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The action plays out on the Meta Quest all-in-one headset*, and the project is a co-production between Aardman, Atlas V, No Ghost and Albyon. The Grand Getaway is a fully self-contained, single player game, and all interactions are with the characters of the storyworld only. Gromit! It has been 25 years". The Daily Telegraph. 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014 . Retrieved 15 August 2015. The short debuted on 4 November 1989, at an animation festival at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol. [5] [6] [7] [8] It was first broadcast on 24 December 1990, Christmas Eve, on Channel 4. [9] [10] A Grand Day Out is followed in the series by 1993's The Wrong Trousers, 1995's A Close Shave, 2005's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and 2008's A Matter of Loaf and Death. The short debuted on 4 November 1989 at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, UK, and debuted in the United States on 18 May 1990. It was also shown on Channel 4 on 24 December 1990 in the UK.
By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions. The short won the first BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation awarded in 1990, beating out Park's other nominated short, Creature Comforts. Park wanted Wallace to have a Lancastrian accent like his own, but Sallis could only do a Yorkshire voice. Inspired by how Sallis drew out the word "cheese", Park chose to give Wallace large cheeks. When Park called Sallis six years later to explain he had completed his film, Sallis swore in surprise. [11] Lionsgate Home Entertainment later released it on Blu-ray for the first time, under the release's name Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Collection, on 22 September 2009 in time for the 20th anniversary of the franchise. [15] Release [ edit ] Andrew Holly, director of Exclusive Ballooning, set his sights on building a hot air balloon for the charity after his daughter was treated at Bristol Children’s Hospital in 2018. He explained:Everything you need is provided in the kit – simply follow the instructions: press out the pre-cut parts, build, play and display. There’s no glue, no mess, no fuss! In the basement, there is a sled that says Rosebud on it. This is a reference to a scene in “Citizen Kane”. A Grand Day Out". Wallace & Gromit. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008 . Retrieved 22 August 2015. A Grand Day Out was finally finished and transmitted on Channel 4 on Christmas Eve, 1990 - 6 years after production began! Midgley, Neil (26 November 2010). "Christmas telly is a reassuring British tradition". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 25 November 2014.
The original story was that Wallace and Gromit were going to go to the Moon and there were going to be a whole lot of characters there. One of them was a parking meter attendant, which was the only one that remained— the robot cooker character— but there were going to be aliens, and all sorts. There was going to be a McDonald's on the Moon, and it was going to be like a spoof of Star Wars. Peter Sallis reportedly owned a Wallace head from this production it's unknown whatever happened to it after he passed away in 2017.
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Manger, Warren (5 June 2017). "Peter Sallis dead aged 96 after decades as Clegg in Last of the Summer Wine and unlikely Hollywood success with Wallace & Gromit". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017 . Retrieved 18 August 2019. Martins, Holly (September 2000). "13th BBC British Short Film Festival". Netribution. Archived from the original on 29 July 2001 . Retrieved 15 August 2015. A Grand Day Out With Wallace and Gromit". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014 . Retrieved 7 October 2021. a b Farndale, Nigel (18 December 2008). "Wallace and Gromit: one man and his dog". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 18 December 2008.
The Creators had Wallace say "Wensleydale" as it made his face look nice & toothy. They were unaware that the real Wensleydale Cheese Factory was going to declare bankruptcy. Because of the film's success, cheese sales went higher than ever and saved this factory. The short film was released on VHS in the 1990s by BBC Video. It was also reissued as a DreamWorks Pictures release along with The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave in the Wallace and Gromit in 3 Amazing Adventures DVD on 20 September 20 2005 by DreamWorks Home Entertainment. In the United States, it was released on DVD on 10 February 2009 by Lionsgate Home Entertainment and HIT Entertainment. In the United Kingdom, it was again released on DVD in the 2000s. Media Monkey (4 November 2009). "Wallace and Gromit's 20th birthday present from Google Doodle". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014 . Retrieved 15 August 2015. Park unveiled Wallace and Gromit to an unsuspecting public on this day in 1989 at an animation festival at the Arnolfini gallery in Bristol. The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, as well as their entry. Any personal data relating to the winner, or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current [UK] data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent. Whilst in the hospital overnight, I was inspired by the fantastic balloon mural that adorns the corridors and I realised we could really help The Grand Appeal raise some serious funds. The charity does such crucial work valued by so many people at difficult times, it was a no brainer. We decided we would privately sponsor the balloon in full and it was built in complete secrecy.Ben Whitehead, who has been voicing Wallace since Peter Sallis' retirement, will play the part of Wallace in this adventure and other forthcoming projects. We're delighted that Ben will uphold Peter's legacy by bringing Wallace's unique charm to an exciting new chapter in the Wallace and Gromit story.
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