Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Nick Park

Writers:

Nick Park (written by) &
Bob Baker (written by)

Release Date:

22 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Wallace and his dog, Gromit, open a bakery and get tied up with a murder mystery. But, when Wallace falls in love Gromit is left to solve the case.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Baker | Dog | Wallace And Gromit | Bakery

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win

Cast

Peter Sallis	...	Wallace (voice)
Sally Lindsay	...	Piella (voice)
Melissa Collier	...	Fluffles (voice)
Sarah Laborde	...	Bake O Lite Singer (voice)

Also Known As:

Wallace and Gromit in Trouble At' Mill (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Company:

Aardman Animations

Trivia:

The cardboard box that Fluffles sleeps in has "Meatabix" written on it. This is the same as the name written on the box that Gromit is watching Feathers McGraw from in Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bake O Lite Singer leaves Wallace & Gromits Home, and cycles away. The scene pans to the hallway of their house and Bake O Lite Singer's hat and coat are hanging up, yet she has just left.

Quotes:

[Wallace and Gromit are in the baker's van]
Wallace: How's that breakfast coming on?
[Gromit presses a button on the car radio and a slice of cremated toast pops out from the cassette slot]
Wallace: Well done, lad.
[looks at the burnt toast]
Wallace: *Very* well done.

Movie Connections:

References Pulp Fiction (1994)

A little bit of English clay

Nick Park's favourite creations Wallace and Grommit are back for another short feature, and 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' will appeal to all who loved the earlier stories. Perhaps the duo's latest outing lacks some of the freshness of their original appearances; but the detail of Park's gentle parodies of a certain vision of Englishness is as loving and humorous as ever, and the claymation approach saves the film from the curse of excess speed that mars much computer-generated animation. In some ways, the Wallace and Grommit films feel as if they belong to the world they depict, rather than our own, coarser one; long may they continue!