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A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989)

UNRATED  23 min  -  Animation | Short | Adventure   -  18 May 1990 (USA)
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Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.

Director:

Nick Park

Writer:

Nick Park

Stars:

Peter Sallis
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Peter Sallis Peter Sallis ...
Wallace (voice)
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Storyline

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Written by Rob Hartill  

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Plot Keywords:

Cheese | Wallace And Gromit | Moon | Moon Made Of Cheese | Picnic  | See more »

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From the Oscar-winning creator of The Wrong Trousers. See more »

Genres:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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UK

Language:

English

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Aardman Animations, National Film and Television School (NFTS) See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

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Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

Gromit was named after the word "grommets", because Nick Park's brother, an electrician, often mentioned them, and Nick liked the sound of the word. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Wallace paints the same part of the rocket twice. See more »

Quotes

Wallace: Gromit, that's it! Cheese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!
[Looks at "Cheese Holidays" magazine, then out window]
Wallace: Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese...
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The opening title writes itself out. See more »

Connections

Referenced in "Peep Show: Jeremy's Broke (#5.3)" (2008) See more »