Wallace And Gromit creator ‘ecstatic’ over Vengeance Most Fowl Oscar nomination
Wallace And Gromit creator ‘ecstatic’ over Vengeance Most Fowl Oscar nomination
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Wallace And Gromit creator Nick Park has said the team are “ecstatic” their BBC Christmas hit Vengeance Most Fowl has been nominated for an Oscar. The film, which sees the return of evil penguin Feathers McGraw from Academy Award-winning short The Wrong Trousers, is up for the best animated feature film award.
It was revealed on Thursday that Spanish-language musical Emilia Perez leads the way this year at the Oscars with 13 nominations, with musical Wicked and immigrant tale The Brutalist following behind with 10 nods apiece. Reacting to the nomination on BBC Breakfast on Friday, Park said he was feeling “ecstatic” and “you can’t get used to it” despite Aardman animation studio having previously won four Oscars over the years.
The first win came for the 1989 stop-motion comedy Creature Comforts, while the second film starring Wallace and Gromit, The Wrong Trousers, picked up the best animated short film Oscar in 1994. Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave won the same award in 1996, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won best animated feature in 2005.
The latest Oscar nod for Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl comes after it was nominated for three Bafta awards including best animated film, outstanding British film and children’s and family film. Park said: “You can’t expect it and we didn’t make the film for this, and it still comes as an incredible thrill just to be counted up there.
“Every artist loves to (have) their work rewarded in some way or other. And it’s a great reflection on our amazing team of animators and all the talented director of photography, and everything that’s gone into the music, everything’s gone into the film, so many people have worked so hard.”.
