Cracking Contraptions
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Cover art for the Cracking Contraptions R2 DVD
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| Directed by | Loyd Price Christopher Sadler |
| Produced by | Harry Linden Peter Lord |
| Written by | Merlin Crossingham Seamus Malone Nick Park Loyd Price Christopher Sadler Mike Salter |
| Starring | Peter Sallis |
| Music by | Julian Nott |
| Cinematography | Andy MacCormack |
| Edited by | John Carnochan |
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Atom Films BBC |
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Approx. 2 minutes x 10 episodes. Total Running Time: 23:49 minutes in all |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions is a series of ten Wallace and Gromit stop motion animations varying in length from 1 to 3 minutes. Each episode features one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's skeptical reaction to it. The series was produced and released in 2002 by Aardman Animations.
Episodes were broadcast individually on BBC One throughout the Christmas period, 2002. They were subsequently released on a limited-edition BBC VHS and Region 2 DVD. The series was also included as a bonus feature on some DVD releases of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and can be found on the Wal-Mart exclusive DVD, "Gromit's Tail-Waggin' DVD", packaged with "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". All ten episodes were later aired as a 25-minute compilation on BBC Three during Christmas 2008, shortly before The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit premiered on BBC One.
Episodes first appeared on the [innternet]] for free viewing 15 October 2002, and the entire series for paid subscribers 21 October 2002-July 2003. Starting April 2003 Microsoft sponsored free viewing of individual episodes, one per week.Christmas Cardomatic was viewable free in December 2003.
The series is now available free online at the Aardman YouTube channel.
The episodes appeared as comic strips in the 2010 Wallace and Gromit Annual.
This was the first time Wallace and Gromit were produced in widescreen.
Wallace and Gromit head to the local football field for a bit of practice, with Wallace shooting and Gromit playing goalie. Frustrated at the ease with which Gromit blocks every shot, Wallace activates his Preston North End Soccamatic, a machine that kicks dozens of balls toward the goal. Gromit ducks to avoid the barrage, but when Wallace stops to load in more balls, he dons a vest and gloves that inflate to completely block the goal. Wallace suggests that they switch to tennis; after the credits, he serves a ball that bounces off Gromit's vest, then calls out, "15-love!"
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