A Grand Day Out
A Grand Day Out is a 1989 British stop-motion animated short film and the first installment in the Wallace & Gromit series. It was directed, animated and co-written by Nick Park at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield and Aardman Animations in Bristol. The film centres on good-natured yet eccentric inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his intelligent but mute pet dog, Gromit, who decide to build a rocket ship and make a trip to the moon in search of cheese.
Plot
While deciding on where to go on their bank holiday, the cheese-loving inventor Wallace (Peter Sallis) and his dog, Gromit, find their fridge empty. Reasoning that the moon is made of cheese, they build a rocket and fly up to the Moon. After landing, they set up a picnic and sample some of the moon's surface. They encounter a coin-operated robot; Wallace inserts a coin, but nothing happens. After he and Gromit leave, the robot comes to life and gathers the dirty plates left at the picnic spot.
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| author | Nick Park |
|---|---|
| award | BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation |
| contentLocation | Moon |
| director | Nick Park |
| editor | Rob Copeland |
| genre | adventure animation comedy fantasy science fiction |
| keywords | bank holiday gromit land nothing park return home rock set up ski the moon is made of cheese to the moon twist wallace |
| musicBy | Julian Nott |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film |
| producer | Rob Copeland |
| productionCompany | Aardman Animations National Film and Television School |
| publisher | Channel 4 |
| theme | animated animated short buddy comedy children's independent short stop-motion animated |