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A Matter of Loaf and Death

  • 20082008
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 29m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
17K
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POPULARITY
22,908
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A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
Winner of the Short Animation 2008 British Academy Film Award, this all new adventure features all of the classic ingredients of a great murder mystery – suspicion, rivalry, love, intrigue and heroism – and is topped off with a large helping of loyalty and friendship, cooking up all you “knead” for fun family viewing.
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Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
17K
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POPULARITY
22,908
6,049
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    • Director
      • Nick Park
    • Writers
      • Nick Park
      • Bob Baker
    • Stars
      • Peter Sallis(voice)
      • Sally Lindsay(voice)
      • Sarah Laborde(voice)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Nick Park
    • Writers
      • Nick Park
      • Bob Baker
    • Stars
      • Peter Sallis(voice)
      • Sally Lindsay(voice)
      • Sarah Laborde(voice)
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    • 45User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Peter Sallis
    Peter Sallis
    • Wallace
    • (voice)
    Sally Lindsay
    • Piella Bakewell
    • (voice)
    Sarah Laborde
    • Bake-O-Lite Singer
    • (voice)
    Ben Whitehead
    Ben Whitehead
    • Bob the Baker
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Nick Park
    • Writers
      • Nick Park
      • Bob Baker
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    • Trivia
      The scene where Wallace and Gromit try to dispose of the bomb, but can't because there are ducks in a pond out of one window and nuns through another is a reference to the scene in Batman (1966), where Batman, played by Adam West, has similar problems whilst trying to dispose of a bomb.
    • Goofs
      Near the end of the movie. Piella hits Gromit away from the bomb. When the bomb falls out of the window, Piella turns and we see an impression of Gromit on her weapon. But the impression is on the wrong side.
    • Quotes

      Wallace: But Piella, you're the Bake-O-Lite girl!

      Piella Bakewell: *Was* the Bake-O-Lite girl. I ate too much, you see.

      Wallace: Oh, really?

      Piella Bakewell: I couldn't ride the balloon anymore.

      Wallace: Oh dear.

      Piella Bakewell: So they dropped me.

      Wallace: What a blow. Ooh!

      Piella Bakewell: ME! A curse on bakers and their loathsome confections!

    • Connections
      Edited into The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2010: Animation (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Unchained Melody
      (uncredited)
      Written by Alex North and Hy Zaret
      Performed by The Righteous Brothers

    User reviews45

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    Top review
    9/10
    A little bit of English clay
    Nick Park's favourite creations Wallace and Grommit are back for another short feature, and 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' will appeal to all who loved the earlier stories. Perhaps the duo's latest outing lacks some of the freshness of their original appearances; but the detail of Park's gentle parodies of a certain vision of Englishness is as loving and humorous as ever, and the claymation approach saves the film from the curse of excess speed that mars much computer-generated animation. In some ways, the Wallace and Grommit films feel as if they belong to the world they depict, rather than our own, coarser one; long may they continue!
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    • paul2001sw-1
    • Dec 27, 2008

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    • Release date
      • January 1, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death'
    • Filming locations
      • Bristol, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Aardman Animations
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    • Runtime
      29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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