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A Grand Day Out
A Grand Day Out is a 1989 British stop-motion animated short film and the first installment in the Wallace & Gromit series. It was directed, animated and co-written by Nick Park at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield and Aardman Animations in Bristol. The film centres on good-natured yet eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his intelligent but mute pet dog, Gromit, who decide to build a rocket ship and make a trip to the moon in search of cheese.
Nick Park started creating A Grand Day Out in 1982 as a graduation project for the National Film & Television School. In 1985, Aardman took him on before he finished the piece, allowing him to work on it part-time while still being funded by the school. William Harbutt's company provided Park with Plasticine for the short. Nick Park wrote to Peter Sallis asking him to voice Wallace; Although Park originally envisioned a Lancashire accent for Wallace, Sallis could only manage to do a Yorkshire accent. Nick Park initially sought for Gromit to have a voice, but ultimately he decided to keep the character mute. Julian Nott scored the film.
A Grand Day Out debuted on 4 November 1989, at an animation festival at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. It was first broadcast on Christmas Eve 1990 on Channel 4. The film received critical acclaim and was followed by 1993's The Wrong Trousers, 1995's A Close Shave, 2005's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2008's A Matter of Loaf and Death, and 2024's Vengeance Most Fowl. It was a Best Animated Short Film nominee for the 63rd Academy Awards.
While deciding on where to go on their bank holiday, the cheese-loving inventor Wallace (Peter Sallis) and his dog, Gromit, find their fridge empty. Reasoning that the moon is made of cheese, they build a rocket and fly up to the Moon. After landing, they set up a picnic and sample some of the moon's surface. They encounter a coin-operated robot; Wallace inserts a coin, but nothing happens. After he and Gromit leave, the robot comes to life and gathers the dirty plates left at the picnic spot.
The robot discovers a skiing magazine, and yearns to travel to the Earth to ski there. It repairs a broken piece of landscape, issues a parking ticket for the rocket, and is annoyed by an oil leak from the craft. The robot sneaks up on Wallace and prepares to strike him, but the money Wallace inserted runs out, and it freezes. Wallace takes the robot's truncheon as a souvenir, inserts another coin, and prepares to leave with Gromit.
Returning to life, the robot follows Wallace and Gromit. Wallace panics, and he and Gromit retreat into the rocket. Unable to climb the ladder, the robot cuts into the fuselage with a can opener and accidentally ignites some fuel. The explosion throws it off the rocket, and Wallace and Gromit lift off. Although initially dejected, the robot fashions twisted and buckled bits of rocket fuselage into skis, and begins skiing over the moon's slopes, waving good-bye to Wallace and Gromit as they return home to the Earth.
Nick Park started creating A Grand Day Out in 1982 just as a graduation project for the National Film and Television School. In 1985, Aardman Animations took him on before he finished the piece, allowing him to work on it part-time while still being funded by the school.
To make the film, Park wrote to William Harbutt's company, requesting 1 long ton (1,000 kg) of Plasticine. The block he received had 10 different colours, one of which was called "stone"; this was used for Gromit. Park himself had wanted to voice Gromit, but he ultimately realized that the voice he had in mind – that of Peter Hawkins – would have been difficult to animate. Park wrote to Peter Sallis asking him to voice Wallace, and Sallis agreed in return for a donation of £50 to a charity of Sallis' choice.
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A Grand Day Out
A Grand Day Out is a 1989 British stop-motion animated short film and the first installment in the Wallace & Gromit series. It was directed, animated and co-written by Nick Park at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield and Aardman Animations in Bristol. The film centres on good-natured yet eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his intelligent but mute pet dog, Gromit, who decide to build a rocket ship and make a trip to the moon in search of cheese.
Nick Park started creating A Grand Day Out in 1982 as a graduation project for the National Film & Television School. In 1985, Aardman took him on before he finished the piece, allowing him to work on it part-time while still being funded by the school. William Harbutt's company provided Park with Plasticine for the short. Nick Park wrote to Peter Sallis asking him to voice Wallace; Although Park originally envisioned a Lancashire accent for Wallace, Sallis could only manage to do a Yorkshire accent. Nick Park initially sought for Gromit to have a voice, but ultimately he decided to keep the character mute. Julian Nott scored the film.
A Grand Day Out debuted on 4 November 1989, at an animation festival at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. It was first broadcast on Christmas Eve 1990 on Channel 4. The film received critical acclaim and was followed by 1993's The Wrong Trousers, 1995's A Close Shave, 2005's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, 2008's A Matter of Loaf and Death, and 2024's Vengeance Most Fowl. It was a Best Animated Short Film nominee for the 63rd Academy Awards.
While deciding on where to go on their bank holiday, the cheese-loving inventor Wallace (Peter Sallis) and his dog, Gromit, find their fridge empty. Reasoning that the moon is made of cheese, they build a rocket and fly up to the Moon. After landing, they set up a picnic and sample some of the moon's surface. They encounter a coin-operated robot; Wallace inserts a coin, but nothing happens. After he and Gromit leave, the robot comes to life and gathers the dirty plates left at the picnic spot.
The robot discovers a skiing magazine, and yearns to travel to the Earth to ski there. It repairs a broken piece of landscape, issues a parking ticket for the rocket, and is annoyed by an oil leak from the craft. The robot sneaks up on Wallace and prepares to strike him, but the money Wallace inserted runs out, and it freezes. Wallace takes the robot's truncheon as a souvenir, inserts another coin, and prepares to leave with Gromit.
Returning to life, the robot follows Wallace and Gromit. Wallace panics, and he and Gromit retreat into the rocket. Unable to climb the ladder, the robot cuts into the fuselage with a can opener and accidentally ignites some fuel. The explosion throws it off the rocket, and Wallace and Gromit lift off. Although initially dejected, the robot fashions twisted and buckled bits of rocket fuselage into skis, and begins skiing over the moon's slopes, waving good-bye to Wallace and Gromit as they return home to the Earth.
Nick Park started creating A Grand Day Out in 1982 just as a graduation project for the National Film and Television School. In 1985, Aardman Animations took him on before he finished the piece, allowing him to work on it part-time while still being funded by the school.
To make the film, Park wrote to William Harbutt's company, requesting 1 long ton (1,000 kg) of Plasticine. The block he received had 10 different colours, one of which was called "stone"; this was used for Gromit. Park himself had wanted to voice Gromit, but he ultimately realized that the voice he had in mind – that of Peter Hawkins – would have been difficult to animate. Park wrote to Peter Sallis asking him to voice Wallace, and Sallis agreed in return for a donation of £50 to a charity of Sallis' choice.