Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (film)

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British, Academy Award-winning stop-motion animated film, the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Nick Park and Steve Box and shot entirely in Britain.

Cast

Peter Sallis - Wallace / Hutch (voice)

Ralph Fiennes - Victor Quartermaine (voice)

Helena Bonham Carter - Lady Campanula Tottington (voice)
Peter Kay - PC Mackintosh (voice)
Nicholas Smith - Reverend Clement Hedges (voice)
Liz Smith - Mrs. Mulch (voice)
John Thomson - Mr. Windfall (voice)
Mark Gatiss - Miss Blight (voice)
Vincent Ebrahim - Mr. Caliche (voice)
Geraldine McEwan - Miss Thripp (voice)
Edward Kelsey - Mr. Growbag (voice)
Dicken Ashworth - Mr. Mulch (voice)
Robert Horvath - Mr. Dibber (voice)
Pete Atkin - Mr. Crock (voice)
Noni Lewis - Mrs. Girdling (voice)
Ben Whitehead - Mr. Leaching (voice)
Christopher Fairbank - Additional Voice (voice)

James Mather - Additional Voice (voice)
William Vanderpuye - Additional Voice (voice)

Plot

The annual Giant Vegetable Competition is approaching. The winner of the competition will win the Golden Carrot Award. All are eager to protect their giant crops from damage and thievery by rabbits until the contest, and Wallace and Gromit are cashing in by running a vegetable security and humane pest control business, "Anti-Pesto".

However, they are faced with two problems: the first is Wallace's weight problem and the second is the space for the captured rabbits. Wallace comes up with an idea — use his Mind Manipulation-O-Matic machine to brainwash the rabbits, allowing them to run freely without harming everyone's gardens. While performing the operation, he kicks the switch and something goes terribly wrong, leaving them with a semi-intelligent rabbit who starts to behave like Wallace (down to his fondness for cheese) and whom Wallace names "Hutch". Soon the town is threatened by the "Were-Rabbit", a giant rabbit-like monster which eats vegetables of any size. Anti-Pesto enters into a rivalry with Lord Victor Quartermaine to capture the Were-Rabbit.

After a hectic nighttime chase, Gromit discovers that the Were-Rabbit is, in fact, Wallace, suffering from the effects of the accident with the Mind Manipulation-O-Matic. Victor corners Wallace during the night, jealous of Lady Tottington's growing fondness for him because of his humane practice of pest control (whereas Victor thinks it's more effective to shoot and kill them). But then Wallace falls into the path of moonlight and transforms. Victor, having identified the rabbit, goes to Reverend Clement Hedges and gains access to "24-carrot" gold bullets - supposedly, the only things capable of killing a Were-Rabbit.

During the final showdown, Victor and his dog Phillip capture Gromit, who subsequently escapes and decides to make the ultimate sacrifice by using the marrow he had been growing for the competition as bait for Wallace who, in his rabbit form, has burst in upon the vegetable contest, causing panic. Victor tries to shoot what is apparently the monster - but Gromit is one step ahead of him. Yet the marrow cannot keep Wallace's attention as Victor tries to take the golden carrot award from a distressed Lady Tottington. Wallace ascends to the rooftops, holding a screaming Lady Tottington in his hand. Discovering his identity, she promises to protect him, only to be interrupted by Victor. Meanwhile, in a mid-air dogfight in toy airplanes, Phillip chases after Gromit. Gromit forces his foe out of the air in a fiery crash and explosion - but Phillip manages to hold on to Gromit's plane and the two grapple (in one segment, when the plane runs out of coins, Gromit hands the axe to Philip and counts his money. Philip grows tired and hands the axe back to Gromit and pulls out a purse with a flower design, finds a penny and inserts in into the slot. The fight rages on and in the end, Gromit releases Philip, ironically, throught the bomb doors and into a bouncy castle.

Atop Tottington Hall, Gromit's toy biplane circles Wallace, who clings onto the flagpole at the top of the building for dear life. Victor fires a shot, but Wallace is saved when Gromit's plane falls into the path of the trophy improvised as a bullet by Victor. The engine in Gromit's plane fails and begins to descend rapidly. Wallace jumps from the flagpole and catches the plane, thereby breaking Gromit's fall into the cheese tent below. Victor gloats, but is knocked unconscious by Lady Tottington, using a giant carrot. He falls into the tent too, where Wallace lies unconscious and seemingly dying of his injuries. To protect Wallace from the angry mob outside, Gromit dresses Victor up as the monster (a costume he used earlier as a lure for the Were-Rabbit), and throws him out of the tent. The angry mob chase Victor away.

Gromit and Tottington tend to Wallace, who seconds later, breathes his last, and morphs back into his human form. Gromit, the rabbits, and Lady Tottington are saddened by their loss, but Gromit is able to revive Wallace with a slice of Stinking Bishop cheese. Gromit, for his bravery, is awarded the (now somewhat battered) competition trophy, and Lady Tottington turns Tottington Hall into a wildlife refuge, where all the rabbits, including Hutch, can live in peace.

Academy Awards
Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards

Annies
The film performed very well at the Annie Awards, an animation-specific award show, where out of 26 awards it was nominated for 16 - winning 10:

Wins
Best Animated Effects (for Jason Wen)
Best Animated Feature
Best Character Animation (for Claire Billet)
Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production (for Nick Park)
Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production (for Nick Park and Steve Box)
Best Music in an Animated Feature Production (for Julian Nott)
Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (for Phil Lewis)
Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (for Bob Persichetti)
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Peter Sallis as the voice of Wallace.)
Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production (for Steve Box, Nick Park and Mark Burton)

Nominations
for Best Character Animation (for Jay Grace)
for Best Character Animation (for Christopher Sadler)
for Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production (for Michael Salter)
for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Helena Bonham Carter as the voice of Lady Campanula Tottington.)
for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Ralph Fiennes as the voice of Victor Quartermaine.)
for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production (for Nicholas Smith as the voice of Reverend Clement Hedges.)

Others
Elsewhere, the film won the following seven awards:

BFCA Awards : The 2005 "Best Animated Feature" award.
DFWFCA Awards : The 2005 "Best Animated Feature" award.
LAFCA Awards : The 2005 "Best Animated Film" award.
OFCS Awards : The 2006 "Best Animated Feature" award.
PGA Awards : The 2006 ";Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award" (for Claire Jennings and Nick Park).
SEFCA Awards : The 2005 "Best Animated Film" award.
TFCA Awards : The 2005 "Best Animated Film" award.
Bafta Awards : The 2006 Alexander Korda for "Outstanding Best British Film of the Year" award (celebrated on 21/2/2006 with a giant inflatable Gromit in Trafalgar Square!)

The film failed to win the following three awards which it was nominated for:

Satellite Awards : The 2005 "Outstanding Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media" award.
VES Awards : The 2006 "Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture" award (for Lloyd Price for "Gromit".)
(VES stands for Visual Effects Society)

Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards : The 2006 "Best Animated Film".

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