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Animated cartoon
BACKGROUND
Clay animation began a short time after the invention of plasticine back in 1897 when people started moulding figures just for the fun of it. The first film that used clay animated sculptures, A Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Nightmare, was released in 1908. For over 40 years, clay animation was not a very popular technique until The Adventures of Gumby was shown on The Howdy Doody Show , a children’s television program in the late ‘50’s. It proved to be so popular it became The Gumby Show on NBC. Today clay animation is a popular method for producing animated films, several of which have won Academy Awards.
PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Wallace: a bit of a crackpot cheese-loving inventor
Gromit: his faithful canine companion (and perhaps a lot smarter than his owner?)
Lady Tottington: a beautiful, wealthy, animal-loving carrot-grower
Victor Quartermaine: her suitor, a gun-happy snobby cad
REVIEW
This has all the “essential” elements of any Wallace and Gromit movie: crazy complicated inventions, sight gags, verbal puns, double entendres for the adults, cute characters for the kids. In a word, a must see.
CLASSIFICATION
FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
The fingerprints of the animators can be seen in some of the shots, a nice reminder that this form of movie making still needs the human touch.
P.S.
Anyone who sticks around right to the end of the credits get a bonus chuckle.
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