Wallace and Gromit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wallace and Gromit is a British clay animation comedy series created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The series consists of four short films and a feature- length film. The series centres on Wallace, a good- natured, eccentric cheese loving inventor, along with his companion Gromit, a silent yet intelligent anthropomorphic dog.
Wallace was originally voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis, but as of 2. Ben Whitehead. Gromit has no mouth and remains silent, communicating only through means of facial expressions and body language. Because of their widespread popularity, the characters have been described as positive international icons of both modern British culture in particular and British people in general. BBC News has called them "some of the best- known and best- loved stars to come out of the UK".[1]Icons has said they have done "more to improve the image of the English world- wide than any officially appointed ambassadors".[2]Wallace and Gromit has been translated into over 2.
Japan, as well as in its native Britain and across Europe and the United States. In 2. 01. 5, a Wallace & Gromit experience will open at Land's End. The Land's End signpost will be rebranded "Lamb's End" with original sets, models and characters from a range of Aardman productions. Visitors can also star in a real Shaun the Sheep scene, using green screen technology, and meet other characters from the Aardman family, including Shaun The Sheep and Morph.[3]History[edit]The first short film, A Grand Day Out first released in 1. Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to Creature Comforts, another animated creation of Nick Park.
The short films The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave followed. The full- length feature The Curse of the Were- Rabbit was released in 2.
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Directed by Steve Box, Nick Park. With Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay. Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the.
The latter three films each earned Academy Awards. A five- film deal with Dream. Works and Aardman fell through in 2. Park said later that Dream. Works executives wanted to americanise the very British Wallace and Gromit after test screenings, that would have tarnished some of the duo's nostalgic charm.
A Matter of Loaf and Death was Nick Park's first production since the end of the Dream. Works deal. A Matter of Loaf and Death was likewise nominated for an Academy Award in 2.
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- Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable.
Logorama. The films have received critical acclaim, with three of the short films having 1. Rotten Tomatoes and the feature film having a 9. In 2. 01. 3, Peter Lord stated that there were no plans at the moment for a new short film, and Nick Park announced in the following year that the declining health of Wallace's voice actor, Peter Sallis, had the possibility of preventing any future films.[4]Overview[edit]Wallace[edit]Voiced by Peter Sallis (until 2. Ben Whitehead (in 2. Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures and Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels,[5] commercials and apps. Wallace can usually be found wearing a white shirt, brown wool trousers, a green knitted pullover, and a red tie. He is best known for his love of cheese, especially Wensleydale,[6] and crackers.
His birthday is 7 August. The thought of Lancashire hotpot keeps him going in a crisis. He enjoys tea, and on special occasions a little Bordeaux red. He reads the Morning, Afternoon and Evening Post. He lives at 6. 2 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, along with his dog Gromit. Wallace is an inveterate inventor, creating elaborate contraptions that often do not work as intended.
He is a self- proclaimed genius, evident from his exclamation when he discovers Hutch's borrowed skill, a talent for all things mechanical. Most of Wallace's inventions look not unlike the designs of W. Heath Robinson and Rube Goldberg, and Nick Park has said of Wallace that all his inventions are designed around the principle of using a "sledgehammer to crack a nut." Wallace's official job varies; in A Close Shave he is a window washer. In The Curse of the Were- Rabbit, Wallace runs a humane pest control service, keeping the captured creatures (nearly all of which are rabbits) in the basement of his house. In the most recent short, A Matter of Loaf and Death, he is a baker. Some of Wallace's contraptions are based on real- life inventions. For example, his method of waking up in the morning utilizes a bed that tips over to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited at The Great Exhibition of 1.
Theophilus Carter. He has a kindly nature, and is perhaps a little over- optimistic. At times he can be inadvertently selfish and inconsiderate, but he has a good heart and always means well. Nick Park, his creator, says: "He's a very self- contained figure.
A very homely sort who doesn't mind the odd adventure." He is loosely based on Nick Park's father,[7] whom Park described in a radio interview as "an incurable tinkerer". He described one of his father's constructions, a combination beach hut and trailer, as having curtains in the windows, bookshelves on the walls, and full- sized furniture bolted to the floor. The way he dresses and his passion for cheese is based on an eccentric school teacher. In the first photo shown on The Curse of the Were- Rabbit, it was revealed that once, when Gromit was little, Wallace had a full head of hair and a beard. On the photo that shows Gromit's graduation at Dogwarts, he had lost his beard, but still had a little hair, in the form of side burns just above his ears. As shown in The Wrong Trousers, he still uses a hair- dryer. In A Matter of Loaf and Death, when Wallace is talking to Gromit, a picture is seen behind Gromit of Wallace with a brown beard and brown hair.
