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A Close Shave

1996 30 min English NR

“A cracking wacky adventure.”

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

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Part of Wallace & Gromit Collection

4 films

Cast

2 people

Nick Park Director · Bob Baker Writer

Worldwide gross $4.6K · United States release April 10, 1996 · Produced in United Kingdom

Box office

Worldwide gross

$4,638

Production

A

Aardman

Production

B

BBC Bristol Productions

Production

W

Wallace and Gromit

Production

B

BBC Children's International

Production

A

Aardman Animations

Production

United Kingdom

Produced in

Languages

Original language

English

Spoken on screen

English

Release dates

United Kingdom · December 24, 1995

TV

United States · April 10, 1996

Theatrical

United Kingdom · July 26, 1998

Theatrical

United States · September 20, 2005

Physical · Three Amazing Adventures

United States

December 29, 1995 · Premiere

Argentina

April 23, 2016 · Premiere · BAFICI - Buenos Aires Film Festival

Australia

April 10, 1996 · Limited theatrical

Canada

September 22, 1996 · Premiere · Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival

Czechia

January 22, 1998 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100, part of Nick Park uvádí...

December 14, 2002 · Premiere · Olomouc Animation Film Festival

Denmark

March 25, 1996 · Theatrical

Finland

December 20, 1996 · Premiere · Q-Movies Festival

France

April 10, 1996 · Theatrical

November 8, 2017 · Digital

Germany

March 7, 1996 · Theatrical

Japan

August 2, 1997 · Theatrical

Norway

September 13, 1996 · Theatrical

Poland

May 1, 1997 · Theatrical

Portugal

November 19, 1998 · Limited theatrical

South Korea

February 7, 1997 · Theatrical

Sweden

August 2, 1996 · Theatrical

April 4, 2001 · Physical · DVD release (bundle)

April 14, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray release

January 20, 2013 · Theatrical · Göteborgs Lilla Filmfestival

Switzerland

March 8, 1996 · Theatrical

United Kingdom

July 21, 2012 · TV

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