Pixar Animation Studios is known for computer animated films like Toy Story and Finding Nemo. A Bug's Life, released in 1998, tells the story of an ant colony that is oppressed by grasshoppers who demand food. Flik, a would-be inventor ant, is sent to find "warrior bugs" to fight the grasshoppers but accidentally recruits a troupe of circus bugs instead. They help the ants stand up to the grasshoppers led by Hopper. The film was a financial success and received critical acclaim for its animation and story.

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A Bug's Life is a 1998 American CGI animated
film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney
Pictures in the United States on November 25, 1998. A
Bug's Life was the second Disney·Pixar feature film
after Toy Story, and the third American computer-
animated film after Toy Story and DreamWorks' Antz.
Based on Akira Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai, and
Aesop's fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper", it tells the
tale of an oddball individualist inventor ant named Flik
who hires what he thinks are "warrior bugs" – actually
circus performers – to fight off a small band of
grasshoppers who have made the ant colony their
servants. The film was directed by John Lasseter, and
was co-directed by Andrew Stanton. 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.

2. characteristics
- Success Is The Best Revenge
- Underdogs
- Risk
- Threat
- Jeopardy
- Danger
- Battle [war]
- Circus
- Combat
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Music
5 Reception
o 5.1 Critical
o 5.2 Box office
o 5.3 Awards
o 5.4 American Film Institute
6 Home release
7 Media and merchandise
o 7.1 Attached short film
o 7.2 Video game
o 7.3 Theme park attractions
Plot
Flik is an oddball, individualist and would-be inventor in a colony
of ants that is oppressed by a gang of marauding grasshoppers, who arrive
every season demanding food from the ants. Flik is always unappreciated
due to his inventions causing trouble. While testing his new invention, a
harvester to pick fruit more efficiently, Flik accidentally knocks the
offering that the ants were putting together to appease the grasshoppers
into a stream. Given a temporary reprieve by the grasshoppers, the ants agree to Flik's plan to
recruit "warrior bugs" to fight off the grasshoppers - Flik actually believes the plan, while the
other ants see it as a fool's errand to get rid of Flik.
Flik finds his way to the "big city" (a garbage dump), where he mistakes a group of circus
bugs, whose act collapses into chaos, for the warrior bugs he's seeking. The bugs, meanwhile,
mistake Flik for a talent agent, and agree to travel with him back to Ant Island.

3. The bugs earn the ants' respect after they save the Queen's daughter, Dot, from a bird. A bird
attack inspires Flik into making a plan to build a fake bird to scare away Hopper, leader of
the grasshoppers, who is deeply afraid of bug-eating birds. Eventually, the circus ringmaster,
P.T. Flea, arrives searching for the circus bugs. Angered at Flik's deception, the ants exile
him.
The ants desperately try to pull together enough food for a new offering to the grasshoppers,
but are unable to do so. Dot, upon overhearing Hopper's plan to kill the queen after the
offering, leaves the colony in search of Flik and convinces him to return and put his original
plans to action to save the queen. The plan nearly works, but P.T. Flea mistakes the model for
a actual bird and sets it on fire, causing Hopper to realized that he has been tricked. He orders
one of his grasshoppers to attack Flik, whom he then proceeds to finish himself. Before he
can do so, Princess Atta steps in and defends Flik, prompting the rest of the colony to stand
up to the grasshoppers and fight them out of the colony. In the chaos, Hopper viciously
pursues Flik, who leads him to an actual bird's nest, where he is ultimately eaten by baby
chicks. Flik is welcomed back to the colony, and the circus bugs join him in a celebration.
Princess Atta kisses Flik and is given her mother's, The Queen's, crown, making Princess Atta
the Queen.
Cast
Dave Foley as Flik: An ant who wants to make a difference for his colony.
Kevin Spacey as Hopper: The leader of the grasshoppers.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Princess Atta: The eldest daughter and heir of The Queen,
Dot's older sister and Flik's love interest.
Hayden Panettiere as Dot: The Queen's youngest daughter, Atta's younger sister and
one of Flik's friends.
Denis Leary as Francis: A Ladybug who is part of P.T. Flea's circus troupe.
David Hyde Pierce as Slim: A Walking Stick who is part of P.T. Flea's circus troupe.
Joe Ranft as Heimlich: A Caterpillar who is part of P.T. Flea's circus troupe.
Richard Kind as Molt: Hopper's younger brother.
Phyllis Diller as The Queen: Atta and Dot's mother and the leader of the ants.
Jonathan Harris as Manny: A Praying Mantis who is part of P.T. Flea's circus troupe.
Madeline Kahn as Gypsy: Manny's wife.
Bonnie Hunt as Rosie: A Spider who acts like a mother figure to Dim and the younger
ants in the colony.
Brad Garrett as Dim: A Rhinoceros Beetle who acts like a son to Rosie.
Mike McShane as Tuck and Roll: Two Woodlice who are part of P.T. Flea's circus
troupe.
John Ratzenberger as P.T. Flea: A Flea who is the boss of the circus troupe.
Roddy McDowall as Mr Soil: A head ant in the colony and a thespian.
Edie McClurg as Dr. Flora: The doctor of the ant colony.
Jack Angel as Flies
Frank Welker as The Bird, The Bird's chicks
David Lander as Thumper: Hopper's bouncer.
Production

