Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Short description
Wallace, an eccentric inventor with a fondness for cheese, and his dog Gromit run a pest-control business in their home town. Rather than killing the rabbits and other animals they remove from local gardens, they keep the creatures in cages, which leaves their house crowded and the business thriving just as the town prepares for its annual giant vegetable competition. Their success is interrupted when something large and hungry begins raiding the prized plots at night. Lady Tottington, who organises the contest, asks the pair to catch the culprit, while her suitor Victor Quartermaine has his own plans for dealing with the creature.
The film was directed by Nick Park and Steve Box, with Park, Box and Bob Baker writing the screenplay. It followed Park's Chicken Run and several short films featuring the same characters, among them A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave. Peter Sallis voices Wallace and Hutch, with Ralph Fiennes as Victor Quartermaine, Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Campanula Tottington, Peter Kay as PC Mackintosh, Nicholas Smith as Reverend Clement Hedges and Liz Smith as Mrs. Mulch.
Produced by Aardman and DreamWorks Animation on a budget of 30 million dollars, the film took 193 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 7.5/10 from 157,000 votes and on TMDB 7.1/10 from 3,181 votes, while a critics' rating stands at 8.1/10 from 182 reviews. The film runs 85 minutes.
What's left behind the scenes
- 250 people were involved in the making of the film.
- During the production of the animated film, a decision was made to largely abandon computer graphics. Nevertheless, approximately 700 frames still contain elements of digital processing.
- All of the backgrounds used in the animated film were hand-painted.
- The time spent producing the film was approximately five years.
- Each month of work, the filming crew used around 20 kg of glue.
- Wallace's truck model is called the Austin A35. Creating this model took 6 weeks.
- 2.84 tons of plasticine were used in the making of the animated film.
- The film was shot at an average rate of 3 seconds per day.
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