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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 stop-motion animated comedy film directed by Nick Park and Steve Box. It was produced, made and owned by DreamWorks Animation in collaboration with Aardman Animations. It was the second feature-length film by Aardman, after Chicken Run (2000) and the last DreamWorks Animation film distributed by its parent DreamWorks Pictures, as the studio spun off as an independent studio in 2004 until its acquisition by NBCUniversal in 2016.[note 1] The film debuted in Sydney, Australia on 4 September 2005, before being released in theaters in the United States on 7 October 2005 and in the United Kingdom a week later on 14 October 2005.

Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
British theatrical release poster
Directed by
Screenplay by
Based onWallace and Gromit
by Nick Park
Produced by
StarringPeter Sallis
Ralph Fiennes
Helena Bonham Carter
CinematographyDavid Alex Riddett
Tristan Oliver
Edited byDavid McCormick
Gregory Perler
Music byJulian Nott
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 4 September 2005 (2005-09-04) (Sydney)[4]
  • 7 October 2005 (2005-10-07) (United States)
  • 14 October 2005 (2005-10-14) (United Kingdom)
Running time
85 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United Kingdom[5]
  • United States[5]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million
Box office$192.6 million

The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a parody of classic monster movies and Hammer Horror films and also serves as part of the Wallace and Gromit series, created by Park. The film centres on good-natured yet eccentric cheese-loving inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his intelligent quiet dog, Gromit, in their latest venture as pest control agents. They come to the rescue of their town plagued by rabbits before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition. However, the duo soon find themselves against a giant rabbit consuming the town's crops.

The film features an expanded cast of characters relative to the previous Wallace and Gromit shorts, with a voice cast including Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes. While the film was considered a box-office disappointment in the US by DreamWorks Animation,[8] it was more commercially successful internationally. It also received critical acclaim and won a number of film awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, making it the second and latest film from DreamWorks Animation to win that award (following Shrek), as well as the first stop-motion film to win. In January 2022, a new feature film was announced, which is due to release in 2024 on Netflix worldwide, except for the UK, where it will premiere first on the BBC before also coming to Netflix at a later date.[9][10]

Plot edit

As Tottington Hall's annual giant vegetable competition approaches, cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his beagle Gromit provide a humane pest control business known as "Anti-Pesto", protecting people's vegetables from rabbits. One evening, after capturing rabbits found in the garden of Lady Tottington, Wallace uses two of his latest inventions, the "Bun-Vac 6000" and "Mind Manipulation-O-Matic", to brainwash them into disliking vegetables. All goes well until Wallace accidentally sets the Bun-Vac to "BLOW", and his brain is fused with that of a rabbit, forcing Gromit to destroy the Mind-O-Matic. The transfer appears to have worked, as the rabbit shows no interest in vegetables. They name the rabbit Hutch and place him in a cage.

That night, a giant rabbit devours many people's vegetables and the duo fail to respond. During a town meeting the next day, the creature is revealed to be the Were-Rabbit. Hunter Victor Quartermaine offers to shoot the creature, but Tottington persuades the townsfolk to give Wallace and Gromit a second chance. After Anti-Pesto unsuccessfully tries to trap the rabbit, Wallace suspects that Hutch is the beast and has Gromit lock him in a high-security cage. Gromit then follows a trail of footprints into Wallace's bedroom and finds a pile of half-eaten vegetables inside, indicating that Wallace is the real culprit.

After celebrating his success with Tottington, Wallace is cornered in the forest by Victor, who vies for Tottington's affections and fortune. Wallace transforms into the Were-Rabbit under the full moon and flees. Now seeing the perfect chance to eliminate his rival, Victor obtains three "24-carrot" gold bullets from the town's vicar, Reverend Clement Hedges, to use against Wallace.

On the day of the vegetable competition, Gromit reveals to Wallace that the experiment has swapped his and Hutch's personalities; the latter is now carrying his human traits and is the only one who can fix the Mind-O-Matic. Tottington visits and informs Wallace of Victor's plan; as the moon- rises, Wallace begins to transform again and hastily forces Tottington to leave. Victor arrives and attempts to shoot Wallace with the golden bullets, but Gromit helps Wallace to escape. Once Victor is gone, Gromit and Hutch devise a plan to save Wallace.

