This was done way back in 1995, with several christmas themed idents for bbc 2. I couldnt be prouder of cracking contraptions, which. Cracking contraptions that you may want to have a look at. Its just a short trip to the shops but it can become a daily chore when you have all that cheese to carry home. A matter of loaf and death piella bakewell wallace and gromit. The right trousers, a liveaction parody from the lenny henry christmas show back in 1995, is full of this, most notably with wallace and gromit s faces. Bbc news entertainment wallace and gromits cracking careers. Have you seen our fantastic new competition to win a copy of the complete cracking contraptions manual from haynes. The series stars shaun a sheep previously featured in the 1995 short film a close shave and in the shopper short film from the 2002 wallace and gromit s cracking contraptions series and his madcap adventures around a small farm as the leader of his flock. Cracking contraptions is a group of ten shorts starring wallace and gromit.
Frustrated at the ease with which gromit blocks every shot, wallace activates his preston north end soccamatic, a machine that kicks dozens of balls toward the goal. He is best known for his work in the wallace and gromit films, including the 2005 feature film the curse of the wererabbit nott studied music and politics and economics at oxford university, before attending the british national film and television school. Plot it is almost christmas and wallace tries working on his christmas cardomatic by taking pictures of gromit in a giant robin costume. The series was produced and released in 2002 by aardman animations. Nick park and the crew have made this the same style as the shorts and the feature film. Wallace is totally oblivious to the view outside, as he gets gromit to dress as a robin. And in 2002 they are come to our tv screens with wallace and gromit s cracking contraptions.
Aardman animations first film featuring wallace and gromit is a grand day out 1989. Christmas cardomatic was viewable free in december 2003. I traced these myself, from screen captures, for use with a year 4 class, for them to annotate and label, for use with writing explanation texts. Wallace and gromit try out a number of their latest inventions which rarely work as planned. Cracking contraptions is a showcase of 10 short films about wallaces. Wallace and gromit have enjoyed a colourful, fascinating history, from their conception in nick parks student sketchbooks to becoming instantly recognisable stars of the silver screen. In this one, wallace and gromit are playing football with gromit blocking every single attempt at a goal from wallace. Each episode features one of wallaces new inventions and gromits skeptical reaction to it. Hes decided to make some tasteful christmas cards with the help of gromit, lots of glitter and his brand new cardmaking machine. The series was produced and released in 2003 by warner bros. What other cracking contraptions do wallace and gromit have. Wallace and gromits cracking contraptions infogalactic. England oscarwinning plasticine heroes wallace and gromit are staging a movie comeback on the. Wallace invents an array of contraptions to try and make life easier but its always gromit who picks up the pieces.
A look at some of wallace s laboursaving mechanical marvels. Wallace and gromit it awesome, and its even better than i remembered it in middle school early high school seeing it now in my college years. A christmas cardomatic cracking contraptions wallace and gromit. The series consists of four short films and one featurelength film, but has spawned numerous spinoffs and tv adaptations. After a close shave, wallace and gromits next major outing was in a set of 10 2. Revisit classic film moments and get to know a little more about nick park, creator of one of the bestloved duos in animation. Share your christmas themed contraptions with us below were looking forward to seeing what weird and wonderful ideas you come up with. Gromit may be a dab hand or paw at sculpting but wallace has his new. He has tan fur, brown ears, a black nose and no mouth. The series is now available free online on the aardman. He has set up a crudely built snowy landscape in the living room, and gromit dressed in a bird costume is reluctantly posing for the pictures. Wallace and gromit are oscar winning stars that are in 3 famous short films. Wallace and gromits cracking contraptions complete series with behind the scenes 2002.
To mark the showing of loaf and death, bbc 1 ran a number of speciallyfilmed wallace and gromit idents during christmas 2008. Or perhaps you might like to try the christmas cardomatic, an ingenious way to create a. Snowmanotron cracking contraptions wallace and gromit. Or perhaps you might like to try the christmas cardomatic, an ingenious way to create a very unique greetings card. The tellyscope is a short film in the cracking contraptions series. Hes decided to make some tasteful christmas cards with. Wallace and gromit cracking contraptions christmas. A close shave the birth of shaun the sheep wallace and gromit duration. Wallace has decided to save his legs by initiating a program of guided shopping trolleys to the supermarket.
The series centres on wallace, a goodnatured, eccentric, cheeseloving inventor, along with his. Each episode features one of wallace s new inventions and gromit s skeptical reaction to it. The wrong trousers auto play main menu play bonus features the wrong trousers audio commentary with nick park and his creative team cracking contraptions play all the autochef. Wallace helps gromit sweep up with the 525 crackervac. I thought it might have been gromit, you know, because sometimes hes a bit clumsy. A christmas cardomatic wallace and gromit wiki fandom. Wallace and gromit is a british stop motion clay animation comedy series created by nick park of aardman animations. Wallace and gromits cracking contraptions complete series with.
After wallace runs out of balls, gromit puts a suit on that expands through the entire goal post. Hes decided to make some tasteful christmas cards with the help of gromit. Gromit always remains silent, instead communicating only through means of facial expressions and body language. In this section we take you on a journey from those early days to the present, taking in the films we all know and love to littleknown trivia and interesting. He is known to be mute because he does not have his mouth,but in the scene with him tripping the doorstep in the wrong trousers, he does a high pitched squeak. Wallace has built a machine to make christmas cards, with a camera hooked up to take the pictures for them. But wouldnt you know it, the mutt walked in just as i was about to shout him. His machine works but the fake scene painted on the curtains does not match as well. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Wallace then brings out the soccamatic, which fires balls which go right through the goal and the fence. Factfile the cracking contraptions episodes were the first wallace and gromit adventures to premiere online, launching on the bbcs site and atomfilms in october 2002.
