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John Cleese To Write Next Aardman Film 163

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Anonymous Coward writes "The BBC has news from the Cannes Film Festival. First, the previously announced Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace and Gromit short is due in Autumn, and a Trailer is available. Second, John Cleese is currently writing a pre-historic comedy for Aardman Entertainment. From the article: 'It will be great comedy adventure about a pre-historic culture clash between two tribes, one comparatively evolved tribe, and one un-evolved tribe...Some might consider one tribe might be the English, and some might consider that the other to be the French, the Gauls...Let's just say it's the start of the Entente Cordial and it explains why the English Channel is there.'"
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  • Excellent. (Score:5, Funny)

    by PopeAlien ( 164869 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:36PM (#12525612) Homepage Journal
    Grommit! we forgot the cleese!

  • One French, one English, and one evolved? (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:37PM (#12525623)
    So, there will be three tribes?

  • Saw him up in Santa Barbara (Score:1)

    by ProfaneBaby ( 821276 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:38PM (#12525629)
    Everything that man touches turns to gold. Brilliant, hilarious, bring it on.

  • Declaration of Revocation (Score:5, Funny)

    by Jeremiah Cornelius ( 137 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:41PM (#12525646) Homepage Journal
    Declaration of Revocation [stephaniemiller.com] by John Cleese

    Declaration of Revocation
    by John Cleese

    To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.

    Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories.

    Except Utah, which she does not fancy.

    Your new Prime Minister (The Right Honourable Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a Minister for America without the need for further elections.

    Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

    A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

    1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up "aluminium." Check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

    The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour'; skipping the letter 'U' is nothing more than laziness on your part. Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters.

    You will end your love affair with the letter 'Z' (pronounced 'zed' not 'zee') and the suffix "ize" will be replaced by the suffix "ise."

    You will learn that the suffix 'burgh' is pronounced 'burra' e.g. Edinburgh. You are welcome to re-spell Pittsburgh as 'Pittsberg' if you can't cope with correct pronunciation.

    Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary." Using the same thirty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "uhh", "like", and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

    Look up "interspersed."

    There will be no more 'bleeps' in the Jerry Springer show. If you're not old

    enough to cope with bad language then you shouldn't have chat shows. When you learn to develop your vocabulary, then you won't have to use bad language as often.

    2. There is no such thing as "US English." We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of "-ize."

    3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard. English accents are not limited to cockney, upper-class twit or Mancunian (Daphne in Frasier).

    You will also have to learn how to understand regional accents --- Scottish dramas such as "Taggart" will no longer be broadcast with subtitles.

    While we're talking about regions, you must learn that there is no such place as Devonshire in England. The name of the county is "Devon." If you persist in calling it Devonshire, all American States will become "shires" e.g. Texasshire, Floridashire, Louisianashire.

    4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. Hollywood will be required to cast English actors to play English characters.

    British sit-coms such as "Men Behaving Badly" or "Red Dwarf" will not

    • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2)

      by technothrasher ( 689062 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:06PM (#12525833)
      9. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap, and it is for your own good.

      Uh... As an American who owns several British cars, let me just say that Brits really should just leave this one alone.

    • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:4, Informative)

      by Jack Taylor ( 829836 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:08PM (#12525845)
      For those of you who think Cleese really hates America, consider for a second that all three of his wives have been American (and blonde). This is one of those posts that seems to need to be prefaced with "this is a joke". I'm amazed how many people just can't get jokes like this, thinking that the author is just poking fun at them, whereas in reality the author is poking fun at himself whilst writing it...

    • Re: Declaration of Revocation - urban myth (Score:5, Informative)

      by tomRakewell ( 412572 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:22PM (#12525915)

      John Cleese did not write this. It is an urban myth. [snopes.com]

      You can tell, because it is not funny.

    • A bit funny, but not by Cleese. (Score:3, Informative)

      by k98sven ( 324383 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:23PM (#12525917) Journal
      Snopes [snopes.com].

    • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:4, Funny)

      by Spock the Baptist ( 455355 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:56PM (#12526057) Journal
      "15. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy."