At the competition, after using up all his gold bullets, Victor takes an elephant gun and the Golden Carrot trophy to use as ammunition. Wallace carries Tottington atop Tottington Hall and reveals his true identity to her. Meanwhile, Gromit subdues Victor's dog, Philip, in a dogfight using aeroplanes taken from a fairground attraction. Gromit then steers his plane into Victor's line of fire as he shoots at Wallace, causing the bullet to hit the plane instead. The damaged plane falls and Wallace jumps to grab Gromit, breaking his fall onto a table of Crackers in a cheese tent. Tottington then whacks Victor in the head with a giant carrot and dumps him before Gromit quickly disguises Victor as the female Were-Rabbit, causing the townspeople to chase him away.

Wallace morphs back to his human self and appears dead, but Gromit revives him with Stinking Bishop cheese, undoing the curse of the Were-Rabbit. Tottington awards Gromit the Golden Carrot for his valor, and converts the grounds of Tottington Hall into a nature reserve for Hutch and the other rabbits.

Voice cast edit

 
Helena Bonham Carter at the film's North American premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival[11]
  • Peter Sallis as Wallace, an eccentric, absent-minded and accident-prone yet good-natured inventor with a great fondness for cheese, who works at Anti-Pesto with his dog and best friend, Gromit.
    • Sallis also provides the voice of Hutch, a kidnapped rabbit who gradually develops several of Wallace's mannerisms — his dialogue consists almost entirely of phrases and statements previously made by Wallace — after an attempted mind-alteration goes wrong and who is at first suspected to be the Were-Rabbit. Sallis's voice was digitally accelerated to create that of Hutch's.
    • Gromit is Wallace's silent, brave and highly intelligent dog who cares deeply for his master, and saves him whenever something goes wrong.
  • Ralph Fiennes as Lord Victor Quartermaine, a cruel upper class bounder and a prideful hunter who is courting Lady Tottington for her fortune. He wears a toupee and despises Wallace and Gromit.
    • Philip is Victor's vicious but cowardly and dimwitted hunting dog who resembles a Bull Terrier. He is too cowardly to face the Were-Rabbit so he instead targets Gromit.
  • Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Campanula "Totty" Tottington, a wealthy aristocratic spinster with a keen interest in vegetable horticulture and 'fluffy' animals. For 517 years, the Tottington family has hosted an annual vegetable competition on their estate on the same night. Lady Tottington asks Wallace to call her "Totty" (which is a British term for an attractive woman) and develops a romantic interest in him. Her forename, Campanula, is the scientific name of a bellflower, and her surname is taken from the Lancashire village of Tottington.
  • Peter Kay as Police Constable Albert Mackintosh, the local village policeman who judges the Giant Vegetable Contest, though he would prefer it if the "troublemaking" competition didn't happen.
  • Nicholas Smith as the Reverend Clement Hedges, the superstitious town vicar and the first resident to witness the Were-Rabbit.
  • Dicken Ashworth and Liz Smith as Mr. and Mrs. Mulch, neighbours of Wallace and Gromit who raise prize-winning pumpkins.
  • Edward Kelsey as Mr. Growbag, an elderly resident of Wallace and Gromit's neighbourhood and a founding member of the town's vegetable growers' council.
  • Mark Gatiss as Miss Blight, a resident of Wallace and Gromit's neighbourhood.
  • Geraldine McEwan as Miss Thripp, an Anti-Pesto customer. McEwan reprises her role in A Matter of Loaf and Death.
  • John Thomson as Mr. Windfall
  • Vincent Ebrahim as Mr. Caliche
  • Robert Horvath as Mr. Dibber
  • Pete Atkin as Mr. Crock
  • Noni Lewis as Mrs. Gridling
  • Ben Whitehead as Mr. Leaching
    • Whitehead is the current voice of Wallace in the franchise following Peter Sallis's retirement and subsequent death.

Production edit

 
Director Nick Park at the premiere

In March 2000, it was officially announced that Wallace and Gromit were to star in their own feature film.[12] It would have been Aardman's next film after The Tortoise and the Hare, which was subsequently abandoned by the studio in July 2001, owing to script problems.[13][14]

The directors, Nick Park and Steve Box, have often referred to the film as the world's "first vegetarian horror film".[15][16] Peter Sallis (the voice of Wallace) is joined in the film by Ralph Fiennes (as Lord Victor Quartermaine), Helena Bonham Carter (as Lady Campanula Tottington), Peter Kay (as PC Mackintosh), Nicholas Smith (as Rev. Clement Hedges), and Liz Smith (as Mrs. Mulch). As established in the preceding short films, Gromit is a silent character, communicating purely via body language.[citation needed]

The film was originally going to be called Wallace & Gromit: The Great Vegetable Plot, but the title was changed, as the market research disliked it.[17] The first reported release date for The Great Vegetable Plot was November 2004.[18] Production officially began in September 2003, and the film was then set for release on 30 September 2005. In July 2003, Entertainment Weekly referred to the film as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.[citation needed]

