Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

Directors:

Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
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Writers:

Eric Darnell (screenplay) and
Noah Baumbach (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 June 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Six years ago, they disappeared without a trace. Next summer, they finally resurface

Plot:

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.

Plot Keywords:

Penguin | Circus | Animal | Giraffe | Zebra

Awards:

18 nominations

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Alex (voice)
Chris Rock	...	Marty (voice)
David Schwimmer	...	Melman (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Gloria (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Julien (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Maurice (voice)
Andy Richter	...	Mort (voice)
Tom McGrath	...	Skipper / First Policeman (voice)
Frances McDormand	...	Captain Chantel DuBois (voice)
Jessica Chastain	...	Gia (voice)
Bryan Cranston	...	Vitaly (voice)
Martin Short	...	Stefano (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Kowalski (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Private (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Mason / Second Policeman (voice)
Vinnie Jones	...	Freddie the Dog (voice)
Steve Jones	...	Jonesy the Dog (voice)
Nick Fletcher	...	Frankie the Dog (voice)
Paz Vega	...	Horses (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Sonya (voice)
Danny Jacobs	...	Croupier / Circus Master (voice)
Dan O'Connor	...	Casino Security / Mayor of New York City (voice)
Eric Darnell	...	Comandante / Zoo Official / Zoo Announcer (voice)
Stephen Kearin	...	Fourth Policeman (voice)
Emily Nordwind	...	Zoo Official (voice)
Asucena Jimenez	...	Kid in Crowd (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Arpesella	...	Vitaly's Fan / French Policeman / Dad (voice)
Francesca Fanti	...	Horse, Lady in Italian Circus

Directed by
Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath
Conrad Vernon

Writing credits
Eric Darnell		(screenplay) and
Noah Baumbach		(screenplay)

Produced by
Holly Edwards	....	associate producer
Mireille Soria	....	producer
Mark Swift	....	producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer		(music by)

Film Editing by
Nick Fletcher		(film editor)

Casting by
Leslee Feldman
Christi Soper		(as Christi Soper Hilt)

Production Design by
Kendal Cronkhite		(as Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin)

Art Direction by
Shannon Jeffries

Production Management
Tracey Michelle Arnold	....	production supervisor
Philip M. Cohen	....	production supervisor
Jannette Eng	....	production supervisor
Camille Leganza	....	production supervisor
Dinesh Krishnan Nair	....	production manager
Emily Nordwind	....	production supervisor
Milind D. Shinde	....	production manager
Ryan Genji Thomas	....	production supervisor
Cindy Azada Whitman	....	production supervisor
Dawn Yamada	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Jeff Biancalana	....	storyboard artist
Stephanie Dere	....	additional storyboard artist
Kurt Dumas	....	additional story artist
Goro Fujita	....	visual development artist
Tim Heitz	....	storyboard artist
David Jaraiz	....	matte painter
Chin Ko	....	visual development artist
Travis Koller	....	visual development artist
Bryan Gregg LaShelle	....	visual development artist
Stevie Lewis	....	visual development artist
Erwin Madrid	....	visual development artist
Johane Matte	....	storyboard artist
Sam Michlap	....	visual development artist
Lindsey Olivares	....	visual development artist
Kenard Pak	....	visual development artist
Xavier Riffault	....	storyboard artist
James Wood Wilson	....	visual development
Carlos Zaragoza	....	visual development artist

Sound Department
Marco Alicea	....	digital audio transfer
Jonathan Borland	....	assistant supervising sound editor (as Jon Borland)
Jeremy Bowker	....	sound effects editor
Ronni Brown	....	foley artist
Lori Castro	....	mix assistant engineer
Dustin Cawood	....	sound effects editor
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	foley supervisor
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Simon Ellegaard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sean England	....	foley artist
Will Files	....	sound designer
Will Files	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Jamerson	....	adr recording engineer
Noah Katz	....	engineering services
Roy Latham	....	original dialogue mixer
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Levine	....	digital audio transfer
Zach Martin	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Michael Miller	....	original dialogue mixer
Jeremy Molod	....	assistant dialogue editor
Charlotte Moore	....	post production sound accountant
Larry Oatfield	....	foley editor (as E. Larry Oatfield)
Drew Oliveras	....	recordist
Steve Orlando	....	assistant sound effects editor
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Tighe Sheldon	....	original dialogue mixer
Mac Smith	....	sound effects editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Corey Tyler	....	foley recordist
Brandon Proctor	....	additional re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Romain Simonnet	....	matte painter

