Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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Directed by | Steve Box Nick Park |
Produced by | Claire Jennings Peter Lord Nick Park Carla Shelley David Sproxton |
Written by | Nick Park (characters) Bob Baker Steve Box Mark Burton |
Starring | Peter Sallis (voice) Helena Bonham Carter (voice) Ralph Fiennes (voice) Nicholas Smith (voice) Peter Kay (voice) Liz Smith (voice) |
Music by | Julian Nott |
Distributed by | USA Theatrical and Worldwide DVD/Video DreamWorks Distribution Non-USA Theatrical United International Pictures |
Release date(s) | September 4, 2005 (Australia) October 7, 2005 (USA) October 14, 2005 (UK) |
Running time | 85 min. |
Language | English |
Budget | $30,000,000 US (est.) |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British, Academy Award-winning stop-motion animated film, the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Nick Park and Steve Box and shot entirely in Britain.
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[edit] Background
The directors have often referred to the film as the world's "first vegetarian horror". Peter Sallis (the voice of Wallace) is joined in the film by Ralph Fiennes (as Lord Victor Quartermaine), Helena Bonham Carter (as Lady Campanula Tottington), Peter Kay (as PC Mackintosh), Nicholas Smith (as Rev. Clement Hedges), and Liz Smith (as Mrs. Mulch). Gromit remains silent, communicating only through body language.
Nick Park told an interviewer that after separate test screenings with British and American children, the film was altered to "tone down some of the British accents and make them speak more clearly so the American audiences could understand it all better [1]."
The vehicle Wallace drives in the film is an Austin A35 van. In collaboration with Aardman in the spring of 2005, a road-going replica of the model was created by brothers Mark and David Armé, founders of the International Austin A30/A35 Register, for promotional purposes. In a 500 man hour customisation, an original 1964 van received a full body restoration before being dented and distressed to perfectly replicate the model van used in the film. The official colour of the van is Preston Green, named in honour of Nick Park's home town. The name was chosen by the Art Director and Mark Armé.
[edit] Summary
In Wigan, Lancashire where Wallace and Gromit live, the annual Giant Vegetable Competition is approaching. The winner of the competition will win the Golden Carrot Award. All are eager to protect their giant crops from damage and thievery by rabbits until the contest, and the duo are cashing in by running a vegetable security and humane pest control business, "Anti-Pesto". However, they are faced with two problems: the first is Wallace's weight problem and the second is the space for the captured rabbits. Wallace comes up with a terrific idea — use his mind manipulation-o-matic to brainwash the rabbits, allowing them to run freely without harming everyone's gardens. While performing the operation, he presses the wrong switch and something goes terribly wrong, leaving them with a semi-intelligent rabbit who starts to behave like Wallace and who Wallace names "Hutch". Soon the town is threatened by the "Were-Rabbit", a giant monster which eats vegetables of any size. Anti-Pesto enters into a rivalry with Lord Victor Quartermaine to capture the Were-Rabbit — and to capture Lady Campanula Tottington's heart.
After a hectic nighttime chase, Gromit discovers that the Were-Rabbit is in fact Wallace, suffering from the effects of the accident with the mind manipulation-o-matic. Victor corners Wallace during the night, jealous of Lady Tottington's growing fondness for the eccentric inventor. But then Wallace falls into the path of moonlight, and transforms. Victor, having identified the rabbit, goes to Reverend Hedges, and gains access to 24-carrot (carat) gold bullets, which are the only thing that can kill a Were-Rabbit (or so the Reverend and Victor believe). The solid gold bullets are a parody of silver bullets needed to kill a werewolf.
During the final showdown, Victor and his dog Phillip capture Gromit, who subsequently escapes and decides to make the ultimate sacrifice by using the marrow he had been growing for the competition as bait for Wallace, who, in his rabbit form, bursts in upon the vegetable contest, causing a panic. Victor tries to shoot what is apparently the monster - but Gromit is one step ahead of him. The rampaging rabbit ascends the rooftops, holding a screaming Lady Tottington in his hand. Discovering it is Wallace, she tells him to run. Meanwhile, in a mid-air dogfight in toy airplanes, Phillip chases after Gromit. Gromit forces his foe out of the air in a fiery crash and explosion - but Phillip manages to hold on to Gromit's plane and the two grapple, before Phillip is dropped into a bouncy castle.