      Lee Harvey Oswald*

      *'Case Closed'--ISBN: 0679418253

    • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:3, Funny)

      by AvantLegion ( 595806 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @09:25PM (#12526202) Journal
      SUBJECT: NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE

      To the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:

      We welcome your concern about our electoral process. It must be exciting for you to see a real Republic in action, even if from a distance. As always we're amused by your quaint belief that you're actually a world power. The sun never sets on the British Empire! Right-o chum!

      However, we regretfully have to decline your offer for intervention. On the other hand, it would be amusing to see you try to enforce your new policy (for the 96.3% of you that seem to have forgotten that you have little to no real power). After much deliberation, we have decided to continue our tradition as the longest running democratic republic. It seems that switching to a monarchy is in fact considered a "backwards step" by the majority of the world.

      To help you rise from your current anachronistic status, we have compiled a series of helpful suggestions that we hope you adopt:

      1. Realize that language is an organic structure, and that you aren't always correct in your pronunciation or spelling. Let's use your "aluminium" example. Sir Humphrey Davy (an Englishman) invented the name "aluminum" (note spelling) for the metal. However, in common usage the name evolved into "aluminium" to match the naming convention of other elements. In 1925 the United States decided to switch back to the original spelling and pronunciation of the word, at which point we dominated the aluminum industry. We'd also like to point out that the process of actually producing aluminum was developed by an American and a Frenchman (not an Englishman).

      However, we'd like to thank you for the Oxford English Dictionary. It's an interesting collection, considering that over 10,000 of the words in the original edition were submitted by a crazy American civil-war veteran called Dr. William Charles Minor.

      2. Learn to distinguish the American and Canadian accents, and then we'll talk about the English and Australian accent issue.

      3. Review your basic arithmetic. (Hint 100 - 98.85 = 1.15 and 100 - 97.85 = 2.15)

      4. If you want English actors as good guys, then make your own movies. Don't rely on us for your modern popular culture. We liked "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels", "Trainspotting", and "The Full Monty". We've also heard good things about this "Billy Elliot". But one good movie a year doesn't exactly make a cultural powerhouse. However, you're doing pretty well with music, so keep up the good work on that front.

      5. It's inefficient to have a national anthem that changes its title whenever your monarch dies. Let's not forget that your national anthem has an extremely boring tune. We suggest switching to that Rule Brittania ditty, it's toetapping. Or maybe Elton John could adapt "Candle In The Wind" again for you guys.

      6. Improve at your national sport. Football? Soccer? This just in: United States gets fourth place in men's soccer at the 2000 Summer Olympics. United Kingdom? Not even close. By the way, impressive showing at Euro 2000. You almost managed to get through the tournament without having your fans start an international incident.

      7. Learn how to cook. England has some top notch candy. Salt 'n' Vinegar chips are quite yummy. However, there's a reason why the best food in your country is Indian or Chinese. Your contributions to the culinary arts are soggy beans, warm beer, and spotted dick. Perhaps when you finally realize the French aren't the spawn of satan they'll teach you how to cook.

      8. You're doing a terrible job at understanding cars. The obvious error is that you drive on the wrong side of the road. A second problem is pricing, it's cheaper to buy a car in Belgium and ship it to England than to buy a car in England. On the other hand, we like Jaguars and Aston Martins. That's why we bought the companies.

      9. We'll tell you who killed JFK when you apologize for "Teletubbies".

      Thank you for your time. Yu can now return to watching bad Australian soap operas.

      P.S. -- Regarding WW2: You're Welcome.

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2, Funny)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13, 2005 @09:44PM (#12526271)
        Regarding WW2: You're Welcome.

        lol oh please you couldn't have left it any longer to join in if you tried.

        Anyway the Russians had it all stiched up irregardless of whether you guys joined in or not.

        So perhaps instead of feeling all self righteous you should check the history books, ahhh perhaps get one from Europe it will give a more accurate picture than the ones you probably get in the USA.

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:3, Insightful)

        by Scooter ( 8281 ) <owen@@@annicnova...force9...net> on Friday May 13, 2005 @10:00PM (#12526354)
        As a UK subject - can I just say that's pretty damm funny (and spot on) although I'm not sure you've really understood about the French, or cars (e.g. it's not about the cupholders) :P ...and well, er.. oh alright then, let's get the ball rolling - I apologise on behalf of my country for the teletubbies - god knows it gave me nightmares, you have to wonder what it does to kids... now if the teletubbies isn't an argument for the right to bear arms, I don't know what is...