Park said that after separate test screenings with British and American audiences, including children, he adjusted the characters' speech for American audiences.[19] Park was often sent notes from DreamWorks, which stressed him. He recalled one note that Wallace's car should be trendier, which he disagreed with because he felt making things look old-fashioned made it look more ironic.[20]

The vehicle Wallace drives in the film is an Austin A35 van. In collaboration with Aardman in the spring of 2005, a road going replica of the model was created by brothers Mark and David Armé, founders of the International Austin A30/A35 Register, for promotional purposes. In a 500-man-hour customisation, an original 1964 van received a full body restoration, before being dented and distressed to perfectly replicate the model van used in the film. The official colour of the van is Preston Green, named in honour of Nick Park's hometown. The name was chosen by the art director and Mark Armé.[citation needed]

Release edit

The film had its worldwide premiere on 4 September 2005, in Sydney, Australia.[4] It was theatrically released in the United States on October 7 2005, and in United Kingdom and Hong Kong the following week. The film was accompanied by the short film The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, starring the penguins from the Madagascar franchise.

Home media edit

In Region 2, the film was released not only on VHS but also in a two-disc special edition DVD that includes Cracking Contraptions, plus a number of other extras on 20 February 2006. In Region 1, the film was released on DVD in widescreen and full-screen versions and VHS on 7 February 2006. Walmart stores carried a special version with an additional DVD, "Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD" which included the test shorts made for this production, making of the Were-Rabbit creature, memorable moments of the film titled "Gromit's Favorite Scenes", a video showing the legacy of the "Wallace and Gromit" franchise, an instructional video on how to draw Gromit, as well as "Cracking Contraptions" shorts.

A companion game, also titled Curse of the Were-Rabbit, was released with the film. A novelization, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: The Movie Novelization by Penny Worms (ISBN 0-8431-1667-6), was also produced.

It was the last DreamWorks Animation film to be released on VHS. It was re-released on DVD on 13 May 2014 as part of a triple film set, along with fellow Aardman/DreamWorks films Chicken Run and Flushed Away.[21]

A Blu-ray edition of the film was released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in the United States on 4 June 2019.[22]

Reception edit

Box office edit

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit opened in 3,645 cinemas and had an opening weekend gross of $16 million, putting it at number one for that weekend.[23] During its second weekend it came in at number two, just $200,000 behind The Fog.[24] It remained number one at the North American box office for three weeks in a row.[25] The Curse of the Were-Rabbit grossed $192.6 million at the box office, of which $56.1 million was from the United States.[25] As of January 2023, it is the second-highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time behind Aardman's first feature film, Chicken Run.

Critical response edit

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 183 reviews and an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a subtly touching and wonderfully eccentric adventure featuring Wallace and Gromit."[26] On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[27] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.[28]

In 2016, Empire magazine ranked it 51st on their list of the 100 best British films, with their entry stating, "The sparkling Curse Of The Were-Rabbit positively brims with ideas and energy, dazzling movie fans with sly references to everything from Hammer horrors and The Incredible Hulk to King Kong and Top Gun, and bounds along like a hound in a hurry. The plot pitches the famously taciturn Dogwarts' alumnus and his Wensleydale-chomping owner (Sallis) against the dastardly Victor Quartermaine (Fiennes), taking mutating bunnies, prize-winning marrows and the posh-as-biscuits Lady Tottington (Bonham Carter) along for the ride. In short, it's the most marvellously English animation there is."[29]

