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Overview

User Rating:
8.4/10   16,298 votes
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Director:
Nick Park
Writers:
Bob Baker (written by) &
Nick Park (written by)
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Release Date:
15 October 1996 (USA) more
Plot:
Wallace falls for Wendolene, a wool shop owner, while Gromit is framed for the sheep rustling. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 17 wins more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Happy 20th anniversary, Wallace and Gromit!
 (From Comicmix. 4 November 2009, 7:33 PM, PST)

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Pure family fun more (39 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Close Shave (UK) (short title)
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Runtime:
30 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Preston, the evil villain dog, is the name of the town where director Nick Park was born. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Wallace loses his green vest from beneath his overalls when he lands on his motorbike. more
Quotes:
[the sheep have climbed on top of Wallace in order to help Gromit escape from prison]
Wallace: [as they pull Gromit to safety] Oh, nice going, lads!
Wallace: [he slips on a bar of soap randomly lying about on the pavement and they all come crashing down] Oh!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) more

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Pure family fun, 28 December 2005
10/10
Author: Mr Ben from Hampshire, England

I love Christmas for many reasons but one of them is that the BBC always (and I do mean, ALWAYS) show the Wallace & Gromit shorts, this being the third and the last one before their recent big-screen adventure "The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit". It was also the first time Park decided to really push the boat out and you can see how much fun he is having with the characters. This is almost as good as "The Wrong Trousers" but is much more ambitious in scope and scale.

For the uninitiated (and quite frankly, where have you been?), Wallace (once again voiced by Peter Sallis) is an inventor living in northern England with his long-suffering dog called Gromit. This time, the pair have a window-cleaning service on offer and it's via this that Wallace meets a woman called Wendolene (Anne Reid) and promptly falls in love. But this isn't good news for Gromit who finds himself framed for sheep rustling. Soon, it's up to Wallace and a slightly scrawny sheep called Shaun to rescue the pooch from prison and discover who is behind the sheep shortage.

This feels more like a big-budget production than the earlier shorts, though there are still moments when fingerprints can be seen on a character's nose. This is also a perfect example of true family entertainment, warming all but the coldest of hearts and keeping adults as joyously amused as kids. It's genuinely funny, wonderfully inventive and a sheer joy from start to finish. The highlight for me is the brilliant night-time pursuit of the sheep rustlers with the motorcycle sidecar, a porridge cannon and a small army of woolly hostages balanced in a sheep-pyramid. Fantastic from start to finish - if you want consistently good family entertainment then look no further than Wallace & Gromit.

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