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Wallace & Gromit - A Close Shave
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780790755946
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0790755947
Label: BBC Warner
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Release Date: July 10, 2000
Running Time: 30 minutes
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: October 15, 1996
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Editorial Review:
Hot from the international triumph of The Wrong Trousers, clay animator Nick Park knew that his third Wallace & Gromit film was going to have to be the biggest and best adventure yet for the mild-mannered inventor Wallace and his perceptive pooch Gromit. With the ambitiously zany plot of A Close Shave, Park and his fellow animators rose to the occasion and their film won the 1995 Academy Award (Park's second Oscar) for Best Animated Short. This time out, Wallace & Gromit have teamed up to provide a window-washing service, and that's how Wallace meets the lovely Wendolene Ramsbottom, a wool-shop owner whose malevolent dog Preston turns out to be the mastermind of a sheep-napping scheme! Of course, no Wallace & Gromit adventure can be without a grandiose gadget, so Wallace's latest invention is the Knit-O-Matic, a yarn-making machine capable of shearing a whole flock of sheep just a bit too efficiently! When the villainous Preston gains control of the mechanical knitting marvel, Gromit must race to the rescue, and A Close Shave reaches new heights of clay-animation mastery. Every shot is a testament to Nick Park's patience, his clever ingenuity, and his filmmaking flair. The movie's so technically impressive, in fact, that the whole world wondered where Park could go next. It was clear that Wallace & Gromit would eventually star in an animated feature-length movie, since this marvelous 30-minute film represents its own kind of short-form perfection. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Number One by a close shave
This is my favorite Wallace and Gromit adventure, by a close shave over The Wrong Trousers. The characters have more depth, the plot is more complex, there's more dialogue, and Gromit is more emotionally involved and endearing. I think this third installment in the trilogy established Nick Park's brilliance, which led to his ongoing success in feature films.
Rating: - Not as good as the other two, but still worth 5 stars!
A Close Shave wasn't quite as good as the other two, but it's still a great video. In this one, Wallace & Gromit have a new window washing service. One day, they are called to wash windows and a store where Wallace meets Wendolene, the owner of the shop. She is nice but her evil dog, Preston, is up to no good. He has planned to steal Wallace's latest invention, the Knit-O-Matic and use it to make sheep into dog food. Find out how Wallace & Gromit stop at nothing to prevent Preston from taking ... Read More
Rating:  - Still good
This is the third of Nick Park's incredible Wallace and Gromit series. It's certainly the most complex. There are lots more characters (including one with a speaking part), lots more cartoony gadgetry, and a great chase scence. That involves a truck, motorcycle, airplane, and flock of sheep - good stuff.
For all that, "A Close Shave" really isn't my favorite in the W&G trilogy. The love interest was a bit forced, for one thing, and the plot had a slightly serious tone that just didn't work ... Read More
Rating: - Family entertainment like it used to be!
Good clean entertainment that does not rely on double entendres to keep the adults entertained.
This really is entertaining for all ages, and that is a great achievement.
The characters are cute without being sickly sweet and the story is well paced and heartwarming.
This video sold a million toys and boosted sales of cheese (!). Give it a go - you will not be disappointed.
Rating: - Far-out for anyone!
I first saw this Wallace and Gromit film when it was run on Cartoon Network. I loved it and I had to watch it again so I rented it and liked it even more the second time around! And now I bought it! In the film, news gets around town that there's mysterious sheep rustling going about, and it really gets suspicious when Wallace, the polite inventor and his faithful pet dog Gromit are hired to clean the windows of a wool shop. On that day, Wallace becomes hopelessly infatuated with shop owner Wendolene. ... Read More
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