A Close Shave, the Glossary
Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film co-written and directed by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol and BBC Children's International.[1]
Table of Contents
21 relations: A Grand Day Out, Aardman Animations, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Anne Reid, BBC Worldwide, Bob Baker (scriptwriter), British Board of Film Classification, Broadcasting House, Bristol, Carla Shelley, Claymation, Dave Alex Riddett, Julian Nott, List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Michael Rose (film producer), Nick Park, Peter Sallis, Rotten Tomatoes, Shaun the Sheep, Spin-off (media), The Wrong Trousers, Wallace and Gromit.
- 1990s comedy thriller films
- 1990s stop-motion animated films
- 1995 animated short films
- 1995 children's films
- Aardman Animations short films
- Animated films about sheep
- British animated comedy films
- Clay animation films
- Films directed by Nick Park
- Films with screenplays by Bob Baker (scriptwriter)
- Films with screenplays by Nick Park
- Shaun the Sheep
- Wallace and Gromit films
A Grand Day Out
A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit, later marketed as Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out, is a 1989 British stop-motion animated short film starring Wallace and Gromit. A Close Shave and a Grand Day Out are Aardman Animations short films, animated films about dogs, British animated comedy films, British animated short films, clay animation films, films directed by Nick Park, films with screenplays by Nick Park, stop-motion animated short films and Wallace and Gromit films.
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Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations Limited is a British Bristol-based animation studio.
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Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931–32, to the present. A Close Shave and Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film are Best Animated Short Academy Award winners.
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Anne Reid
Anne Reid (born 28 May 1935) is a British stage, film and television actress, known for her roles as Valerie Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street (1961–1971); Jean in the sitcom dinnerladies (1998–2000); and her role as Celia Dawson in Last Tango in Halifax (2012–2020) for which she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.
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BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995.
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Bob Baker (scriptwriter)
Robert John Baker (26 July 1939 – 3 November 2021) was a British television and film writer.
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British Board of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.
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Broadcasting House, Bristol
The BBC campus, Broadcasting House Bristol, is located on Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
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Carla Shelley
Carla Shelley (born 26 June 1965) is an English producer for Aardman Animations and Birdbox Studio.
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Claymation
Claymation, sometimes called clay animation or plasticine animation, is one of many forms of stop-motion animation.
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Dave Alex Riddett
David Alexander Riddett BSC (born 25 November 1954) is a prominent English cinematographer mostly known for his work at Aardman Animations.
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Julian Nott
Julian Francis Kandahar Nott (born 24 November 1960) is a British composer and conductor, mostly of animated films.
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List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, a film has a rating of 100% if each professional review recorded by the website is assessed as positive rather than negative.
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Michael Rose (film producer)
Michael Peter Rose OBE (born 14 September 1961) is a British film producer and co-founder of Magic Light Pictures, a London-based independent film production company.
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Nick Park
Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is an English filmmaker and animator who created Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Early Man.
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Peter Sallis
Peter John Sallis (1 February 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor, known for his work on British television.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.
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Shaun the Sheep
Shaun the Sheep is a stop-motion animated silent comedy children's television series which is developed by Aardman Animations.
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A spin-off or spinoff is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work.
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The Wrong Trousers
The Wrong Trousers is a 1993 British stop-motion animated short film co-written and directed by Nick Park, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit, and was produced by Aardman Animations in association with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol, Lionheart Television and BBC Children's International. A Close Shave and The Wrong Trousers are 1990s British films, 1990s stop-motion animated films, Aardman Animations short films, Best Animated Short Academy Award winners, British animated comedy films, British animated short films, clay animation films, films directed by Nick Park, films with screenplays by Bob Baker (scriptwriter), films with screenplays by Nick Park, stop-motion animated short films and Wallace and Gromit films.
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Wallace and Gromit
Wallace and Gromit is a British stop-motion animated comedy franchise created by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations.
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See also
1990s comedy thriller films
- A Close Shave
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
- Amateur (1994 film)
- Baadshah (1999 film)
- Bermuda Grace
- Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb
- Deja Vu (1990 film)
- Dulaara (1994 film)
- Exit to Eden (film)
- Frauds (film)
- Freeway (1996 film)
- Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
- Goodbye Lover
- Gunshot (film)
- Head Above Water (film)
- Homegrown (film)
- In Harihar Nagar
- Kindergarten Cop
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997 film)
- Kshana Kshanam
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
- Montana (1998 film)
- Nadigan
- Ravenous (1999 film)
- Ruang Talok 69
- Serial Mom
- Slickers vs. Killers
- Splitting Heirs
- Teaching Mrs. Tingle
- The Ambulance
- The Cable Guy
- The Doom Generation
- The Steal (film)
- Why Me? (1990 film)
- Wrongfully Accused
- Zero Effect
1990s stop-motion animated films
- A Close Shave
- Adam (1992 film)
- Claymation Comedy of Horrors
- Conspirators of Pleasure
- Faust (1994 film)
- Food (film)
- Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo
- Gumby: The Movie
- Humdrum
- James and the Giant Peach (film)
- More (1998 film)
- Not Without My Handbag
- Opéra imaginaire
- Pingu at the Wedding Party
- Seryi Volk & Krasnaya Shapochka
- Stage Fright (1997 film)
- The Big Story (film)
- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
- The Magic Pipe
- The Miracle Maker (1999 film)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb
- The Spirit of Christmas (short films)
- The Trace Leads to the Silver Lake
- The Wrong Trousers
1995 animated short films
- A Close Shave
- Ah, L'Amour
- Carrotblanca
- Dino: Stay Out!
