Date: 30th November 2007

Wallace and Gromit are top cinema partners


Wallace and Gromit have been voted the best partnership on the silver screen.

They collected 20% of votes in the survey of more than 5,000 moviegoers.

The Aardman creations beat Laurel and Hardy into second place with 14% of the vote.

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon were third with 10% of the votes.

The survey was commissioned to celebrate the new partnership between loyalty card Nectar and Vue Cinemas.

Other famous film duos who proved popular included:

Han Solo and Chewbacca from Star Wars (4th position)

Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (7th)

Maverick and Goose from Top Gun (9th)

Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World (18th)

Source: Press Release