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A Close Shave is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Nick Park released in USA on 10 april 1996 with Peter Sallis

A Close Shave (1996)

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A Close Shave is a 1995 stop motion animated short film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit. It was his third half-hour short featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but intelligent dog Gromit, following 1989's A Grand Day Out, and 1993's The Wrong Trousers.
To celebrate the film's premiere on 24 December 1995, BBC Two's Christmas presentation that year (broadcast from 17 to 22 December) featured Wallace and Gromit. The main ident featured the two (Wallace wears a red crown and Gromit wears a green crown) eating Christmas dinner, with a large blue 2 (the channel's logo) situated in the middle of the table, covered with flashing Christmas lights. Several Christmas themed stings also involving Wallace, Gromit, and the 2 were shown between programmes. The animation of these idents appeared slightly different from other Wallace and Gromit shorts.

Following in the footsteps of its predecessor The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1996.

Synopsis

Wallace et Gromit, devenus laveurs de carreaux de vitres et de fenêtres, rencontrent Gwendoline Culdebelier, une vendeuse de pelotes de laine. Celle-ci est accompagnée en permanence par un chien d'aspect féroce, Preston. Pendant ce temps, dans la région, les vols de moutons se multiplient. Gromit, accusé à tort, tentera de prouver son innocence...

Actors

Peter Sallis

(Wallace (voice))
Anne Reid

(Wendolene (voice))
Peter Hawkins

(Gromit (voice))
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