Atop Tottington Hall, Gromit's toy biplane circles Wallace, who clings onto the antennae of the top of the building for dear life. Victor fires a shot, but Wallace is saved when Gromit's plane falls into the path of the trophy improvised as a bullet by Victor. Gromit and Wallace high-five, for what, in a few seconds later, looks like the last time. The money in Gromit's biplane runs out. Wallace, loyal to a fault, jumps from the top, grabs the plane, holds it to his chest, and crashes into a tent below. Victor gloats, but is knocked unconscious by Lady Tottington with her giant carrot, known as carot de Chantenay. He falls into the tent too, where Wallace lies unconscious and seemingly dying of his injuries. Gromit dresses Victor up as the monster (a costume used earlier in the movie as a lure for the Were-Rabbit), and throws him into the midst of an angry mob. He is last seen running into the distance, with Phillip, his dog, chomping on his tail and the mob not far behind.
Gromit and Tottington tend to Wallace, who seconds later, breathes his last, and morphs back into his old self. Gromit, the rabbits, and Tottington are saddened by their loss, but Gromit is able to revive his chum with a slice of Stinking Bishop cheese. Gromit, for his bravery, is awarded the (now somewhat battered) competition trophy, and Lady Tottington turns Tottington Hall into a wildlife refuge, where all the rabbits, including Hutch, can live in peace.
[edit] New Characters
[edit] Lord Victor Quartermaine
Lord Victor Quartermaine is an upper-class bounder who is fond of hunting; he is rarely seen without his rifle and his hunting dog Philip. Hates Anti-Pesto. He wears a toupee and is voiced by Ralph Fiennes. He is the villain of the movie and is named after the infamous African hunter,Allan Quartermaine from H. Rider Haggard's famous novel,'King Solomon's Mines'. It soon becomes clear in the film that Victor's only interest in Lady Tottington is her vast fortune which he is eager to get his hands on.After Lady Tottington discovers that Victor knew that the were-rabbit was Wallace all along he reveals that all he wants is her money.This implies the theory that Victor is either impoverished or basically on the verge of drifting into insolvency but it is not confirmed.
[edit] Phillip
Phillip is Victor's hunting dog. Hates Anti-Pesto. He and Victor will do anything to stop the Were-Rabbit, although he is bright enough to know that the Were-Rabbit is beyond his hunting skills, and that Gromit, closer to his own size, is a better prospect as the target of premeditated violence.
[edit] Lady Campanula "Totty" Tottington
Lady Tottington is a wealthy forty-something single noblewoman with a keen interest in both vegetable growing and fluffy animals. For 500 years, her family has hosted an annual vegetable competition. Lady Tottington asks Wallace to call her "Totty", and develops a romantic interest in him. She is voiced by Helena Bonham Carter. In an earlier version of the story,Lady Tottington was married but her husband was away on business in Peru.The villain of the film would have been her spoiled and rather turgid only son,Tristram,who had a penchant for destroying her beloved vegetables, and a phobia of all things fluffy.
[edit] PC Albert Mackintosh
PC Mackintosh is the village policeman who judges the Giant Vegetable Contest, although, with the havoc it creates every year he would rather it didn't happen at all. He is played by the famous British comedian Peter Kay.
[edit] The Reverend Clement Hedges
Reverend Hedges is the local vicar. He has everything needed to kill the Were-Rabbit, having at one point been "attacked" by the beast. He is voiced by Nicholas Smith.He is the first person in the village to witness the were-rabbit and describes the full horror of his encounter with the beast,but Victor and the townspeople refuse to believe him.However when Victor discovers the true identity of the beast he turns to the vicar for advice on how to kill it.Reverand Hedges appears to have a wide range of knowledge on the habits and the slayings of supernatural animals and has a whole cupboard filled with the weapons to defeat them.He is also rather fond of nun wrestling and is shown to have a devious nature by trying to bribe the Lord into making his vegetables grow bigger and stronger so that he may win first prize in the Giant Vegetable Competition.
[edit] Mr. Reg and Mrs. Suzanne Mulch
Mr. and Mrs. Mulch are clients of Wallace and Gromit's Anti-Pesto. Mrs. Mulch has a constant fixation on her gigantic pumpkin. She is a much more prominent character than her husband - who talks little. Mrs. Mulch is voiced by Liz Smith.
[edit] Mr. Clive Growbag
Mr. Growbag is an elderly resident of Wallace and Gromit's neighbourhood. He constantly recalls memories of incidents from previous Vegetable Competitions - comparing them to what may happen to this one forecoming.
