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Quick Info

Rating

7.8/10

Release1993

Runtime0h 30m

StatusReleased

Budget$832,000

RevenueN/A

Production

Aardman

BBC Bristol Productions

BBC Lionheart Television

Wallace and Gromit

BBC Children's Productions

Movie

The Wrong Trousers

1993

0h 30m

7.8

Animation

Comedy

Family

Synopsis

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

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