The Pebble and the Penguin is a 1995 American-Irish animated musical
comedy-drama adventure film produced and directed by Don Bluth and
Gary Goldman, starring the voices of Martin Short and Jim Belushi, and
based on the true life mating rituals of the Adélie penguins in
Antarctica. It centers around a timid, stuttering penguin named Hubie
who tries to impress a beautiful penguin named Marina by giving her a
pebble that fell from the sky and keep her from the clutches of an
evil penguin named Drake who wants Marina for himself.Towards the end
of production, MGM made giant changes for the movie, which caused Don
Bluth and Gary Goldman to leave their film and demand to have their
names taken off the film, the two would start working on a new
animation studio in Phoenix, Arizona.The film was released to theaters
by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on April 12, 1995, where it did somewhat better
at the box office than Bluth's previous film A Troll in Central Park,
but still failed to recoup its budget, and it received mostly negative
reviews, mostly in regards to the weaker animation compared to Don
Bluth's previous movies but has since gained a cult following. This is
the last film to be produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios before the
studio went bankrupt.In Antarctica, there is a tradition done by the
Adelie Penguins where during the mating season, the male birds gather
on the beaches to find a pebble to use as a mating ritual, and during
the night of the full moon mating ceremony, the males propose to the
female they love by presenting their pebble to them, and if they
accept it, they become a married couple.
comedy-drama adventure film produced and directed by Don Bluth and
Gary Goldman, starring the voices of Martin Short and Jim Belushi, and
based on the true life mating rituals of the Adélie penguins in
Antarctica. It centers around a timid, stuttering penguin named Hubie
who tries to impress a beautiful penguin named Marina by giving her a
pebble that fell from the sky and keep her from the clutches of an
evil penguin named Drake who wants Marina for himself.Towards the end
of production, MGM made giant changes for the movie, which caused Don
Bluth and Gary Goldman to leave their film and demand to have their
names taken off the film, the two would start working on a new
animation studio in Phoenix, Arizona.The film was released to theaters
by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on April 12, 1995, where it did somewhat better
at the box office than Bluth's previous film A Troll in Central Park,
but still failed to recoup its budget, and it received mostly negative
reviews, mostly in regards to the weaker animation compared to Don
Bluth's previous movies but has since gained a cult following. This is
the last film to be produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios before the
studio went bankrupt.In Antarctica, there is a tradition done by the
Adelie Penguins where during the mating season, the male birds gather
on the beaches to find a pebble to use as a mating ritual, and during
the night of the full moon mating ceremony, the males propose to the
female they love by presenting their pebble to them, and if they
accept it, they become a married couple.
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