DreamWorks Animation’s big CG summer release, Madagascar, busts out on home video today, complete with a host of extras including the theatrically released animated short film, The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper. The film made more than $520 million at the worldwide box office and will no doubt find its way into a lot of stockings this holiday season.
Directed by Eric Darnell (Antz) and first-timer Tom McGrath, Madagascar is a fish-out-of-water story that has a set of pampered New York City zoo animals shipped off to Africa. Ben Stiller provides the voice of Alex the lion, who learns that the juicy steaks he’s accustomed to come from animals like his pals. Chris Rock plays his best friend, a zebra who is bored with captivity and yearns to run free in the far-off land of Connecticut. Jada Pinkett Smith provides the voice of a pregnant hippo and David Schwimmer plays a cowardly giraffe. Cedric the Entertainer (Barbershop) Andy Richter (Quintuplets), rocker Gwen Stefani (The Aviator) and Sacha Baron Cohen (HBO’s Da Ali G. Show) fill out the voice cast.
Bonus features on the DVD include commentary by the filmmakers and those mischievous penguins; the making-of featurettes Behind the Crates, The Tech of Madagascar and Mad Mishaps; games and DVD-ROM activities; a music video for the song “I Like To Move It, Move It”; a tour of the film’s exotic digital locations; photo galleries and a code to crack for a special surprise. The Universal Home Video release lists for $29.99.
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