Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private join forces with undercover organization The North Wind to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

Directors:

Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith

Writers:

Michael Colton (screenplay by), John Aboud (screenplay by)

Stars:

Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom McGrath	...	Skipper (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Kowalski (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Private (voice)
Conrad Vernon	...	Rico (voice)
John Malkovich	...	Dave (voice)
Benedict Cumberbatch	...	Classified (voice)
Ken Jeong	...	Short Fuse (voice)
Annet Mahendru	...	Eva (voice)
Peter Stormare	...	Corporal (voice)
Andy Richter	...	Mort (voice)
Danny Jacobs	...	King Julien (voice)
Sean Charmatz	...	Cricket (voice)
Werner Herzog	...	Documentary Filmmaker (voice)
Stephen Kearin	...	Pilot / Aquarium Employee (voice)
Kelly Cooney	...	Mermaid Penguin (voice)

Storyline

Super spy teams aren't born - they're hatched. Discover the secrets of the greatest and most hilarious covert birds in the global espionage biz: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. These elitists of the elite are joining forces with a chic undercover organization, The North Wind. Led by handsome Eurasian wolf Agent Classified (we could tell you his name, but then - you know). Together, they must stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine, from destroying the world as we know it.

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Plot Keywords:

talking animal | polar bear | wolf | cat | octopus | 

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Taglines:

The flipping awesome new movie!

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild action and some rude humor

Did You Know?

Trivia

Among the celebrity name references Dave uses to his minions, 2 of them were celebrities that started in previous DreamWorks animation films: Nicolas Cage was in The Croods (2013). Hugh Jackman was in Flushed Away (2006) and Rise of the Guardians (2012). In addition, Robin Wright previously collaborated with Dave's voice actor John Malkovich in the Paramount animated film Beowulf (2007).

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Goofs

Venice has no roads for automobiles. The truck loaded with watermelons would not be in a city accessible only by boat or foot.

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Quotes

Classified: What is that?
[they see numerous painful weapons as they are going to be killed on the ride]
Classified: Oh, great.
Short Fuse: Oh, no! This it it!
Corporal: I don't wanna die, I'm squishy!
[before they are killed by one of the weapons, the ride stops and goes reverse to see Private knocked out the squid controlling the ride]
Classified: OH NO, WE'RE DEAD! DEAD! DEAAAAAAAAAAD!
Private: [to the North Wind team] I pushed a button!

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Crazy Credits

When the film begins, a glacier calves (breaks off ice) to reveal the Dreamworks Animation logo, the logo portion then calves again to replace the boy holding the fishing pole with the four penguins standing on each others' shoulders.

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Connections

Featured in AniMat's Reviews: Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

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Soundtracks

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Arranged by Sheldon Curry
Courtesy of FirstCom Music

User Reviews

Awesome, just awesome

Awesome, just awesome movie.

I don't know how to say this but it is a while since I've last seen a movie that made me laugh freely.

It is a complete movie from my point of view because it's understandable for children and it has plenty of jokes for grown ups. And I enjoyed a lot the jokes related to celebrities names like: Charlize Theron, Kevin Bacon, Hugh Jackman and others I don't remember right now.

It has plenty of surprises and it is after all a comedy wrapped into an animation movie that totally deserves the time spend watching it. I gave it a 9, maybe a little bit higher that rated but in my opinion you just have to see this :D.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Brazil]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian Mandarin

Release Date:

26 November 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Penguins of Madagascar

Box Office

Budget:

$132,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,447,444, 30 November 2014

Gross USA:

$83,850,911

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$373,515,621

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks Animation, Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1 Dolby Surround 7.1 Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1