''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' is a 2005 animated

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produced by

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and Aardman Animations. It is the second feature-length film by Aardman, after ''

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'' (2000). The fourth installment in the '' Wallace & Gromit'' series and the first to be feature-length, it was directed by

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and Steve Box and written by Park, Box, Mark Burton and Bob Baker. A parody of classic monster movies, the film centres on good-natured yet eccentric inventor Wallace and his intelligent but mute dog, Gromit, in their latest venture as pest control agents. They come to the rescue of their town, which is plagued by rabbits, before the annual Giant Vegetable competition. However, the duo soon find themselves battling a giant rabbit which is consuming the town's crops. The cast includes

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(as the voice of Wallace),

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and Peter Kay. Following the release of ''Chicken Run'' in 2000, DreamWorks and Aardman announced their next co-productions: ''The Tortoise and the Hare'' and a feature-length ''Wallace & Gromit'' film. The former was abandoned due to script issues, while the latter officially began production in September 2003. During production, Park was sent several notes by DreamWorks requesting to make changes to the film to appeal more to contemporary American audiences. This included changing the film's initial subtitle, ''The Great Vegetable Plot'', to ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''. Julian Nott, who composed the score for the prior ''Wallace & Gromit'' shorts, returned for the film. The film premiered in

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, Australia on 4 September 2005, before being released in theaters in the United States on 7 October 2005 and in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2005. While the film was considered a box-office disappointment in the US by DreamWorks Animation, it was more commercially successful internationally. It also received critical acclaim and won a number of awards, including the

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for Best Animated Feature, making it the first stop-motion film to win. A second feature film, '' Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl'', was released in 2024.

Plot

As Tottington Hall's annual giant vegetable competition approaches, cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his

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Gromit provide a humane pest control business known as "Anti-Pesto", protecting people's vegetables from rabbits. One evening, after capturing all the rabbits found in the garden of Lady Tottington using his "Bun-Vac 6,000", Wallace uses his latest invention, the "Mind Manipulation-O-Matic", to brainwash them all into disliking vegetables. As they brainwash the rabbits, Wallace accidentally changes the setting of the Bun-Vac, and his brain is fused with a rabbit, forcing Gromit to destroy the machine. The transfer appears to have worked, as the rabbit shows no interest in vegetables. They name the rabbit Hutch and place him into a cage. That night, a giant monstrous rabbit devours many people's vegetables, and the duo fails to respond. During a town meeting the next day, the creature is revealed to be the ''Were-Rabbit''. Hunter Victor Quartermaine offers to hunt the creature, but Tottington persuades the townsfolk to give Wallace and Gromit a second chance. After Anti-Pesto unsuccessfully tries to trap the Were-Rabbit using a makeshift female Were-Rabbit, they find that Hutch has mutated; Wallace suspects that Hutch is the beast and has Gromit lock him in a high-security cage. However, Gromit discovers a footprint trail leading into Wallace's bedroom and finds a pile of half-eaten vegetables inside, revealing that Wallace is actually the Were-Rabbit. 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 in front of Gromit and Victor in the forest and flees. Now seeing the perfect chance to eliminate his rival, Victor obtains three "24-carrot" golden

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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 now carries 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 high in the night sky, Wallace begins to transform once again and hastily forces Tottington to leave. Victor arrives and attempts to shoot Wallace, but Gromit saves Wallace. Although Victor locks Gromit in a cage, he escapes with the help of Hutch and they devise a plan to save Wallace. At the competition, after using up all his golden bullets, Victor takes an

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and the Golden Carrot trophy to use as ammunition. Wallace carries Tottington atop Tottington Hall and reveals his true identity to her. 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. As the damaged plane falls, Wallace jumps to protect Gromit, breaking his fall as they both land in a cheese tent. Tottington knocks out Victor with her giant prized carrot before Gromit quickly disguises him in the female Were-Rabbit suit, causing the townspeople and Philip to chase him away. Wallace morphs back to his human self and appears dead, but Gromit brings him around with Stinking Bishop. 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

as Wallace, an eccentric, absent-minded and accident-prone yet good-natured inventor with a great fondness for

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, 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 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. *

as Lord Victor Quartermaine, a cruel

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bounder and a prideful

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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. *

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 aristocratic and 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

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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

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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. *

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as Miss Blight, a resident of Wallace and Gromit's neighbourhood. *

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as Miss Thripp, an Anti-Pesto customer. McEwan reprises her role in ''

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''. * 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

Production

In March 2000, it was officially announced that ''Wallace and Gromit'' were to star in their own feature film. 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. The directors,

and Steve Box, have often referred to the film as the world's "first

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(the voice of Wallace) is joined in the film by

(as Lord Victor Quartermaine),

(as Lady

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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

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. 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. The first reported release date for ''The Great Vegetable Plot'' was November 2004. Production officially began in September 2003, and the film was then set for release on 30 September 2005. In July 2003, ''

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'' referred to the film as ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''. Park said that after separate

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s with British and American audiences, including children on both sides, he adjusted the characters' speech for American audiences. 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. 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.

Distribution

The film was the last DreamWorks Animation film distributed by its parent

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, as the studio spun off as an independent studio in 2004 until its acquisition by

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in 2016. In July 2014, the film's distribution rights were purchased by DreamWorks Animation from

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(owners of the pre-2005 DreamWorks Pictures catalog) and transferred to

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before reverting to

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in 2018. However, Aardman Animations still retains complete ownership of the film.

Release

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

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'' franchise.

Home media

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.

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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 (), was also produced. ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' was the final

film released on VHS. It was released on DVD on 13 May 2014 as part of a triple film set, along with the Aardman/DreamWorks films ''

'' and ''

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''. A

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edition was released by

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in the United States on 4 June 2019.

Reception

Box office

''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. During its second weekend it came in at number two, just $200,000 behind '' The Fog''. ''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' grossed $192.6 million at the box office, of which $56.1 million was from the United States. , it is the second-highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time behind Aardman's first feature film, ''

''.

Critical response

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews and an average rating of . The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' is a subtly touching and wonderfully eccentric adventure featuring Wallace and Gromit." On

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, the film received a weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by

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gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. In 2016, ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' and ''

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'', 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."

Accolades

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by Julian Nott, who also scored the previous entries in the franchise. The score was produced by

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, and additional music was provided by Rupert Gregson-Williams, James Dooley, Lorne Balfe and Alastair King.

Sequel

After the box-office failure of ''

'' resulted in a major write down for DreamWorks, it was reported on 3 October 2006 and confirmed on 30 January 2007 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, with the film having drastically underperformed expectations in the home DVD market, despite grossing $192 million against a budget of only $30 million at the box office. 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. 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 ''

'' for

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. 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. This discouraged him from producing another feature film for years, with Lord noting that Park preferred the "half hour format". However, in 2022, a new ''Wallace & Gromit'' film was announced, titled '' Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl'', which was released on Christmas Day 2024 on

in the UK and released worldwide on

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on 3 January 2025. Park returned as co-director and story co-writer alongside Merlin Crossingham. Kay reprised his role of Mackintosh (who has been promoted to chief inspector), while Ben Whitehead took on the role of Wallace due to Sallis' death in 2017.

References

External links

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