A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death is a 2008 British stop-motion animated short film created by Nick Park, and the fourth of his shorts to star his characters Wallace and Gromit. It is the first Wallace and Gromit short since A Close Shave in 1995.
Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death is a murder mystery, with Wallace and Gromit starting a new bakery business. With an unknown assailant murdering bakers, Gromit tries to solve the case before Wallace ends up a victim himself. It was the last Wallace and Gromit film before the retirement of Wallace's voice actor Peter Sallis in 2010.
Dialogue
[edit]- Wallace: [after a flour bag hits Piella and knocks her down the stairs] Oh! Are you all right, my flower? [laughs] Flour! [flower] Get it? "Flower"?
- Piella Bakewell: [furiously] GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!!! I HATE flour...I HATE bread...and I HATE BAKERS, YOU UTTER AND COMPLETE FRUITCAKE!!!!!!!! [takes the ring off her finger and flings it at Wallace. It flies into Wallace's hand, but he does not catch it]
- Wallace: OH! [chuckles nervously] That's a bit steep, isn't it, my sweet?
- Piella Bakewell: Fluffles? [as she picks up Fluffles] I want a word with you: Back home. [walks away then closes the door offscreen]
- Wallace: [looks at a ring, Gromit putting a cup on the table, dripping the petals] Oh, thanks, old pal. I just don't get it. [Gromit stirs the cup] One minute, they love bakers and the next minute, they hate them. And I'm not a fruitcake, am I, lad? [Gromit stops stirring the tea, patting Wallace] I suppose you can't be everybody's cup of tea, can you?
- Wallace: Gromit, it's a bomb! The cake's a bomb! Wait a minute. You don't think Piella could be…?
- Piella Bakewell: [puts her feet on the bomb as she holds a rolling pin in one hand and Fluffles in the other] The Cereal [serial] Killer? Well done, Wallace, sharp as a brick. Now do exactly as I say, or Fluffles gets snuffled! [Fluffles bites her hand] OW!!! [Gromit snatches the bomb from underneath Piella's foot, then Piella lets go of Fluffles, releasing her] You've crossed me once too often, you treacherous little…! [slaps Fluffles, who yelps]
- Piella Bakewell: [notices the bomb has fallen out of the window and grunts in annoyance] That has put a spanner in the works. [Picks up a wrench]
- Wallace: But, Piella, you're the Bake-O-Lite Girl!
- Piella Bakewell: WAS the Bake-O-Lite Girl! I ate too much, you see?
- Wallace: Oh, really?
- Piella Bakewell: I couldn't ride the balloon anymore!
- Wallace: Oh dear!
- Piella Bakewell: So they DROPPED me!!
- Wallace: What a blow. [hits his head on the pipe] Ooh!
- Piella Bakewell: ME! And curse on bakers and their loathsome confections!!!
- Wallace: GROMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- [Piella attempts to strike her final attack, but abruptly stops, thus freezing in fazement. Wallace then opens his eyes slowly, realizing he's still alive. Piella slowly turns around, then notices a machine's arm as she lets go of the wrench, dropping it, and the machine's arm flies towards her and smacks her aside, causing her to bounce across into a stack of lard cans]
- Piella Bakewell: Bomb [bon] Voyage, Wallace! [jumps from the edge and lands into the balloon] Your buns are as good as toasted! [she turns up the hot air from the balloon, causing the fire to ignite]
- Wallace: [notices the bomb in the back of his pants, then starts panicking] GROMIT!!! I've got a bomb in me pants!!!
- Wallace: Oh, what a relief! Oh, evening, sisters!
- Piella Bakewell: [vowing in regret] I will be back to get you, Wallace! I WILL HAVE MY BAKER'S DOZEN!!
- Wallace: But Piella, the balloon won't hold you!
- Piella Bakewell: [last words, redeemed] They can't just drop me, I'm as light as a feather. [As the hot air balloon floats down into a crocodile pit at the zoo] I'M THE BAKE-O-LITE GIRL...!!!!!
- Wallace: NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
- [The balloon splashes into the crocodile pit and the crocodiles eat Piella, sacrificing herself, along with the balloon. Wallace covers his eyes, looking away, along with Fluffles, who does so as she clings to Gromit. Wallace then looks again, and a belch is then heard.]
- Wallace: Farewell, my angel cake... You'll always be my Bake-O-Lite Girl. [Piella's spirit then appears, waving at Wallace. He is then suddenly relieved] Ha! I think I need a cup of tea after all that. Care to join me, you two?
Cast
[edit]- Peter Sallis as Wallace
- Sally Lindsay as Piella Bakewell
- Melissa Collier as Fluffles
- Sarah Laborde as Bake-O-Lite singer
- Ben Whitehead as Baker Bob
- Geraldine McEwan as Miss Thripp
