The Pebble and the Penguin
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Colin Mawby
S. Scott Bullock
Martin Short
James Belushi
Tim Curry
Annie Golden
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Synopsis
The Full Moon Ceremony is fast approaching, and time is running out for a shy, romantic penguin named Hubie to find the courage to present his betrothal pebble to Marina, the girl of his dreams. However, Hubie is not alone in his pursuit of Marina. The villainous penguin Drake also has his eye on her and thinks nothing of trying to turn Hubie into a leopard seal lunch to claim his prize. Almost lost at sea, Hubie finds an ally in the irascible Rocko, the Rockhopper penguin. Rocko has little time for Hubie's quest to return to Marina, until Hubie discovers that Rocko has a dream of his own... to fly. Together Hubie and Rocko must battle against the elements and their enemies on the high seas to return to Antarctica. But, if our penguin hero doesn't present Marina with his precious pebble by the Full Moon Ceremony, she will be forced to accept the evil Drake as her mate or be banished for life.
Director
Colin Mawby
Cast
S. Scott Bullock
Martin Short
James Belushi
Tim Curry
Annie Golden
Louise Vallance
Pat Musick
Angeline Ball
Kenall Cunningham
Alisa King
Michael Nunes
Neil Ross
Phillip Clarke
B J Ward
Hamilton Camp
Will Ryan
Stanley Jones
Shani Wallis
Crew
Rosie Ahern
Wayne Alexander
Jane Anderson
Peter Anderson
Jeff Atmajian
Leslie Aust
Fionnuala Ballance
Richard Bazley
Rick Bentham
Amy Louise Berenz
Beau Biggart
Helene Blitz
Russell Boland
Michael Boylan
Michael Boylan
Gerard Brady
Juan Jose Bravo
Thomas Brennan
Sandra Breslin
Zane Bruce
Monique Buchens
Ben Burgess
James Butterworth
John Byrne
Mark C Byrne
Mark T Byrne
Celine Cahill
Scott Caple
Kevin Carlisle
Michael Carroll
Kathy Carter
Yvonne Carthy
Gerry Carty
Mickie Cassidy
Dominick Certo
Thomas Chan
Bob Chapman
Roland Chat
Paul Clare
Vincen Clarke
Mary F Clarke-miller
Sandro Lucio Cleuzo
Eimear Clonan
Kevin Condron
Mary Connors
Eileen Conway
David Coogan
Jackie Corley
Alain Costa
John Costello
Robert M. Cowan
Phaedra Craig
Nollaig Crombie
Pearse Cullinane
Mark Cumberton
Kieran Cummins
Teresa Cunniffe
Gillian Hunt Cunningham
Robert D'arcy
Suzanne D'arcy
Anne Daniels
Inge Daveloose
Stephen Deane
Guy Deel
Rogerio Degodov
Marcelo Demoura
Jonathan Dern
Piet Derycker
John Devlin
Claudia Dickerson
Peter Donnelly
Emmet Doyle
Joan Doyle
Patrick Duffy
Noirin Dunne
Helga Egilson
Martin Fagan
Charles Fernandez
Matthew Ferris
Martine Finucane
Conann Fitzpatrick
Linda Fitzpatrick
Paula Fitzpatrick
Alan Fleming
Jim Fleming
Christine Fluskey
Aidan Flynn
Paul Fogarty
Des Forde
Brian Forsyth
Robert Fox
Donal Freeney
Martha Furley
Paul Gallagher
Mary Gavin
Cristo Gelov
Miguel Gil
Joseph F Gilland
Damien Gilligan
John Given
David Goetz
Gerry Gogan
Deborah Gold
Kevin Gollaher
Edison Gongalves
Hilary Gough
Edward Gribben
Gary Hall
Martin Hanley
Joe Haugh
Karl Hayes
Ira Hearshen
Aidan Heffernan
Karen Hennessy
Ellen Hever
Tom Higgins
John Hill
Michael Ho
Silvia Hoefnagels
Stuart Holgate
Jacqueline Hooks
Roger Horgan
Roisin Hunt
Julian Hynes
Barry Iremonger
Mark Irvine
Colin Ives
Joel Iwataki
Anna Jander
Carl Jones
Paul Joyce
Berenice Keegan
Sandra Keely
Carl Keenan
Gary Keleghan
Linda Kellagher
Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly
Paul M Kelly
Paul Michael Kelly
Maoiliosa Kiely
Noel P Kiernan
Paul King
Robert Kirwan
Chris Klatman
Rachel Koretsky
Dan Kuenster
Gregg Landaker
Diann Landau
Sioban Larkin
Jimmy Lawlor
Pearse Love
Fiona Mackle
Greg Maguire
Jeannette Maher
Paddy Malone
Joseph Manifold
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow
Shirley Mapes
Steve Maslow
