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• Actors: Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Anne Reid, Graham Fellows
• Directors: Nick Park, Steve Box
• Writers: Tess Daulton, Nick Park, Steve Box, Bob Baker, Brian Sibley
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Dreamworks Animated
• DVD Release Date: February 7, 2006
• Run Time: 175 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CZ0PW6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #65,475 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures

Featuring the extraordinary clay animation of their Academy Award winning short films, Wallace & Gromit in Three Amazing Adventures takes the hilarious antics of Wallace, the lovably eccentric inventor, and Gromit, his savvy canine companion, to new heights of fun.

Plus, available for the first time on DVD, Wallace & Gromit In Cracking Contraptions - 10 mini-shorts featuring more of Wallace's zany inventions and the hilarious dilemmas they always create.

A Grand Day Out
Join the ultimate human-canine team as they blast off in a home-made rocket to see if the moon is really made of cheese.

The Wrong Trousers
Mild-mannered Wallace and his faithful dog, Gromit, end up in a train-top chase as they try to stop a diamond heist by a diabolical penguin.

A Close Shave
The cheese lover and his sidekick investigate the wildest, woolliest sheep rustling yarn ever made of clay.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

From the Academy Award®-winning* creators of Wallace and Gromit comes "one of the most enjoyable family films of the year" (Jeffrey Lyons, NBC ). When their town’s prized produce starts disappearing, our cheese-loving inventor and his savvy canine companion must use all their wildly imaginative inventions to try to capture a mysterious beast of epic and fluffy proportions.

Hailed as "a terrific family movie" (Russ Leatherman, CNN and Moviefone.com) and "whimsical, funny and endlessly inventive" (Roger Ebert, Ebert & Roeper), The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a hareraising adventure for the whole family.

* The Wrong Trousers (Winner, Best Animated Short, 1993), A Close Shave (Winner, Best Animated Short, 1995).

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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CRACKING BARGAIN, GROMIT!!!!!, December 30, 2005

By	Mohd Jafar (Hyderabad, AP India) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wallace & Gromit 2 DVD Cracking Collector's Set is a real bargain for all wensleydale fans!! This cracking dvd set contains "Three amazing adventures" and the latest full length feature "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". Both of these titles are available separately too but this is a great bargain for those who are yet to bring wallace and gromit home!

PLEASE BE AWARE, THIS SET INCLUDES THE FULLSCREEN EDITION OF THE FILM "CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT"! OTHER THREE WALLACE AND GROMIT SHORTS WHICH APPEAR ON THE OTHER DISC WERE FILMED IN FULLSCREEN ASPECT ONLY!

WALLACE AND GROMIT IN THREE AMAZING ADVENTURES:

Wallace and gromit and its creator Nick park need no introduction. these 3 wallace and gromit films, involving wallace and his faithful and brainy dog gromit, turned out to be a global phenomenon, not to mention those three well deserved academy awards Nick park won for his exceptional talent in claymation!! All three wallace and gromit films ("a grand day out", "the wrong trousers" and "a close shave") were nominated for oscars with the latter two actually winning it. Not to mention here, the rare distinction Nick park enjoys, being the only animator whose two films ("a grand day out" and "creature comforts") were nominated in the same category, same year with "creature comforts" winning!! ever since, these films have won Nick park and aardman studios countless awards the world over. By far wallace and gromit remains the best claymation work ever not just for its amazing quality of animation but for the equally marvelous storytelling and emotinal depth it has!

Wallace and gromit has seen 2 dvd releases in US so far. the first one being a fox release and the second one from warner bros which had a great amount of extras on the same disc. Both these dvds are out of stock now and are extremely hard to get.

Thanks to dreamworks, those who missed out on the previous two dvds have a reason to cherish now. Once again, all three wallace and gromit films will be available on dvd. here's what you can look forward to in this release:

1. All three wallace and gromit films (including "A GRAND DAY OUT", "THE WRONG TROUSERS" and "A CLOSE SHAVE" with English 2.0 dolby digital surround and French 2.0 mono)

2. never before on dvd 10 cracking contraptions, involving wallace and gromit-

the soccomatic
the telescope
the autochef
the snoozatron
the turbo diner
the bullyproof vest
the 525 crackervac
a christmas cardomatic
the snowmanotron
shopper 13
(few of the above said films were available on the net for quite sometime)

3. wallace and gromit:the curse of the wererabbit- sneak preview of the acclaimed wallace and gromit first feature film.