        But while we're all saying sorry - isn't there something you want to say about Knight Rider? Murder, she wrote? and Titanic?

        • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2)

          by Golias ( 176380 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @03:07PM (#12530698)
          We would have apologized for a lot sooner if the Germans would have ever stopped thanking us for it.

          As for Titanic, I don't think it was nearly as bad as some people make it out to be, but since Kate Winslet represents at least half of what went wrong with that picture, I think America and England can agree to share culpability for both disasters (the ship's fate, and the movie about it.)

          Murder She Wrote? Mea Culpa. It was an awful show, and I was not aware that it had seeped outside our borders. Sorry you had to see it, but it seems only fair after subjecting us to all those years of "Are You Being Served?" and "Keeping Up Appearances."

          Oh, and about the JFK thing? Oswald did it. We're positive. Every once in a while a complete nutter comes along to claim there's evidence to the contrary, but the matter was actually settled some time ago.

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:4, Insightful)

        by Requiem Aristos ( 152789 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @10:09PM (#12526394)
        > we have decided to continue our tradition as the longest running democratic republic

        Interesting tradition, considering that Rome maintained its "republic" status for about twice as long as the US has been around. If you're talking about democracies that are still around, you should consider the Iroquois Confederacy, going on ~800 years. (Consider also that Iroquois were present when the Continental Congress was meeting in the summer of 1776.)

        • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:3, Insightful)

          by MemoryDragon ( 544441 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @07:21AM (#12528386)
          The longest running republic still is iceland with way over thousand years, it might be topped by some tribes which are unknown by today.

          • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:1)

            by pommiekiwifruit ( 570416 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @09:57AM (#12528906)
            Don't forget San Marino.

            AD 343 "free city of San Marino"

            AD 1243 "Most Serene Republic of San Marino"

            • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2)

              by MemoryDragon ( 544441 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @10:06AM (#12528959)
              Yupp Icelandic republic goes back to 800 to my knowledge. It is always funny to hear the US tv propaganda of having the best working and oldest democracy. The US democracy has legalized bribe (campaign donations) in the past and is selling out to the coprorations left and right (there used to be a list which senator worked for which corporation indirectly) thus has basically becoming a plutocracy. At the current state of affairs, the best working democracies are probably currently Poland, the Tzech republic (despite the recent scandal) and still swizerland (although they sold out to a certain degree to the EU and the corporations), iceland and the other nordic countries.

              Spain also again can be added to a good working democracy. But the US outside of the well working local democracy can hardly be called democracy at all. As for the age... there is no argument about it, Iceland and others had democracies long before the US had its independence war, and even some indigenous north american tribes had longer lasting better working democracies before they went under as sideeffect of the war of independence.

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:1)

        by soliptic ( 665417 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @10:50PM (#12526568) Journal
        LOL.

        As a Brit, I found that very funny, and also largely fair. Just like the original, imho, which has been modded troll or something by now, but nevermind. Guess some people can't take a joke.

      • Dear fools (Score:2)

        by AvantLegion ( 595806 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @11:28PM (#12526747) Journal
        I did not write this. Just as the poster it replies to was not the author of what he posted. It has been passed around left and right just as the original has.

        Like, duh.

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2, Informative)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13, 2005 @11:28PM (#12526750)
        spotted dick

        It's spotted dick and yellow peril, and let's not forget bangers and mash, mmm yummy

        The Brits don't do too bad with beef (yorkshire pud mmm), beef wellington is good, the only problem they seem to have is distinguishing a steak from what they call a roast. And not to forget Xmas pud with enough brandy to fell a horse.

    • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:5, Interesting)

      by PakProtector ( 115173 ) <cevkiv@NosPAm.gmail.com> on Friday May 13, 2005 @10:20PM (#12526442) Journal

      While not created by Cleese, this is by far one of the funniest, wittiest, and sadly most fitting things I have read in a long time.

