The Wrong Trousers

Unrated

12/17/199330m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ They’ll crack any case ~

Overview:

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Director:

Nick Park

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

robbery
inventor
diamond
human animal relationship
penguin
telecontrol
villain
surrealism
anthropomorphism
betrayal
stop motion
criminal
dog
jewel heist
claymation
plasticine
short film

Cast

Peter Sallis

~ as ~

Wallace (voice)

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Reviews (2)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
8
Times are hard for "Wallace" and his engineering-minded dog "Gromit" so they take in a lodger. He's a penguin who settles in nicely over a bottle of red with "Wallace" but to whom "Gromit" takes an instant dislike. Indeed, their new guest knocks his nose so far out of joint that he packs his belongings and leaves. This is just what the penguin wanted - and soon he is adapting some old, remote-controlled, mechanised trousers in which to entrap poor "Wallace" so he can use him to carry out a daring heist. Luckily, "Gromit" didn't stray too far and when he hears his friend's distress calls he sets out to thwart whom we now know is the most wanted "Feathers McGraw". Inspired voice casting in Peter Sallis and some great detail in the stop-motion animation - especially some of the dog's facial expressions - work really well here to create a simple but quickly paced and engagingly scripted story that tugs on emotional heart-strings, makes us laugh and reminds us that polystyrene ceiling tiles were never a good idea. Hats off to Julian Nott too - that's a grand signature tune.
feathermcgrawlover
Written 7 month(s) ago
10
Fantastic short . It introduced the greatest villain ever with Feather McGraw who rival Darth Vader . The animation is a improvement upon the last short and the finale of this short with the model train chase is the stuff of legend