Visual Effects by
Yash Agrawal	....	visual effects
Fazil Ahmed	....	character effects artist
Matt Akey	....	producer: Legend 3D
John Allwine	....	visual effects artist
Sagar Alodiya	....	lead lighter & compositor
Benjamin Andersen	....	visual effects artist
Dane Anderson	....	asset technician: Legend 3D
William E. Arias	....	lead lighter
Jason Arold	....	matte painting compositor
Mira Arte	....	character effects animator
Ashin Ashroff	....	lighting & compositing artist
Ken Ball	....	cg supervisor
Jasper M. Baltzersen	....	image finaling artist: PDI/DreamWorks
Greg Beckman	....	visual effects artist
James Bennett	....	previs artist
Sucheta Bhatawadekar	....	lead lighter
Shiben Bhattacharjee	....	visual effects artist
David Juan Bianchi	....	previsualization artist
Nafees Bin Zafar	....	principal engineer
Naveen Kumar Bolla	....	effects technical director
Silviu Borac	....	senior fx r&d engineer
Ryan Borah	....	character effects
Margarita Bratkova	....	research and development
Matt Brisbin	....	technical director
Billy Brooks	....	production testing (as William J. Brooks)
Vijay Bundela	....	lighting and compositing
N. Joseph Burnette	....	visual effects artist
Joshua Caez	....	matte painter
Kristopher Campbell	....	head of character effects
Mark T. Carlson	....	effects engineer
Kevin Carney	....	character fx artist
Jacob Chacko	....	character effects animator
Vikas Chandel	....	visual effects artist
Min-Yu Chang	....	CG modeler: PDI DreamWorks
Yiqun Chen	....	cgi artist
Sarah Jane Chin	....	visual effects coordinator
Lita Cho	....	lighting technical director
Hermann Chong	....	media tools engineer
Michael Clemens	....	compositing supervisor
Michael Collery	....	matte painting additional supervisor
Lisa Slates Connors	....	surfacing artist
Aaron Conover	....	character effects artist
Stephen Timothy Cooney	....	visual effects artist
Kevin Crandell	....	visual effects editor
Matthew Davies	....	production technology
Kwesi Davis	....	production engineer
Gilbert Davoud	....	global character technical director
Daniel Dawson	....	character technical director
Justin DeCell	....	lighting technical director
Greg Denton	....	lighting technical director
Antoine Deschamps	....	lighter
Nathaniel Dirksen	....	character technical director
Justin Dobies	....	lighting and compositing
Kirsten Drummond	....	lighting artist
Vaibhav Dube	....	lighting and compositing
Michael Duffy	....	animation technical director
Daniel Eaton	....	lighter
Kevin Edwards	....	lead lighting
Valentina Ercolani	....	character technical director
Cassandra Fanning	....	stereo paint fix artist
Jon Farrell	....	lead character effects artist
Oliver Finkelde	....	character effects artist: DreamWorks
Angela Ensele Firebaugh	....	modeler
Aaron Florez	....	creative supervisor
Julien Forest	....	lighting & compositing
Dennis Fraser	....	matte painter
Adam Gaige	....	cross site technical director
Nitin Garg	....	surfacing/ texture artist
Amber Geisler	....	stereo paint fix artist
Sumanta Ghosh	....	character effects artist
Florian Girardot	....	matte painting compositor
Francesco Giroldini	....	shot lighting artist
Shane Glading	....	lighting artist
Greg Gladstone	....	effects lead
Erick Godreau	....	paint fix artist
Anand P. Gopinath	....	lead modeler
Caroleen Green	....	senior matte painter
Ben Guastella	....	character fx artist
Bill Gumina	....	paint fix artist
Dorien Gunnels	....	lighting artist
Anisha Gupta	....	lighting artist
Anisha Gupta	....	visual effects artist
Alex Gurevich	....	production engineer
Jon Gutman	....	final layout artist
Tyler Ham	....	final layout artist
Katy Harrison	....	lighting technical director
Brian Hartshorn	....	vfx coordinator: Legend 3D
Uma Havaligi	....	character effects animator
