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A Bug's Life

1998 · Film · 95 min

  • Adventure
  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • Family

Plot

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

About A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter and written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, it stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, and Denis Leary. In the film, a misfit anthropomorphic ant named Flik looks for "tough warriors" to save his ant colony from a protection racket run by a gang of grasshoppers. However, the "warriors" he brings back are a troupe of Circus Bugs. The film's plot was initially inspired by Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. Production on A Bug's Life began shortly after the release of Toy Story in 1995. The ants in the film were redesigned to be more appealing, and Pixar's animation unit employed technical innovations in computer animation. Randy Newman composed the music for the film. During production, a controversial public feud erupted between Steve Jobs and Lasseter of Pixar and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg due to the parallel production of his similar film Antz, which was released the month prior. A Bug's Life premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on November 14, 1998, and was released in the United States on November 25. It received positive reviews for its animation…

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Series

Part of list of Pixar films.

Awards

2 awards on record:

  • Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Family Film

Also nominated for 4 other awards: Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score, BAFTA's Children & Young People Award - Feature Film, Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie.

As recorded on Wikidata, which may not list every award.

Cast

  • Dave FoleyFlik (voice)
  • Kevin SpaceyHopper (voice)
  • Julia Louis-DreyfusAtta (voice)
  • Hayden PanettiereDot (voice)
  • Phyllis DillerQueen (voice)
  • Richard KindMolt (voice)
  • David Hyde PierceSlim (voice)
  • Joe RanftHeimlich / Additional Voices (voice)
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