Ciara Mccabe
Martina Mccarron
Robert Mccauley
Shane Mccormack
Jenni Mccosker
Joe Mcdonough
Henry Mcgrane
Glen Mcintosh
Margaret Mckenna
Violet Margaret Mckenna
Michele Mckenna-mahon
James Mcloughlin
Mark Mcloughlin
Kevin Mcnamara
Neil Mcneil
Tracey Meighan
Tom Mgerdichian
Tom Miller
Majella Milne
Anne-marie Mockler
Bernadette Moley
Andrew Molloy
David Moran
Jean Morel
Sharon Morgan
Fernando Moro
Ciaran Morris
Paul Morris
Thomas V Moss
Joseph Mulligan
Lyn Mulvaney
Moira Murphy
Trevor Murphy
Don Murray
Don Murray
Keith Murray
Michael Murray
Sinead Murray
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Hamilton Camp (1934-2005)
He was born October 30, 1934, in London, England. After World War II, he moved to Canada and then to Long Beach with his mother and sister, where the siblings performed in USO shows. In 1946, he made his first movie, Bedlam starring Boris Karloff as an extra (as Bobby Camp) and continued in that vein until he played Thorpe, one of Dean Stockwell's classmates in Kim (1950).
After Kim he received some more slightly prominent parts in films: a messenger boy in Titanic (1953); and a mailroom attendant in Executive Suite (1954), but overall, Camp was never a steadily working child actor.
Camp relocated to Chicago in the late '50s and rediscovered his childhood passion - music. He began playing in small clubs around the Chicago area, and he struck oil when he partnered with a New York based folk artist, Bob Gibson in 1961. The pair worked in clubs all over the midwest and they soon became known for their tight vocal harmonies and Gibson's 12-string guitar style. Late in 1961, they recorded an album - Gibson and Camp at the Gate of Horn, the Gate of Horn being the most renowned music venue in Chicago for the burgeoning folk scene. The record may have aged a bit over the years, but it is admired as an important progress in folk music by most scholars, particularly as a missing link between the classic era of Woody Guthrie and the modern singer-songwriter genre populated by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.
Gibson and Camp would split within two years, and after recording some albums as a solo artist and a brief stint with Chicago's famed Second City improvisational comedy troupe, Camp struck out on his own to work as an actor in Los Angeles. His changed his name to Hamilton from Bob, and despite his lack of vertical presence (he stood only 5-foot-2), his boundless energy and quick wit made him handy to guest star in a string of familiar sitcoms of the late '60s: The Monkees, Bewitched, and Love, American Style. By the '70s there was no stopping him as he appeared on virtually every popular comedy of the day: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, Laverne & Shirley, Three's Company, and WKRP in Cincinnati.
Eventually, Camp's film roles improved too, and he did his best film work in the latter stages of his career: Blake Edward's undisciplined but still funny S.O.B. (1981); Paul Bartel's glorious cult comedy Eating Raoul (1982); and Clint Eastwood's jazz biopic on Charlie Parker Bird (1988). Among his recent work was a guest spot last season as a carpenter on Desperate Housewives, and his recent completion of a Las Vegas based comedy Hard Four which is currently in post-production. Camp is survived by six children and thirteen grandchildren.
by Michael T. Toole
Hamilton Camp (1934-2005)
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Released in United States Spring April 12, 1995
Released in United States on Video August 15, 1995
Began shooting November 15, 1991.
Completed shooting February 24, 1995.
Released in United States Spring April 12, 1995
Released in United States on Video August 15, 1995