A Bug's Life (1998)
A Bug's Life (1998)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Dave Foley
Flik (voice)
Kevin Spacey
Hopper (voice)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Atta (voice)
Hayden Panettiere
Dot (voice)
Phyllis Diller
Queen (voice)
Richard Kind
Molt (voice)
David Hyde Pierce
Slim (voice)
Joe Ranft
Heimlich (voice) / Story
Denis Leary
Francis (voice)
Jonathan Harris
Manny (voice)
Madeline Kahn
Gypsy Moth (voice)
Bonnie Hunt
Rosie (voice)
Michael McShane
Tuck / Roll (voice)
John Ratzenberger
P.T. Flea (voice)
Brad Garrett
Dim (voice)
Roddy McDowall
Mr. Soil (voice)
Edie McClurg
Dr. Flora (voice)
Alex Rocco
Thorny (voice)
David Ossman
Cornelius (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui
Loco (voice)
Jack Angel
Thud (voice)
Bob Bergen
Aphie / Male Ants (voice)
Kimberly J. Brown
(voice)
Rodger Bumpass
Harry Mosquito (voice)
Anthony Burch
Ant Boys (voice)
Jennifer Darling
Female Ants (voice)
Rachel Davey
Grasshoppers (voice)
Debi Derryberry
Baby Maggots (voice)
Paul Eiding
Male Ants (voice)
Jessica Evans
Female Ants (voice)
Bill Farmer
Male Ants (voice)
Sam Gifaldi
Ants (voice)
Brad Hall
Grasshopper (voice)
Jess Harnell
Bus Bettle (voice)
Brenden Hickey
Ants (voice)
Kate Charlotte Hodges
Female Ants (voice)
Denise Johnson
Bug (voice)
David L. Lander
Thumper (voice)
John Lasseter
Bug Zapper Bug #1 (voice) / Director / Story
Sherry Lynn
Female Ants (voice)
Mickie McGowan
Cockroach Waitress (voice) / ADR Voice Casting
Courtland Mead
Fly (voice)
Christina Milian
Female Ants (voice)
Kelsey Mulrooney
Female Ants (voice)
Ryan O'Donohue
Grub (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon
Grasshopper (voice)
Phil Proctor
Slick (voice)
Jan Rabson
Axel (voice)
Jordan Ranft
Ant Boys (voice)
Brian M. Rosen
Fly Brothers (voice) / Software Engineer / Shading
Rebecca Schneider
Female Ants (voice)
Francesca Marie Smith
Female Ants (voice)
Andrew Stanton
Bug Zapper Bug #2 (voice) / Screenplay / Story / Co-Director
Hannah Swanson
Female Ants (voice)
Russi Taylor
Female Ants (voice)
Travis Tedford
Ant Kids (voice)
Ashley Tisdale
Lead Blueberry Scout (voice)
Lee Unkrich
Ant #1 (voice) / Editor
Jordan Warkol
Ant #2 (voice)
Pat Fry
Grasshoppers (uncredited)
Kath Soucie
Ants (uncredited)
Don McEnery
Screenplay
Bob Shaw
Screenplay
Darla K. Anderson
Producer
Kevin Reher
Producer
Randy Newman
Original Music Composer / Songs
Sharon Calahan
Director of Photography
Stephen King
Lighting Technician
Michael Parks
Animation
Anthony Scott
Animation
Rick Maki
Visual Development
Mary Hidalgo
Casting
Armen Ksajikian
Musician
Kyle Balda
Animation
Steven Clay Hunter
Animation
Tom Carlisle
Thanks
Kenny Condit
Thanks
Amy Ellenwood
Thanks
Lisa Ellis
Thanks
Ian Evans
Thanks
Ellen Fair
Thanks
David R. Haumann
Thanks
Dennis 'D.J.' Jennings
Thanks
Lianna Kelley
Thanks
John Lansberry
Thanks
Sue Maatouk-Kalache
Thanks
Debbie L. O'Keeffe
Thanks
Adrian Ochoa
Thanks
Milan Parikh
Thanks
Craig Payne
Thanks
Jonas Rivera
Thanks / Art Department Coordinator
Katherine Sarafian
Thanks / Art Department Manager
Robert Taylor
Thanks
Clay Welch
Thanks
Eric A. Wood
Thanks
Ruth Lambert
Casting
William Cone
Production Design
Tia W. Kratter
Art Direction
Bob Pauley
Art Direction / Character Designer
Bob Baron
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Brad Andalman
Software Engineer / Lighting Technician
Ronen Barzel
Software Engineer
Bena Currin
