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Posssibly the best Wallace and Gromit book ever made! Just buy it now, you won't ever regret it!

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Product Description

Wallace & Gromit - the eccentric, cheese-loving inventor and his faithful, long-suffering dog - started life in 1985 in Nick Park's A Grand Day Out, a film he had started while attending Britain's National Film and Television school. Gromit actually began as a cat in another story and initially Wallace didn't have a name, but since then the pair have been catapulted to international fame and captured the hearts of millions, along with a cast of characters that includes the adorable Shaun the Sheep, the dastardly penguin Fingers and the long-suffering lady friend Wendolene.From an idea doodled in a sketchbook to three fully realised feature films, the secrets of the model-making shop, the set-design shop and the animation studios are all revealed here for the very first time. Including original concept artwork from Nick Park and insights into stop-motion animation, this book will also look at the establishment of the characters as global property through innovative marketing, major advertising campaigns (eg. US mattresses, Japan-foods) and must-have merchandise. The World of Wallace and Gromit will explore the way in which two animated characters from Bristol became a global phenom

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #482362 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Film Review
‘A picture-packed behind-the-scenes extravaganza…this will entertain young and old alike.’

About the Author
Andy Lane has previously co-written The Bond Files, as well as the guide to SF TV series Babylon 5 (The BabyIon File, Volumes 1 and 2) and the official guide to Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).