      The parts about having too many lawyers and therapists and not being adult enough to solve one's problems without resorting to violence is particularly spot-on. In this once great country of America, we really do seem to have a big problem, and I can bring it down to two points.

      1. Problems:
      2. No one wants to take responsibility for their actions.
      3. As a nation, we are a bully.

      Let me clarify and expand upon both of these points. Firstly, the idea that no one desires to take responsibility for their own actions. We go a great deal out of our way to excuse all sorts of behaviour that is not acceptable in society. Such things as not minding one's own god damn business, and by that I mean, "Stay out of my life when I'm not killing or raping anyone," and another such thing as no one is responsible for anything anyone.

      I'm sorry, little Timmy, but the video game didn't make you kill Billy. You're fourteen. You got the gun out of the locked safe yourself, loaded it, went to Billy's house, aimed at him, and pulled the trigger. Five times. Yes, you're dead.

      The second point, that as a nation we are a bully, can easily be illuminated by the nation of Iran. Let me see here. I might be getting the years wrong, so I'll use terms of 'time ago.' Such as '50 years ago,' et cetera. Actually, no. That's not even neccessary.

      Iran: Had a democratically elected government. Said government would not tow America's line. Deemed 'bad for our interests.' Said democratically elected government was overthrown by our own government, and set up a dictator in its place. The Shah. The Shah was then overthrown, and an Islamic Extremist came into power. Now they hate us and we (some of us) wonder why.

      As people (most of us, anyway,) and as a nation, we need to do two things: Accept responsibility for our actions, and stop interfering in other's lives.

      Now, I think I'll just sit back with some nice Earl Grey and a Hot Dog (It's still Friday! Hail Eris!), and wait for the Department of Vaterland Uber Alles to come by and pick me up for speaking against the Fuhrer.

      Or for my geek card to be revoked for purposefully invoking Godwin's law.

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:3, Informative)

        by xeno-cat ( 147219 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @07:48AM (#12528444) Homepage
        "sit back with some nice Earl Grey"

        Funny, because I just switched from drinking far to much coffee to drinking English Breakfast tea. I'm glad I live in Maine because 5-10 grams of salt would really kill the flavour. Earl Grey is a great tea as well. Tea > coffee.

        One thing really missing in America is popular historical perspective. Even when we were gearing up for the first Iraq invasion I was telling people that it was bizare that we (USA) were trying to take the moral high road when we actully supported Saddam while he was committing the very acts we are now demonizing him for. The most common response was dumb looks. It was like peoples brain synapses simply were not wired to even recognise historical context.

        I remember when the Taliban were taking over Afghanistan and the people, especially the women, were begging the world to intervien and stop them. Women who held jobs were committing sucide as the new regiem began repressing them. It was all very public. After the Taliban sieze control they fly to Taxas to work out the oil pipeline deal.

        I won't even start on the whole Iran/Contra gate debacle.

        Kind Regards

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2)

        by Dun Malg ( 230075 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @11:03AM (#12529244) Homepage
        The parts about having too many lawyers and therapists and not being adult enough to solve one's problems without resorting to violence is particularly spot-on.

        Too many lawyers and therapists, maybe, but the violence thing is a problem with humanity. In Manchester pubs they no longer serve beer in glass mugs and are considering also not serving in bottles because of their use as weapons by drunken yobs.

        The second point, that as a nation we are a bully, can easily be illuminated by the nation of Iran.

        Funny you should bring up Operation Alex: it was a joint operation with UK intelligence, with some aid provided by the French and the Dutch. It was essentially a NATO plot intended to rid Iran of it's potentially communist friendly leader. Fear of communism wasn't limited to the US during the cold war.

      • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2)

        by MemoryDragon ( 544441 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @04:21PM (#12531120)
        Actually you brought many things up to the point. Being European but loving the good sides of america (hey I spent some time there and I know there are two sides to the country one being very good and one being really bad, I really got the shudders when Bush started the DHS. I have seen such things in the past, it is never a good idea to have an authority (although week in the beginning) which has basically military and executive and secret service power. I cannot remember one such service which ended in a good way, I however can remember following ones:

        The german gestapo, which basically had similar powers the DHS aims to in the long run. (believe me the recent bill which gave them those powers in the border regions made me shudder) The eastern german STASI which coincidentally also had the same name (Staatssicherheit, which roughly can be translated into Country Security or Homeland Security if you translate it with a nationalistic sidetone)

        The russian KGB in its worst times. And some others which are older (the police under the austria Metternich, which basically was the blueprint of a repressive country for modern times)

        There is always the rule, give one side too much power, neglegt the principle of balance of power and you will end up in a mess in the long run. If you can find any uber authority which in the end acted on the good deeds and for the general public, then give me an example, I cannot find one in history. Things simply get a life of their own if you dont restrict them and put them under contol by a similar powerful authority.

    • Re:Declaration of Revocation (Score:2)

      by MemoryDragon ( 544441 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @07:18AM (#12528379)
      Also add to that the obligatory tea tax which cause os some headaches with you in the past.

    • Flat Beer!!! (Score:1)

      by CanadianBoy ( 868003 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @12:37PM (#12529813)

      And Warm too!

      Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooo

  • Cool (Score:2)

    by MBCook ( 132727 ) <foobarsoft@foobarsoft.com> on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:41PM (#12525647) Homepage
    Very cool.

    On a side note, does anyone know about W & G's Cracking Contraptions? It was annouced long ago but while the site is up I can't seem to watch them anywhere, and I can't seem to find a DVD of the shorts either. I'd love to see 'em.

    Also, if you don't have it, Aardman put out a book all about what they do and how they do it. You can find it on Amazon [slashdot.org] and it's really good. It explains some of their tricks, stories behind things, and how to make your own little "3D" films as they call them (refering to the fact they are actually 3D objects, as opposed to CGI which is simulated 3D).

  • Because somebody forgot to drain the tub!

    [oh, darn, should have put SPOILER in the title, now everyone knows the punch line for John Cleese's new movie ...]

    .
  • It's the best video to watch on a first-second date. It's only 25 min (I usually watch "The Wrong Trousers") and she'll love it and laugh. Score big points :)

  • Wensleydale? (Score:1)

    by alien_tracking_devic ( 579685 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:49PM (#12525710)
    This is unlike any Cleese I've ever tasted.

  • smells of elderberry (Score:3, Funny)

    by pipingguy ( 566974 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:52PM (#12525728)

    Some might consider one tribe might be the English, and some might consider that the other to be the French.

    In this one, which nationality discovers that coconuts are *not* migratory?

    http://www.rit.edu/~smo4215/monty.htm [rit.edu]

    GUARD #1: Where'd you get the coconut?
    ARTHUR: We found them.
    GUARD #1: Found them? In Mercea? The coconut's tropical!
    ARTHUR: What do you mean?
    GUARD #1: Well, this is a temperate zone.
    ARTHUR: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plumber may seek warmer climes in winter yet these are not strangers to our land.
    GUARD #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
    ARTHUR: Not at all, they could be carried.
    GUARD #1: What -- a swallow carrying a coconut?
    ARTHUR: It could grip it by the husk!
    GUARD #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut.
    ARTHUR: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here.
    GUARD #1: Listen, in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right?
    ARTHUR: Please!
    GUARD #1: Am I right?
    ARTHUR: I'm not interested!
    GUARD #2: It could be carried by an African swallow!
    GUARD #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow, that's my point.
    GUARD #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that...
    ARTHUR: Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
    GUARD #1: But then of course African swallows are not migratory.
    GUARD #2: Oh, yeah...
    GUARD #1: So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway...

    [clop clop]

    GUARD #2: Wait a minute -- supposing two swallows carried it together?
    GUARD #1: No, they'd have to have it on a line.
    GUARD #2: Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper!
    GUARD #1: What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?
    GUARD #2: Well, why not?

  • been there (Score:2)

    by jaymzter ( 452402 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @07:54PM (#12525746) Homepage
    one comparatively evolved tribe, and one un-evolved tribe...

    Wasn't this done in caveman [imdb.com]? Still, I loved that cheesy movie.

