WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
By Leroy Douresseaux
October 5, 2005 - 07:39
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WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG AND AARDMAN FEATURES PRESENTS
An Aardman Production
DIRECTORS: Nick Park and Steve Box
WRITERS: Bob Baker, Mark Burton, and Steve Box & Nick Park
PRODUCER: Carla Shelley
Starring: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, and Helena Bonham Carter
Opening date: October 7, 2005
Running time: 94 minutes
Rating: MPAA – G
The cheese-loving WALLACE (Peter Sallis) and his ever faithful dog, GROMIT – the much-loved duo from Aardman’s Oscar-winning clay-animated Wallace & Gromit shorts – star in an all new comedy adventure, marking their first full-length feature film.
As the annual Giant Vegetable Competition approaches, it’s “veggie-mania” in Wallace & Gromit’s neighborhood. The two enterprising chums have been cashing in with their pest control outfit, “Anti-Pesto,” which humanely dispatches the rabbits that try to invade the town’s sacred gardens.
Suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging beast begins terrorizing the neighborhood, attacking the town’s prized plots at night and destroying everything in its path. Desperate to protect the competition, its hostess, LADY TOTTINGTON (Helena Bonham Carter), commissions Anti-Pesto to catch the creature and save the day. Lying in wait, however, is Lady Tottington’s snobby suitor, VICTOR QUATERMAINE (Ralph Fiennes), who’d rather shoot the beast and secure the position of local hero – not to mention Lady Tottington’s hand in marriage. With the fate of the competition in the balance, Lady Tottington is eventually forced to allow Victor to hunt down the vegetable chomping marauder. Little does she know that Victor’s real intent could have dire consequences for her… and our two heroes.
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