Kimberly Henry	....	stereo compositor: Legend 3D
Jorge Heredia	....	image finaling artist
Ryan Howell	....	lighting technical assistant
Christina Hsu	....	crowds developer
Pamela Hu	....	final layout artist
Rose Ibiama	....	character effects artist
Masato Ikura	....	lighting technical director
Nikita Jain	....	character effects animator
Vimanyu Jain	....	lighting technical director
Geoffrey Jarrett	....	crowd animator
Jaskirat Singh Jassal	....	technical director
Ian Jenkins	....	lighting
Gregory Jennings	....	lead lighter
Ardie Johnson	....	modeler
Jeffrey Jose	....	technical director
Tanuj Kalra	....	visual effects crowds lead
Mayank Kanyal	....	lead lighting and compositing
Natasha Kelkar	....	technical director
Cara Khan	....	surfacing artist
Nishant Khanna	....	visual effects
Abhijit Khanvilkar	....	surfacing artist
Oth Khotsimeuang	....	lighting artist
Soumya Khurana	....	lighting and compositing
Soo Kyung Kim	....	lighter
Michel Kinfoussia	....	lead lighter & compositor
Jennifer Leigh King	....	lighting artist
Steven Kirchner	....	layout artist
Steven Knipping	....	character effects technical director
Keith Kolod	....	lead stereoscopic compositor: Legend 3D
Robert Kopinsky	....	visual effects artist
Parashar Krishnamachari	....	shader writer
Patrick Ku	....	matte painting technical director
Brian Kulig	....	lighting lead
Stanley Kwong	....	lighting artist
Dilip Lalwani	....	character technical director
Ken Lam	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Debbie Langford	....	final layout artist
Josiah Larson	....	production testing
Jennifer Lasrado	....	character effects artist
In Soo Lee	....	character effects artist
Erin Lehmkühl	....	compositor
Greg Lev	....	cg supervisor
Penny Leyton	....	character technical director
Linhan Li	....	lighting artist
Lyndon Li	....	lead lighter
Kristin Link	....	stereo production assistant: Legend 3D
Fabio Lissi	....	production engineer
Igor Lodeiro	....	cg supervisor
Amber Stewart Lunderville	....	lead lighting artist
Ilia Lyons	....	production testing
Raymon Macahilas	....	stereo artist: Legend 3D
Marc Machuca	....	lead image finaling artist
Celeste Madrigal	....	senior stereo artist: Legend 3D
Sanjay Mahajan	....	surfacing/ texture artist
Michael Wei Mao	....	matte painter
Marco Marquez	....	stereo paint fix artist
Kyle Maxwell	....	visual effects
Steve McGrath	....	modeler
Jennifer McKnew	....	matte painter: Dreamworks
Phil 'Captain 3D' McNally	....	stereoscopic supervisor
Zeki Melek	....	research & development
Jacob K. Melvin	....	visual effects
Aparna Mepani	....	character effects
Anthony Meschi	....	image finaling artist
Nol L. Meyer	....	head of layout
Cliff B. Mitchell	....	character technical director
Cristian Moras	....	lighter & compositor
Travis Mosley	....	lighting technical director
Stephanie Mulqueen	....	lead lighter
Muralitharan	....	character effects
Ken Museth	....	r&d supervisor
Harshal Nachnolkar	....	lighting technical assistant
Rahul Nair	....	visual effects artist
Gaku Nakatani	....	cg supervisor
Rohan Oka	....	surfacing/ texture artist
Dave Otte	....	character technical director
Tanner Owen	....	crowd animator
Arun P.A.	....	lighting and compositing
Anand Palaniswamy	....	character effects
Prema Parab	....	surfacing lead
Alex Patanjo	....	visual effects artist
Keyur Patel	....	surfacing artist
Mitul Patel	....	lead fx
Dhruva Pathak	....	visual effects artist
Andrew Pearce	....	director of reseach and development
Ranjan Kurian Periakottil	....	lead lighter & compositor
Gabriel Portnof	....	CG supervisor
Sebastien Potet	....	character technical director
Dagan Potter	....	head of effects
Aitor Prieto	....	CFX technical director: Dreamworks Animation
Tsun-Hui Andrea Pun	....	senior surfacing artist