These appeared on the internet and were also released as a limited edition region 2 dvd. The film features the invention of the tellyscope, a new television remote control system. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Wallace and gromit wallace and gromit christmas cover video. The soccamatic the tellyscope the autochef the snowmanotron a christmas cardomatic the snoozatron the turbo diner the bullyproof. Wallace and gromit s contraptions always delight and fascinate me. United international pictures distributed the film in the united kingdom, and it was the last dreamworks animation film to be distributed by dreamworks pictures in the united states.
Wallace and gromit the complete collection import anglais. Wallace uses the christmas cardomatic to photograph gromit. But wallace is so carried away by the resulting masterpiece that he fails to notice the extraordinary scene unfolding in the garden. Its time for the annual west wallaby street snowman competition and this time wallace is determined to win. Wallace was originally voiced by veteran actor peter sallis, and later by ben whitehead.
All episodes 10 next wallace works on his christmas card making machine. I love these, they made me grin then laugh then scream with joy. Oct 15, 2002 its nearly christmas and wallace is getting into the festive spirit. A christmas cardomatic is a short film in the cracking contraptions series. Hes decided to make some tasteful christmas cards with the help of gromit, lots of glitter and the christmas cardomatic. The 525 crackervac pictured above from the cracking contraptions short of the same name is kinda freaky in appearance with its red eyes and snapping metal teeth. At wallace s right hand, as always, is the ever faithful and long suffering gromit.
To try activating his tv automatically without getting up and sharing with gromit a new contraption he invented. If you have any such fascination in you, this is just the ticket. Hes decided to make some, tasteful, christmas cards with the help of gromit, lots of glitter and his brand new cardmaking machine. The curse of the wererabbit is a 2005 stopmotion animated comedy film produced by aardman animations in partnership with dreamworks animation. Cracking contraptions wallace and gromit wiki fandom. Wallace then brings out the soccamatic, which fires balls which go right through the goal and the. Wallace and gromit s cracking contraptions is a series of ten wallace and gromit stop motion animations varying in length from 1 to 3 minutes. It is almost christmas and wallace tries working on his christmas cardomatic by taking pictures of gromit. Wallace and gromit cracking contraptions 07 a christmas cardomatic. Wallace works on his christmas card making machine. Wallace and gromit wiki is a fandom movies community. Bbc three wallace and gromits cracking contraptions.
Oct 15, 2011 wallace and gromit s cracking contraptions ardman is a short animation ideal for use in literacy as an explanation text, talk for writing and scaffolding writing, story board, ks1 lower ks2, sen, powerpoint of film screen shots. The autochef is only the third speaking part in the whole wallace and gromit tv shorts the others are wallace and wendolene, of course. Oct 15, 2002 free movies and tv shows you can watch now. Wallace is totally oblivious to the view outside, as he gets gromit. But why bother cooking yourself when you have an autochef, the combined cooker and waiter on wheels. Julian nott born august 23, 1960 is a british film composer. Wallace and gromit head to the local football field for a bit of practice, with wallace shooting and gromit playing goalie.
This series of four short animated films and one fulllength movie all done using oldfashioned stopmotion animation is about a kindhearted but. Wallace, in his true inventive style, brings christmas to west wallaby street all at the click of a button. Cracking contraptions, was released for the pc around circa 1995, containing mini games based on the three animated shorts as well as brief video clips, wallpapers, screen savers, and sounds that could be assigned as system sounds. The film features the invention of the christmas cardomatic which creates custom christmas cards. Shaun the sheep is a british stopmotion animated television series spinoff of the wallace and gromit franchise. A guide to a christmas cardomatic, episode 3 from series 1 of wallace and gromits cracking contraptions. Remind yourself of all the weird and wonderful inventions wallace and gromit have come up with over the years by checking into our cracking contraptions playlist on youtube. Its nearly christmas and wallace is getting into the festive spirit. The cracking contraptions episodes were the first wallace and gromit adventures to premiere online, launching on the bbcs site and atomfilms in october 2002. Cracking contraptions stuff to complement film teaching. There is also a collection of little short films on various inventions wallace made called. A matter of loaf and death bakers dozen wallace and gromit.
Cracking contraptions aardman wiki fandom powered by wikia. This time, the cheeseloving wallace and his canine chum have. A collection of clips from oscar winning studio aardman animations and director nick parks wordl famous, wallace and gromit, series. An inveterate inventor, wallace creates elaborate contraptions that often do not work as intended. Dec 01, 2010 wallace and gromit s contraptions always delight and fascinate me. His house is full of labour saving gadgets and gizmos, though they dont always go to plan. Wallace and gromits cracking contraptions wikipedia. Joules festive products decorate the living room and theres no escape for wallace s. One lucky winner will receive a cracking contraptions manual plus a wrong trousers card construction kit which hasnt even hit the shops yet. Treats including the shaun the sheep movie and the farmers llamas are also being screened, alongside favourite movies such as flushed away and chicken run. Wallace and gromit cracking contraptions 07 a christmas. The first short film, a grand day out, was finished and made public in the year 1989. Oct 10, 2005 the wrong trousers earned wallace and gromit their first oscar and its success paved the way for the third instalment, a close shave, which was hotly anticipated when it came out in 1995. Share your christmas contraption ideas wallace and gromit.