A Grand Day Out
1989 short film directed by Nick Park
A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit, later marketed as Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out, is a 1989 British stop-motion animated short film directed and animated by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol. In the short film, Wallace and Gromit spend a bank holiday by building a homemade rocket to the Moon to sample cheese.
The short premiered on November 4 1989, at the Bristol Animation Festival at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol. It was first broadcast on December 24 1990, Christmas Eve, on Channel 4.
- Directed by Nick Park. Produced by Rob Copeland. Written by Nick Park and Steve Rushton.
Dialogue
edit- [first lines]
- Wallace: Eee, these bank holidays. It's a problem to decide. Tell you what, Gromit lad!
- [Gromit wakes up]
- Wallace: Let's have a nice hot cup of tea, hm? [walks out of the room] Kettle should have boiled by now.
- Wallace: No cheese, Gromit. Not a bit in the house.
- Wallace: Gromit, that's it! Cheese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!
- [Wallace looks at "Cheese Holidays" magazine]
- Wallace: [looking at the magazine] Now then, where were we? Places you find cheese. Lancashire, Cheddar, Wensleydale, Philadelphia, Tesco's...
- [The duo then look out window]
- Wallace: Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese...
- Wallace: 60 seconds to blast off! Oh! Unlock the doors!
- Wallace: No crackers, Gromit! We've forgotten the crackers!
- Wallace: Hold on, Gromit. Hold on.
- Wallace: GROOOMMMMIIITTT!
- Wallace: One for the album.
- Wallace: Adjust angle of thrust. Steady now. Easing up. Steady! Gentle does it.
- [Wallace is eating the moon]
- Wallace: I don't know, lad. It's like no cheese I've ever tasted. Let's try another spot.
- [The machine doesn't work]
- Wallace: [getting annoyed] Come on, stupid!
- [pulls off a part of the machine]
- Wallace: [slightly stunned] Oh!
- Wallace: [referring to "The Cooker"] Oh! Daylight robbery! They always nick your money, them flippin' machines. Come on, Gromit.
- Wallace: Emergency countdown. 10 second of counting. Huh?
- Wallace: Oh! Oh! The fuse! You forgot to light the fuse!
- Wallace: Set coordinates for 62 West Wallaby Street.
Taglines
edit- From the Oscar-winning creator of The Wrong Trousers.
- From the Oscar-winning creator of Creature Comforts.
- From the makers of Chicken Run.
Cast
edit- Peter Sallis as Wallace