Andrew Pungprakearti	....	digital effects artist
Samy Ben Rabah	....	effects technical director
Rajarajan Ramakrishnan	....	lead lighting
Aneel Ramanath	....	lighting and compositing
Mahesh Ramasubramanian	....	visual effects supervisor
John P. Rand	....	modeler
Scott Raymond	....	crowd animator
Jason Reese	....	it help desk lead: Legend 3D
Jason Rickwald	....	visual effects lead
Frank Ritlop	....	digital artist
Eli Rod	....	lead lighter
Milton E. Rodriguez-Rios	....	CG supervisor
Eric Roth	....	lead lighter & compositor
Saswat Sahoo	....	lighting technical director
Afonso Salcedo	....	lighting artist
Hayyim Sanchez	....	surfacer
Amy McDonald Sandjideh	....	research and development manager
Nico Sanghrajka	....	character technical director
James Sathre	....	lighting technical assistant
Adrian Scherger	....	visual effects editor: Legend 3D
Janelle Schneider	....	surfacing artist
Liz Scully	....	lighting and compositing
Chellappan Senthilkumar	....	character technical director
Armando Sepulveda	....	modeler
Aayush Sharma	....	lead lighting and compositing
Cheten Sharma	....	surface/texture artist
Hannah Sherman	....	lighting artist
Jon Shih	....	lead technical director
Dmitry Shklyar	....	lighting technical assistant
Debanshu Singh	....	technical director
Jagjeet Singh	....	character effects artist
Rahul Singh	....	fx technical director
Nikhil Sinha	....	visual effects artist
Utkarsh Sinha	....	technical director
Marty Sixkiller	....	r&d supervisor
Kathryn Skorpil	....	lighting technical director
Aaron Smith	....	cg supervisor
Brian Smith	....	stereo paint fix artist
Geri Smith	....	lighting/compositing
Kirill Smolskiy	....	lighting ta
Steven Sorensen	....	layout artist
Indraneel Srivastava	....	lighting technical assistant
Dave Strick	....	visual effects
Lana Chen Sun	....	visual effects artist
Ben Sutherland	....	visual effects artist
Frederic Tarabout	....	surfacing artist
Matthew Territo	....	surfacing artist
Mark Theriault	....	visual effects
Ryan Michael Todd	....	lighting
Ted Trabucco	....	lead stereoscopic artist: Legend 3D
John Truong	....	character effects animator
Adrian Tsang	....	character technical director
Amy Rebecca Tucker	....	lighting technical assistant
Kevin Turcotte	....	matte painter
Sachin Tyagi	....	character effects animator
Ajay Upadhyaya	....	lighting and compositing
Pete Upson	....	layout artist
Katie Van Maanen	....	visual effects artist
Kevin Vassey	....	crowd animation supervisor
Allie Vella	....	stereo associate producer: Legend 3D (as Allie Foster)
Benjamin Venancie	....	lead lighter
Sakshi Verma	....	technical director
Venu Victor	....	effects lead
Brent Villalobos	....	software engineer
Sharanya Viswamani	....	lighting and compositing artist
Jason Waltman	....	lead effects artist
Jeff Wang	....	character technical director
Victor Wang	....	r&d technology
Matt Waters	....	lighting technical assistant
Bret Watkins	....	stereo compositor: legend 3d
Diana Marie Wells	....	stereoscopic painter
Joshua West	....	modeling supervisor
Andrew Wheeler	....	visual effects artist
Chris Wheeler	....	character technical director
David I. White	....	light engineer
Jeffrey Wike	....	head of research and development
Shanese Williams	....	asset technician: Legend 3D
David D. Wilson	....	effects technical director
Jeong Won Jang	....	stereo paint fix artist
D'Lun Wong	....	crowds artist
Sruthi Yadlapati	....	technical director
Ramakrishna Yerramsetty	....	visual effects artist
Emily Yi	....	lead lighter
Ji Hyun Yoon	....	visual effects
Doug Yoshida	....	lighter
Phil Zucco	....	modeler
Narendra Kumar Vadapalli	....	animation technical director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jessica Forer	....	lighting
Guillermo Navarro	....	director of photography consultant