Accolades edit

Group Award Recipients Result
78th Academy Awards[30] Best Animated Feature Film Nick Park
Steve Box
Won
33rd Annie Awards[31][32] Best Animated Effects Jason Wen Won
Best Animated Feature Won
Best Character Animation Claire Billet Won
Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Nick Park Won
Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production Nick Park
Steve Box
Won
Best Music in an Animated Feature Production Julian Nott Won
Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Phil Lewis Won
Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Bob Persichetti Won
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Peter Sallis as the voice of Wallace Won
Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production Steve Box
Nick Park
Mark Burton
Bob Baker
Won
Best Character Animation Jay Grace Nominated
Christopher Sadler Nominated
Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Michael Salter Nominated
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Helena Bonham Carter as the voice of Lady Campanula Tottington Nominated
Ralph Fiennes as the voice of Victor Quartermaine Nominated
Nicholas Smith as the voice of Reverend Clement Hedges Nominated
59th British Academy Film Awards[33] Best British Film Claire Jennings
David Sproxton
Nick Park
Steve Box
Mark Burton
Bob Baker
Won
British Academy Children's Awards[34] Feature Film Nick Park
Steve Box
Peter Lord
David Sproxton
Won
British Comedy Awards[35] Best Comedy Film Nick Park Won
11th Critics' Choice Awards[36] Best Animated Feature Nick Park and Steve Box Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association[37] Best Animated Feature Won
Empire Awards[38] Best Director Nick Park
Steve Box
Won
Best British Film Nominated
Best Comedy Nominated
Scene of the Year Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2005[39] Best Animated Film Won
50th Hugo Awards[40] Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form Nominated
London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005[41] British Film of the Year Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2005[42] Best Animated Film Won
53rd Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards[43] Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Animated Won
Golden Tomato Awards 2005[44] Best Animated Film Won
Best Wide Release Won
New York Film Critics Online Awards 2005[42] Best Animated Film Won
2006 Kids' Choice Awards[45] Favorite Animated Movie Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005[46] Best Animated Feature Won
17th Producers Guild of America Awards[47] Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Claire Jennings
Nick Park
Won
10th Satellite Awards[48] Outstanding Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media Nominated
32nd Saturn Awards[49] Best Animated Film Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2005[50] Best Animated Film Nick Park and Steve Box Won
Visual Effects Society Awards 2005[51] Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture Lloyd Price for "Gromit" Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[52] Best Animated Film Won

Soundtrack edit

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film score by
ReleasedOctober 11, 2005
GenreFilm score
Length48:11
LabelVarèse Sarabande
ProducerMark Wherry
Julian Nott chronology
Gifted
(2003)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(2005)
Shoot the Messenger
(2006)

The film's score was composed by Julian Nott, who also scored the previous entries in the franchise. The score was produced by Hans Zimmer, and additional music was provided by Rupert Gregson-Williams, James Dooley, Lorne Balfe and Alastair King.[53]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Grand Day Out"
  • Nott
  • Dooley
1:54
2."Anti-Pesto to the Rescue"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • Dooley
3:18
3."Bless You, Anti-Pesto"
  • Nott
  • Dooley
1:56
4."Lady Tottington and Victor"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • Dooley
  • Balfe
  • King
2:03
5."Fire Up the Bun-Vac"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
1:47
6."Your Ladyship"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • Dooley
  • Balfe
1:07
7."Brainwash and Go"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
2:28
8."Harvest Offering"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • Balfe
2:30
9."Arson Around"
  • Nott
  • Dooley
  • King
2:23
10."A Big Trap"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • Balfe
3:27
11."The Morning After"
  • Nott
  • Dooley
1:44
12."Transformation"
  • Nott
  • Balfe
4:05
13."Ravaged in the Night"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • King
1:45
14."Fluffy Lover Boy"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • Dooley
4:36
15."Kiss My Artichoke"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
  • Dooley
4:31
16."Dogfight"
  • Nott
  • Balfe
3:39
17."Every Dog Has His Day"
  • Nott
  • Dooley
2:43
18."All Things Fluffy"
  • Nott
  • Gregson-Williams
1:07
19."Wallace and Gromit"Nott1:08
Total length:48:11

Sequel edit

After the box-office failure of Flushed Away resulted in a major write down for DreamWorks, it was reported on 3 October 2006[54] and confirmed on 30 January 2007[55] that DreamWorks had terminated their partnership with Aardman. In revealing the losses related to Flushed Away, DreamWorks also revealed they had taken a $29 million write down over Wallace & Gromit as well, the film had drastically underperformed expectations in the home DVD market, despite grossing $192 million against a budget of only $30 million at the box office.[56]

Following the split, Aardman retained complete ownership of the film, while DreamWorks Animation retained worldwide distribution rights in perpetuity, excluding some United Kingdom television rights and ancillary markets.[7] Soon after the end of the agreement, Aardman announced that they would proceed with another Wallace & Gromit project, later revealed to be a return to their earlier short films with A Matter of Loaf and Death for BBC One.

