The Pebble and the Penguin


1h 19m 1995

Brief 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 he

Film Details

Also Known As
Pebble and the Penguin
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Musical
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Audio Department; Eastman Kodak; Skywalker Sound; Special Treats Production Company; Technicolor; Universal Studios Sound Facilities; Windmill Lane
Distribution Company
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. (MGM ); MGM Distribution Company; MGM Home Entertainment; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Location
Dublin, Ireland

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 19m

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.

Crew

Rosie Ahern

Character Clean-Up Artist

Wayne Alexander

Cameraman

Jane Anderson

Assistant Character Animator

Peter Anderson

Assistant Character Animator

Jeff Atmajian

Original Music

Leslie Aust

Special Effects Animator

Fionnuala Ballance

Other

Richard Bazley

Directing Animator

Rick Bentham

Pre-Production Colour Key Artist

Amy Louise Berenz

Layout Artist

Beau Biggart

Dialogue Engineer

Helene Blitz

Associate Producer Post-Production

Russell Boland

Producer

Michael Boylan

Animator

Michael Boylan

Character Clean-Up Artist

Gerard Brady

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Juan Jose Bravo

Additional Character Animator

Thomas Brennan

Character Clean-Up Artist

Sandra Breslin

Supervisor

Zane Bruce

Foley Artist

Monique Buchens

Character Clean-Up Artist

Ben Burgess

Additional Character Animator

James Butterworth

Executive Producer

John Byrne

Computer Animator

Mark C Byrne

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Mark T Byrne

Pre-Production Layout

Celine Cahill

Character Animator

Scott Caple

Additional Storyboard Artist

Kevin Carlisle

Choreographer

Michael Carroll

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Kathy Carter

Pre-Production Colour Stylist Assistant

Yvonne Carthy

Journeyman Colour Stylist Assistant

Gerry Carty

Computer Animator

Mickie Cassidy

Pre-Production Key Clean-Up Artist

Dominick Certo

Music Editor (Triad Music)

