Yes, the lovable pair from Aardman Animation is back for an all new adventure — Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death. This time Wallace and Gromit are in the baking business delivering daily baked goods with their "Dough to Door" delivery service.
For those of you new to the wonderful world of Nick Park's creative clay characters, Wallace is a lovable, yet scatter-brained inventor with all sorts of interesting schemes to keep the cupboard full of cheese. And Gromit is Wallace's dog, though he's much more than a simple pet. Gromit is Wallace's partner in all things and most of the time ends up doing all the work. And in A Matter of Loaf and Death, Gromit is once again pulling Wallace's buns out of the fire.
The beauty of the Wallace and Gromit features and shorts is the loving care that goes into every single frame. These characters are animated using traditional stop-motion techniques and clay figures. Sometimes called "claymation," the clay figures are matched against clay props and painted backdrops. Each second of animation takes 24 separate shots and an amazing detail-oriented approach.
A Matter of Loaf and Death starts with the murder of Baker Bob, killed by an unknown assailant with his own rolling pin — the twelfth victim of the killer-at-large. It all goes downhill for Wallace and Gromit after that, literally — the duo save poor Piella Bakewell and her dog Fluffles as gravity and a bike with broken brakes send them hurtling down a hill towards the zoo.
Though Gromit finds clues that make him suspect Miss Bakewell is up to something, he spends most of the rest of the movie trying to convince Wallace. But Wallace and Bakewell start a whirlwind romance that leads to an impressive chase and a couple of broken hearts.
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