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A Close Shave

1995 animated short film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and written by Park and Bob Baker. Produced by Aardman Animations, it is the third instalment in their Wallace & Gromit series. In the film, Wallace and Gromit are operating a window cleaning service. When Wallace falls for the owner of the local wool shop, Wendolene Ramsbottom, the duo find that she is an unwitting accomplice in a sheep rustling operation run by her malevolent dog, Preston.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “A Close Shave” as 1995 animated short film. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Close, Shave and animated can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1995 animated short film. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1995.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “A Close Shave”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow A Close Shave primary sources, A Close Shave archive and Close research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “A Close Shave”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “A Close Shave” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.