Software Engineer / Lighting Technician
Tony DeRose
Software Engineer
Kurt Fleischer
Software Engineer
Lisa Forssell
Software Engineer / Lighting Technician / Shading
Thomas Hahn
Software Engineer
Mark Thomas Henne
Software Engineer
Kitt Hirasaki
Software Engineer
Steve Johnson
Software Engineer / Visual Development
Michael Kass
Software Engineer
Chris King
Software Engineer
Eric Lebel
Software Engineer
Peter Nye
Software Engineer
Lee Ozer
Software Engineer
Bruce Perens
Software Engineer
John Singh Pottebaum
Software Engineer / Lighting Technician
Sudeep Rangaswamy
Software Engineer / Lighting Technician
Arun Rao
Software Engineer
Drew Rogge
Software Engineer
Michael Shantzis
Software Engineer
Heidi Stettner
Software Engineer
Dirk Van Gelder
Software Engineer
James W. Williams
Software Engineer
Wayne Wooten
Software Engineer / Lighting Technician
Michael Griffin Kelly
Art Department Assistant
Andrea Warren
Art Department Assistant
James Burgess
Camera Department Manager
Andrew Page
Music Supervisor
Patsy Bouge
Post Production Consulting
Maneesh Agrawala
Software Engineer
Dana Batali
Software Engineer
Phil Beffrey
Software Engineer
Reid Gershbein
Software Engineer / Lighting Technician
David M. Laur
Software Engineer
Dan Lyke
Software Engineer
Daniel McCoy
Software Engineer / Shading
Shaun Oborn
Software Engineer
Matt Pharr
Software Engineer
Mark T. VandeWettering
Software Engineer
rendering software engineer
Software Engineer
Gary Summers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Ian Salter
Second Film Editor
David Slusser
Temp Music Editor
John K. Carr
Temp Sound Editor
Rona Michele
Temp Sound Editor
Sandra Christiansen
Animation
Shawn Krause
Animation
Andrew Schmidt
Animation / Modeling
Bret Parker
Fix Animator / Animation Fix Coordinator
Paul Kegg
Musician
Jonathan Williams
Musician
Andrew Findon
Musician
James Walker
Musician
James Thatcher
Musician
Skaila Kanga
Musician
Tom Boyd
Musician
Paul Clarvis
Musician
Don Williams
Musician
Peter Davies
Musician
Tommy Johnson
Musician
Rachel Bolt
Musician
Bruce White
Musician
Mark Berrow
Musician
Mary Beth Smith
Negative Cutter
Samuel Lord Black
Software Engineer
Gary Rydstrom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer
Sarah Jo Helton
Schedule Coordinator
Dale McBeath
Supervising Animator
Jason B. Hendrix
Systems Administrators & Support
Nathan Ardaiz
Systems Administrators & Support
George Bagtas
Systems Administrators & Support
Adam Beeman
Systems Administrators & Support
Bryan Bird
Systems Administrators & Support
Lars R. Damerow
Systems Administrators & Support
Erik Forman
Systems Administrators & Support
Alisa Gilden
Systems Administrators & Support
Patrick Guenette
Systems Administrators & Support
Warren Hays
Systems Administrators & Support
Ling Hsu
Systems Administrators & Support
Ken Huey
Systems Administrators & Support
Jason 'Jayfish' Hull
Systems Administrators & Support
Peter Kaldis
Systems Administrators & Support
John Hee Soo Lee
Systems Administrators & Support
Jeff 'Heffe' Millhollen
Systems Administrators & Support
Gregory Yong Paik
Systems Administrators & Support
Kristina Perez
Systems Administrators & Support
Anne Pia
Systems Administrators & Support
May Pon
Systems Administrators & Support
Edgar Quinones
Systems Administrators & Support
Auburn C. 'Aubie' Schmidt
Systems Administrators & Support
M.T. Silvia
Systems Administrators & Support
Edilberto A. Soriano Jr.
