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A cheese-loving Englishman and his pet dog. In the eccentric, eye-popping short films from Aardman Studios, the jug-eared Wallace devises gadgets of various shapes and sizes. His pup, Gromit, reads Electronics for Dogs and is a whiz with a blowtorch. Their R&D is strictly analog – you see all the rivets, gears, and love that go into making their impractical widgets. “As we like to say in England, Wallace uses a sledgehammer to crack a nut,” notes Loyd Price, supervising animator for the duo’s first feature-length flick, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, due in theaters October 7. Like the shorts, the movie revolves around crazy gadgets, including the Dyson-inspired pest-catcher Bunvac 6000 (shown). Here’s hoping the rest of their new contraptions are as cool as these classics. Wallace & Gromit’s Greatest Gizmos THE ROCKET SHIP This lunar lander is surprisingly Luddite, with its old wooden door, wall-papered interior, and license plate (WAL 1CE, not unlike British vehicle
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