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Friday, 10 April 2020

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015)

Narrated by Julie Walters, it's a brief look into the history and works of Aardman Animations Ltd, makers of the Creature Comforts and Wallace and Gromit stop-motion animations, among others. They've been responsible for a surprisingly large number of UK television adverts, most of which I recognised but prior to watching the doc had been unaware of Aardman's involvement.
It mentions the studio's collaboration with a US company to make Chicken Run (2000), and touches on their subsequent (unwise) use of CGI. The exclusive W+G interludes will please fans of the duo, but lovers of any kind of stop-motion will likely find something of interest. But be warned, there are some very large spoilers for many of the studio's major works. Boo!

3½ fingerprints out of 5

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