Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection [4 Discs] [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Millions of fans agree - no one makes animated mayhem like crackpot inventor Wallace and his faithful dog, Gromit. Join the Oscarr- winning sensations for four madcap adventures in their cheesiest, breeziest and funniest collection yet! Hang on for an out-of-this-world ride as Wallace's mad craving for cheese leads to a space rocket adventure in A GRAND DAY OUT. In THE WRONG TROUSERS, Gromit smells something fishy after a penguin moves in and plots to make off with Wallace's Techno-Trousers. Then it's time for A CLOSE SHAVE as Wallace & GromitT get wrapped up in a sheep-rustling scheme. Finally, trouble rises after Wallace & Gromit start a bread-baking business and are ensnared in a murder mystery that becomes.A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH!

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: PCM 5.1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (Alternate Wide Screen)
• Features:
  • A Grand Day out:
  • Nick Park audio commentary
  • "Amazing adventures of Wallace & Gromit" featurette
  • The Wrong Trousers:
  • Nick Park commentary
  • "Inside the Wrong Trousers" featurette
  • A Matter of Loaf and Death:
  • "How they Donut"
  • The making of Matter of Loaf and Death
  • Audio commentary with Nick Park (director) and David McCormick (editor)
  • "Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures" video game demo
  • Bonus episode: Shaun the Sheep "Off the Baa!"
  • 10 cracking contraptions Wallace & Gromit Scrapbook (with blueprints of their inventions and photo gallery)

AWARDS

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

•     Won Best Animated Short - 1995 (Nick Park)
•     Won Best Animated Short - 1993 (Nick Park)
•     Nominated Best Animated Short - 2009 (Nick Park)
•     Nominated Best Animated Short - 1990 (Nick Park)

• British Academy of Film and Television Arts

•     Nominated Best Animated Short - 2008

• Seattle International Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2009

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Peter Sallis - Wallace

• Director:

  Nick Park

• Producer:

  Colin Rose, Michael Rose, Steve Pegram

• Screenwriter:

  Nick Park, Bob Baker

• Cinematographer:

  Nick Park, Dave Alex Riddett

• Composer (Music Score):

  Julian Nott

• Editor:

  David Mc Cormick

• Production Designer:

  Phil Lewis

• Executive Producer:

  Peter Simon, Colin Rose, David Sproxton

• Animator:

  Nick Park

• Camera Operator:

  Sam Jones

REVIEW:

• The first of the Wallace and Gromit series of stop-motion short films took the animation world by storm in 1990, and it's easy to see why. Creator and director Nick Park's signature style -- well-defined teeth, expressive brows, and wry, well-timed humor -- combined with the antics of the easygoing Wallace and his slightly more perceptive dog, Gromit, made for an instant hit with animation aficionados. It took Park six years to create A Grand Day Out, five of which were spent working on his own before being discovered by Bristol, U.K.-based Aardman Animations. As such, the level of technical proficiency is a little uneven, though still remarkable. But ultimately it's the story that matters, and the characters and situations are charming enough to make the short's 23 minutes pass all too quickly. It's worth noting that this is the only one of Park's shorts that hasn't won an Oscar; the statue was taken that year by Creature Comforts, another one of his films. ~ Emru Townsend, Rovi