A Close Shave
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 & Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol and BBC Children's International. It is the third film featuring Wallace & Gromit, following A Grand Day Out (1989) and The Wrong Trousers (1993). In the film, Wallace and Gromit foil a sheep rustling operation operated by a sinister dog, Preston.
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.
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 crime fantasy thriller |
| keywords | arrest clean exonerate factory hide out load machine rustle shaun shaun the sheep sheep rustling trap turn |
| musicBy | Julian Nott |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film |
| producer | Carla Shelley Michael Rose |
| productionCompany | Aardman Animations BBC Bristol BBC Children's International Wallace and Gromit Ltd. |
| publisher | BBC Worldwide |
| theme | animated animated short children's comedy thriller crime comedy short stop-motion animated |