During production of the short, Park remarked publicly on difficulties with working with DreamWorks during the production of The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, such as the constant production notes and demands to alter the material to appeal more to American children.[20][57] This discouraged him from producing another feature film for years, with Lord noting that Park preferred the "half hour format".[58] However, in January 2022, a new Wallace & Gromit film was announced, which is due to release in 2024 on Netflix worldwide, except for the UK, where it will first premiere on BBC before coming to Netflix at a later date.[9][10]

Notes edit

  1. ^ In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from Paramount Pictures (owners of the pre-2005 DreamWorks Pictures catalog)[6] and transferred to 20th Century Fox before reverting to Universal Pictures in 2018. However, Aardman Animations still retains complete ownership of the film.[7]

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • at the Official Wallace & Gromit website
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For the video game see Wallace amp Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit video game Wallace amp Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit is a 2005 stop motion animated comedy film directed by Nick Park and Steve Box It was produced made and owned by DreamWorks Animation in collaboration with Aardman Animations It was the second feature length film by Aardman after Chicken Run 2000 and the last DreamWorks Animation film distributed by its parent DreamWorks Pictures as the studio spun off as an independent studio in 2004 until its acquisition by NBCUniversal in 2016 note 1 The film debuted in Sydney Australia on 4 September 2005 before being released in theaters in the United States on 7 October 2005 and in the United Kingdom a week later on 14 October 2005 Wallace amp Gromit The Curse of the Were RabbitBritish theatrical release posterDirected byNick Park Steve BoxScreenplay bySteve Box Nick Park Mark Burton Bob BakerBased onWallace and Gromitby Nick ParkProduced byClaire Jennings Carla Shelley Peter Lord David Sproxton Nick ParkStarringPeter SallisRalph FiennesHelena Bonham CarterCinematographyDavid Alex RiddettTristan OliverEdited byDavid McCormickGregory PerlerMusic byJulian NottProductioncompaniesAardman Animations 1 2 DreamWorks Animation 1 Distributed byDreamWorks Pictures 2 United States United International Pictures United Kingdom 3 Release dates4 September 2005 2005 09 04 Sydney 4 7 October 2005 2005 10 07 United States 14 October 2005 2005 10 14 United Kingdom Running time85 minutes 3 CountriesUnited Kingdom 5 United States 5 LanguageEnglishBudget 30 millionBox office 192 6 million The Curse of the Were Rabbit is a parody of classic monster movies and Hammer Horror films and also serves as part of the Wallace and Gromit series created by Park The film centres on good natured yet eccentric cheese loving inventor Wallace voiced by Peter Sallis and his intelligent quiet dog Gromit in their latest venture as pest control agents They come to the rescue of their town plagued by rabbits before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition However the duo soon find themselves against a giant rabbit consuming the town s crops The film features an expanded cast of characters relative to the previous Wallace and Gromit shorts with a voice cast including Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes While the film was considered a box office disappointment in the US by DreamWorks Animation 8 it was more commercially successful internationally It also received critical acclaim and won a number of film awards including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature making it the second and latest film from DreamWorks Animation to win that award following Shrek as well as the first stop motion film to win In January 2022 a new feature film was announced which is due to release in 2024 on Netflix worldwide except for the UK where it will premiere first on the BBC before also coming to Netflix at a later date 9 10 Contents 1 Plot 2 Voice cast 3 Production 4 Release 4 1 Home media 5 Reception 5 1 Box office 5 2 Critical response 5 3 Accolades 6 Soundtrack 7 Sequel 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksPlot editAs Tottington Hall s annual giant vegetable competition approaches cheese loving inventor Wallace and his beagle Gromit provide a humane pest control business known as Anti Pesto protecting people s vegetables from rabbits One evening after capturing rabbits found in the garden of Lady Tottington Wallace uses two of his latest inventions the Bun Vac 6000 and Mind Manipulation O Matic to brainwash them into disliking vegetables All goes well until Wallace accidentally sets the Bun Vac to BLOW and his brain is fused with that of a rabbit forcing Gromit to destroy the Mind O Matic The transfer appears to have worked as the rabbit shows no interest in vegetables They name the rabbit Hutch and place him in a cage That night a giant rabbit devours many people s vegetables and the duo fail to respond During a town meeting the next day the creature is revealed to be the Were Rabbit Hunter Victor Quartermaine offers to shoot the creature but Tottington persuades the townsfolk to give Wallace and Gromit a second chance After Anti Pesto unsuccessfully tries to trap the rabbit Wallace suspects that Hutch is the beast and has Gromit lock him in a high security cage Gromit then follows a trail of footprints into Wallace s bedroom and finds a pile of half eaten