[edit] Hutch the Rabbit
Hutch is originally just another captive rabbit, Hutch receives special treatment, and his name, after an attempt to brainwash him and his fellows goes wrong. Hutch is voiced by Peter Sallis, the same person who voiced Wallace, though with his voice sped-up.
Wallace believes Hutch to be the Were-Rabbit, but soon it is revealed that it is in fact him. The Were-Rabbit exhibits a little of Wallace's physical appearance, and all of Wallace’s talents and personality-quirks (especially his love for cheese). However, he is simply following animal instincts that mimic a human, and lacks the ability to focus, prioritise, assess a situation or even the knowledge that he’s not actually Wallace. He does, however, prove to be a competent engineer, rewiring the damaged "Mind-Manipulation-O-Matic".
[edit] Release and acclaim
It was released in the United Kingdom, United States and Hong Kong on October 14, 2005 to almost universally rave reviews, including "A" ratings from Roger Ebert and Ty Burr. The DVD edition of the film was released on February 7, 2006 (USA) and February 20, 2006 (UK). On rottentomatoes.com the film won 2 Golden Tomato awards for "Best Wide Overall Release" and "Best Animation". The film received an outstanding 95% from the website.
The animated short The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper was shown before the film during the theatrical release. The short is included as a bonus feature on the Madagascar DVD.
[edit] Box Office
Wallace & Gromit opened in 3,645 theaters and had an opening weekend gross of $16,025,987, putting it at number one for that weekend.[1] During its second weekend it fell to number two, behind The Fog remake by just $200,000.[2] It remained number one worldwide for three weeks in a row.[3] Overall Wallace & Gromit made $56,110,897 in the US and $192,452,832 internationally. [4] Despite the big difference between the production budget and the overall gross, Dreamworks considered its returns low in comparison to Chicken Run, which made a slightly larger amount ($224,834,564) worldwide, but nearly twice as much ($106,834,564) within the United States. When it is factored in that Chicken Run also cost $15 million more to make, the overall profits for both films end up looking very similar. Nevertheless, it was reported on 3 October 2006[5] and confirmed on 30 January 2007[6] that the partnership between Dreamworks and Aardman has ended. Aardman have judged it successful enough for a new Wallace & Gromit film to be made.[7]
[edit] Cultural References
- The opening scene shows framed photos of Wallace and Gromit, one photo depicts Gromit graduating from "Dogwarts University", a play on Hogwarts School from the Harry Potter series. You can also see the orange rocket used in the Grand Day Out.
- PC Mackintosh is not named in the film, but it is heard in a deleted scene on the DVD release. The name PC Mackintosh is both a reference to Mackintosh raincoats, famously worn by Police Constables, as well as a pun on the two competing computers, a PC and a Mac. Furthermore, in a deleted scene found on the DVD version, PC Mackintosh whistles Run Rabbit Run while on duty. This song was written for Noel Gay's show 'The little Dog Laughed' which opened in October 1939, which could be a reference to Philip.
- The gnome statue's head turns to follow movement and his eyes blink like the spy statues in The Prisoner. The same gnome statue appears in Chicken Run.
- The song Gromit hears on the car radio is "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel. This is a reference to the rabbit-themed animated film Watership Down, which featured the song.
- An homage is made to Gerry Anderson's puppet series Thunderbirds. The eyes in the portraits of the Anti-Pesto clients flash just like those of the portraits of the International Rescue Team. The scene in which Wallace and Gromit are taken down to the anti-pesto van is also very similar to the way various members of International Rescue are taken to the various Thunderbird machines, and, as in A Close Shave, the pond in the front garden flips over to allow them to leave.
- The fridge is a Smug instead of a Smeg.
- Books in Wallace's collection include East of Edam, Fromage to Eternity[8], Waiting for Gouda, The Hunt For Red Leicester, How Green Was My Cheese, Brighton Roquefort, Grated Expectations, Swiss Cheese Family Robinson, and Brie Encounter.[9]
- Lord Victor Quartermaine is named after Allan Quatermain, the tweed-wearing, rifle-toting character in King Solomon's Mines and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. It also references the mispronuciation in the movie version.
- Wallace is shown reading a copy of Ay-Up! magazine. "Ay-up" is northern English slang for Hello.[10] The strapline "the magazine with its pulses on society"
- The way Wallace names Hutch mirrors the naming of Shaun the Sheep.
