A Close Shave A Close Shave A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations. It is the third film featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit, following "A Grand Day Out" (1989) and "The Wrong Trousers" (1993). In "A Close Shave," Wallace and Gromit uncover a plot to rustle sheep by a sinister dog. Like "The Wrong Trousers", it won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Wallace (Peter Sallis) and Gromit operate a window cleaning business. As they clean the windows of a wool shop, Wallace falls for shopkeeper
Nick Palance Nick Palance Nicholas Steve “Nick” Palance is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and actor. As a singer and actor, Palance headlines concert halls throughout the United States and Canada. He had his first major success starring in the lead role of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in the off-Broadway tour. Palance is the second cousin of Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance After a tenure with the Canadian Tenors, Palance started his recording career under the guidance of Oscar and Grammy award-winning producer, arranger and composer, Jorge Calandrelli and famed producer, programmer, sound designer and engineer Greg Bartheld.