This article is about the animated film. For the band, see Close Shave. For the saying, see close call.
Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave
Original USA VHS artwork cover
Directed by
Nick Park
Written by
Bob Baker
Nick Park
Produced by
Carla Shelley
Michael Rose
Starring
Peter Sallis
Anne Reid
Cinematography
Dave Alex Riddett
Edited by
Helen Garrard
Music by
Julian Nott
Production companies
Aardman Animations
Wallace and Gromit Ltd.
BBC Bristol
BBC Children's International
Distributed by
BBC Worldwide
Release date
24 December 1995 (1995-12-24)
Running time
30 minutes[1]
Country
United Kingdom
Budget
£1.3 million[2]
Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film co-written and directed by Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations with Wallace and Gromit Ltd., BBC Bristol and BBC Children's International. It is the third film featuring Wallace and Gromit, following A Grand Day Out (1989) and The Wrong Trousers (1993). A Close Shave won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[3]A Close Shave saw the first appearance of Shaun, who became the main character of the Shaun the Sheep spin-off series.
^"A Close Shave". BBFC.
^"Production History – A Close Shave". Telepathy. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
^"The 68th Academy Awards (1996) Nominees and Winners". The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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