The Wrong Trousers (1993)

Directed by

Nick Park

Genre

comedy film, heist film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

30 min

Rated

PG

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 1,174 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A claymation inventor named Wallace gives his dog Gromit a pair of robotic trousers. A sneaky penguin moves into their home and uses the trousers to plan a museum diamond heist.

whimsicalplayfulsuspensefulcharmingwittyslapstickcozycleverfast-paced

What happens

The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop motion animated short film produced by Aardman Animations. Directed by Nick Park and co-written by Park, Bob Baker, and Brian Sibley, it is the second instalment in the Wallace & Gromit series following A Grand Day Out (1989). In the film, Wallace (Peter Sallis) and Gromit find themselves in the crosshairs of a villainous penguin, Feathers McGraw, who uses Wallace's gift for Gromit, a pair of ex-NASA robotic trousers, to steal a diamond from the city museum. Production on The Wrong Trousers began in 1990. Baker, who was a writer on Doctor Who, took ideas from Park's sketchbooks, suggesting they make a drawing of a penguin the villain. Park wanted to include a chase on a model railway, feeling it would be funny to stage a Hollywood-style action sequence in a living room, so Baker suggested they make a heist film with the train as the denouement. The Wrong Trousers debuted in the UK on 26 December 1993 on BBC Two. Like the previous film, it received critical acclaim, particularly for its model train chase. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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