Wallace has had three love interests. The first was Wendolene Ramsbottom,[8] which ended quickly when Wendolene told Wallace that she was allergic to cheese. The second was Lady Tottington in The Curse of the Were- Rabbit, whom Wallace fondly calls "Totty".
In A Matter of Loaf and Death, Wallace becomes engaged to Piella Bakewell,[9] but this ended when she turned out to be a murderess who hated bakers, and she was eaten by crocodiles upon trying to escape justice. He remembers all three though, since in Musical Marvels, after the montage of his three love interests, he refers to them as "the ones that got away".
Creator Nick Park with his characters in 2. Gromit" redirects here. For the protective ring, see grommet. For the web browser, see Netscape 5. Gromit is Wallace's pet dog and best friend.
Gromit is generally more intelligent, more intuitive, and less naive than Wallace. His birthday is 1. February.[1. 0] Gromit graduated from "Dogwarts University" ("Dogwarts" being a pun on "Hogwarts", the wizard school from the Harry Potter books) with a double first in Engineering for Dogs.[1. He likes knitting, playing chess, reading the newspaper and cooking. His prized possessions include his alarm clock, dog bone, brush, and a framed photo of himself with Wallace. He is also very handy with electronic equipment and an excellent aeroplane pilot.
Though this is not mentioned a lot, according to Wallace or any other person he is a beagle.[1. More often than not, he is seen as a threat to the plans of the various villains he and Wallace have encountered in their adventures.
Like his owner, Gromit has a good nature and a kind heart: he is always looking out for Wallace and others. However, unlike his owner, Gromit is more aware and less eccentric than Wallace, and he thinks carefully before he makes his actions. Gromit has no visible mouth and he does not express himself through spoken words, but his facial expressions and body language speak volumes. Peter Hawkins originally intended to voice Gromit, but Park dropped the idea when he realized how Gromit's expressions could easily be made through small movements.[1.
Many critics believe that Gromit's silence makes him the perfect straight man, with a pantomime expressiveness that drew favourable comparisons to Buster Keaton.[1. He does at times make dog- like noises, such as yelps and growling.[1. Nick Park says: "We are a nation of dog- lovers and so many people have said: 'My dog looks at me just like Gromit does!'"Generally speaking Gromit's tastes are more in vogue than those of Wallace; this being one of the many ways they contrast against each other as characters. Gromit seems to have a significant interest in encyclopaedic, classical and philosophical literature and well as popular culture, including film and music. Electronics for Dogs has been a firm favourite since A Grand Day Out, and in The Wrong Trousers Gromit's bookshelves feature titles such as Kites, Sticks, Sheep, Penguins, Rockets, Bones, and Stars, while he is also seen reading The Republic, by Pluto (a nod to the Disney character of the same name and a pun on Plato) and Crime and Punishment, by Fido Dogstoyevsky (a pun on Fyodor Dostoyevsky).
In general Wallace and Gromit is full of wordplay, but Gromit's various possessions and their recurrent use of pun have become a particular source of understated witticism. A Matter of Loaf and Death is the best example of this, featuring: "Pup Fiction" (Pulp Fiction), "The Dogfather" (The Godfather), "Where Beagles Dare" (Where Eagles Dare), "Bite Club" (Fight Club) and "The Bone Identity" (The Bourne Identity) all as book titles, and "Citizen Canine" (Citizen Kane) as a film poster. His taste in music has been shown to cover Bach (which comes presumably as a result of being pronounced "bark"), "Poochini" (a play on Puccini) and "Mc.
Flea" (Mc. Fly). Gromit also knits, and solves puzzles with ease. Sometimes, Gromit refuses to take (or simply ignores) Wallace's orders, such as in A Close Shave and Shopper 1. Wallace orders him to get rid of Shaun, but Gromit does not. NASA named one of its new prototype Mars explorer robots after Gromit in 2.
On 1 April 2. 00. HMV announced that Gromit would stand in for Nipper for a three- month period, promoting children's DVDs in its UK stores.[1.
Gromit has had one love interest: Fluffles, a poodle and pet to Piella.