The Pebble and the Penguin is a 1995 American animated musical adventure comedy-drama film produced by DreamWorks Animation, based on the true life mating rituals of the Adélie penguins in Antarctica. It was directed by Manuel García Ferré, Don Bluth, and Gary Goldman.
Production to the film begun in early 1990, TBD. TBD. Towards the end of production, Dora Wilson made some changes for the movie, which caused Don Bluth and Gary Goldman to leave their film and demand to have their names taken off the film, the two would start working on a new animation studio in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Pebble and the Penguin was released to theaters by DreamWorks Pictures (internationally) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (in the United Kingdom) on April 12, 1995, where it did somewhat better at the box office than Bluth's previous film A Troll in Central Park, but still failed to recoup its budget, although it received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, but has since gained a cult following and is now considered one of the best DreamWorks animated films. This is the last film to be produced by Sullivan Bluth Studios before the studio went bankrupt and the last Don Bluth film produced by DreamWorks.