Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Director:

Nick Park

Writers:

Nick Park (writer) and
Bob Baker (writer) ...
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Release Date:

29 September 1994 (Germany)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Crime | Family

Plot:

Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.

Plot Keywords:

Penguin | Trousers | Robbery | Lodger | Inventor

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 9 wins

Cast

Peter Sallis

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Wallace (voice)

Directed by
Nick Park

Writing credits
Nick Park		(writer) and
Bob Baker		(writer)
Brian Sibley		additional screenplay

Produced by
Peter Lord	....	executive producer
Christopher Moll	....	producer
Colin Rose	....	executive producer
Colin Rose	....	producer: BBC
Peter Salmon	....	executive producer
Peter Salmon	....	producer: BBC
Peter Simon	....	executive producer
David Sproxton	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Julian Nott

Cinematography by
Tristan Oliver

Film Editing by
Helen Garrard

Art Direction by
Yvonne Fox

Production Management
Peter Thornton	....	production manager

Art Department
Geoff Bevins	....	characters and props
Trisha Budd	....	characters and props
Tim Farrington	....	scenic artist
Richard Higgs	....	graphic designer
Phil Lewis	....	assistant art director: sets
John Parsons	....	characters and props
Jan Sanger	....	characters and props
Ian Whitlock	....	assistant art director: props
John Wright	....	characters and props

Sound Department
Harvey Lilley	....	dialogue dubbing editor
Bill Morgan	....	sound effects recordist
Chris Nuttall	....	post-sound assistant
Adrian Rhodes	....	dubbing editor
Aad Wirtz	....	dubbing mixer
Garry Fiferman	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Zachary Bloom	....	scanning and recording: Framestore
Craig Chandler	....	optical effects
Peter Wignall	....	optical effects supervisor
Tony Willis	....	effects cameraman (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Tristan Oliver	....	photographer
Dave Alex Riddett	....	photographer

Animation Department
Steve Box	....	animator
Tom Gasek	....	additional animator
Arril Johnson	....	additional animator
Peter Lord	....	additional animator
Nick Park	....	animator
Peter Thornton	....	additional animator

Editorial Department
Tamsin Parry	....	trainee assistant editor
Tasmin Parry	....	trainee assistant film editor
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Nic Raine	....	orchestrator
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer

Other crew
Jason Marshall	....	production assistant
Brian Sibley	....	additional writing contributor

Production Companies

• Aardman Animations
• BBC Bristol (in association with)
• BBC Lionheart Television
• Children's BBC International
• Wallace & Gromit

Distributors

• Alta Films (Spain)
• BBC Bristol (1993) (UK) (TV)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1993) (UK) (TV)

Also Known As:

The Wrong Trousers (UK) (short title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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

Company:

Aardman Animations

Trivia:

When Gromit is reading the newspaper at the café, one of the headlines is "Dog Reads Paper".

Goofs:

Continuity: When the penguin uses the remote to get Wallace out of bed, the sheets are all crumpled up, but in the next shot they're neatly spread over the bed again.

Quotes:

Wallace: Ah, well, it's no use prevaricating about the bush...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Zomergasten: (#20.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

How Much is that Doggie in the Window

The short that proves one shouldn't let one's spare room to unfamiliar penguins without excellent references!

This marvelous short won the Academy Award and is the best of the series, though all so far have been delightful! The praise heaped on Wallace and Gromit has been vast and well-deserved, so my additions are gilding the lily, but I'll still say something. The Wrong Trousers is funny, sad, insightful and just plain mad, frequently all at once. If there's any justice, they will remain in print in perpetuity. Most recommended.