Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit [DVD] [2005] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

After years of short feature episodes, Wallace and Gromit finally have their full-feature chance. A seventy-five minutes long episode. Them during a September week as their county is preparing for a yearly vegetable contest which their Ladyship, Lady Tottington, organizes every year on her propriety. A competition that stresses and brings out mayhem for the chief police of the region. For the villagers, the chance to prove to everyone who has the best crops. And with rodents around, only Wallace and Gromit, with their latest Anti-Pesto pest control services, can make sure no rabbits, raccoons, squirrels, and other animals shall endanger people's chances to win. Although this year, another form of creature has started to appear. One that only the full moon can awake.The Were-Rabbit.With the voice performances of Peter Sallis as Wallace, Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Tottington, and Ralph Fiennes as Victor Quartermaine, who's the Ladyship's fiancee and main antagonist of the story, "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" offers a stellar and wonderful cast of voice actors. With the proper personality and voice tones for their roles, each offers the right empathy, sympathy, or scorn their characters deserve. Emotions that also go along for the villagers, who we get to meet for the first time. Acknowledging some of their selfish nature as that vegetable competition makes them lose common sense. As for Gromit, whom the creators have kept mute instead of pulling a "Tom-and-Jerry" stunt which would have killed the character, he still holds the same charm, common sense, wit, and courage from his short feature films.As for the movie, the movie absolutely does not drag. Its rhythm hops along nicely and offers quite a few wisecracking jokes and irony in its design, visual puns, and audio ones like a popular theme song from Art Garfunkel. Although Nick Park later stated that DreamWorks's suggestions were more obstructive than collaborative as they intruded with the show's humor and visual design (ex: Attempting to give Wallace a trendy car. As if that would make the movie more profitable!?). In the end, it was this conflicting atmosphere that broke their partnership. Nevertheless, Aardman managed to stick to their side and gave the same strong sense of humour and writing quality they've given to their movies.In its animation, the clay work is stunning. Different character designs, fluid animation, everyone and everything '— especially rabbits — ' offers convincing body movements and clear facial expressions. As for the production design, I have to say the vegetables in that movie are stunning. So much that you'd think they're real and that you'd wish you could eat those crops. Again kudos for the crew on that movie which deserves its Oscar for Best Animated feature. At a time when they lost much valuable content to a fire just as the movie came out at the cinema.For its Audio, I have to say the Dolby 5.1 sound on the British DVD edition (Region 2) offers a better beat rather than in the American copy (Region 1). As to how and why this difference between the two versions, I don,t know. But personally, I prefer the British's sound version to the movie as it offers the proper terms the American one was lacking (ex: marrow instead of melon). Even better, the Region 2 DVD has all the Cracking Contraptions episodes. A series of short misadventures Wallace and Gromit have with some of their inventions. Where in one episode, a special character even makes an appearance. And there are also deleted scenes, making of, and a commentary with the makers of this wonderful animated film.Who, along with its characters, deserve all the worldwide praise they got since "A Grand Day Out" and many other productions (ex: Peter Gabriel's SledgeHammer, Babylon, etc.)

Having seen it at the cinema then owned it on DVD when it came out. I am glad to be able to see the film in high definition, as I think Wallace and Gromit look and sound great in HD, however there is a soundtrack alteration from the original. Gromit's prize vegetable, which is only mentioned twice in the whole film, is referred to as a 'melon' in the first instance like in the US version of the film but in the second instance the original British name 'marrow' is kept. This might be a compromise if only one version of the film can be released on Amazon Video but this might be confusing as a marrow and a melon are two different plants so I think purists who insist on seeing the original version should buy the original DVD release.

Great movie.. just love the creativity that goes into the W&G series of movies. They really are wonderful.. the attention to detail never ceases to amaze me. Had the pleasure of seeing some of the sets personally when it was touring to different locations and appeared at our local museum and under the pretence of taking the kids to see it, I was no less enthralled by the entire display. What's not to love about our two unlikely heroes?. This full length movie is full with hilarious innuendo, comical characters and the voice talents of so many instantly recognisable actors/actresses. Superb!

My kids (3 and 5) are W&G addicts: Wrong Trousers; Close Shave; Loaf and Death; Day Out. I am a W&G admirer, actually more of a Nick Park admirer having watched the progression and development of the animations above, in awe of the detail and humour to be found therein - I'm sure I miss more than 50% of what the animators put into them, but I don't have the time to watch everything in slo-mo.Well, if I thought Nick Park had reached great heights with A Matter of Loaf and Death, he rocketed past them with The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. The storyline is about as outrageous as you can get, but then anything is possible in modelling clay, but stick with it, there are some outrageous characters to go with it: Victor Quartermaine with his amazing wig; Lady Campanula Tottington with her corn-cob dress; Reverend Clement Hedges as the stereotypic vicar; all helped along with a star voice-over cast (the evergreen Peter Sallis, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Kay, Nicolas Smith, etc).The star of the show is, of course, Grommit and the scene where he follows the Were-Rabbit down his tunnel while driving Wallace's van, is comparable with a Bourne car chase.Everything, as always, turns out alright in the end - but to get there you have to follow the madcap characters and scenes invented by Nick Park, Bob Baker, Steve Box and Mark Burton.Definitely one to watch in slow motion.