- When he is placing an electric blanket over his marrow, Gromit plays a 33 record of "The Plants Suite", which is actually "Venus" from Gustav Holst's The Planets orchestral suite. [11]
- The 45 rpm single in front of the above shows the record label as "P.E.A." It is Blue Suede Shoes by "Elvis Parsley".
- The locals activate garden ornaments which double as alarms for rabbit intruders. One of these is in the form of a turtle which appeared in a Heat Electric ad inspired by Creature Comforts, another Nick Park hit.
- The Vicar uses two cucumbers to form a cross against the Were-Rabbit, a subtle vegan homage to Peter Cushing's usage of two candlesticks in the 1958 Dracula movie. [12]
- When Gromit tries to make the giant lady-rabbit puppet "more alluring", the music called The Stripper, popular for use with "sexy-but-actually-comical-instead" routines (Monty Python for example), is played.
- A large carrot sign advertises "Harvey's" vegetable shop, a reference to the film Harvey, about a man who befriends an invisible giant rabbit.[13]
- There is a barber shop named A Close Shave, which commemorates the earlier Nick Park short.[14]
- Gromit tunes the car radio to a station playing "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel (of Watership Down fame). He promptly turns it off in disbelief by using the "mutt" button rather than a "mute" button.[15]
- A closed-down antiques shop has the sign of Rare Bits. Rarebit (pronounced like "rabbit") is slang for cheese on toast.[16]
- The drill Gromit uses to make Hutch's cage is a Botch instead of a Bosch.
- The relationship between Lady Tottington and Wallace references Lady Chatterley's Lover, in which an upper-class woman becomes romantically involved with her gamekeeper.
- When Wallace and Totty visit her garden, she says Victor is not interested in her "produce" while standing behind and caressing a pair of melons (Austin Powers style).
- Lady Tottington's nickname, "Totty", is a British slang word for a sexually alluring woman, but may nowadays be applied to men. Originally used to describe prostitutes in the 1800s[citation needed].
- Victor challenges Wallace to a boxing match under Queensberry rules, which would prohibit "rabbit punches."
- In one scene where Wallace transforms, his hand grows longer whilst his fingers grow shorter. This is a parody of An American Werewolf in London. Another jab at the movie is when the Were-Rabbit stalks the Vicar in the church, deliberately similar to a scene set in the London Underground.[17]
- When Wallace turns into the Were-Rabbit his clothes tear up in a way very similar to Bruce Banner turning into the Incredible Hulk.
- Reverend Hedges' book is "The Observer's Book of Monsters". Observer's Books are a series of pocket-sized hardback books popular with hobbyists and collectors, published in the UK by F. Warne since the 1930s and covering a wide range of subjects from Astronomy to Wild Plants. The author of Reverend Hedges' book is Claude Savagely, a pun on 'clawed savagely'.
- Monsters in Reverend Hedges' book have comical Latin names: for example, the Loch Ness Monster is "Touristus trapus".
- Werewolves are killed when they are shot with a silver bullet; the Were-Rabbit is correspondingly dispatched by a 24 "carrot" gold bullet.
- When Gromit tries to explain the truth about the Were-Rabbit Wallace says, "What's up, Dog?" whilst having rabbit ears and holding a carrot in an homage to Bugs Bunny.[18]
- Every phrase Hutch says is an exact quote of Wallace's, from one film or another, apart from the quote involving the cheese Monterey Jack, "Smashing Wensleydale" and "Lovely cheese, Gromit!".
- Gromit hides Hutch in a blue parka, which is similar to the one shown in Aardman Animations' crude humor series, Angry Kid
- At the Tottington Hall Fair, a hot dog stand has a sign that says Hot Dogs, and Cats and Burger. This is a reference to DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg.[19]
- After the Were-Rabbit grabs Lady Tottington, it stomps on a villager. The villager lets out a Wilhelm scream.
- In the confrontation scene in the observatory, Totty calls out,"Run, rabbit, run!" This is a line from the popular war-time song "Run Rabbit Run" (it is also the first line of the second verse of the song "Breathe" by Pink Floyd from the album Dark Side of the Moon). It may also be a reference to the famous line "Run, Forrest, Run!" from Forrest Gump.
