An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Kiefer Sutherland
- Samson
- (voice)
Jim Belushi
- Benny
- (voice)
Eddie Izzard
- Nigel
- (voice)
Janeane Garofalo
- Bridget
- (voice)
William Shatner
- Kazar
- (voice)
Richard Kind
- Larry
- (voice)
Greg Cipes
- Ryan
- (voice)
Colin Hay
- Fergus Flamingo
- (voice)
Miles Marsico
- Duke
- (voice)
Jack De Sena
- Eze
- (voice)
Don Cherry
- Penguin MC
- (voice)
Christian Argueta
- Hamir
- (voice)
David Cowgill
- Hamir
- (voice)
Lenny Venito
- Stan
- (voice)
Joseph Siravo
- Carmine
- (voice)
Colin Cunningham
- Hyrax
- (voice)
Patrick Warburton
- Blag
- (voice)
Jonathan Kimmel
- Scab
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaScreenplay ideas were being written dating all the way back to 1991.
- GoofsIf you watch very closely the edge of Larry's mouth during the first scene in the garbage truck drifting through New York, Larry opens his mouth, and there is a very visible bright line where the interior of his mouth should line up with his lips, but doesn't. It's a tear in the CG model, and should have been fixed before the character was animated. What you're viewing through the tear is the New York city scape.
- Crazy creditsAll main (and lots of the minor) characters interact with the end credits
- SoundtracksGood Enough
Written and Performed by Lifehouse
Produced by Jude Cole
Strings Arranged by Jude Cole
Recorded by Florian Ammon
Mixed by Mike Shipley
Lifehouse appears courtesy of Geffen Records
Featured review
one year after Madagascar
Samson the Wild (Kiefer Sutherland) claims to be the king of the jungle. He rules the New York Zoo. His son Ryan can't get the roar right and has a fight with him. The animals play when the zoo closes at night. Ryan goes off in a huff and accidentally gets locked in a trailer container. The containers are being sent to Africa to rescue animals being evacuated from a volcano. Samson sets off to retrieve Ryan with the help of squirrel Benny (Jim Belushi), koala Nigel (Eddie Izzard), giraffe Bridget (Janeane Garofalo), and anaconda Larry (Richard Kind). In Africa, they face off against wildebeest Kazar (William Shatner).
This came one year after Madagascar and sometimes being first is being the winner. That's the case in this one. I don't necessarily blame this movie. I certainly don't claim that this movie copied anything from Madagascar. In fact, I'm sure Disney had a minor meltdown when they saw the similarities. This is less wacky than Madagascar. This story may be a slight improvement. The voice work is less wacky comedy although there is plenty of jokes. The animation is 3D semi-realism which makes Samson look like a stuffed toy. No matter any possible improvements or deficits from Madagascar, the comparison is never far behind and the movie suffers from the perceived lack of originality.
This came one year after Madagascar and sometimes being first is being the winner. That's the case in this one. I don't necessarily blame this movie. I certainly don't claim that this movie copied anything from Madagascar. In fact, I'm sure Disney had a minor meltdown when they saw the similarities. This is less wacky than Madagascar. This story may be a slight improvement. The voice work is less wacky comedy although there is plenty of jokes. The animation is 3D semi-realism which makes Samson look like a stuffed toy. No matter any possible improvements or deficits from Madagascar, the comparison is never far behind and the movie suffers from the perceived lack of originality.
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- Sep 20, 2016
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,384,046
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,684,809
- Apr 16, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $102,338,515
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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