Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of The Were Rabbit

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Oscar-nominated stars Helena Bonham-Carter and Ralph Fiennes will lend their voices to the first ever feature length Wallace And Gromit movie. The project, titled Curse Of The Wererabbit, will begin shooting in Bristol, England this week at Aardman Animations's studio. The movie sees the studio's popular characters Wallace and Gromit hunt down the mysterious beast which has been rampaging their village's prize marrows and potatoes just days before the giant vegetable growing contest. Helena will voice new character Lady Tottington, and Ralph will provide the sound for Lord Victor Quatermaine. Curse of the Wererabbit - with a budget in excess of $80 million - will take 18 months to make and is expected to be released in 2005.

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Upbeat reviews for new Gromit film



Upbeat reviews for new Gromit film

By Anita Kazmierczak

in Melbourne







The new feature film premiered in Sydney earlier this month

Wallace and Gromit's public debut on the silver screen, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, has opened in Australia to a warm reception.

Given that Wallace and Gromit live on West Wallaby Street, it is fitting that the world premiere was held down under.



The film was released here on Thursday local time, three weeks before it opens in the US and four weeks ahead of its UK launch.



Early reviews have all been excellent, with Paul Byrnes from The Age newspaper in Melbourne describing the film as, "a lot of fun and true to the original spirit".



It's good to see you can still produce stuff the old school way



Mel Dunstone, cinemagoer



"The film retains the hand-made care - right down to the visible fingerprints of the animators on the faces of the characters," adds Byrnes.



Cult ABC TV film reviewers, Margaret Pomeranz and David Strattan gave the film 4.5 and 4 stars (out of a possible 5) on their show this week.



"It is absolutely charming, but what I think is gorgeous is the creation of these characters" said Ms Pomeranz.



"Wallace is such a mad inventor - and Gromit is such a painstaking dog - he understands everything, he doesn't say a word and yet you understand exactly where he's at."





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In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, claymation inventor Wallace and his trusty dog Gromit battle to protect their community's vegetables from a marauding bunny.



Co-directed by Steve Box, the film features characters voiced by Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and comedian Peter Kay.





Creator Nick Park has won two Oscars for his claymation creations

Even though school holidays in Australia do not begin until next week, a lunchtime screening in Melbourne on Wednesday was packed with children, their teachers and parents.



The film did not disappoint either the young or older demographic and Nick Park's creation was met with gales of laughter.



Afterwards, Max, five, from Sydney, said he thought the film was "very funny".



Lisa, 13, from Melbourne, said she had grown up with Wallace and Gromit and the film "was magical and better than I could have imagined".



Nick Park fan and cinema-goer Mel Dunstone, from Adelaide, had been looking forward to the movie.



"It was good to finally see a full-length feature of Wallace and Gromit," she said.



"I think it's a nice change (to computer-animated featues) and it's good to see you can still produce stuff the old school way."

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Exclusive: New Wallace & Gromit Clip!

Source: DreamWorks Pictures September 15, 2005





Chicken Little creators Aardman are back with a big screen adaptation of the company's Oscar-winning clay-animated Wallace & Gromit shorts. DreamWorks Pictures will release the comedy adventure Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, directed by Nick Park and Steve Box, in theaters on October 7. Today, ComingSoon.net has an exclusive look at the funny new clip titled "The Bun-Vac 6000" and new pictures as well.



It's 'vege-mania' in cheese-loving Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his ever faithful dog Gromit's neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming, but Wallace & Gromit are finding out that running a "humane" pest control outfit has its drawbacks as their West Wallaby Street home fills to the brim with captive rabbits.



Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town's sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham-Carter), commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington's snobby suitor, Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes), who'd rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero - not to mention Lady Tottingon's hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor's real intent could have dire consequences for her…and our two heroes.



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'Wallace' tops boxoffice with $16.1 mil bow



By Nicole SperlingThere might have been something for everyone at the movies this Columbus Day weekend, but not even a G-rated film with beloved clay-animated characters could topple last year's impressive boxoffice grosses for the comparable frame.



DreamWorks Animation's release of "Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit" gave it its best shot, earning an estimated $16.1 million for the three-day frame. 20th Century Fox's "In Her Shoes" played solidly for a film that primarily drew a female audience with a roughly $10 million opening, and Sony Pictures' "The Gospel" scored brilliantly within its primarily black-female demographic.



But no film had the crossover ability to reach out to a wider audience beyond that for which it was intended.



DreamWorks' release of "Rabbit" beat industry tracking expectations for the weekend but still was unable to live up to its predecessor, the 2000 release of "Chicken Run," which bowed to an impressive $17.5 million in June of that year.

[Marky B]

I went to see Wallace & Gromit:Curse Of The Were Rabbit today and it was one of the funniest films I have ever seen. A very good story (unbelievable,I know),excellent characters on par with Ealing at its height,and with humour some of our sitcom writers could make notes from. Good clean,family fun,although I think children shouldn't be allowed to see it,so adults could watch it in peace. Even the opening credits is funny.



The animation though is beyond criticism. Gromit has more expression in his eyes than some real live actors have in their cv contents and I have nothing but admiration for the painstaking duration of the film's making (5 years). Also,it might be worth mentioning (unless someone more eagle eyed knows different) that I think the continuity is better than some live acting pictures.

Well done Nick and the gang - you must be in good pole position for Oscar night and the BAFTAS.

Ta Ta

Marky B

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I have that on dvd and it's definetely a treat for both kids and adult too I love it!

In it you get a laugh from start to finish,