 Chicken Run 2000  G, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park
Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, Imelda Staunton, Benjamin Whitrow, Tony Haygarth, Timothy Spall, Phil Daniels
Kids as well as adults will enjoy this romp through a Yorkshire, England, chicken farm in which the romantic duo–Rocky the Rooster (Mel Gibson) and Ginger (Julia Sawalha)–plot a great escape when the farm's evil owners (Miranda Richardson and Tony Haygarth) decide to turn from egg farming to the chicken pot pie trade. A very good spoof on "The Great Escape" that is bound to be a claymation classic.
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 A Close Shave 1995  N/R, 30 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave
Director: Nick Park
Cast: Peter Sallis, Anne Reid
This Academy Award winning stop-action animated film is the fourth entry starring Wallace and Gromit. This time Wallace is romantically interested in the beautiful Wendolene who, in turn, sets up Wallace as the foil for her sheep-rustling plot.
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 A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit 1992  N/R, 23 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Nick Park
Cast: Peter Sallis
In this delightful animated short film, Wallace and Gromit discover their larder of cheese is empty. The solution–of course!–is a trip to the Moon, which we all know is made of cheese.
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Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Nick Park, Steve Box
Cast: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Nicholas Smith, Liz Smith, John Thomson, Mark Gatiss, Vincent Ebrahim, Geraldine McEwan, Edward Kelsey, Dicken Ashworth
It is just two days before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition in Wallace (voice of Peter Sallis) and his wise dog Gromit's (who doesn't speak) neighborhood, and their "Anti-Pesto" vermin removal business is booming. They have a basement filled with bunnies captured from neighbors' gardens. But, a big problem looms when a giant Were-Rabbit appears on the scene and is gobbling up the vegetable gardens. Is Wallace up to the task? An Academy Award was received for Best Animated Feature.
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 Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers 1993 N/R, 30 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: The Wrong Trousers
Director: Nick Park
Cast: Peter Sallis
In this winner of the Academy Award for Short Animated Film, Wallace (voice of Peter Sallis) and Gromit foil an evil robbery plot being perpetrated by a penguin. This is enjoyable fare for young and old.
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Wallace and Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation 1996 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Nick Park
This animated movie includes a collection of short films. Topping the list are Academy Award winners "A Close Shave" (1995) and "Creature Comforts." (1989). This is a must-see for the entire family.
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| 1. Chicken Run (2000)
2. A Close Shave (1995)
aka: Wallace & Gromit in A Close Shave
3. A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit (1992)
4. Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
5. Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)
aka: The Wrong Trousers
6. Wallace and Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (1996)
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