A Close Shave
Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film co-written and directed by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol and BBC Children's International. It is the third film featuring Wallace and Gromit, following A Grand Day Out (1989) and The Wrong Trousers (1993). In A Close Shave, Wallace and Gromit uncover a plot to rustle sheep by a sinister dog.
Plot
The inventor 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.
Awards
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| author | Nick Park |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation |
| director | Nick Park |
| editor | Helen Garrard |
| genre | animation comedy fantasy |
| keywords | arrest clean exonerate factory hide out load machine remote control rustle shaun shaun the sheep sheep rustling trap turn |
| musicBy | Julian Nott |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film |
| producer | Carla Shelley |
| productionCompany | Aardman Animations BBC Bristol |
| publisher | BBC Worldwide |
| theme | animated animated short short stop-motion animated |