The Wrong Trousers

1993 0h 30m EN

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 1,210

AnimationComedyFamily

Synopsis

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Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno trousers created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Peter Sallis
Wallace (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nick Park
Writers: Bob Baker, Nick Park
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 30-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Wallace & Gromit Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nick Park, shot by Dave Alex Riddett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Julian Nott. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Helen Garrard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0108598 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Nick Park directs. Dave Alex Riddett behind the camera. Julian Nott scores. Helen Garrard cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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1Tight 30-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
333 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4Part of the "Wallace & Gromit Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Nick Park, shot by Dave Alex Riddett. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Julian Nott. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Helen Garrard shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8IMDB entry: tt0108598 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 19 themes, including "robbery", "inventor", "diamond", "human animal relationship".
10Released under 28 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Dave Alex Riddett
Original score: Julian Nott
Editing: Helen Garrard
VFX supervisor: Peter Wignall
Runtime: 30 min · 0h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $832,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Awards

BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

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Part of

Wallace & Gromit Collection

An award-winning, British, stop-motion animated, series of short films following the comedic adventures of the eccentric, absent-minded, inventor Wallace and his loyal, anthropomorphic dog Gromit.

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Nick Park

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CinemaSerf2023-12-28
★ 8/10
Times are hard for "Wallace" and his engineering-minded dog "Gromit" so they take in a lodger. He's a penguin who settles in nicely over a bottle of red with "Wallace" but to whom "Gromit" takes an instant dislike. Indeed, their new guest knocks his nose so far out of joint that he packs his belongings and leaves. This is just what the penguin wanted - and soon he is adapting some old, remote-controlled, mechanised trousers in which to entrap poor "Wallace" so he can use him to carry out a daring heist. Luckily, "Gromit" didn't stray too far and when he hears his friend's distress calls he sets out to thwart whom we now know is the most wanted "Feathers McGraw". Inspired voice casting in Peter Sallis and some great detail in the stop-motion animation - especially some of the dog's facial expressions - work really well here to create a simple but quickly paced and engagingly scripted story that tugs on emotional heart-strings, makes us laugh and reminds us that polystyrene ceiling tiles were never a good idea. Hats off to Julian Nott too - that's a grand signature tune.
feathermcgrawlover2024-11-30
★ 10/10
Fantastic short . It introduced the greatest villain ever with Feather McGraw who rival Darth Vader . The animation is a improvement upon the last short and the finale of this short with the model train chase is the stuff of legend