A Bug's Life

1998
G
1h 35m

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Denis Leary, Dave Foley, Hayden Panettiere, and Joe Ranft in A Bug's Life (1998)

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A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

320K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,794

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 21 nominations total

Hopper
(voice)

Dave Foley

Flik
(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)

Denis Leary

Francis
(voice)

Jonathan Harris

Manny
(voice)

Madeline Kahn

Gypsy Moth
(voice)

Bonnie Hunt

Rosie
(voice)

Michael McShane

Tuck
(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)

Storyline

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Trivia
P.T. Flea is Pixar Legend John Ratzenberger's favorite Pixar role, because "in real life, I always get a kick out of those kinds of characters, people who just go into a rage for [no] explicable reason. He was always on edge. His blood pressure was always way over the top, and everything that he did was done in a panicked state. So it was a lot of fun to play him."

Goofs
The bird that captures Hopper feeds him to her chicks whole. In reality, mother birds chew up and regurgitate food for their chicks, as their stomachs are not developed enough for solid foods.

Quotes
Hopper: First rule of leadership: Everything is your fault.

Crazy credits
Filmed entirely on location.

Alternate versions
"A Bug's Life" was released theatrically in the widescreen aspect ratio of 2.39:1. The full-screen version, found on the VHS & DVD, was digitally re-rendered shot by shot, moving characters and objects closer together where necessary, to reframe and fit them into the 1.33:1 TV screen, According to Pixar more than half the movie was recomputed after changes in the camera's field of view or movement.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Meet Joe Black/I'll Be Home for Christmas/Dancing at Lughnasa/I Still Know What You Did Last Summer/Velvet Goldmine (1998)

Soundtracks
La Cucaracha
(uncredited)
Written by Pica Pica
Lyrics by José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
Performed by the grasshoppers

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8/10

Wow.

There is great detail in A Bug's Life. Everything is covered. The film looks great and the animation is sometimes jaw-dropping. The film isn't too terribly orignal, it's basically a modern take on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, only with bugs. I enjoyed the character interaction however and the bad guys in this film actually seemed bad. It seems that Disney usually makes their bad guys carbon copy cut-outs. The grasshoppers are menacing and Hopper, the lead bad guy, was a brillant creation. Check this one out.