4. cracking contraptions-behind the scenes

5. shorts....and more
Please be informed, this disc does contain all three highly acclaimed wallace and gromit shorts, however, all the great behind the scenes and other extra stuff which was available on the old warner disc is missing here.


CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT:

"Wallace & Gromit:Curse of the wererabbit" is the highly anticipated first full length feature involving Wallace and his brainy canine companion Gromit. Its a dream come true for all the fans around the world who have been expecting their favourite characters on silver screen for a long time.

In "Curse of the wererabbit", a vegetable guzzling "monster' is on the verge of spoiling the giant vegetable competition organised by Lady Tottington and only wallace and gromit can save the day now. Nick Park has remained faithful to the characterisations and followed the same trend which w&g is known for. New adventure, few more amazing inventions, more new characters, new circumstances, more suspense but same old British flavour, feel and charm...W&G first feature is surely a winner. Those familiar with "King Kong", "Jaws" and other Hitchcock films will enjoy the spoof and occasional references more!

Wallace & Gromit:Curse of the wererabbit disc will be loaded with all these extras:

1. English & French DD5.1 Surround
2. English & Spanish DD2.0 Stereo
3. English SDH, English, French and Spanish subtitles
4. Cracking Commentary - Audio commentary with director/writer Steve Box and director/writer Nick Park
5. Deleted Scenes with optional commentary
6. How Wallace & Gromit Went To Hollywood - Learn how Wallace & Gromit grew from the imagination of Nick Park and became Academy Award winning stars.
7. Behind the Scenes of 'The Curse of the Were-Rabbit' - Enjoy a rare look into how these lovable characters were brought to life.
8. A Day in the Life at Aardman - Experience a day of production at the famed Aardman Studios as seen through the eyes of a crewperson.
9. How to Build a Bunny - A unique look at how the clay bunny models were assembled using time-lapse photos.
10. Stage Fright - View this award-winning short film with an insightful commentary by its creator, Steve Box.
11. The Family Album - Colourful production stills of the elaborate sets and meticulous character development.
12. Dreamworks Kids - A variety of fun-filled, engaging interactive games and creative activities.

If you are yet to discover "wallace and gromit", here's your chance!!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wallace & Gromit: ***** Collection value:**** "W&G Curse" no wIdescreen: *, February 15, 2006

By	David "Pudd'nhead" Wilson (Dawson's Landing, MO) - See all my reviews

As a veteran "W&G Head" (first discovered them around almost 15 years ago now?), I'd seen all of these already, and already owned the 3 adventures on DVD and Cracking Contraptions via internet download (how they were originally distributed). But I still jumped at the chance to get an all-in-one "Complete W&G" as this DVD set represents. However the fact that they offer Curse only in full frame (not original widescreen) puts me off. You have to understand (and if you have seen the half hour BBC special with Nick Park on W&G you should), each and every 1/30th second frame took minutes or hours to compose, and therefore there were plenty of opportunities taken to put in sight gags that you might not even notice in the theater, without stepping through the frames closely (if you've never done that with he museum break-in scene in The Wrong Trousers, you should!) The idea of taking the fully composed widescreen shots for Curse of the WereRabbit and chopping chunks off each side ... how silly. If you can't get the *complete* movie in this set, should it really be called a Collector's Edition?

The value is great, but if you truly are a Collector you'll just have to knuckle down & spend more money to get the unedited Curse separately

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars collectors, this isn't the W&G you're looking for, February 15, 2006

By	gromit "gromit" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

Unfortunately this set as others have said is full screen only. If you are a completist, and already have the original 3 adventures, the UK 2 disc-edition has the extras you're looking for. For US audience, the documentaries are available as part of a 2 disc exclusive available at another retailer (Wal-Mart), the two discs being "Curse of the Were Rabbit" (full or widescreen) along with "Gromit's Tail Waggin DVD". Contents of Gromit's Tail Waggin DVD: "10 Cracking Contraptions", Making of the Were-Rabbit", "The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit", "Gromit's Favorite Scenes", "Learn to Draw Gromit", "Gromit-Cam", activity sheets.