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<a href="http://www.madagascarmovie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted</a> hits theaters June 8, but there's a private screening of this new movie at 10:30 a.m., June 2 in Durham.

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The PG-rated movie features Madagascar favorites Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman, who are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.

The movie features the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Any Richter, Frances McDormand, Bryan Cranston, Martin Short, Jessica Chastain and Paz Vega.

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