Movie Description Eccentric inventor Wallace has created a device that transports him out of his bed, dresses him, and prepares his breakfast. One morning, however, his machine plops him in the "wrong trousers," a pair of mechanized pants, which take him on a wild ride. Meanwhile, the domestic bliss of Wallace and his faithful dog, Gromit, is shattered when a mysterious penguin leases a room in their home. Is the penguin that Wallace has taken into their household a criminal mastermind or is Gromit just jealous of the attention Wallace has been lavishing on their new boarder? The answer is revealed in a thrilling climax that raises the bar for action in the medium of stop-motion animation.
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Notes The film’s budget of about 650,000 pounds was over 50 times the budget of A GRAND DAY OUT.
Nick Park did most of the animation for Wallace and Gromit, while Steve Box did much of the animation for the penguin. Park has said that during prodution of the film, Box’s movements began to resemble the penguin's motions.
Park has admitted that he likes to wiggle his fingers just like Wallace does.
The perspiration from the penguin’s brow is actually glycerine or perspex slowly blown across a clear glass in front of the model.
Wide-angle lenses are generally not used by stop-motion animators, because that would mean that the camera would have to be placed close to the set, giving the animator little room to maneuver in between shots. Park deliberately built some of the sets with the characteristic distortion of wide-angle lenses to simulate their use.
The city museum’s artworks--Picasso’s "Les Mademoiselles D’Avignon" and the Egyptian sarcophagus, for instance--have bulbous noses just like Wallace.
"They’re techno trousers, ex-NASA...fantastic for walkies!"--Wallace presenting his gift to Gromit
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