Animation Department
Nedy Acet	....	animator
Drago Avdalovic	....	character technical director
Benjamin Balistreri	....	additional story artist (as Ben Balistreri)
Chris Bancroft	....	animator
Theophile Bondoux	....	final layout lead
Bailey Brent	....	animator
Nelson Brown	....	animator
Ross Burgess	....	animator: PDI Dreamworks
Alessandro Ceglia	....	rough layout artist
Sujit Chatterjee	....	animator
Renith Chundakkad	....	animator
Alberto Corral	....	animator: cycles
Cassidy Curtis	....	supervising animator
Lou Dellarosa	....	animator
Suchita Dhalwalkar	....	layout artist
Mark Donald	....	supervising animator
Scott Douglas	....	animation technical director
Sunil Dutta	....	layout artist
Cameron Fielding	....	character animation lead
Alexander Fleisig	....	animator
Alejandro Garcia	....	physics consultant
Ryan Gong	....	animator
Shaun Graham	....	crowd animator
Rex Grignon	....	head of character animation
Rachel Hanson	....	animator
Tomoyuki Harashima	....	animator
Todd Heapy	....	previz artist
Mariko Hoshi	....	animator
David Hubert	....	lead animator
Rohit Jain	....	character effects artist
Jeffrey Joe	....	animator
Shajo John	....	animator
Jayesh Kapadia	....	character effects artist
Craig Kellman	....	character designer
Morgan R. Kelly	....	supervising animator
Robert Koo	....	head of story (as Rob Koo)
Scott Lafleur	....	animator
Jonathan Leaders	....	render & light engineer
Jonathan Leaders	....	research & development
Peer Lemmers	....	animator
Swetha Madhavan	....	layout artist
Sean Mahoney	....	animator
Wesley Mandell	....	animator
Roy Margalit	....	animator
Bryce McGovern	....	supervising animator
Pia Miniati	....	animation rig engineer
Rani Naamani	....	animator/character lead
Prasanjib Nag	....	animator
Matthew Nealon	....	storyboard artist
Yuko Okumura	....	lighter and compositor
Rajesh P.K.	....	animator
Tyler Phillips	....	character animator
Robyne Powell	....	animator
Ron Pucherelli	....	animator
Carlos Fernandez Puertolas	....	animation supervisor
Carlos Fernandez Puertolas	....	supervising animator
Cory Rogers	....	animator
Carlos M. Rosas	....	senior character animator
Jason Ryan	....	supervising animator
Mike Safianoff	....	animator
Matthew Schmidt	....	layout artist
Jason Spencer Galsworthy	....	supervising animator
David Spivack	....	animator
Dane Stogner	....	animator
Aljo Thomas	....	animator
David Torres	....	supervising animator
Ennio Torresan	....	storyboard artist
Aradhana Vaidya	....	layout artist
Craig Van Dyke	....	previs
Jason Wesche	....	previsualization artist
Peter Wilkins	....	animation engineer
Catherine Yuh Rader	....	story artist
Todd Zullo	....	crowd animator
Chaitanya Limaye	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mollie Gamo	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Dani Bedar	....	production assistant
Allison Bernardi	....	senior media coordinator
James Beshears	....	post production executive
Alex Cardullo	....	post-production assistant
Anthony Severin Cox	....	post production engineer
Gregory Creaser	....	digital colorist
Peter Ettinger	....	first assistant editor
Marc Fisher	....	digital conform editor
Tiffany L. Kurtz	....	second editor (as Tiffany Hillkurtz)
Paul Neal	....	digital conform editor
Jeff Olm	....	digital colorist: Dreamworks Animation
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Brian Perry	....	second assistant editor
Nathan Schauf	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Max Aruj	....	music technical assistant
Peter Asher	....	music consultant
Bob Badami	....	music wrangler
Lorne Balfe	....	composer: additional music
Chuck Choi	....	score technical engineer
Al Clay	....	vocals
Rupert Coulson	....	additional score engineer
Matt Dunkley	....	score reader
Sam Estes	....	sample development
Thomas Farnon	....	score reader
Geoff Foster	....	score engineer
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Rick Giovinazzo	....	orchestrator
Gavin Greenaway	....	conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestral contractor
Stephen Hilton	....	composer: additional music
Junkie XL	....	composer: additional music
Andrew Kawczynski	....	technical score engineer
Gary Kettel	....	musician: percussion
Jasha Klebe	....	composer: additional music
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Daniel Kresco	....	additional mixing
Ladd McIntosh	....	orchestrator
Aaron Meyer	....	music preparation
Ed Neumeister	....	orchestrator
Sunny Park	....	executive in charge of music
Frank Ricotti	....	musician: percussion
Adam Schmidt	....	sample development
Jill Streater	....	UK music librarian
Roger Tang	....	music manager
Susan Thampi	....	music manager
Jessica Weiss	....	assistant music editor
Christian Wenger	....	assistant engineer
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: cello
Andrew Zack	....	score coordinator