  • Mirror (Score:3, Informative)

    by augustz ( 18082 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:03PM (#12525817)
    WMA was only one I could get

    http://screenrant.com.nyud.net:8090/images/Wallace _and_Gromit_Trailer_330k.wmv [nyud.net]

  • Checking for ghosts (Score:2)

    by chaffed ( 672859 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:06PM (#12525831) Homepage
    Did anyone else hear John Cleese's voice as they read the quote about the new comedy?

  • Cheese (Score:1)

    by ki85squared ( 778761 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:25PM (#12525932) Homepage
    *whew* For a second I swore the headline said, "John Cheese"

    I've been waiting for an animated film featuring Mr. Cheddar and his nefarious enemy, Dr. Swiss...

  • fish called wally (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:28PM (#12525939)
    as they say: FFS
    NO MORE FISH CALLED WALLACE

    Heres a hint Cheese OLD BOY
    TRY FUNNY
    Yeah FUNNY WORK

    Expensive tarts impressed by your tounge may well please you, but leave me limp!

    Try and pull the chat-show bull and BT will FUCK your arse

    Hey CHESSE who paid for the Bently? YEAH ME!

  • Short? (Score:2)

    by RatBastard ( 949 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:51PM (#12526037) Homepage
    I thought Curse Of The Were-Rabbit was a feature-length film. According to IMDB.COM it's 94 minutes. That's quite the long short.

  • which one is which? (Score:2)

    by krunk4ever ( 856261 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @08:59PM (#12526074) Homepage
    It will be great comedy adventure about a pre-historic culture clash between two tribes, one comparatively evolved tribe, and one un-evolved tribe...Some might consider one tribe might be the English, and some might consider that the other to be the French, the Gauls...Let's just say it's the start of the Entente Cordial and it explains why the English Channel is there.

    so which one's the evolved one? ;p

  • Sounds like "RRRrrrr!!!" (Score:1)

    by mythogen ( 573460 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @09:11PM (#12526138)
    I saw a French film a few months ago that sounds remarkably like what this new film of Cleese's is described as. check it out. [imdb.com] It's actually about the discovery of murder, if I remember correctly, but it also has a major subplot involving one tribe that is evolved (that is, has shampoo) and another which is unevolved (no shampoo = dirty and ugly). Extremely over the top stuff.

    I thought it was pretty funny, though I don't speak much French so it might have been funnier (or less funny, who knows) if it were in English.

  • Torrent link for trailer (Score:3, Informative)

    by Anarkhia ( 2342 ) <graememcNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Friday May 13, 2005 @09:13PM (#12526145)
    Looks like the server is (predictably) slashdotted. Here's the torrent link:
    Wallace And Gromit - The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit - Trailer 1 (WMV) [thepiratebay.org]

  • 300k windows media.. working link (Score:1, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13, 2005 @09:39PM (#12526254)
    Here is the 330k wma version http://www.waytoblue.com/media/video/wallace_&_gro mit_trailer2_330k.asx [waytoblue.com]

  • why the English Channel is there... (Score:2)

    by elgatozorbas ( 783538 ) on Friday May 13, 2005 @10:54PM (#12526592)
    To allow the English to say on foggy days: "The continent is isolated"...

  • working Quicktime featurette link (Score:1)

    by Jerry Smith ( 806480 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @02:22AM (#12527500) Homepage Journal
    http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/wallace_a nd_gromit/featurette/ [apple.com]I'm not sure it's the same movie, because the BBC-server does not accept anymore connections.

  • Come on Cleese (Score:2)

    by LarsWestergren ( 9033 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @02:27AM (#12527515) Homepage Journal
    Oh joy, more hilarious french bashing by anglos. He did this before. In his otherwise good wine-school program for TV, he put on an "outrrrrrrrageuos" phony french accent when he was talking about the terribly wine snobbery that existed.

    I remember when Cleese jokes were daring and original, and not just easy crowd pleasing by pandering to popular prejudices. Sorry to be harsh, but like Clive Barker, he seems to have lost his creativity and originality when he moved to the US. Or maybe it's just age.

  • RTFA--it's the first W&G full-length feature! (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Grackle ( 570961 ) on Saturday May 14, 2005 @12:05PM (#12529631)
    . . . not a "short."

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