A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film produced by Aardman Animations. Directed by Nick Park and written by Park and Bob Baker, it is the fourth installment in the Wallace & Gromit series, following A Grand Day Out (1989) and The Wrong Trousers (1993). In the film, Wallace (Peter Sallis) and Gromit foil a sheep rustling operation operated by a sinister dog, Preston. Anne Reid also lends her voice to the film as Wendoline Ramsbottom.

Plot

Wallace and his dog, Gromit, operate a window cleaning business. Wallace falls for the wool shopkeeper Wendolene Ramsbottom. Her sinister dog, Preston, rustles sheep to supply the shop. After a lost sheep wanders into the house, Wallace places him in his Knit-o-Matic, which shears sheep and knits the wool into jumpers. Wallace names the sheep Shaun.

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