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      A Grand Day Out With Wallace and Gromit

      1989 23m Animation Adventure Kids & Family Short List
      100% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 88% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Wallace and Gromit enjoy a day out with a difference when a quest to find cheese prompts a visit to the moon in this Academy Award®-nominated animation. Despite a few hiccups with their homemade rocket, the duo make a successful lunar landing, arriving just in time for lunch. But a strange, mechanical being isn't too happy to see Wallace eating slices of moon cheese. Read More Read Less

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      Alex B One of my Childhood Favourites, I'll never forget seeing this short film as a kid and watch it all the time, personally my favourite Wallace and Gromit short. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review haii e CHEESE GROMMIT! absolute masterpiece! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Theemuis 1 CHEESE,GROMIT! stays a classic Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/06/23 Full Review JOEL T No Crack Gromit, We've forgotten the Crack!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/30/23 Full Review Matthew B A Grand Day Out is a comparatively modest work. Ambitious plans to include additional characters and a lunar fast food restaurant were shelved so that the work could be completed. The animation is made from Plasticine, and brought to life by stop-motion methods. I suspect a little two-dimensional animation was used in a few of the long shots, but I am not certain. At the time of writing, I have a piece of Wensleydale cheese in my fridge. I owe this to Wallace & Gromit. The company which makes Wensleydale was heading for bankruptcy until its mention in a later W&G show led to a revival in sales. Cheese is an important motivation in the W&G stories. It is a deal breaker in one of Wallace's doomed love affairs. In this first adventure, it determines the location of Wallace's grand day out. While planning a Bank Holiday excursion, Wallace discovers to his horror that there is no cheese in the house. A holiday location that contains plenty of cheese is in order, and where better than the moon, which is literally made of the stuff? This leads to the first great invention of the franchise, as Wallace works on a rocket. His blueprints are not exactly detailed – just a crude drawing of a rocket with a few faces looking out. Much of the rocket appears to be made out of wood too. Still, Gromit (who is reading Electronics for Dogs) is able to help. The rocket is complete, and after a brief crisis (Wallace nearly forgets to bring crackers for his cheese), they are off. In line with the gentle cosiness of its inventor, the rocket has been designed to look like Wallace's living room, complete with armchair. The moon proves to be a hospitable place with a breathable atmosphere, rather like the seaside but without water. There is inevitably a threat on the moon. This is posed by a robot, which attempts to brain Wallace, and to rip sections of their rocket away. Compared with later menaces, the robot is a benevolent enemy. It is coin-operated, and no danger once the money runs out. If only Wallace would stop inserting coins! In the end, all the robot really dreams about is the time that it spent skiing before it ended up on the moon. Do robots have memories and dreams of happier times? Is the moon made of cheese? I wrote a longer appreciation of the Wallace & Gromit films on my blog if you would like to read more: https://themoviescreenscene.wordpress.com/2021/05/22/wallace-gromit-in-a-cheesy-pun-five-works-by-nick-park/ Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/24/23 Full Review matthew d Wallace & Gromit eat cheese on the moon in their delightful debut short film. Nick Park is clearly a genius! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 5/5 Sep 16, 2004 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Gromit's silent routine works nicely against Wallace's limited intelligence. Rated: 6/10 Sep 14, 2020 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid This is the first, and my favorite, of the three clay-animated "Wallace and Gromit" shorts. Feb 6, 2009 Full Review Steve Biodrowski ESplatter In retrospect, the film is entertaining but not as impressive as its successors Sep 29, 2008 Full Review Boyd van Hoeij european-films.net Rated: 4/5 Jun 10, 2006 Full Review Thomas Delapa Boulder Weekly Rated: 4/5 Oct 21, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Wallace and Gromit enjoy a day out with a difference when a quest to find cheese prompts a visit to the moon in this Academy Award®-nominated animation. Despite a few hiccups with their homemade rocket, the duo make a successful lunar landing, arriving just in time for lunch. But a strange, mechanical being isn't too happy to see Wallace eating slices of moon cheese.
      Director
      Nick Park
      Screenwriter
      Nick Park
      Genre
      Animation, Adventure, Kids & Family, Short
      Runtime
      23m