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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

A stop-motion parody of classic monster films.

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The film is a stop-motion animated feature starring the cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his silent dog Gromit as pest controllers.[1] It was directed by Nick Park and Steve Box, and features voice performances by Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ralph Fiennes.[1] Nick Park and Steve Box, the film's directors, have described their work as the "first vegetarian horror film" in the world.[2]

Making and release

In March 2000, it was announced that Wallace and Gromit would star in their own feature film, which would have been Aardman's next project after The Tortoise and the Hare.[3] The film had its worldwide premiere in Sydney, Australia, on 4 September 2005.[4] A promotional tie-in with Burger King was made shortly before the film's release.[4] Market research caused the rejection of the original title Wallace & Gromit: The Great Vegetable Plot, leading to a name change.[5]

In theaters, the feature was paired with a short film featuring the penguins from the Madagascar series, titled The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper.[6] A re-release for the 20th anniversary took place in UK cinemas during April 2025.[7]

What the cited sources add

Paul Arendt of BBC News praised the film's "sheer good humour" and gave it five stars out of five. Empire magazine ranked the film 51st on their list of the 100 best British films in 2016.[1][8][9] O'Hara noted that Sallis was 85 years old when his lines for the film were recorded.[10] The Empire review stated the film "positively brims with ideas and energy" and includes references to Hammer horrors and The Incredible Hulk.[11] Peter Sallis's voice work was recognized by Helen O'Hara of Empire magazine, who placed it on a list called "The 50 Greatest Voice Performances in Movies".[9][10]

References

  1. Paul Arendt, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005)", BBC News, October 14, 2005. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
  2. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Persico, "The flesh and blood behind clay superstars", Seattle Times, 5 October 2005; Kewans, "Wallace and Gromit Take a Meeting", The New York Times, 11 September 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Wallace and Gromit's Hollywood date", BBC, 9 March 2000; "Aardman to make Wallace And Gromit movie", www.screendaily.com, 20 June 2000; "Aardman Halts Tortoise vs. Hare", uk.ign.com, 5 July 2001 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Burger King ad - Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)", YouTube; "Sydney premiere for Gromit movie", BBC News, 6 September 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Wallace & Gromit: The Great Vegetable Plot That Never Was", The Guardian, 26 October 2010; "Wallace, Gromit stage Net comeback", CNN.com, 15 October 2002 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Crump, "Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film", McFarland & Co, 2019, p. 179 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of The Were-Rabbit returning to UK cinemas", 19 March 2025 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paul Arendt, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005)", BBC News, October 14, 2005 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The 100 best British films", Empire; Hewitt, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit Review", empireonline.com, 13 October 2005; O'Hara, "The 50 Greatest Voice Performances In Movies", empireonline.com, 25 September 2014 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. O'Hara, "The 50 Greatest Voice Performances In Movies", empireonline.com, 25 September 2014. facts only, no text reused. empireonline.com
  11. "The 100 best British films", Empire. facts only, no text reused. empireonline.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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