Thomas Chan

Dialogue Engineer

Bob Chapman

Dialogue Engineer

Roland Chat

Additional Characters Key Clean-Up Artist

Paul Clare

Character Clean-Up Artist

Vincen Clarke

Other

Mary F Clarke-miller

Computer Animator

Sandro Lucio Cleuzo

Character Animator

Eimear Clonan

Other

Kevin Condron

Character Clean-Up Artist

Mary Connors

Other

Eileen Conway

Supervisor

David Coogan

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Jackie Corley

Additional Character Animator

Alain Costa

Character Animator

John Costello

Special Effects Animator

Robert M. Cowan

Special Effects Animator

Phaedra Craig

Supervisor

Nollaig Crombie

Additional Characters Key Clean-Up Artist

Pearse Cullinane

Character Clean-Up Artist

Mark Cumberton

Special Effects Animator

Kieran Cummins

Other

Teresa Cunniffe

Character Clean-Up Artist

Gillian Hunt Cunningham

Special Effects Assistant Animator

Robert D'arcy

Additional Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Suzanne D'arcy

Special Effects In-Betweener

Anne Daniels

Additional Characters Key Clean-Up Artist

Inge Daveloose

Background Artist

Stephen Deane

Special Effects In-Betweener

Guy Deel

Additional Storyboard Artist

Rogerio Degodov

Character Animator

Marcelo Demoura

Character Animator

Jonathan Dern

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Creative Consultant

Piet Derycker

Additional Character Animator

John Devlin

Background Artist

Claudia Dickerson

Additional Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Peter Donnelly

Other

Emmet Doyle

Animation Camera Operator

Joan Doyle

Special Effects Animator

Patrick Duffy

Animation Camera Operator

Noirin Dunne

Color Stylist

Helga Egilson

Additional Characters Key Clean-Up Artist

Martin Fagan

Other

Charles Fernandez

Original Music

Matthew Ferris

Supervising Cameraman

Martine Finucane

Special Effects Animator

Conann Fitzpatrick

Special Effects Animator

Linda Fitzpatrick

Animation Checker

Paula Fitzpatrick

Assistant Animation Film Editor

Alan Fleming

Additional Character Animator

Jim Fleming

Dialogue Editor

Christine Fluskey

Animation Checking Assistant Supervisor

Aidan Flynn

Character Clean-Up Artist

Paul Fogarty

Special Effects In-Betweener

Des Forde

Other

Brian Forsyth

Other

Robert Fox

Character Animator

Donal Freeney

Other

Martha Furley

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Paul Gallagher

Animation Camera Operator

Mary Gavin

Other

Cristo Gelov

Additional Character Animator

Miguel Gil

Background Artist

Joseph F Gilland

Special Effects Directing Animator

Damien Gilligan

Assistant Character Animator

John Given

Original Music

David Goetz

Production Designer

Gerry Gogan

Journeyman Assistant Editor

Deborah Gold

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Kevin Gollaher

Additional Storyboard Artist

Edison Gongalves

Character Animator

Hilary Gough

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Edward Gribben

Supervisor

Gary Hall

Animation Camera Operator

Martin Hanley

Pre-Production Layout

Joe Haugh

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Karl Hayes

Special Effects Assistant Animator

Ira Hearshen

Original Music

Aidan Heffernan

Character Clean-Up Artist

Karen Hennessy

Journeyman Colour Stylist Assistant

Ellen Hever

Foley Artist

Tom Higgins

Additional Character Animator

John Hill

Directing Animator

Michael Ho

Special Effects Assistant Animator

Silvia Hoefnagels

Directing Animator

Stuart Holgate

Character Animator

Jacqueline Hooks

Supervisor

Roger Horgan

Additional Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Roisin Hunt

Additional Character Animator

Julian Hynes

Special Effects Directing Animator

Barry Iremonger

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Mark Irvine

Special Effects In-Betweener

Colin Ives

Negative Cutter

Joel Iwataki

Music Mixer

Anna Jander

Additional Background Artist

Carl Jones

Pre-Production Colour Key Artist

Paul Joyce

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Berenice Keegan

Color Stylist

Sandra Keely

Additional Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Carl Keenan

Other

Gary Keleghan

Assistant Dialogue Editor

Linda Kellagher

Other

Brian Kelly

Animator

Brian Kelly

Animation Camera Operator

Paul M Kelly

Other

Paul Michael Kelly

Supervisor

Maoiliosa Kiely

Other

Noel P Kiernan

Special Effects Directing Animator

Paul King

Negative Cutter

Robert Kirwan

Assistant Engineer

Chris Klatman

Original Music

Rachel Koretsky

Screenwriter

Dan Kuenster

Additional Character Animator

Gregg Landaker

Rerecordist Mixer

Diann Landau

Special Effects Directing Animator

Sioban Larkin

Pre-Production Key Clean-Up Artist

Jimmy Lawlor

Additional Background Artist

Pearse Love

Animation Checker

Fiona Mackle

Other

Greg Maguire

Senior Computer Animator

Jeannette Maher

Animation Camera Operator

Paddy Malone

Assistant Character Animator

Joseph Manifold

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Barry Manilow

Supervising Composer

Barry Manilow

Other

Barry Manilow

Original Songs

Shirley Mapes

Colour Special Effects Artist

Steve Maslow

Rerecordist Mixer

Ciara Mccabe

Other

Martina Mccarron

Other

Robert Mccauley

Layout Artist

Shane Mccormack

Character Clean-Up Artist

Jenni Mccosker

Other

Joe Mcdonough

Additional Character Animator

Henry Mcgrane

Background Artist

Glen Mcintosh

Character Animator

Margaret Mckenna

Other

Violet Margaret Mckenna

Other

Michele Mckenna-mahon

Animation Checking Supervisor

James Mcloughlin

Other

Mark Mcloughlin

Other

Kevin Mcnamara

Background Artist

Neil Mcneil

Assistant Character Animator

Tracey Meighan

Special Effects Assistant Animator

Tom Mgerdichian

Dialogue Engineer

Tom Miller

3-D Computer Animator Supervisor

Majella Milne

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Anne-marie Mockler

Other

Bernadette Moley

Character Clean-Up Artist

Andrew Molloy

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

David Moran

Computer Animator

Jean Morel

Additional Character Animator

Sharon Morgan

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Fernando Moro

Character Animator

Ciaran Morris

Production Camera Supervisor

Paul Morris

Special Effects Animator

Thomas V Moss

Supervising Editor

Joseph Mulligan

Rough Breakdown & In-Between Artist

Lyn Mulvaney

Color Stylist

Moira Murphy

Animation Checker

Trevor Murphy

Special Effects In-Betweener

Don Murray

Music Mixer

Don Murray

Recording Engineer

Keith Murray

Animation Camera Operator

Michael Murray

Supervisor

Sinead Murray

Character Clean-Up Artist

Film Details

Also Known As
Pebble and the Penguin
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adventure
Family
Fantasy
Musical
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Audio Department; Eastman Kodak; Skywalker Sound; Special Treats Production Company; Technicolor; Universal Studios Sound Facilities; Windmill Lane
Distribution Company
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER STUDIOS INC. (MGM ); MGM Distribution Company; MGM Home Entertainment; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Location
Dublin, Ireland

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 19m

Articles

Hamilton Camp (1934-2005)


Hamilton Camp, the diminutive yet effervescent actor and singer-songwriter, who spent nearly his entire life in show business, including several appearances in both television and films, died of a heart attack on October 2 at his Los Angeles home. He was 70.

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)

Hamilton Camp (1934-2005)

Hamilton Camp, the diminutive yet effervescent actor and singer-songwriter, who spent nearly his entire life in show business, including several appearances in both television and films, died of a heart attack on October 2 at his Los Angeles home. He was 70. 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

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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