vegetables inside indicating that Wallace is the real culprit After celebrating his success with Tottington Wallace is cornered in the forest by Victor who vies for Tottington s affections and fortune Wallace transforms into the Were Rabbit under the full moon and flees Now seeing the perfect chance to eliminate his rival Victor obtains three 24 carrot gold bullets from the town s vicar Reverend Clement Hedges to use against Wallace On the day of the vegetable competition Gromit reveals to Wallace that the experiment has swapped his and Hutch s personalities the latter is now carrying his human traits and is the only one who can fix the Mind O Matic Tottington visits and informs Wallace of Victor s plan as the moon rises Wallace begins to transform again and hastily forces Tottington to leave Victor arrives and attempts to shoot Wallace with the golden bullets but Gromit helps Wallace to escape Once Victor is gone Gromit and Hutch devise a plan to save Wallace At the competition after using up all his gold bullets Victor takes an elephant gun and the Golden Carrot trophy to use as ammunition Wallace carries Tottington atop Tottington Hall and reveals his true identity to her Meanwhile Gromit subdues Victor s dog Philip in a dogfight using aeroplanes taken from a fairground attraction Gromit then steers his plane into Victor s line of fire as he shoots at Wallace causing the bullet to hit the plane instead The damaged plane falls and Wallace jumps to grab Gromit breaking his fall onto a table of Crackers in a cheese tent Tottington then whacks Victor in the head with a giant carrot and dumps him before Gromit quickly disguises Victor as the female Were Rabbit causing the townspeople to chase him away Wallace morphs back to his human self and appears dead but Gromit revives him with Stinking Bishop cheese undoing the curse of the Were Rabbit Tottington awards Gromit the Golden Carrot for his valor and converts the grounds of Tottington Hall into a nature reserve for Hutch and the other rabbits Voice cast editMain article List of Wallace and Gromit characters nbsp Helena Bonham Carter at the film s North American premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival 11 Peter Sallis as Wallace an eccentric absent minded and accident prone yet good natured inventor with a great fondness for cheese who works at Anti Pesto with his dog and best friend Gromit Sallis also provides the voice of Hutch a kidnapped rabbit who gradually develops several of Wallace s mannerisms his dialogue consists almost entirely of phrases and statements previously made by Wallace after an attempted mind alteration goes wrong and who is at first suspected to be the Were Rabbit Sallis s voice was digitally accelerated to create that of Hutch s Gromit is Wallace s silent brave and highly intelligent dog who cares deeply for his master and saves him whenever something goes wrong Ralph Fiennes as Lord Victor Quartermaine a cruel upper class bounder and a prideful hunter who is courting Lady Tottington for her fortune He wears a toupee and despises Wallace and Gromit Philip is Victor s vicious but cowardly and dimwitted hunting dog who resembles a Bull Terrier He is too cowardly to face the Were Rabbit so he instead targets Gromit Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Campanula Totty Tottington a wealthy aristocratic spinster with a keen interest in vegetable horticulture and fluffy animals For 517 years the Tottington family has hosted an annual vegetable competition on their estate on the same night Lady Tottington asks Wallace to call her Totty which is a British term for an attractive woman and develops a romantic interest in him Her forename Campanula is the scientific name of a bellflower and her surname is taken from the Lancashire village of Tottington Peter Kay as Police Constable Albert Mackintosh the local village policeman who judges the Giant Vegetable Contest though he would prefer it if the troublemaking competition didn t happen Nicholas Smith as the Reverend Clement Hedges the superstitious town vicar and the first resident to witness the Were Rabbit Dicken Ashworth and Liz Smith as Mr and Mrs Mulch neighbours of Wallace and Gromit who raise prize winning pumpkins Edward Kelsey as Mr Growbag an elderly resident of Wallace and Gromit s neighbourhood and a founding member of the town s vegetable growers council Mark Gatiss as Miss Blight a resident of Wallace and Gromit s neighbourhood Geraldine McEwan as Miss Thripp an Anti Pesto customer McEwan reprises her role in A Matter of Loaf and Death John Thomson as Mr Windfall Vincent Ebrahim as Mr Caliche Robert Horvath as Mr Dibber Pete Atkin as Mr Crock Noni Lewis as Mrs Gridling Ben Whitehead as Mr Leaching Whitehead is the current voice of Wallace in the franchise following Peter Sallis s retirement and subsequent death Production edit nbsp Director Nick Park at the premiere In March 2000 it was officially announced that Wallace and Gromit were to star in their own feature film 12 It would have been Aardman s next film after The Tortoise and the Hare which was subsequently abandoned by the studio in July 2001 owing to script problems 13 14 The directors Nick Park and Steve Box have often referred to the film as the world s first vegetarian horror film 15 16 Peter Sallis the voice of Wallace is joined in the film by Ralph Fiennes as Lord Victor Quartermaine Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Campanula Tottington Peter Kay as PC Mackintosh Nicholas Smith as Rev Clement Hedges and Liz Smith as Mrs Mulch As established in the preceding short films Gromit is