeler
David Eberle
fx engineer
Peter Farson
character technical director
Eric Fernandes
lead lighter
Benjamin Fischler
lighter
Reid Gershbein
research and development
Jonathan Gibbs
visual effects lead
Philippe Gluckman
visual effects supervisor
Rick Glumac
visual effects lead
Lee Graft
character effects supervisor
John Hanashiro
lead film/color technician
David Augustus Hart
visual effects lead
Greg Hart
effects animator
Todd Harvey
lighting: Dreamworks
Jeff Hayes
modeling supervisor , modeling supervisor
Ronald D. Henderson
software development manager
Gooby Herms
digital paint artist
Cindy Hong
lighting artist
Milana Huang
character technical director supervisor
Pasha Ivanov
modeler, digital artist
James Jackson
effects animator
Amy Rae Jones
lighting
Kaishin Kam
layout artist
Yun Geuk Kang
senior modeler
Sandy Kao
character technical director
Tim Keenan
effects technical director
Laurent Kermel
visual effects
Andrew Young Kim
effects animator
Annmarie Koenig
lighting CG supervisor
Lewis Kofsky
effects animator
Ben H. Kwa
rendering software engineer
Bryan Gregg LaShelle
render wrangler
Andre LeBlanc
visual effects
Michael H. Lee
effects technical director
Victor Lew
effects technical director
Penny Leyton
character technical director
Scott Liedtka
visual effects
David Lipton
effects animator
Benjamin Lishka
lighter
Amber Stewart Lunderville
roto/paint artist
Robert Lurye
lighting artist
Jim Mainard
head of research and development
Mark Manfrey
effects animator
Michael Manza
lighter: DreamWorks Animation
Mariette Marinus
character technical director
Steve Mason
character animator
Erik Mattson
lighting CG supervisor
Gerald McAleece III
senior layout artist
Steve McGrath
additional modeling
Mark A. McGuire
technical director
Tadao Mihashi
effects animator: PDI/DreamWorks
Tony Mitzelfelt
lighting technical director
Stephanie Mulqueen
lighting effects
Gaku Nakatani
lead lighter
Julie Nelson
character animator
Brian Newlin
final layout artist
Ronman Yiu Yan Ng
key lighting artist
Peter Nicolai
digital artist
Joe Oh
character animator
Drew Olbrich
research and development
Rob O'Neill
character technical director
Alex Ongaro
visual effects
Justin Onstine
technical director: matte painting
William Opdyke
visual effects
Nick Panagos
digital effects artist
Mary Payne
digital artist
Andrew Pearce
senior software manager
Sven Pohle
character technical director
Gabriel Portnof
lead lighter
Tsun-Hui Andrea Pun
surfacing artist
Paul Rademacher
visual effects
Mahesh Ramasubramanian
visual effects lead
Charlie Ramos
modeler
Matthew Rampias
lighter & compositor
Keith Reicher
layout artist
Janet Rentel
lighting CG supervisor
Stacy Rentel
production supervisor: FX
Sabrina Riegel
surfacing supervisor
Damon Riesberg
character effects animator
Robyn Rindge
technical director
Eli Rod
completion artist
Kevin Rodgers
character effects supervisor
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios
lighting CG supervisor
Carlos M. Rosas
character animator
Robert Rossoff
senior layout artist
Krzysztof Rostek
effects animator
Trina M. Roy
engineering lead
Frank Sabia Jr.
lighting artist
William Salazar
character animator
Ramprasad Sampath
digital effects artist
Nico Scapel
character technical director
York N. Schueller
animation technical director
Sean Schur
lead lighter
Marc Scott
lighter
Michael Sehgal
training and artist development
Taylor Shaw
effects animator
Richard Shiba
layout artist
Kevan Shorey
character animator: PDI/Dreamworks
Scott Singer
head of effects
Kawaldeep Singh
effects animator
Marty Sixkiller
layout technical director
Karen Smith
visual effects artist
Dug Stanat
visual effects
Curt Stewart
lighter
Peter Szewczyk
lighting & compositing technical director
J. Todd Taylor
character setup
Joanne Thiel
senior effects animator
Dawn Turner
visual effects production assistant
Pablo Valle
lighting CG supervisor
Dana Vanhove
recruiter
Kevin Vassey
visual effects
Robert Vogt
character technical director supervisor
Nick Walker
rough layout
Craig Wentworth
lighter
Joshua West
modeler
Andrew Wheeler
visual effects
Mark R. Wilkins
lighting/effects technical director: Glendale
Laura Wood
production engineer
Stephen Wood
visual effects animator
Gentaro Yamamoto
surfacing artist
Ken Yao
character effects animator
Hector Yangli Yee
rendering specialist: research & development
Emre Yilmaz
character technical director
Brian Daniel Young
digital effects artist
James Stewart
modeler
Animation Department
Tracey Michelle Arnold
animation production assistant
James Baxter
additional supervising animator
Linda Bel
animator
Jeremy Bernstein
animator
Arnaud Berthier
animator
Sean Bishop
additional story artist
Patrick Bonneau
animator
Rejean Bourdages
additional story artist
Dave Burgess
animator
Cody Cameron
additional story artist
Randy Cartwright
additional story artist
Jaime Castañeda
animator
Chung Chan
animator
Kenny Chung
animator
Paul Chung
supervising animator
Lorna Cook
additional story artist
Melanie Cordan
animator
Denis Couchon