Other crew
Rakesh Agarwal	....	research and development
Balaji Alahari	....	engineering system administrator
Rain Angeles	....	systems administrator
Patrick Angell	....	technical director
Parimal Aswani	....	director of technology
Carl Bahor	....	resource administrator
Carl Bahor	....	technical resource administrator
Steve Baker	....	research and development
Arun Balasubramaniam	....	engineering system administrator
François Bertel	....	render engineer
Lauren Blackshear	....	production coordinator
Alan Blevins	....	research and development
Shawn Bohonos	....	operations system administrator
Michael C. Bolds	....	resource administrator
Laura C. Bowers	....	production coordinator
Ben Brandt	....	production assistant
Cathleen Brown	....	clearances
Stephen Candell	....	production development
Cate Celso	....	production coordinator
Scott Chapin	....	engineering system administrator
Amy Chen	....	resource administrator
Avril Louis Cherian	....	production assistant
Heather Cobb	....	production assistant
Sarah Counnas	....	senior technology production manager
Michael Cutler	....	principal engineer
Mark J. Davis	....	research and development
Mike Davis	....	production engineer
Jayson DeLancey	....	production engineer
Dave Dinsmore	....	operations system administrator
Dj Downey	....	operations system administrator
Brendan Duncan	....	research and development
Dennis Duong	....	infrastructure engineer
Alex Echols	....	creative marketing
Alireza Estakhrian	....	operations system administrator
Bart Feliciano	....	systems administrator
Nick Fletcher	....	voice actor
Victor Fuste	....	production coordinator
Victor Fuste	....	training and artistic development
Benoit Gagnon	....	infrastructure engineer
Ichha Gandhi	....	production assistant
Omar Garcia	....	resource administrator
Omar Garcia	....	technical resource administrator
Nandhini Giri	....	production coordinator
Darin Grimes	....	marketing
Juli Gumbiner	....	technical resource supervisor
Allie Habeeb	....	production coordinator
David Hail	....	publicist
Wayne Hellinger	....	post-production office supervisor
Guthrie S. Hennessey	....	training and technical development
Elizabeth Himelstein	....	dialect coach
Richard Holland	....	technical lead
Stephanie Huber	....	production coordinator
Tripp Hudson	....	production executive
Vicki Hunter	....	finance/accounting: administration & finance
Mark Jackels	....	production engineer
Jaskirat Singh Jassal	....	technical director
Ibrahim Sani Kache	....	resource administrator
Priyaa Kalkura	....	production assistant
Jason Kankiewicz	....	infrastructure engineer
Maya Karp	....	resource administrator
Robert Knaack	....	research and development manager
Terence Kuederle	....	research and development
Deepak Kumar	....	production coordinator
Jayanth Kumar	....	human resources
Tim Kwan	....	production coordinator
Glenn Lamb	....	engineering system administrator
Jonathan B. Lee	....	production coordinator
Jon Leibowitz	....	resource administrator
Nicholas Long	....	technical lead
Julia Lopez	....	resource administrator
Rich Marco	....	engineering systems administrator
Rick Menze	....	training and technical development
Eric Michael Miller	....	production coordinator
Peter C. Miller	....	software quality assurance
Jemson Montefalcon	....	hardware engineer
Bob Morgan	....	senior documentation specialist
Anna Newman	....	research and development manager
John O'Sullivan	....	systems administrator
Paul Parmer	....	editorial systems engineer
Shaun Potts	....	technical resource administrator
Stephanie Quan	....	production coordinator
Daniel Rich	....	engineering systems administrator
Caroline Robinson	....	production coordinator
Kevin Rose	....	production engineer
Gemma Ross	....	resource administrator
Gemma Ross	....	technical resource administrator
Stephen E. Ross	....	technical lead
Bobbak Sabet	....	production coordinator
Saibal Saha	....	engineering system administrator
Quique Saldívar	....	resource administrator
Andrew Schneider	....	administrative assistant
Doug Sherman	....	infrastructure engineer
Cathy Sitzes	....	production coordinator
Joanna Lynne Smith	....	production assistant
Christopher Sprunger	....	production tester
Allen Stetson	....	production engineer
Casey Sword	....	production coordinator
Casey Sword	....	technical resource administrator
Julio C. Talavera	....	operations system administration
Robert C. Tao	....	resource administrator
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	director of digital operations
Darlene Annette Toledo	....	technical resource administrator
Yimi Tong	....	production coordinator
Selim Tuvi	....	production engineer
Purnanand D. Wagle	....	resource administrator
Brandon Weil	....	digital strategy and new business development
Alissa Rowinsky Wright	....	business & legal affairs
Ben Zaehringer	....	production coordinator
Andrew Martin	....	technical resource administrator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• DreamWorks Animation (presents)
• Pacific Data Images (PDI) (as PDI/DreamWorks)