- The dogs engage in an "aerial" dogfight with aeroplanes detached from one of the fête's rides. The ride happens to be called 'Dogfight'. The Roundel insignia is properly credited to the RAF in credits. Gromit's plane appears to be an RAF fighter.
- During the airplane dogfight, Philip is piloting a toy replica of the type of plane Manfred von Richthofen flew, complete with the red colouring.
- The aeroplane fight pays homage to both A Close Shave (where Gromit flies the motorbike's sidecar) and A Grand Day Out (when the aeroplane runs out of change, like the robot on the moon).
- While the Were-Rabbit is atop Tottington Hall, a hunk of stone falls toward the mob below, just as in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- When Victor fires the gun containing the Golden Carrot, he snarls: "Eat karat, bunny boy". This is followed by the were-rabbit looking worried. Gromit then comes flying over the wall. On the right-hand side of Gromit's scene is a rooftop, and in front of this is an urn. Penguin villain Feathers McGraw from The Wrong Trousers is shown standing in this urn.[20]
- Gromit's toy biplane circles Wallace (in rabbit form) as he clings to the antenna of Tottington Hall, which is an obvious reference to King Kong and the scene which he climbs to the top of the Empire State building (which has an antenna) and is fired upon by biplanes. Another reference is when Wallace (in rabbit form) picks up Lady Tottington, like when King Kong picked up Ann Darrow (Fay Wray).
- The movie avoids the cartoon cliché of using Limburger cheese by introducing Stinking Bishop cheese instead.
- The advertising posters for the film had to be changed for use on the Isle of Portland, off Dorset, as there is a local tradition there which regards mention of the word 'rabbit' to be taboo. To ensure the islanders were not offended, the signs were changed to read 'There's something bunny going on'.
- The plaque on the piano says "Harryhausen", a tribute to Ray Harryhausen, classic stop-motion animator. A Harryhausen piano also appears in Corpse Bride.
- Movie posters around town lampoon various movies with vegetable counterparts:
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- When Gromit lassos the Were-Rabbit, a poster is shown advertising a show featuring Bean Martin;
- another poster for a film says Spartichoke, a take-off of Spartacus.[21]
- Another poster seen about town advertises The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Bean, a take-off homage to the 1962 drama The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.[22]
- Another poster advertises Carrot on a Hot Tin Roof, a reference to the Tennessee Williams play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.[23]
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[edit] Trivia
- The film's initial release was two weeks after that of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, marking the first time that two stop-motion animated films were in simultaneous wide theatrical release. Both films feature the voice of Helena Bonham Carter in a lead role and a character named Victor.
- The car's licence plate says "HOP 2 IT". Early concept sketches had the plates read out "VERM1N"[24] and WALI1 (Wallace 1).[25]
- The Tottington family motto (Liber Stercus Pro Totus) translated, is Manure Liberates Us All. [26]
- Nick Park and Steve Box have quick cameos in the film as portraits of vicars on the Vicar's wall.[27]
- In the town meeting after the first strike of the Were-Rabbit, Totty has a Bible lectern behind her and a lamp above her head, giving her angel wings and a halo. Victor appears to have two devil horns via a parishioner's pitchfork. She is also standing in front of a stand churches have to hold hymn numbers. The only hymn number displayed on it is '13', very appropriate as many believe this to be unlucky, and the town had just received a whole night of vegetable carnage.
- Many of Lady Tottington's outfits make her look like a vegetable or flower.
- A poster on a brick wall advertises the concert of Carl Gherkins and Roy Aubergine (pun on rockabilly artists Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison)
- Totty defends Wallace by applying "pansy spray" to Victor. Victor then shouts "My eyes!" and whimpers in a girly fashion.
- The box Gromit holds up to cover the naked Wallace has a sticker saying "may contain nuts".
- During the rooftop chase, Victor is left hanging from a spire with his trousers down, at which point the Reverend exclaims "Beware the Moon!!", a reference both to classic werewolf movies but also the slang phrase "Mooning" used to describe exposing the buttocks in public.
- The end credits conclude with the customary "No animals were harmed during the making of..." message, and then one of the movie's rabbits accidentally hits his head against the message.
- This was the last DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by themselves. Paramount Pictures had rights to distribute Flushed Away.
- In the scene where Victor witnesses the Were-Rabbit transformation he exclaims: "What the Dickens?" This is a quote from Nick Park's other animated feature film, Chicken Run.
- The code which Gromit uses to enter his greenhouse is 8425.