senior supervising animator
Nick Craven
animator
Theresa Cullen
story artist
Cassidy Curtis
animator
Donnachada Daly
supervising animator
Lou Dellarosa
animator
Eric Deuel
animator
Bill Diaz
animator
Jed Diffenderfer
story artist
Walt Dohrn
additional story artist
Roberto Espanto Domingo
animator
Thom Enriquez
additional story artist
Raffaella Filipponi
animator
Emilio Ghorayeb
animator
Alfred Gimeno
additional story artist
Sue Gleadhill
rough layout artist, final layout artist
Lee Graft
character effects supervisor
Carlos Grangel
additional character designer
Antony Gray
animator
Rex Grignon
head of character animation
Rodolphe Guenoden
additional story artist
Todd Heapy
layout artist
Stephen Heidelberg
animation consultant
Steve Hickner
additional story artist
Anthony Hodgson
additional animator
Mariko Hoshi
animator
Raman Hui
additional animator
James Hull
animator
Ethan Hurd
animator
Manu Ittina
animator
Jeffrey 'JJ' Jay
character technical director
Jakob Hjort Jensen
animator
Jeffrey Joe
animator
Craig Kellman
lead character designer
Morgan R. Kelly
animator
Heather Knight
animator
Kevin Koch
animator
Marek Kochout
animator
Serguei Kouchnerov
animator
Eric Lessard
senior animator
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis
character designer
Philip K. Livingston Jr.
animator: character effects
Bob Logan
story artist
Conan Low
layout artist
David Lowery
additional story artist
Marci Mack
animation staff
Kevin MacLean
animator
Sean Mahoney
animator
Nicolas Marlet
character designer
Steve Mason
animator
Bill E. Miller
animator
Chris Miller
story artist
Pia Miniati
animation rig engineer
Ken Morrissey
additional animator
Luci Napier
animator
Fredrik Nilsson
animator
David Nix
layout artist
Damon O'Beirne
additional layout artist
Joe Oh
character animator
Dave Otte
layout artist
Tom Owens
additional story artist
Robert Porter
additional story artist
Carlos M. Rosas
animator
Ben Rush
animator
Jason Schleifer
animator
Trish Schutz-Krause
animator
Kevan Shorey
animator
David P. Smith
additional story artist
David Spivack
animator
John Stevenson
story artist
Trey Thomas
supervising animator
Philippe Tilikete
character designer
Ennio Torresan
story artist
Gary Trousdale
additional story artist
Theodore Ty
animator
Van Phan
animator
Dan Wagner
additional supervising animator
Chris Wahl
animator
Scott Wright
animator
Jennifer Yuh
story artist
Kathy Zielinski
character developer
Casting Department
Celeste Leger
casting assistant
Christi Soper
casting associate
Editorial Department
Karl Armstrong
second assistant editor
James Beshears
post-production executive
Edie Bielman
additional editor
Paul Carrera
first assistant editor
Terry Claborn
color timer
Sim Evan-Jones
additional editor
Wayne Hellinger
post-production coordinator
Mo Henry
negative cutter
Vicki Hiatt
additional editor
Christopher Knights
first assistant editor
Nelson Lee
post-production coordinator
Joe Monteleone
assistant editor
Paul Neal
editor: high definition
Craig Paulsen
first assistant editor
Timothy Peeler
digital colorist
Marcus Taylor
additional editor
Ryan Schnizlein
editorial technical director
John Venzon
additional editor
Music Department
Ryeland Allison
composer: additional music
Jeffrey Biggers
assistant score engineer
Mark Brisbane
music technical assistant: James Dooley
Julie Butchko
music clearances
Al Clay
vocals / whistling, score mixer
Chris Douridas
music consultant
Geoff Foster
score recordist
Bruce Fowler
orchestrator
Walt Fowler
orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo
orchestrator
Gavin Greenaway
conductor
Isobel Griffiths
orchestral contractor: London
Julie Imboden Keel
music coordinator
Steven Kofsky
music production services
James S. Levine
composer: additional music
Abhay Manusmare
technical score engineer
Melissa Muik
music editor
Sunny Park
executive in charge of music
Heitor Pereira
composer: additional music
Cindi Smith
music coordinator
Ken 'Kaz' Smith
music coordinator
Jill Streeter
score preparation
Gavyn Wright
orchestra leader
Paul Kegg
musician: cello
Melissa Orquiza
music preparation
Other Crew
Tommy Bacorn
purchaser
Steve Baker
research and development
Richard M. Barnes
technology supporter
Alison Baumann
assistant to producers and directors
Will Bilton
research and development
Rob Blau
production engineering supervisor
Andrew Bonello
production engineer
Jacen Bridges
virtual studio coordinator
Greg Bulman
systems administrator
Eduardo Bustillo
research and development
Kristopher Campbell
technician
Robert C. Campion
production accountant
Jessie Carbonaro
production coordinator
Ariandy Chandra
title designer
Chloe Chao
research and development
Kristen D. Chidel
production executive
Ellen Connell
digital training coordinator
Michael Coronado
hardware engineer
Mike Cutler
systems administrator
Patrick Danford
technology engineer
Sanjay Das
director of research and development
John Detke
systems administrator
Moosie Drier
adr voice group
Ava DuVernay
publicity consultant
Christopher Edgar
