Wallace & Gromit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston April 18 - June 21 1998 Fans of the Wallace & Gromit series should get to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts before June 21, 1998 to see "An Adventure with Wallace & Gromit." This exhibition includes original production sets, plasticine figures, and story boards, as well as a short video demonstrating the making of the movies. The three movies starring the plasticine duo "A Grand Day Out," "The Wrong Trousers," and "A Close Shave" are also being shown. Check out the MFA website for more information.   Notes from the exhibition As huge fans of the Wallace and Gromit series, we were excited when we heard about the exhibition, and got on over there the week that it opened. The exhibition itself is not that large; there's about five sets (including Gromit's room and the Wool Shop) as well as several characters and props. The rocketship from A Grand Day Out, and the motorcycle from A Close Shave were particular favorites. There are some plasticine models, but many of the characters are actually resin castings from the originals. There are also story boards and descriptions of how the movies are made. A short movie features interviews with the animators. While there are original sets and some plasticine figures, Wallace and Gromit appear only as resin castings. Given that it was close by, it was certainly worth going to see; if we lived outside the Boston area we're not sure we'd bother getting on a plane to come see it however! On a side note, they were showing the movies in the museum movie theater, which was the first time we'd seen the movies on the big screen. This was really great; you could see the finger marks in the plasticine, and I even managed to work out how Gromit manages to shuffle the cards in A Grand Day Out. If you haven't seen these movies on the big sceen you should definitely try and do it! (The movies are also shown in a smaller room at the exhibition on a TV.) One of the story boards on display. The Wool Shop set.

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