A Grand Day Out (full name A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit) is an award-nominated 1989 animated film directed and animated by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol. This was the first adventure featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but smart dog Gromit. It was also shown in theaters with Disney's The Little Mermaid. In the film, Wallace and Gromit spend a bank holiday by building a rocket to the Moon to sample some cheese.
Its sequels are 1993's The Wrong Trousers, 1995's A Close Shave, 2005's The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and 2008's A Matter of Loaf and Death.
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