If you love Wallace and gromit your love this feature length adventure.It has enough humour for adults and children alike, and I challenge you to try and guess all the films they reference.Great nights viewing.I brought the streamed version of the film, sound and picture quality excellent.

Although the longest of the Wallace and Gromit films it's probably not the best. Which is best is always going to be personal preference with these films as they are all fantastic and individual gems in their own right. Many a great and funny moment will charm and entertain you throughout this film, the rabbits floating in the suction machine always makes me laugh!What's not to like about this daring duo and the marvelous collection of characters that inhabit their quaint British world!

An Unterhaltung hat man hier nicht eingespart. Meine Kinder mögen diesen komischen Kinderfilm. Er hat eine gute Filmqualität und ich kann ihn weiterempfehlen.

Schade, dass es dieses kleine Meisterwerk nicht auf Blu-ray gibt. Das aus oscarprämierten Kurzfilmen bekannte Duo Wallace und Gromit sind hier als Hasenjäger unterwegs und retten die Züchtungen der Hobbygärtner in der Nachbarschaft vor den kleinen Nagern. Bis Wallace eine seiner Erfindungen ausprobiert und fortan etwas Unheimliches, riesenhaftes die Nacht terrorisiert.Mit etlichen Anspielungen auf die Popkultur und bisweilen (nur im Original hörbaren) grenzwertigen Wortspielen unterhält dieser in Stop-Motion gedrehte Film bestens. Zugleich schafft er es, emotional zu berühren.Die Beliebtheit und Entstehung der beiden Helden werden in den Boni dargelegt, wobei auch die Mühsamkeit der Produktion sichtbar werden.

I was really impressed with the seller. The DVD arrived earlier than the estimated delivery dates given and in excellent condition. Just in time for a long road trip. I bought this DVD to replace our old and over loved (scratched) Wallace and Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit. As it has become a quick favorite of my 3 year son and has been a long favorite of mine as well. We had to have it back in our collection. All Wallace and Gromit movies are a must have, they are so great.

Zugegeben, es ist schwer einen ganzen Spielfilm mit der Dichte und dem Charme der bekannten Kurzepisoden von Wallace & Gromit zu füllen. Das hat schon der eher mittelmäßige Film Hennen rennen gezeigt.Die Jagd auf das Riesenkanninchen ist da schon wieder um einige Hüpfer weiter.Bedingt durch die Länge des Films sind die Gags nicht mehr so kompakt wie noch in den anderen Teilen des Erfolgsduos.Gewohnt gut sind nach wie vor die Animationen und die verschiedenen Charaktere im Film. Auch kann man wieder diverse Anspielungen entdecken.Gute Unterhaltung ist allemal geboten, aber die ganz großen Lacher sind leider nur rar gesäht.Interessant sind auch die enthaltenen Bonis, die einmal einen Blick in die Entstehung eines Knetfilms bieten.Fazit:- ein richtiger Wallace & Gromit in Spielfilmlänge- super Animationen- interessante aber trotzdem schwache Story- gute Unterhaltung für jung und alt- viele Anspielungen- liebenswerte Charaktere- nur wenige ganz große Lacher

Davvero divertente per grandi e piccoli. Impressionante il lavoro che gli autori hanno fatto per realizzare i pupazzetti. La sceneggiatura è scoppiettante e ricca di colpi di scena. Si ride con intelligenza

Divertentissimo film, per grandi e piccini, unisce grande creatività e capacità realizzativa a una sottile e intelligente ironia. Pur non arrivando ai vertici di Shaun, altro personaggio degli stessi autori, è comunque un capolavoro nel suo genere.

Ein ganz toller Film, ich habe ihn in finnischer Sprache angeschaut, funktioniert gut.

laughed alot love these shows

Film veramente unico, adatto sia ai bambini, per i quali è realizzato,ma anche agli adulti, grazie ai molteplici spunti ed alle citazioni di film famosi. Consigliato per i bambini (non troppo piccoli) e per tutta la famiglia.

I love this movie and had to replace my old DVD of it. This did the trick. Arrived on time in perfect condition.

What a wonderful story and another triumph for Wallace and Gromit's creator. I have watched this movie so many times and just love the lady of the manor and that hair!

Schnelle Lieferung und einwandfreie Ware. Wer Wallace & Gromit Filme kennt, weiß den britischen Humor und die witzigen Knetfiguren zu schätzen.

- The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Cracking Contraptions (10 short films) * The Soccamatic * The Tellyscope * A Christmas Cardomatic * The Autochef * The Snowmanatron * Shopper 13 * The Snoozatron * The Turbo Diner * The Bully-Proof Vest * The 525 Crackervac

Uno dei capitoli della saga di Wallace e Gromit; a mio figlio piace tantissimo, per cui ho dovuto comprare il DVD che vede un paio di volte al giorno....Non un capolavoro, ma divertente !

Excelentísima película de Stop motion