Release date: November 4th 1989 (Bristol Animation Festival), December 24th 1990 (British TV release).
Story: While looking for a good place to visit during a Bank Holiday, Inventor and handyman Wallace and his trusty dog Gromit decide to have a nice hot cup of tea. And also some cheese and crackers as well. But then they discovered that they have run out of cheese. Instead of popping down to the local corner shop, Wallace decides that they should have their Bank Holiday in a country which is famous for it's cheese. But then he gets an idea when he looks out of the window at the night sky...
My thoughts: This was the very first of four adventures with Wallace and Gromit. It is amazing that the first ten minuets of this short were animated single handily by Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park before he later got a job at Aardman Animations. The short was his graduation project at The National Film and Television school. In the end, it took him six years to make and was released in 1989. The late actor Peter Sallis (also known for his character Norman Clegg in the British longest running sitcom Last of the summer wine) provided the voice for Wallace and Gromit was even going to have a voice as well (provided by the great voice actor Peter Hawkins) but later changed his mind due to the fact that it was difficult to animate Wallace talking. So Gromit became more as a silent strait man. This has it's awkwardness's at times but it is a masterpiece and I would recommend it for fans of all ages. It was even nominated for an Academy Award for best short animated film. But it lost to Creature Comforts (which Nick Park had a hand in animated it as well).
My score: Three stars.
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