Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Directors:

Eric Darnell
Tom McGrath

Writers:

Etan Cohen (written by)
Eric Darnell (written by)

Release Date:

7 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Still together. Still lost!

Plot:

The sequel to 2005's "Madagascar", in which New York Zoo animals, Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo...

Plot Keywords:

Madagascar | Zoo | Giraffe | Sequel | Lion

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 22	8:00 AM	MAX
Sun. Dec. 27	8:30 PM	MAX

Cast

Ben Stiller	...	Alex (voice)
Chris Rock	...	Marty / Additional Zebras (voice)
David Schwimmer	...	Melman (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith	...	Gloria (voice)
Sacha Baron Cohen	...	Julien (voice)
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Maurice (voice)
Andy Richter	...	Mort (voice)
Bernie Mac	...	Zuba (voice)
Alec Baldwin	...	Makunga (voice)
Sherri Shepherd	...	Mom (voice)
Will i Am	...	Moto Moto (voice) (as Will.I.Am)
Elisa Gabrielli	...	Nana (voice)
Tom McGrath	...	Skipper / Lemur #1 (voice)
Chris Miller	...	Kowalski (voice)
Christopher Knights	...	Private (voice)

Also Known As:

Madagascar 2 (USA) (working title)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Madagascar: The Crate Escape (USA) (working title)
Madagascar 2 (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Мадагаскар 2 (Russia) [ru]
Madagáscar 2 (Portugal) [pt]
Madagascar 2 (Denmark) [da]
Madagascar 2 (Finland) [fi]
Madagascar 2 (Japan: English title) [en]
Madagascar 2 - A Grande Escapada (Brazil) [pt]
Madagascar 2 - De la jaula a la jungla (Venezuela) [es]
Madagascar 2 - La grande évasion (Canada: French title) [fr]
Madagascar 2 - Via dall'isola (Italy) [it]
Madagascar 2: Escape África (Spain) [es]
Madagaskar 2 (Norway) [no]
Madagaskar 2 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Madagaskar 2 (Sweden) [sv]
Madagaskar 2 (Estonia) [et]
Madagaskar 2 (Poland) (poster title) [pl]
Madagaskar 2 (Croatia) [hr]
Madagaskar 2 - Útek do Afriky (Czech Republic) [cs]
Madagaskari 2 (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild crude humor.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44773) | UK:PG | Finland:K-7 | Ireland:G | Singapore:G | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (original version) | Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:I | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | New Zealand:PG | Peru:PT | Brazil:Livre | Taiwan:GP | Netherlands:6 | Norway:7 | Mexico:AA

Company:

DreamWorks Animation

Trivia:

The song from this movie, "Time 2 Move It/I Like To Move It", was used in a 2008 Chrysler car commercial.

Goofs:

Continuity: In fight between the old lady an Alex on the African road, at the end, we see a shot of the bus directly behind them, but after the fight, the old lady walks quite a ways to get to the bus.

Quotes:

Julien: [after Melman has announced he has only 48 hours to live] If I, King Julien, that's my name, had only two days to live, I would do all the things I always wanted to do.
Melman: Like what?
Julien: I'd become a professional whistler. I'm pretty fantastic right now, but I would do it professionally.
[Tries to whistle, but all that comes out is a long raspberry]
Julien: Another thing I would do is invade a neighboring country, and force my own ideology on them, even if they didn't want it.

Movie Connections:

References "The Patty Duke Show" (1963)

Soundtrack:

Copacabana (At The Copa)

Better than the original

I thought that the first Madagascar had promising characters and a decent premise, but it was very poorly put together. My son, who was 8 or 9 at the time loved the movie, however. We saw the sequel this morning and we both agreed - it was much better than the original. And, since part II begins with a brief summary of part I, there is no need to see the first one to understand what's happening in the new movie. All the main characters are back and there are many new ones as well. Going in, the big question on my mind was "do the penguins play a bigger role in the sequel?"... answer is "Yes, but not much bigger". All in all an enjoyable movie that outshines it's predecessor!