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A Grand Day Out (full name A Grand Day Out With Wallace and Gromit) is a 1989 animated film directed and animated by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit. This was the first adventure featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but smart dog Gromit. It was followed by 1993's The Wrong Trousers and 1995's A Close Shave.
Nick Park started making the film in 1982 as his graduation project for the National Film and Television School. 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.
Summary
Wallace and Gromit are devastated when they realise that they have run out of cheese. With the local corner shop closed for the Bank Holiday, Wallace decides to take a trip to the moon, as "everybody knows the moon's made of cheese". Naturally he has to take his faithful dog with him.
The 24 minutes are packed with sight gags and exaggerated physical comedy, as well as a few subtle film parodies. Voice acting is the sole duty of Peter Sallis (the voice of Wallace), as Gromit remains silent throughout.
The BBC later took credit for "discovering" Wallace and Gromit, but A Grand Day Out actually had its British television debut as part of Channel 4's 4-mations series.
Credits
- Animation and Design: Nick Park
- Additional Model Making: Janet Sanger, Michael Hort, Michael Wright, Andrew Davies
- B/W Dream Sequences: Joan Ashworth, Andy Staveley, Martin Greaves
- Special Thanks to: Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Richard Goleszowski, Sara Mullock, Melanie Cole, Glen Hall, Alan Gardner
- Thanks Also to: Lesley Manning, Stephen Lawrence, Andrea Gardner, David Fine, Alison Snowden, Jeremy Clarke, Darren Long, Charles Paley, Cliff Thorne, Roy Swift, Peter Bath
- Written by: Nick Park, Steven Rushton
- Music: Julian Nott
- Sound Effects and Sound Editing: Adrian Rhodes, Danny Hambrook, Chris Billing
- Rostrum Camera: Danny Boon, Jeremy Moorshead
- Production: Soozy Mealing
- Editor: Rob Copeland
- Photographed and Directed by: Nick Park
External links
1989 films | Animated comedy films | Wallace and Gromit | Stop motion-animated films
"A Grand Day Out"