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A Grand Day Out

1989 short film directed by Nick Park
Movie animated_short_film Q1783701
A Grand Day Out
Aardman AnimationsNick Park · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

A Grand Day Out is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.2% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,837 views/month, #3 of 1,467).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation[3]
  • Director: Nick Park[4]
  • Screenwriter: Nick Park[5]
  • Composer: Julian Nott[6]
  • Genre: fantasy film[7], children's film[8], comedy film[9], adventure film[10], family film[11]
  • Followed by: The Wrong Trousers[12]
  • Production company: Aardman Animations[13], National Film and Television School[14]
  • Director of photography: Nick Park[15]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[16]
  • Review score: 8.4/10[17], 100%[18]
  • Color: color[19]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[20]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1989[21], December 29, 1990[22], December 24, 1990[23], May 18, 1990[24], August 2, 1991[25]
  • Characters: Wallace[26], Gromit[27]
  • Voice actor: Peter Sallis[28]
  • Distributed by: National Film and Television School[29]
  • Narrative location: Moon[30]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[31]
  • Title: A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit[32]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[33]
  • Duration: 23 minutes[34]
  • Fabrication method: clay animation[35]
  • Capital cost: 11,000 pounds sterling[36]
  • RARS rating: 16+[37]
  • Media franchise: Wallace & Gromit[38]

Why It Matters

A Grand Day Out has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did A Grand Day Out receive?

Honors received include BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation[3].

Related Entities

Nick Park United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Kinopoisk. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W064750
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 15d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ary', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'hu',
    Sitelink count → 27
    The lost media wiki page id → A_Grand_Day_Out_(lost_Peter_Hawkins_audio_for_Nick_Park_stop
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The lost media wiki page id: A_Grand_Day_Out_(lost_Peter_Hawkins_audio_for_Nick_Park_stop-motion_animated_short_film;_1989), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323"
  3. 24d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bechdel test movie list id → 11660
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  4. 24d ago · Recensera G. · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Review score → 8.4/10, 100%
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  5. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 39239
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 39239, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1989-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1990-12-29T00:00:00Z, +1990-12-24T00:00:00Z +2
    Screenwriter → Nick Park
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+23'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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