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.
From the Oscar-winning creator of The Wrong Trousers. taglines

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[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, 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! Gently does it.

Wallace: Nice drop of tea to get the tastebuds going. [he drinks the cup]
Wallace: Plate.
[Gromit gives the plate to Wallace]
Wallace: Knife.
[Gromit gives the knife to Wallace]
Wallace: Cracker.
[Gromit gives the cracker to Wallace, cutting the cone, putting 'moon cheese' on it, eating it]
Wallace: Hmm? See what you think. [He gives a bowl to Gromit, sniffing it]
Wallace: Wensleydale?
[Gromit shakes his head]
Wallace: Stilton?

[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.

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