A Grand Day Out
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| A Grand Day Out | |
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| Directed by | Nick Park |
| Written by | Nick Park Steve Rushton |
| Distributed by | BBC Aardman Animations |
| Release date | December 25, 1989 |
| Running time | 22 min. |
| Followed by | The Wrong Trousers (1993) |
A Grand Day Out is an award-nominated 1989 animated film directed and animated by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring the characters Wallace and Gromit in their first adventure.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to Creature Comforts, another animated creation of Nick Park.
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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 two build a rocket in Wallace's basement and set off to the moon. Upon landing, Wallace tries the "cheese" (which he suggests tastes like Wensleydale) but starts to question his theory on the moon. Also, a strange coin-operated robot shaped like an oven (complete with arms, wheels and an optic eye) is encountered by the duo and seems to wish to go with them to Earth so he can try out some skiing. Wallace and Gromit believe it is after them for stealing the moon cheese and try to escape. The robot breaks into the rocket but is blown out by a gas explosion, allowing Wallace and Gromit to escape back home. The robot uses wreckage from the rocket as skiing equipment.
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[edit] 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
- 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
- Voicing: Peter Sallis