[edit] Awards
The film has won a number of awards in both Britain and North America, the most significant of which are listed here.
[edit] Academy Awards
[edit] Annies
The film performed very well at the Annie Awards, an animation-specific award show, where out of 26 awards it was nominated for 16 - winning 10:
- Wins
- Best Animated Effects (for Jason Wen)
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Character Animation (for Claire Billet)
- Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production (for Nick Park)
- Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production (for Nick Park and Steve Box)
- Best Music in an Animated Feature Production (for Julian Nott)
- Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (for Phil Lewis)
- Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (for Bob Persichetti)
- Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Peter Sallis as the voice of Wallace.)
- Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production (for Steve Box, Nick Park and Mark Burton)
- Nominations
- for Best Character Animation (for Jay Grace)
- for Best Character Animation (for Christopher Sadler)
- for Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (for Michael Salter)
- for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Helena Bonham Carter as the voice of Lady Campanula Tottington.)
- for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Ralph Fiennes as the voice of Victor Quartermaine.)
- for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Nicholas Smith as the voice of Reverend Clement Hedges.)
[edit] Others
Elsewhere, the film won the following seven awards:
BFCA Awards | : | The 2005 "Best Animated Feature" award. |
DFWFCA Awards | : | The 2005 "Best Animated Feature" award. |
LAFCA Awards | : | The 2005 "Best Animated Film" award. |
OFCS Awards | : | The 2006 "Best Animated Feature" award. |
PGA Awards | : | The 2006 "Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award" (for Claire Jennings and Nick Park). |
SEFCA Awards | : | The 2005 "Best Animated Film" award. |
TFCA Awards | : | The 2005 "Best Animated Film" award. |
Bafta Awards | : | The 2006 Alexander Korda for "Outstanding Best British Film of the Year" award (celebrated on 21/2/2006 with a giant inflatable Gromit in Trafalgar Square!) |
The film failed to win the following three awards which it was nominated for:
Satellite Awards | : | The 2005 "Outstanding Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media" award. |
VES Awards | : | The 2006 "Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture" award (for Lloyd Price for "Gromit".)
(VES stands for Visual Effects Society) |
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards | : | The 2006 "Best Animated Film". |
Awards shown here are those detailed by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
[edit] DVD
February 7, 2006 |
[edit] References
All noted references marks come from the book "[[The Art of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]" by Andy Lane & Paul Simpson. ISBN 1-84576-215-0
- ^ The Numbers, Box Office for 10/7/2005 weekend.
- ^ The Numbers, Box Office for 10/14/2005 weekend.
- ^ The Numbers, Page for Wallace & Gromit.
- ^ Boxofficemojo, Page for Wallace & Gromit.
- ^ Splitsville for DreamWorks and Aardman?
- ^ Times On-line report
- ^ Yahoo News - Wallace & Gromit come back
- ^ The Art of Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit Pg. 52
- ^ The Art of Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit Pg. 130
- ^ The Art of Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit Pg. 124
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- ^ The Art of Wallace and Gromit C-urse of the Were-Rabbit Pg. 25
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- ^ The Art of Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit Pg. 94
- ^ The Art of Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit Pg. 9
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official UK site
- Official U.S. site
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit at the Internet Movie Database
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit at Rotten Tomatoes
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit at Metacritic
Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit series |
Short films: A Grand Day Out - The Wrong Trousers - A Close Shave | Feature film: Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
Video games: Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo - Curse of the Were-Rabbit |
Other adventures: Cracking Contraptions |
2001: Shrek • 2002: Spirited Away • 2003: Finding Nemo • 2004: The Incredibles • 2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit • 2006: Happy Feet |
Traditionally animated films (1998-2003) |
The Prince of Egypt (1998) • The Road to El Dorado (2000) • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) |
Stop-motion films (produced with Aardman Animations) (2000-2005) |
Chicken Run (2000) • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
Computer-animated films (1998-present) |
Antz (1998) • Shrek (2001) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Shark Tale (2004) • Madagascar (2005) • Over the Hedge (2006) • Flushed Away (2006) |
Future films |
Shrek the Third (2007) • Bee Movie (2007) • Kung Fu Panda (2008) • Madagascar 2: The Lost Island (2008) • Punk Farm (2009) • Shrek 4 (2010) • How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • Crood Awakening (TBA) |
Direct-to-video |
Joseph: King of Dreams (2000) |
Shorts |
The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005) Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer (2007) |
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