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A lovable but introverted penguin named Hubie plans to present his betrothal pebble to the bird of his dreams.A lovable but introverted penguin named Hubie plans to present his betrothal pebble to the bird of his dreams.A lovable but introverted penguin named Hubie plans to present his betrothal pebble to the bird of his dreams.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Martin Short
- Hubie
- (voice)
Jim Belushi
- Rocko
- (voice)
- (as James Belushi)
Annie Golden
- Marina
- (voice)
Alissa King
- Petra
- (voice)
Stevie Vallance
- Priscilla
- (voice)
- (as Louise Vallance)
- …
Stan Jones
- McCallister
- (voice)
S. Scott Bullock
- Chubby
- (voice)
- …
Philip L. Clarke
- King
- (voice)
Shani Wallis
- Narrator
- (voice)
B.J. Ward
- Megellenic #1
- (voice)
Hamilton Camp
- Megellenic 2
- (voice)
Angeline Ball
- Gwynne
- (voice)
- …
Kendall Cunningham
- Timmy
- (voice)
Pat Musick
- Pola
- (voice)
- …
Michael Nunes
- Beany
- (voice)
- Directors
- Don Bluth(uncredited)
- Gary Goldman(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProducer/Co-director Don Bluth so hated the final results of this movie after production was wrapped up that he and his partner, co-director Gary Goldman, demanded to be uncredited. As a result, a credit of "A Don Bluth Ireland Limited Production" has been placed where the directors' credits should've been.
- GoofsDuring the musical number "Good Ship Misery" there are a few shots where the entire chorus is sliding back and forth on a raft of sorts, and there are several seconds of the background singers being completely inanimate, simply sitting there frozen in place.
- Quotes
Rocko: Hey, Hubie, you forgot your blasted pebble!
Hubie: My Pebble? My Pebble! Rocko, you found it!
Rocko: Don't just stand there, Romeo. Give the girl the pebble.
Hubie: Do you like it?
Marina: I love it.
Rocko: She'd better.
Hubie: Good.
Marina: But don't you know? It's not the pebble, it's the penguin. I love you even more.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credit/overture sequence is shown with the animated penguin characters playing and cavorting on the sheet music for the songs they're singing.
- Alternate versionsThe VHS release omits the "Distributed by MGM/UA" text.
- SoundtracksNow and Forever
Music by Barry Manilow
Lyrics by Bruce Sussman
Performed by Martin Short, Annie Golden, Jon Joyce, Kevin Bassinson, Susan Boyd, Randy Crenshaw, Yvonne Williams, Bob Joyce, Sally Stevens, Joe Pizzulo, Steve Lively, B.J. Ward, Kevin Dorsey, Stevie Vallance, and Andrea Robinson
Featured review
Not so good.
Someone asked why Hubie wanted to get the pebble for Marina. Well, as the film explains before the feature, penguins really do give stones to their mate in the wild. This part I can understand. It's the same as a guy wanting to get the perfect ring to let his girl know he loves her.
But the film's still not that great. In fact, it's Jim Belushi (Coach Wittenburg from Hey Arnold) that makes the thing worth a tiny peek. The rest of the film falls flatter than a penguin on ice. Hopefully, this will be one my sisters never find. On the other hand, I'm probably not that lucky.
But the film's still not that great. In fact, it's Jim Belushi (Coach Wittenburg from Hey Arnold) that makes the thing worth a tiny peek. The rest of the film falls flatter than a penguin on ice. Hopefully, this will be one my sisters never find. On the other hand, I'm probably not that lucky.
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- Megan_Koumori
- May 8, 2003
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- A Penguin Story
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,983,912
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,123,041
- Apr 16, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $3,983,912
- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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