Talk:A Close Shave
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Moved the Stop motion technique section to Wallace and Gromit as it's relevant to all of W&G
[edit] GoldenEye and A Close Shave
The article suggested that Gromit's sidecar/plane escape was a direct reference to the opening sequence of the Bond film Goldeneye. This is highly unlikely as Goldeneye did not open in cinemas until November 16, 1995, a matter of weeks before A Close Shave was first broadcast (December 24, 1995). The stop-motion techniques are well known to take a very long time to complete. I can't see how there would have been time, and the two sequences are not particularly similar: the most distinct part of the Goldeneye sequence is the aircraft, still diving, disappearing behind a hill before suddenly emerging in a climb, and this doesn't appear in A Close Shave where the sequence is seen from Gromit's perspective. David | Talk 18:24, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
