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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Release Date:
Friday, November 7, 2008

MPAA Rating:
PG

Rating Reason:
For some mild crude humor

Genre:
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Starring:
Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bernie Mac, Sherri Shepherd, Alec Baldwin, Will.i.am

Director:
Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath

Official Site:

Synopsis:
All the loveable characters are back - Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins - in "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa."

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) | Spiritual Article

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David Bruce, Webmaster

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STUDIO SYNOPSIS
Left marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane - sort of. Once aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just enough to make it to the wildest place of all - the vast plains of Africa itself - where our zoo-raised crew encounter species of their own kind for the very first time.

SPIRITUAL POINT OF VIEW
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Director / Screenplay Tom McGrath: “Audiences should find themselves in situations that they can identify with… parental issues, identity issues, love. I mean, we still want people to laugh—that’s our main goal—but we also want to move them a little.”

 Reality and Change
A good life goal is: Connect tothe world surrounding you, and bring positive change to it.

This goal is played out very humorously in this film by those loveable characters.
(1) Stranded in Africa, they connect, and discover new friends and their roots.
(2) They decide to move forward in the light of their new realizations.
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might” (Ecc. 9:10a NLT) Excellent God-stuff here!

“This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.”
--Oswald Spengler, philosopher


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