Product Details

• Actors: Peter Sallis
• Directors: Nick Park
• Writers: Nick Park
• Producers: Rob Copeland
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: October 17, 1995
• Run Time: 23 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303631886
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,501 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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Nominated for an Academy Award in 1990, the first short-film adventure of Wallace & Gromit was this 24-minute comedy, created by clay animator Nick Park over a six-year period at the National Film & Television School in London, and at the Aardman Animation studios that Park boosted to international acclaim. In their debut adventure, Wallace and his furry pal Gromit find themselves desperate for "a nice bit of Gorgonzola," but their refrigerator's empty and the local cheese shop is closed for a holiday! Undeterred, Wallace comes up with an extreme solution to the cheese shortage: since the moon is made of cheese (we all know that's true, right?), he decides to build a rocket ship and blast off for a cheesy lunar picnic! Gromit's only too happy to help, and before long the inventive duo is on the moon, where they encounter a clever appliance that's part oven, part robot, part lunar skiing enthusiast ... well, you just have to see the movie to understand how any of this whimsical lunar-cy can make any sense! It's a grand tale of wonderful discoveries, fantastic inventions--and really great cheese! --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars All things Nick Park, June 5, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Seatttle, Washington) - See all my reviews

This is a wonderfully charming adventure. At the same time, it's not Nick Parks best. Creature Comforts, his first effort (and Academy Award Winner, The Wrong Trousers, and A Close Shave are all just amazing! Out of 4 claymations, he was nominated for each and won on every one except for A Grand Day Out.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best W&G, but still amazing claymation., September 22, 1999

By A Customer

"Grand Day Out" explores Wallace's fascination with cheese. It is not the best of the three currently available (the story isn't quite as compelling as "Trousers" and "Shave"), but still very good claymation. Probably more appealing to younger children.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Huge fun!, July 23, 2004

By	wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Wallace & Gromit - A Grand Day Out [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Nick Park's first W&G is still my favorite. It shows his incredible skill with clay animation, but that's the least of it. His characters are what really make this movie.

Wallace is the nominal star of the show. Brilliant as an inventor, he's a bit of a twit in all other respects. Gromit, his long-suffering dog, is at least as smart. Gromit is silent, but I keep thinking that he gets all the great lines - that's how good the body language is. The guest star in this program is, well, improbable. You get to find out for yourself, but this additional character is just wonderful.

There are endless little details that round out the story, including background music, visual gags, and fine points of Park's scenes. This is easy to enjoy, and easy to enjoy more than once.

//wiredweird