Merry Madagascar (2009)

When Santa and his reindeer crash onto Madagascar it's up to Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melvin, and the penguins to save Christmas.

Director:

David Soren

Writers:

Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Stars:

Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Stiller	...	Alex (voice)
Chris Rock	...	Marty (voice)
David Schwimmer	...	Melman (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Gloria (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Maurice (voice)
Andy Richter	...	Mort (voice)
Carl Reiner	...	Santa (voice)
Danny Jacobs	...	King Julien (voice)
Tom McGrath	...	Skipper (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Kowalski (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Private (voice)
Willow Smith	...	Abby (voice)
Nina Dobrev	...	Cupid (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Lead Reindeer (voice)
David Soren	...	Lookout Lemur / Additional Lemurs (voice)

Storyline

Suffering from a serious case of amnesia thanks to naughty King Julien, Santa Claus and his reindeer find themselves marooned in exotic Madagascar. With St. Nick's swift sleigh crammed with toys and gifts, the castaway team of friends--Alex, Marty, Melman, and Gloria--are now the only ones who can attempt to save Christmas. However, will the homesick New Yorkers set aside their ambitions for the children of the world?

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Plot Keywords:

madagascar | sleigh | magical dust | trying to return home | saving christmas | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

First Christmas special to have a theme of Romeo & Juliet. The penguins of the South Pole represent the Montagues, the reindeer of the North Pole represent the Capulets; Private is Romeo and Cupid is Juliet.

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Quotes

Skipper: Well, looks like our coffee break.

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Connections

Version of Romeo and Juliet (1936)

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Soundtracks

I Like to Move It
(uncredited)
Written by Erick Morillo and Mark Quashie

User Reviews

Really very good.

I'm not a big fan of Dreamworks movies (the poor man's Pixar) but nevertheless I love the Madagascar work. I bought this from my local supermarket (exclusively they claimed) expecting it to be a poor quality version of the movies, probably with bad animation and replacement voice talent. Hey, I thought, my 12 year old will still like it. I was wrong: this is beautifully animated to the quality of the movies, has all the original actors and is FUNNIER than the movies too. There's a joke involving penguins and reindeer that had we three in hysterics, perfect! This is only 26 minutes long but well worth it and a valid addition to the Madagascar movies. It could in fact be Madagascar 3 such is the quality.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Merry Madagascar

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1