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2012) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Paramount Japan (2012) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Japan)
• Paramount Pictures Entertainment (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Solar Entertainment (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2012) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• FX Network (2014) (USA) (TV) (cable)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2012) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Legend3D (3D stereo conversion)

Other Companies

• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  on-line promotional material creation
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Interscope Records  soundtrack
• POP Sound  ADR recording
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

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MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild action and rude humor

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #47524) | Singapore:G | Canada:G (Ontario) | South Korea:All | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | Philippines:G | Ireland:G | India:U | Norway:A | Sweden:7 | Netherlands:6 | Mexico:AA | Japan:G | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Denmark:7 | Hong Kong:I | Australia:PG | Germany:6

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: A motor cycle driver screams as he flies out of the freeway. (International version only)

Goofs:

Continuity: When Vitaly jumps through the Ring, he starts spinning clockwise. The next shot he stands still and the background turns anticlockwise, from this view it should turn clockwise.

Quotes:

Melman:I can't dance!
Gloria:Maybe that's because you've never tried it before.
Melman:I *have* tried it! I practice in private because you're so good at it...
Gloria:You practice? For me?
Melman:Yeah, but... It's no use! I never know what to do with my arms.
Gloria:That's the easy part.
[wraps Melman's arms around her neck]
Gloria:You just put your arms around your partner.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Madagascar (2005)

Soundtrack:

We No Speak Americano

Summer's most wanted animation.

"Poor animals. Now, you deal with ME!" Capitaine Chantel DuBois (voice of Frances McDormand)

Although I miss Fantastic Mr. Fox as much as any contemporary animal fable, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted is a lees cerebral but more athletic entry into my canon of animations that satisfy both children and adults. Our heroes, led by the charismatic lion Alex (Ben Stiller), are determined to go back to New York by way of a traveling European circus.

If you judge by the quote at the beginning of this essay, you'll note that even the villain, Ciaptaine DuBois, is fun, albeit French, a culture open for satire along with Italy and other vulnerable targets. In fact, DuBois' pursuit of the animals over Europe is a delightful mash-up of goofiness and wit. When she sings Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien," I confirmed my nostalgic commitment to this animation and acknowledged the brilliance that would integrate that legendary lament.

Although this animation is written by Fantastic Mr. Fox's Noah Baumbach, much more slapstick and far faster segments occur than in Fox, making it a lesser production but far more attractive to younger audiences. Even the 3-D shamelessly throws debris at the screen. Attractive to all audiences is a major theme of looking ahead to expanding one's talents and seeing home as another springboard for growth rather than a sedate refuge.