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Release Date:
25 November 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
An epic of miniature proportions.
Plot:
A misfit ant, looking for warriors to save his colony from grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troup. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 11 wins
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13 nominations
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An amusing animated fantasy for all ages
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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) | |
| 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) |
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Bugs (USA) (working title)
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96 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
Brazil:Livre |
Portugal:M/4 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Belgium:KT |
Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Finland:K-8/5 |
France:U |
Germany:o.Al. (w) |
Hong Kong:I |
Ireland:PG |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:G |
Peru:PT |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:All |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:U |
USA:G (certificate #36295)
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Roddy McDowall's final film.
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Continuity: Flik couldn't reach the back of his invention when he tried to get a seed for Dot. Later, he is caught by a blade of grass and is flung backwards, and all the seeds fall out of his invention. Then we see him running toward the offering stone with his invention full of seeds. He couldn't have put them back in, because he can't reach his invention when it is on. How did the seeds get in there?
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Referenced in Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary (2003) (TV)
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Several of Walt Disney Pictures' best animated films of recent years have been released or distributed through Pixar, an animation studio that specializes in computer generated animation and "A Bug's Life", their follow up to the hugely successful "Toy Story" ranks as one of the best and funniest Walt Disney Pictures animated films. Released during the same month as a similar computer generated animated film, "Antz", "A Bug's Life" suffers no bad comparisons because I consider it to be just as good as amusing as "Antz." The main focus of the film is Flik, a worker ant who has a very inventive mind and keen eye for detail. He means well but his attempts at helping his fellow ant colony with his ideas and inventions usually cause accidental disaster. One day, the ant colony set up a tribute display for a bad grasshopper named Hopper and his gang but Flik accidentally knocks it down. Hopper is very upset by this and he threatens to kill off the entire colony if they don't build him another provisions pile by the time he inspects the area again. Flik decides to help. He has only a few days to find some "warrior" bugs that can stand up to Hopper and his gang. He comes across a group of disgruntled bugs that had just been fired from their gigs at a flea circus. Flik decides to bring them back to the colony and recruit them as warrior bugs. An inventive idea for a children's film with much of the same humor and ideas that helped to make "Toy Story" an animated classic.