Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Director:

Nick Park

Writers:

Nick Park (written by) &
Bob Baker (written by) ...
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Release Date:

17 December 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

From the makers of Chicken Run.

Plot:

Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.

Plot Keywords:

Penguin | Trousers | Robbery | Dog | Wallace And Gromit

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 9 wins

Cast

Peter Sallis

...

Wallace (voice)

Directed by
Nick Park

Writing credits
Nick Park		(written by) &
Bob Baker		(written by)
Brian Sibley		(additional contributions by)
Nick Park		(characters)

Produced by
Peter Lord	....	executive producer
Christopher Moll	....	producer
Colin Rose	....	executive producer: BBC
Peter Salmon	....	executive producer: BBC
David Sproxton	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Julian Nott

Film Editing by
Helen Garrard

Art Direction by
Yvonne Fox

Production Management
Peter Thornton	....	production manager

Art Department
Geoff Bevins	....	characters & props
Trisha Budd	....	characters & props
Tim Farrington	....	scenic artist
Richard Higgs	....	graphic design
Phil Lewis	....	assistant art director: sets
Johnny Parsons	....	characters & props (as John Parsons)
Jan Sanger	....	characters & props
Ian Whitlock	....	assistant art director: props
John Wright	....	characters & props

Sound Department
Harvey Lilley	....	dialogue dubbing editor
Bill Morgan	....	sound effects recording
Adrian Rhodes	....	dubbing editor
Joss Sanglier	....	adr recordist
Aad Wirtz	....	dubbing mixer
Chris Nuttall	....	post-sound assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Craig Chandler	....	optical effects
Peter Wignall	....	optical effects supervisor
Tony Willis	....	effects cameraman (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tristan Oliver	....	photography
Dave Alex Riddett	....	photography

Animation Department
Steve Box	....	animation
Tom Gasek	....	additional animator
Arril Johnson	....	additional animator
Peter Lord	....	additional animator
Nick Park	....	animation
Peter Thornton	....	additional animator

Editorial Department
Tamsin Parry	....	trainee assistant editor
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter (uncredited)

Music Department
Nic Raine	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer (uncredited)
John Philip Sousa	....	music: "The Honors March " (uncredited)

Other crew
Jason Marshall	....	production assistant
Brian Sibley	....	additional contributor

Production Companies

• Aardman Animations (as An Aardman Animations Production)
• BBC Bristol (in association with) (as B B C B R I S T O L)
• Wallace & Gromit (in association with) (as Wallace & Gromit Ltd)
• BBC Lionheart Television (in association with) (as B B C Lionheart Television)
• Children's BBC International (in assocation with) (as Children's International BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1993) (UK) (TV)
• BBC Bristol (1993) (UK) (TV)
• Alta Films (1995) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Diaphana Films (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection)
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1993) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• Aardman Animations  special thanks (as The Staff of Aardman Animations)
• Cod Steaks  sets
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne  this film received assistance from CARTOON within the framework of (as the MEDIA programme of the Commission of the European Communities)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Stereo)

Certification:

Australia:G | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | UK:U | USA:Unrated | Finland:S | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | UK:U (video rating) (1994)

Company:

Aardman Animations

Trivia:

The museum set is the biggest in the film. A lot of the exhibits are fashioned in Wallace's likeness. There's even a Stone-Age display case with penguins identical to Feathers McGraw.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Gromit is getting ready to go into the bathroom in the morning, Wallace passes him fully-clothed and says, "Good Morning, Gromit." The next shot shows Wallace back in his bath-robe blow-drying his bald head.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Wallace:Ah, but I do like a bit of gorgonzola!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

Fantastic, entertaining work of art, with no Hollywood smut

This is a clever picture that gets better the more times you watch it. The attention to detail is amazing. It makes you wonder over and over again - How did they do that?

I have this on DVD and enjoy taking time to check some segments out frame by frame to catch all the background details like book titles on the shelf and news paper headlines. It's enjoyable for youth and adults alike.