a silent character communicating purely via body language citation needed The film was originally going to be called Wallace amp Gromit The Great Vegetable Plot but the title was changed as the market research disliked it 17 The first reported release date for The Great Vegetable Plot was November 2004 18 Production officially began in September 2003 and the film was then set for release on 30 September 2005 In July 2003 Entertainment Weekly referred to the film as Wallace amp Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit citation needed Park said that after separate test screenings with British and American audiences including children he adjusted the characters speech for American audiences 19 Park was often sent notes from DreamWorks which stressed him He recalled one note that Wallace s car should be trendier which he disagreed with because he felt making things look old fashioned made it look more ironic 20 The vehicle Wallace drives in the film is an Austin A35 van In collaboration with Aardman in the spring of 2005 a road going replica of the model was created by brothers Mark and David Arme founders of the International Austin A30 A35 Register for promotional purposes In a 500 man hour customisation an original 1964 van received a full body restoration before being dented and distressed to perfectly replicate the model van used in the film The official colour of the van is Preston Green named in honour of Nick Park s hometown The name was chosen by the art director and Mark Arme citation needed Release editThe film had its worldwide premiere on 4 September 2005 in Sydney Australia 4 It was theatrically released in the United States on October 7 2005 and in United Kingdom and Hong Kong the following week The film was accompanied by the short film The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper starring the penguins from the Madagascar franchise Home media edit In Region 2 the film was released not only on VHS but also in a two disc special edition DVD that includes Cracking Contraptions plus a number of other extras on 20 February 2006 In Region 1 the film was released on DVD in widescreen and full screen versions and VHS on 7 February 2006 Walmart stores carried a special version with an additional DVD Gromit s Tail Waggin DVD which included the test shorts made for this production making of the Were Rabbit creature memorable moments of the film titled Gromit s Favorite Scenes a video showing the legacy of the Wallace and Gromit franchise an instructional video on how to draw Gromit as well as Cracking Contraptions shorts A companion game also titled Curse of the Were Rabbit was released with the film A novelization Wallace and Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit The Movie Novelization by Penny Worms ISBN 0 8431 1667 6 was also produced It was the last DreamWorks Animation film to be released on VHS It was re released on DVD on 13 May 2014 as part of a triple film set along with fellow Aardman DreamWorks films Chicken Run and Flushed Away 21 A Blu ray edition of the film was released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in the United States on 4 June 2019 22 Reception editBox office edit Wallace amp Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit opened in 3 645 cinemas and had an opening weekend gross of 16 million putting it at number one for that weekend 23 During its second weekend it came in at number two just 200 000 behind The Fog 24 It remained number one at the North American box office for three weeks in a row 25 The Curse of the Were Rabbit grossed 192 6 million at the box office of which 56 1 million was from the United States 25 As of January 2023 update it is the second highest grossing stop motion animated film of all time behind Aardman s first feature film Chicken Run Critical response edit On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 95 based on 183 reviews and an average rating of 8 1 10 The website s critical consensus reads The Curse of the Were Rabbit is a subtly touching and wonderfully eccentric adventure featuring Wallace and Gromit 26 On Metacritic the film received a weighted average score of 87 out of 100 based on 38 critics indicating universal acclaim 27 Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B on an A to F scale 28 In 2016 Empire magazine ranked it 51st on their list of the 100 best British films with their entry stating The sparkling Curse Of The Were Rabbit positively brims with ideas and energy dazzling movie fans with sly references to everything from Hammer horrors and The Incredible Hulk to King Kong and Top Gun and bounds along like a hound in a hurry The plot pitches the famously taciturn Dogwarts alumnus and his Wensleydale chomping owner Sallis against the dastardly Victor Quartermaine Fiennes taking mutating bunnies prize winning marrows and the posh as biscuits Lady Tottington Bonham Carter along for the ride In short it s the most marvellously English animation there is 29 Accolades edit Group Award Recipients Result 78th Academy Awards 30 Best Animated Feature Film Nick ParkSteve Box Won 33rd Annie Awards 31 32 Best Animated Effects Jason Wen Won Best Animated Feature Won Best Character Animation Claire Billet Won Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Nick Park Won Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production Nick ParkSteve Box Won Best Music in an Animated Feature Production Julian Nott Won Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Phil Lewis Won Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Bob Persichetti Won Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Peter