editorial systems engineer
Christopher Ell
staff
Anthony Esposito III
training and artistic development
Daniel Evans
technical resource administrator
Rylee Fansler
voice over
Alison Fedrick
production coordinator
Bart Feliciano
systems administrator
Ray Felipe
script researcher
David Fent
systems administrator
Mary Lou Finn
assistant production accountant
Angela Ensele Firebaugh
production coordinator
Dana Frizzell Park
assistant to producers and directors
Nick Fumia
key layout assistant
Reid Gershbein
research and development
Eric Griswold
research and development
Eddie Guerra
production assistant
Juli Gumbiner
technical resource supervisor
Michael J. Henderson
production engineer
Jill Hopper
production executive
Pamela Hu
technical resource administrator
Allison Lee Mussell Hurd
production assistant
Mark Jackels
production engineer
Ewan Johnson
head of layout
Gregory P. Jones
production support engineer
Fadi Basem Kandah
production supervisor: modeling department
Brad Kane
layout production assistant
Scott Kilty
systems administrator
Karey Kirkpatrick
creative consultant
Daniel Kirksey
technical resource administrator
Cohl Klop
adr voice
Jeff Lee
systems administrator, production engineer
Stephanie C. Lee
production coordinator
Jim Leuper
technical lead
Katherine Levin
production coordinator
Wingmay Vivian Liu
assistant production accountant
Kimberly Logan
assistant: Cedric the Entertainer
Nicholas Long
software engineer
José Antonio Macías
translator: Spanish
Adam Stanley Maino
technical resource administrator
Derek Mann
systems administrator
Rich Marco
systems administrator
Derek McClurg
production assistant
Megan McDonald
research and development assistant
Alex McDonnell
editorial/story production assistant
Peter Mehlman
creative consultant
Robyn Mesher
production coordinator
Jim Meyer
production engineering supervisor
Humberto Meza Jr.
assistant production accountant
Corrin Milewski
research and development supervisor
Peter C. Miller
research and development
Michael Min
supervising technical director
Laura Monteiro
studio operations
Marlon Montgomery
studio resources coordinator
David Morehead
compositor: titles
Trinity Murphy
production coordinator
Anna Newman
research and development manager
Hannibal P. Odisho
production coordinator
John O'Sullivan
systems administrator
Paul Parmer
editorial systems engineer
Kyle Pascucci
film and color supervisor
Harbor Peoples
office manager: technology
Drew Perttula
resource administrator
Saty Raghavachary
research and development
Lee Rase
production coordinator
Kristina Reed
production executive
Joshua F. Richards
research and development
Daniel Rich
systems administrator
Salvatore Richichi Jr.
render assistant
Luana Romero
assistant to producers and directors
David Rosenbaum
production coordinator
Stephen E. Ross
systems administrator
Hayyim Sanchez
completion artist
Jason Scott
training and artistic development
Hernan Silberman
research and development
Megan Smith
assistant to producers and directors
Evan Smyth
principal software engineer
Steven Sorensen
technical resource administrator
Allen Stetson
technical director
April Struebing
software coordinator
Kate Swanborg
technology executive
Ted Tally
creative consultant
Adam Teninbaum
technical resource administrator
Mark M. Tokunaga
manager of technical resources
Tim Toll
systems administrator
Brandon Troutman
production assistant
Charley Walters
production communication
Courtney Ward
assistant to producer and director
Larry Weisberg
senior paralegal
Gary L. Wohlleben
production controller
Jenny Wolfe-Binder
production coordinator
Daniel Yu
research and development
Andrew Zack
executive assistant: Hans Zimmer
Diana Burnett
production coordinator
Thanks
Cheryl Abood
special thanks
Ed Leonard
special thanks
Debbie L. O'Keeffe
special thanks
Production Company
DreamWorks SKG
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Pacific Data Images (PDI)
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DreamWorks Animation
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Distributor
DreamWorks Distribution
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Bonton, a. s.
Paramount
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP) GmbH
United International Pictures
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP)
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
SBS6
Universal Home Video
,
Universal Pictures (Spain)
Universal Pictures Benelux
Miscellaneous
20th Century Fox Studios
post-production facilities
Air Lyndhurst Studios
score recorded at
Bon Appetit Catering
catering
Gearbox Sound and Vision
additional ProTools systems supplied by
Geffen Records
soundtrack released by
Hewlett Packard
workstations and servers, rendering services
L.A. Mad Dogs
adr voice casting
One Step Up
foley
Pivotal Post
Avid editing equipment provided by
Remote Control Productions Inc.
music production services
Technicolor Weddington
sound editing
Technicolor
prints
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