Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3517 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-02-07
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 85 minutes

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A decade after their last hilarious short, the Oscar-winning A Close Shave, Claymation wonders Wallace and Gromit return for a full-length adventure. Daffy scientist Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his heroic dog Gromit are doing well with their business, Anti-Pesto, a varmint-hunting outfit designed to keep their English town safe from rabbits chomping on prized vegetables. Wallace meets Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter), who appreciates Wallace's humane way of dealing with rabbits (courtesy of the Bun-Vac 6000), and sets up a rivalry with the gun-toting Victor Quartermaine (Ralph Fiennes, enjoying himself more than ever). Creator Nick Park, with co-director/writer Steve Box, delivers a story worthy of the 85-minute running time, although it stretches the act a bit; the formula plays better shorter, but the literally hand-crafted film is a joy to watch. Taking a chapter from classic horror films, a giant were-rabbit is soon on the prowl, and the town is up in arms, what with the annual vegetable contest close at hand. (Anyone who's seen the previous three shorts knows who saves the day.) Never content to do something simply when the extravagant will do, W&G's lives are filled with whimsical Rude Goldberg-style devices, and the opening number showcasing their alarm system is pure Aardman Animation at its finest. Even though there's a new twist here--a few mild sight gags aimed at adults--this G-rated film will delight young and old alike as Park, like team Pixar, seems incapable of making anything but an outstanding film. --Doug Thomas

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Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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Have some fun. The lovable claymation gadget-inventing duo hits the big screen for the first time in this outrageous and extremely silly adventure. Read the product description for the plot. Clever, harmless, engaging and completely goofy. The jokes are constant and hilarious. Also, check out their early adventures and the equally excellent Chicken Run by the same people. pet the bunnies and eat your vegs. Cheeeeeese!

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
In the annals of film history there have been many great comedic duos: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon... but now come Wallace and Gromit. In The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and Gromit are taken to new levels of sophistication. The animation has become more polished and the story is more complex. All of these components are utilized Wallace and Gromit to the big screen in their most thrilling tale yet. Still the humor (or humour for those in the U.K.) is what makes W&G so special. At its heart The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a comedic homage to romantic comedies, campy sci-fi films, and a wonderful tribute to Hammer horror films and Ealing Studio comedies. As creator Nick Park said, "It's the world's first vegetarian horror film."
Wallace and Gromit, no longer working as window washers, are now providing humane pest control services with Anti-Pesto. This zany escapade brings them into contact with the delightfully daft Lady Tottington, who holds an annual fruit and vegetable competition for the town. Wallace and Gromit are called in to rid her yard of a bunny problem. There they meet the arrogant, vain and heartless hunter, Victor Quartermaine who is vying for Lady Tottington's hand in marriage. After successfully catching all the "bounders" and safely transporting them home, Wallace develops a startling idea. He decides to use a device that he designed to remove his desire for cheese on the bunnies. If he could brainwash the bunnies into not wanting "veg", then the competition can go on. But as always is the case when Wallace has an idea, things don't go at all as planned. Soon there are sightings of a monstrous rabbit that is devouring the town's produce and Wallace may be to blame for the beast's creation. Has he mutated the innocent bunny he tried to cure of its vegetable cravings? After numerous failed attempts to find and stop the were-rabbit, Victor is hired to hunt the were-rabbit down and kill him. Only clever Gromit stands in his way. Once again the delightful characters created by Nick Park have won the hearts of audiences and critics across the globe. Like The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was showered with awards and hailed for its originality.
The DVD includes a commentary track, games and activities, three of the Cracking Contraptions mini-shorts, and deleted scenes with optional commentary. It also includes the featurette How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood, a behind the scenes featurette, A Day in the Life at Aardman featurette, How to Build a Bunny featurette, the short film Stage Fright, and much more.