The original English title, A Close Shave , refers both to a near-disaster (close shave = narrow escape) and to the film’s setting in a wool shop. Brazil’s title change emphasizes action and humor related to vegetables, which is a recurring theme in the film. Wallace, an eccentric inventor, and his silent but intelligent dog Gromit open a window washing service . Wallace falls in love with Wendolene Ramsbottom , a wool shop owner. Meanwhile, sheep are mysteriously disappearing.
This title is most commonly associated with the 1995 short film ( Um Belo Rabisco in Portugal, A Batalha dos Vegetais in Brazil), which features a massive vegetable-based action sequence. 1. General Information | Attribute | Details | |---------------|--------------| | Original Title | Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave | | Brazilian Title | Wallace & Gromit: A Batalha dos Vegetais | | Release Year | 1995 (UK) / 1996 (Brazil) | | Director | Nick Park | | Producer | Nick Park, Carla Shelley, Michael Rose | | Production Companies | Aardman Animations, BBC, Wallace & Gromit Ltd. | | Runtime | 30 minutes | | Technique | Stop-motion clay animation (Claymation) | | Awards | Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (1996) | 2. Origin of the Brazilian Title The Brazilian title "A Batalha dos Vegetais" (The Battle of the Vegetables) is not the original English title. It was chosen by local distributors to highlight the film’s most visually striking and memorable sequence: the climactic chase and fight involving a giant killer "vegetable" — a monstrous mechanical sheep-dog hybrid disguised as a giant turnip-like contraption , plus a truck full of runaway sheep and wool. wallace amp- gromit - a batalha dos vegetais
Would you like a scene-by-storyboard breakdown of the vegetable battle sequence or the complete Brazilian Portuguese dialogue script for that scene? The original English title, A Close Shave ,