A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1989)

Director:

Nick Park

Writer:

Nick Park (written by)

Release Date:

21 December 1994 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an excellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese.

Plot Keywords:

Cheese | Wallace And Gromit | Moon | Vending Machine | Dog

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins

Cast

Peter Sallis

...

Wallace (voice)

Directed by
Nick Park

Writing credits
Nick Park		(written by)

Produced by
Rob Copeland	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Julian Nott

Cinematography by
Nick Park		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Rob Copeland

Sound Department
Danny Hambrook	....	sound editor
Danny Hambrook	....	sound effects
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound editor
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound effects

Visual Effects by
Andrew Davies	....	additional modelmaker
Michael Hort	....	additional modelmaker
Janet Sanger	....	additional modelmaker
Michael Wright	....	additional modelmaker

Camera and Electrical Department
Danny Boon	....	camera operator: rostrum camera
Jeremy Moorshead	....	camera operator: rostrum camera

Animation Department
Nick Park	....	animator

Other crew
Joan Ashworth	....	black and white dream sequence
Martin Greaves	....	black and white dream sequence (as Martin Greaves of 3 Peach Animation)
Soozy Mealing	....	production team
Andy Staveley	....	black and white dream sequence

Thanks
Peter Bath	....	thanks: Technicolor (as Peter Bath)
Chris Billing	....	thanks
Jeremy Clarke	....	thanks
Melanie Cole	....	special thanks
David Fine	....	thanks
Alan Gardner	....	special thanks (as Alan Gardner of Aardman Animations)
Andrea Gardner	....	thanks
Richard Goleszowski	....	special thanks
Glenn Hall	....	special thanks (as Glen Hall)
Stephen Lawrence	....	thanks
Darren Long	....	thanks
Peter Lord	....	special thanks
Lesley Manning	....	thanks
Sara Mullock	....	special thanks
Charles Patey	....	thanks
Steve Rushton	....	thanks (as Steven Rushton)
Alison Snowden	....	thanks
David Sproxton	....	special thanks
Roy Swift	....	thanks
Cliff Thorne	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Aardman Animations
• National Film and Television School (NFTS)

Distributors

• Channel 4 Television Corporation (1989) (UK) (TV)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1993) (UK) (TV)
• Castle Communications (1995) (Finland) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2001) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1994) (1995) (1997) (2000) (2006) (Finland) (TV) (TV2)

Other Companies

• Harbutts Plasticine  thanks
• Triad Negative Cutter  thanks (as Triad Neg Cutters)

Also Known As:

A Grand Day Out (UK) (short title)

Runtime:

23 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Spain:T | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Portugal:M/6 | USA:Unrated | UK:U

Company:

Aardman Animations

Trivia:

The creators made Wallace say "Wensleydale" because it made his face look nice and toothy. What they did not realize was that the cheese factory where Wensleydale cheese is made was on its last legs and was about to declare bankruptcy. Happily, this film's success brought the factory back from the brink.

Goofs:

Continuity: Wallace paints the same part of the rocket twice.

Quotes:

[Wallace and Gromit are on their spaceship, about to leave Earth]
Wallace: No crackers Gromit! We've forgotten the crackers!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Flushed Away (2006)

Great short with interesting concepts

This short was nominated for the Academy Award. It introduces us to Wallace and Gromit. Interestingly, the stars are less appealing than one of the supporting characters: the little whatever-it-is they run into on their jaunt to the moon for cheese. This little critter apparently wants to be Jean-Claude Killy when it grows up. The best parts of a very fine short are with this odd little entity, whatever it happens to be. Fine beginning to a great series that's gotten better as it goes along. Recommended to those few souls who haven't seen it yet.