Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Director:

Nick Park

Writers:

Nick Park (writer) and
Bob Baker (writer) ...

Release Date:

29 September 1994 (Germany)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Crime | Family

Plot:

Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.

Plot Keywords:

Penguin | Trousers | Robbery | Lodger | Inventor

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 9 wins

Cast

Peter Sallis

...

Wallace (voice)

Also Known As:

The Wrong Trousers (UK) (short title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:S | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Australia:G | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | UK:U | USA:Unrated

Company:

Aardman Animations

Trivia:

The puma/jaguar from Creature Comforts (1989) is visible in the museum.

Goofs:

Continuity: Gromit suddenly gains a watch on his right arm, when looking at the calendar, it's not seen before or afterwards.

Quotes:

Wallace: It's the wrong trousers Gromit, and they've gone wrong!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Diabolik (#11.13)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Happy Talk

Claymation Spectacular

A prodigy of animation, "The Wrong Trousers" won the Oscar for best animated short. Nick Park is at fine shape here, as he displays not only the skill of his craft but also a narrative coherence and care that nearly overpasses the artistic talent. It's the advantage of stop-motion animation: each shot is carefully studied and considered, and the story moves forward having Gromit the dog as the main character, and he succeeds all the way in convincing us of his "acting skills", even though he doesn't say one word or make one sound. The film has a great plot: Wallace and Gromit are forced to let a room, and a grim penguin applies for it. Soon, the intruder takes over the house and replaces Gromit as Wallace's best friend. But there is more than meets the eye, and the rest of the story is too good to be spoiled. Constructing suspense to the very end, with hair-raising sequences until the last spectacular showdown and applying all the formulae that make a god movie, this is animation on the top of its game, and a great opportunity to see just how much you can raise the bar on claymation short features. Talent has never been so evident.