Sallis as the voice of Wallace Won Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production Steve BoxNick ParkMark BurtonBob Baker Won Best Character Animation Jay Grace Nominated Christopher Sadler Nominated Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Michael Salter Nominated Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Helena Bonham Carter as the voice of Lady Campanula Tottington Nominated Ralph Fiennes as the voice of Victor Quartermaine Nominated Nicholas Smith as the voice of Reverend Clement Hedges Nominated 59th British Academy Film Awards 33 Best British Film Claire JenningsDavid SproxtonNick ParkSteve BoxMark BurtonBob Baker Won British Academy Children s Awards 34 Feature Film Nick ParkSteve BoxPeter LordDavid Sproxton Won British Comedy Awards 35 Best Comedy Film Nick Park Won 11th Critics Choice Awards 36 Best Animated Feature Nick Park and Steve Box Won Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association 37 Best Animated Feature Won Empire Awards 38 Best Director Nick ParkSteve Box Won Best British Film Nominated Best Comedy Nominated Scene of the Year Nominated Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 2005 39 Best Animated Film Won 50th Hugo Awards 40 Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form Nominated London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005 41 British Film of the Year Nominated Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2005 42 Best Animated Film Won 53rd Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards 43 Best Sound Editing in Feature Film Animated Won Golden Tomato Awards 2005 44 Best Animated Film Won Best Wide Release Won New York Film Critics Online Awards 2005 42 Best Animated Film Won 2006 Kids Choice Awards 45 Favorite Animated Movie Wallace and Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit Nominated Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005 46 Best Animated Feature Won 17th Producers Guild of America Awards 47 Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Claire JenningsNick Park Won 10th Satellite Awards 48 Outstanding Motion Picture Animated or Mixed Media Nominated 32nd Saturn Awards 49 Best Animated Film Nominated Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2005 50 Best Animated Film Nick Park and Steve Box Won Visual Effects Society Awards 2005 51 Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture Lloyd Price for Gromit Won Washington D C Area Film Critics Association 52 Best Animated Film WonSoundtrack editWallace amp Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit Original Motion Picture SoundtrackFilm score by Julian NottReleasedOctober 11 2005GenreFilm scoreLength48 11LabelVarese SarabandeProducerMark WherryJulian Nott chronologyGifted 2003 Wallace amp Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2005 Shoot the Messenger 2006 The film s score was composed by Julian Nott who also scored the previous entries in the franchise The score was produced by Hans Zimmer and additional music was provided by Rupert Gregson Williams James Dooley Lorne Balfe and Alastair King 53 No TitleWriter s Length1 A Grand Day Out NottDooley1 542 Anti Pesto to the Rescue NottGregson WilliamsDooley3 183 Bless You Anti Pesto NottDooley1 564 Lady Tottington and Victor NottGregson WilliamsDooleyBalfeKing2 035 Fire Up the Bun Vac NottGregson Williams1 476 Your Ladyship NottGregson WilliamsDooleyBalfe1 077 Brainwash and Go NottGregson Williams2 288 Harvest Offering NottGregson WilliamsBalfe2 309 Arson Around NottDooleyKing2 2310 A Big Trap NottGregson WilliamsBalfe3 2711 The Morning After NottDooley1 4412 Transformation NottBalfe4 0513 Ravaged in the Night NottGregson WilliamsKing1 4514 Fluffy Lover Boy NottGregson WilliamsDooley4 3615 Kiss My Artichoke NottGregson WilliamsDooley4 3116 Dogfight NottBalfe3 3917 Every Dog Has His Day NottDooley2 4318 All Things Fluffy NottGregson Williams1 0719 Wallace and Gromit Nott1 08Total length 48 11Sequel editAfter the box office failure of Flushed Away resulted in a major write down for DreamWorks it was reported on 3 October 2006 54 and confirmed on 30 January 2007 55 that DreamWorks had terminated their partnership with Aardman In revealing the losses related to Flushed Away DreamWorks also revealed they had taken a 29 million write down over Wallace amp Gromit as well the film had drastically underperformed expectations in the home DVD market despite grossing 192 million against a budget of only 30 million at the box office 56 Following the split Aardman retained complete ownership of the film while DreamWorks Animation retained worldwide distribution rights in perpetuity excluding some United Kingdom television rights and ancillary markets 7 Soon after the end of the agreement Aardman announced that they would proceed with another Wallace amp Gromit project later revealed to be a return to their earlier short films with A Matter of Loaf and Death for BBC One During production of the short Park remarked publicly on difficulties with working with DreamWorks during the production of The Curse of the Were Rabbit such as the constant production notes and demands to alter the material to appeal more to American children 20 57 This discouraged him from producing another feature film for years with Lord noting that Park preferred the half hour format 58 However in January 2022 a new Wallace amp Gromit film was announced which is due to release in 2024 on Netflix worldwide except for the UK where it will first premiere on BBC before coming to Netflix 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