Systems Administrators & Support
Alex Stahl
Systems Administrators & Support
Andy Thomas
Systems Administrators & Support
Christopher C. Walker
Systems Administrators & Support
Dallas Wisehaupt
Systems Administrators & Support
Jean Gillmore
Visual Development
Sophie Vincelette
Lead Set Dresser
Norm DeCarlo
Sculptor
Jerome Ranft
Sculptor
David Eisenmann
Set Dresser
Susan Bradley
Title Designer
Louis Rivera
Camera Supervisor
Don Conway
Camera Technician
Jeff Wan
Camera Technician
Chris Montan
Executive Music Producer
Duncan Keefe
Information Systems Manager
Michael O'Brien
Information Systems Manager
David DiFrancesco
Photoscience Manager
Timothy Sorensen
Post Production Assistant
Brian McNulty
Post Production Supervisor
Miguel Ángel Poveda
Post Production Supervisor
Adam Bronstein
Production Intern
Crystal Jones
Production Intern
Thomas Jordan
Production Intern
Maneli Keshavarzi
Production Intern
Hoon H. Kim
Production Intern
Josh Morsell
Production Intern
Justin Oliphant
Production Intern
Shannon Mills
Sound Design Assistant
Glenn McQueen
Supervising Animator
Rich Quade
Supervising Animator
Eben Ostby
Supervising Technical Director
William Reeves
Supervising Technical Director
Nelson Siu
Systems Administrators & Support
B.Z. Petroff
Script Supervisor
Dale E. Grahn
Color Timer
Hana Yoon
Editorial Coordinator
Tom Freeman
First Assistant Editor
Tom Kim
Lighting Coordinator
Lindsey Collins
Lighting Manager
Lauren Alpert
Lighting Technician
Stephanie Andrews
Lighting Technician
Jason Bickerstaff
Lighting Technician
Kirk Bowers
Lighting Technician
Jun Han Cho
Lighting Technician
Ruieta DaSilva
Lighting Technician
Cynthia Dueltgen
Lighting Technician
Danielle Feinberg
Lighting Technician
Deborah R. Fowler
Lighting Technician
Keith B.C. Gordon
Lighting Technician
Brian Green
Lighting Technician / Shading
Jean-Claude Kalache
Lighting Technician
Sonoko Konishi
Lighting Technician
Ana Lacaze
Lighting Technician
Ken Lao
Lighting Technician / Shading
Janet Lucroy
Lighting Technician
Craig McGillivray
Lighting Technician
Kelly O'Connell
Lighting Technician
Eileen O'Neill
Lighting Technician
Chris Perry
Lighting Technician
Bill Polson
Lighting Technician
Joyce Powell
Lighting Technician
Dale Ruffolo
Lighting Technician
Don Schreiter
Lighting Technician
John Warren
Lighting Technician
Kim White
Lighting Technician
Patrick Wilson
Lighting Technician
Bill Wise
Lighting Technician / Shading
Meredith Layne
Casting Assistant
Donna Cipriani
Production Accountant
Susan Tatsuno Hamana
Production Manager
Doc Kane
ADR & Dubbing
Michael Silvers
ADR Editor
Dennie Thorpe
Foley
Jana Vance
Foley
Mary Helen Leasman
Foley Editor
Marian Wilde
Foley Editor
Charles Paley
Music Editor
Don Davis
Orchestrator
Ira Hearshen
Orchestrator
Jonathan Sacks
Orchestrator
Pat Jackson
Sound Effects Editor
Lori L. Eschler
Supervising Music Editor
Tim Holland
Supervising Sound Editor
Michael Berenstein
Animation
Dylan Brown
Animation
Scott Clark
Animation
Brett Coderre
Animation
David DeVan
Animation
Andrew Gordon
Animation
Timothy Hittle
Animation
John Kahrs
Animation
Karen Kiser
Animation
Bankole Lasekan
Animation
Les Major
Animation
Daniel Mason
Animation
Billy Merritt
Animation
Mark Oftedal
Animation
Bobby Podesta
Animation
Jeff Pratt
Animation
Karen Prell
Animation
Roger Rose
Animation
Steve Segal
Animation
Doug Sheppeck
Animation
Alan Sperling
Animation
Doug Sweetland
Animation
David Tart
Animation
J. Warren Trezevant
Animation
Mark A. Walsh
Animation
Kori Rae
Animation Manager
Tomoko Harada Ferguson
Animation Production Assistant
Lance Martin
Animation Production Assistant
Yvonne Herbst
CG Painter
Bryn Imagire
CG Painter
Glenn Kim
CG Painter
Damir Frkovic
Modeling
Mark Adams
Modeling
James Bancroft
Modeling
Loren Carpenter
Modeling
Wei-Chung Chang
Modeling
David Lomax
Modeling
David Valdez
Shading
John B. Anderson
Shading
David Batte
Shading
Ben Jordan
Shading
Keith Olenick
Shading
Mitch Prater
Shading
Eliot Smyrl
Shading
Tien Truong
Shading
Peter DeSève
Visual Development
Lou Fancher
Visual Development
David Gordon
Visual Development
William Joyce
Visual Development
Paul Kratter
Visual Development
Fred Warter
Visual Development
Bruce Zick
Visual Development
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 25, 1998
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingG
Budget$80,000,000
Box Office$363,258,859
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
A Bug's Life is a 1998 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's second feature-length film, following Toy Story (1995). The film was directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Andrew Stanton (in his feature directorial debut), and produced by Darla K. Anderson and Kevin Reher, from a screenplay written by Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft. It stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Hayden Panettiere. In the film, a misfit 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, story, humor, and voice acting. It became a commercial success, having grossed $363 million at the box office. It was the first film to be digitally transferred frame-by-frame and released on DVD, and has been released multiple times on home video.