
Madagascar(2005)
Four animal friends get a taste of the wild life when they break out of captivity at the Central Park Zoo and wash ashore on the island of Madagascar.


“Dangerously cute and on the loose”
Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot an escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged.

Isla Fisher
Maddie (voice)

Tim Minchin
Pretty Boy (voice)

Eric Bana
Chaz (voice)

Guy Pearce
Frank (voice)

Miranda Tapsell
Zoe (voice)

Angus Imrie
Nigel (voice)

Keith Urban
Doug (voice)

Aislinn Derbez
Legs (voice)

Diesel La Torraca
Chazzie (voice)

Jack Charles
Greg, the Head Frill Neck (voice)
Back to the Outback is a family, animation, adventure, comedy film released in 2021 exploring themes of escape, zoo, creature, australian outback, koala. Directed by Claire Knight, it stars Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana. Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot an escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged.
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