“酷狗宝贝”黏土动画是英国动画公司Aardman的代表名作,以特殊的英国风格,轻松幽默的人物刻划,精致的拍摄品质著称,因此“酷狗宝贝”一推出,即成为全球注目的焦点。第一部动 画“月球野餐记”(A Grand Day Out”在电视首次播放时,即掀起观众热烈回响,并获得奥斯卡金像奖的提名。再度推出的系列作品“引鹅入室”(The Wrong Trousers)及“剃刀边缘”(A Close Shave)两部动 画,也分别得到当年奥斯卡最佳短片大奖。
至今,酷狗宝贝已成为英国文化的重要代表,在英国,80%的人都认得它。酷狗宝贝还因此被英国旅游指南推荐为游客不可不认识的英国人物之一。
After the great success of Wallace & Gromit's previous adventures, it was announced on October 3rd 2007 that the famous plasticine duo would return to the small screen in a brand adventure for Christmas 2008.
The plotline? Wallace and Gromit have opened a new bakery business - Top Bun - but a deadly murderer is targeting all the bakers in town. Wallace couldn't care - he's found true love in the shape of Piella Bakewell, former star of the Bake-O-Lite bread commercials. Can Gromit discover the identity of the Cereal Killer before Wallace becomes the next victim?
Production started on the film in January 2008, after a whopping 16 months of pre-production and writing by the reunited team of Nick Park and Bob Barker. The wallaceandgromit.com production blog followed the production crew through each stage of the process, until on October 10th it was announced that the final scene had been shot and was ready to be edited.
The film is due to premier on BBC One this Christmas, as well as various other stations around the globe.