Rating: G
Genre: Children's/Family
Theatrical Release: 11/20/1998(USA)
Release Date: 05/27/2003
Dubbed: French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video

John Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new standards in computer animation with this effort, another Disney-released children's epic entitled A Bug's Life. Blending classic Disney storytelling characters and the mysterious underground world of bugs, Lasseter has created a film that can be enjoyed by all audiences, and another franchise in the process. A Bug's Life is a computerized retelling of the Aesop fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, made as a cartoon-short by the one-and-only, Walt Disney, in the mid-'30s. However, A Bug's Life has modernized the story with many new twists and celebrity voices. The story focuses on a colony of ants who seasonally gather food for themselves and a wild gang of rowdy grasshoppers. When bumbling worker ant Flik (David Foley) destroys the food supply, the angry grasshoppers, lead by the maniacally warped Hopper (Kevin Spacey), threaten to kill the ants if they don't produce a new supply of food by the time they return -- an impossible feat. Flik leaves the anthill in search of help in the form of bigger bugs, and to wage war against the grasshoppers. What he doesn't know is he has actually discovered a group of down-on-their-luck traveling circus insects in need of a job. When the ants realize that their heroes are really circus performers (and the circus bugs realize these grasshoppers are really big and mean), the situation goes from bad to worse. Ultimately, the ants use their large numbers to overcome the grasshoppers.

~ Chris Gore, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Dave Foley - Flik
Kevin Spacey - Hopper
Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Princess Atta
Hayden Panettiere - Dot
Phyllis Diller - Queen
Richard Kind - Molt
David Hyde Pierce - Slim
Joe Ranft - Heimlich
Denis Leary - Francis
Jonathan Harris - Manny
Madeline Kahn - Gypsy
Bonnie Hunt - Rosie
Michael McShane - Tuck & Roll
John Ratzenberger - P.T. Flea
Brad Garrett - Dim
Roddy McDowall - Mr. Soil
Edie McClurg - Dr. Flora
Alex Rocco - Thorny
David Ossman - Cornelius

Production:
John Lasseter Andrew Stanton - Director
Darla K. Anderson Kevin Reher - Producer
Randy Newman - Composer
Andrew Stanton Donald McEnery Bob Shaw - Screen Writer
Bob Pauley - Art Director
Tia W. Kratter - Art Director
Ruth Lambert - Casting
Sharon Calahan - Cinematographer
Andrew Stanton - Co-Director
William Cone - Production Designer
Andrew Stanton - Screen Story
Joe Ranft - Screen Story
John Lasseter - Screen Story
Gary Rydstrom - Sound/Sound Designer
Peter Docter - Storyboard Artist
Lee Unkrich - Supervising Editor
William Joyce - Visual Effects

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