- Hard Luck Duck
- Kebabaluba
- On Your Mark
- Runaway Brain
- Scratch and Crow
- The End of the World in Four Seasons
- The Spirit of Christmas (short films)
1995 children's films
- A Close Shave
- A Goofy Movie
- A Kid in King Arthur's Court
- A Little Princess (1995 film)
- Babe (film)
- Balto (film)
- Born to Be Wild (1995 film)
- Casper (film)
- Escape to Witch Mountain (1995 film)
- Fluke (film)
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
- Gumby: The Movie
- Heavyweights
- Jumanji
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
- Napoleon (1995 film)
- Once in a Blue Moon (1995 film)
- Pocahontas (1995 film)
- Sisindri
- Tall Tale (film)
- The Amazing Panda Adventure
- The Big Green
- The Indian in the Cupboard (film)
- The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
- The Pebble and the Penguin
- The Real Shlemiel
- The Wind in the Willows (1995 film)
- Tom and Huck
- Toy Story
- Whisper of the Heart
Aardman Animations short films
- A Close Shave
- A Grand Day Out
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
- Adam (1992 film)
- Al Dente (film)
- Animated Conversations
- Confessions of a Foyer Girl
- Creature Comforts
- Down and Out (film)
- Going Equipped (film)
- Gulp (film)
- Humdrum
- Jubilee Bunt-a-thon
- Minotaur and Little Nerkin
- Next (1990 film)
- Not Without My Handbag
- On Probation (1983 film)
- Owzat
- Pib and Pog
- Robin Robin
- Sales Pitch (film)
- Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
- Stage Fright (1997 film)
- Sweet Disaster
- The Pearce Sisters
- The Wrong Trousers
- Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels
- War Story (1989 film)
- Wat's Pig
Animated films about sheep
- A Close Shave
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Blackie & Kanuto
- Boundin'
- Khumba
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- Ready, Woolen and Able
- Ringing Bell
- Rock Dog
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas
- Sheep and Wolves
- Sheep and Wolves: Pig Deal
- The Adventures of Jinbao
- The Adventures of the American Rabbit
- The Lion of Judah
- The Little Lost Sheep
- The Miller's Daughter (1934 film)
- Who's Who in the Zoo
- Zootopia
- Zootopia (franchise)
British animated comedy films
- A Close Shave
- A Grand Day Out
- A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- All Dogs Go to Heaven
- Arthur Christmas
- Bob's Birthday
- Chicken Run
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
- Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires
- Early Man (film)
- Entergalactic (TV special)
- Escape from Hat
- Flushed Away
- Gnomeo & Juliet
- Grand Prix of Europe (film)
- Jubilee Bunt-a-thon
- Maya the Bee (film)
- Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb
- Peter Rabbit (film)
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
- Planet 51
- Postman Pat: The Movie
- Queer Duck: The Movie
- Rock-a-Doodle
- Ron's Gone Wrong
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- Sherlock Gnomes
- Story Time (film)
- The Amazing Maurice
- The Illusionist (2010 film)
- The Old Lady and the Pigeons
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
- The Tale of Despereaux (film)
- The Triplets of Belleville
- The Wrong Trousers
- Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)
Clay animation films
- $9.99
- A Close Shave
- A Grand Day Out
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
- Adam (1992 film)
- Baby Snakes
- Chicken Run
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film)
- Clay painting
- Clayography
- Closed Mondays
- Coraline (film)
- Creature Comforts
- Early Man (film)
- Frog and Toad
- Gumbasia
- Gumby: The Movie
- Harvie Krumpet
- Jimmy the C
- John and Michael
- Jubilee Bunt-a-thon
- Last Year's Snow Was Falling
- List of films featuring claymation
- Marquis (film)
- Mary and Max
- Moonwalker
- More (1998 film)
- No Dogs or Italians Allowed
- Opéra imaginaire
- ParaNorman
- Plasticine Crow
- Seryi Volk & Krasnaya Shapochka
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- Tengers
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985 film)
- The Amazing Mr. Bickford
- The Dub Room Special
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
- The Wanted 18
- The Wrong Trousers
- Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
Films directed by Nick Park
- A Close Shave
- A Grand Day Out
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
- Chicken Run
- Creature Comforts
- Early Man (film)
- The Wrong Trousers
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Films with screenplays by Bob Baker (scriptwriter)
Films with screenplays by Nick Park
- A Close Shave
- A Grand Day Out
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
- Creature Comforts
- The Wrong Trousers
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Shaun the Sheep
- A Close Shave
- List of Shaun the Sheep episodes
- Shaun in the City
- Shaun the Sheep
- Shaun the Sheep (video game)
- Timmy Time
Wallace and Gromit films
- A Close Shave
- A Grand Day Out
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
- The Wrong Trousers
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Close_Shave
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