The Pebble and the Penguin

The Pebble and the Penguin is a 1995 American animated musical buddy comedy-drama film, starring the voices of Martin Short and Jim Belushi, based on the true life mating rituals of the Adélie penguins in Antarctica, produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. 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. The film was released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on April 12, 1995 and internationally (Theaterical and VHS) by Warner Bros. Pictures under the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label. It was the last film to be released by Sullivan Bluth Studios before its bankruptcy in 1995.

Plot
Adelie Penguin in Antarctica, each has to offer to his beloved, on the day of the wedding party, the stone as beautiful as possible. If she accepts it, the two penguins can live together happily for a lifetime. Hubie, a young penguin very shy and generous, he found a nice green gem, which wants to offer the female who loves, the sweet Marina. Unfortunately, Drake, a villainous Penguin, strong, cruel and violent, wants to marry Marina at all costs. He decides to make her forget Hubie and therefore throws him into the sea, where it is nearly eaten by a Leopard seal and dragged away by the currents. But Marina is determined to wait Hubie, which to return will face the cruelty of men intent on selling it to a zoo along with other penguins, the Leopard seal, a pod of Orcas, storms and many other dangers. Fortunately for him will not be alone on his journey, finding a penguin named Rocko, who dreams of flying. Hubie and Rocko will then security at each other, they manage to overcome their fears and to return to Antarctica from Marina although seemingly Rocko will lose their lives during the whale hunt. As if that weren't enough, Drake that he will put a spoke in the wheels, but eventually dies during the collapse of its high and scary cave, caused during a final attempt to eliminate the rival while Hubie and Marina will be saved at the last moment by Rocko who was survivor and learns incredibly to fly at that time. Hubie is thus able to give his precious stone in Marina, although she always loved because counting the Penguin of the stone and not the stone itself.

Production Company
Don Bluth Entertainment