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5.5/10
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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
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One of the better Don Bluth movies
I don't know why the rating is so low. This is a beautiful movie, that only has a couple of flaws. It is not as good as An American tail and Land Before time, but way better than Rock A Doodle Doo and Troll in Central Park . I really don't understand the criticism that it is unimaginative, with Rocko flying. Hello? Elephants can't fly, and look what Disney did with Dumbo! The songs and musical score are lovely, especially Now and Forever and Sometimes I wonder. The only song I didn't like was Good Ship Misery, because it was badly sung. The animation generally was good too, the highlight being the killer whales scene. True there were a lot of colour changes and some animation errors(Good Ship Misery), especially in Drake's song. And unlike some people I thought Marina and Hubie's romance is very sweet. The worst character animation was that of Drake. Nobody would draw a penguin like that. The voice overs were what made the movie, and they WEREN'T racist. Shani Wallis is lovely as the narrator, accompanying the beautifully-animated Antarctica-landscape beginning, certainly an improvement on the narration in Rock a Doodle Doo. Martin Short portrays Hubie's nervousness with such conviction, and James Belushi steals the show with a hilarious characterisation of Rocko. Annie Golden made me cry with her beautiful singing voice, her rendition of Sometimes I Wonder is heart-rending and Marina is such a cute and beautiful penguin, and Tim Curry voiced Drake beautifully, even if he got a tad annoying. In fact, Don't Make Me Laugh is special to me because that is the best I have ever heard Tim Curry sing since Blue Money.And by the way, Curry is the most experienced singer on the soundtrack, so I was shocked by the comment that compared the singing to howling monkeys. Barry Manilow and Sheena Easten's duet at the end was sublime too. All in all a beautiful and imaginative movie, if a little on the short side. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- Official site
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- Also known as
- A Penguin Story
- Filming locations
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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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