The Wild Movie Review 2006

No, it's not "Madagascar 2" although you'd be forgiven for thinking so. Here young lion cub Ryan (Cipes) decides he needs to get out from under his dad Samson's (Sutherland) roar, so he escapes from a New York zoo and stows away on an Africa-bound ship. Dad follows along with opinionated giraffe Bridget (Garofalo) and her bossy squirrel admirer, Benny (Belushi); dopey anaconda Larry (Kind); and snooty, campy koala, Nigel (a very enjoyable Izzard). When they get to Africa, Nigel gets mistaken for a god by a herd of wildebeests, led by the sinister Kazar (Shatner), who challenges Samson for supremacy.

Distribution

Walt Disney Home Video, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521, Phone: (818)265-6500, URL: http://disney.store.go.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Running time 85 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Wild Kingdom, Great Escapes, New York, New York, Disney Animated Movies, Rescue Missions, Africa, Big Cats, Snakes, Penguins

Screenplay

Edward Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin

Director

Steve "Spaz" Williams

Music

Alan Silvestri

Other

Kiefer Sutherland, James Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Cipes, Richard Kind, William Shatner, Colin Hay, Don Cherry, Lenny Venito, Patrick Warburton, Kevin M. Richardson, Andy Newell, V. Scott Balcerek, Steven L. Wagner, Chris Farmer

Producer

Clint Goldman, Beau Flynn, Walt Disney Pictures, Hoytyboy Pictures, Sir Zip Studios/Contrafilm, Buena Vista