4. In 1988 Disney had considered producing a film entitled "Army Ants", that centered around a
pacifist ant living in a militaristic colony. however the idea never fully materialized.[1]
In 1994, while working on Toy Story, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter and Joe
Ranft attended a lunch to discuss future projects. They talked about doing Aesop's fable "The
Ant and the Grasshopper", but with a twist. They eventually decided that instead of having
the Grasshopper beg for food, it would demand it.[2] The Japanese film Seven Samurai by
Akira Kurosawa influenced the story. In early versions Flik was an ant named Red and was
part of P.T's Circus. However this created several story problems and he was changed to the
ant sent to hire the warrior bugs.[3] The characters of "Tuck and Roll" were inspired by
drawing that Andrew Stanton did of two bugs fighting when he was in Second Grade.[2]
Kevin Spacey met John Lasseter at the 1995 Academy Awards (Spacey being there for Best
Actor in a Supporting Role for The Usual Suspects and Lasseter being there for Academy
Special Achievement Award for Toy Story). When Lasseter asked Spacey if he would be
interested in doing the voice of Hopper, Spacey was delighted.[3]
For research, Pixar ordered a tiny camera, put Lego wheels on it, attached it to a stick and
named it the "Bug-Cam". The "Bug-Cam" was then wheeled out onto the garden of Pixar in
order to see what small objects looked like from a bugs point of view. The artists were
amazed by the translucency of the world. Lasseter claimed "It was like living in a world of
stained glass windows." The animators also studied the movement of insects to apply to the
characters.[4]
The technical artists created crowd simulation, allowing the film makers to create over 430
shots with over 800 characters in the frame without having to animate every single ant. The
animators would only animate 4–5 groups of approximately 8 individual universal ants. Each
one of these universal ants would later be randomly distributed through out the digital set.
The program also allowed each ant to be automatically modified in subtle ways (e.g. different
eye color, different skin color, different heights, different weights etc.). This made sure that
no two ants were the same.[4]
DreamWorks Animation's similar film Antz was released a little more than a month before A
Bug's Life. DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg left Disney in 1994 and said the idea for Antz
came from a 1991 story pitch by Tim Johnson that was related to Katzenberg in October
1994. Pixar head John Lasseter said he felt "betrayed" when he learned Antz was scheduled
for release before A Bug's Life.[1] According to Lasseter and Steve Jobs, Katzenberg offered
to stop development of Antz if Disney moved the release date of A Bug's Life, which was
coming out opposite DreamWorks Animation's The Prince of Egypt. Pixar refused.[1]
The release date of Antz was moved up from March 1999 to October 1998 in response to
Pixar's refusal.[5] Even though A Bug's Life was the first to be pitched, Antz was finished and
released first.[5] A Bug's Life, however, was more profitable.
Music
A Bug's Life: An Original Walt Disney
Records Soundtrack

5. Soundtrack album by Randy Newman
Released October 27, 1998
Recorded 1997–1998
Genre Score
Length 47:32
Label Walt Disney
Pixar soundtrack chronology
Toy Story A Bug's Life Toy Story 2
(1995) (1998) (1999)
A Bug's Life: An Original Walt Disney Records
Soundtrack is the original soundtrack album to A Bug's Life,
produced by Walt Disney Records. The first track of the album is
song called "The Time of Your Life" written and performed by
Newman, while all the other tracks are orchestral cues. The album
has gone off the market but is available for purchase on iTunes.
The score won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental
Composition Written for Motion Picture or Television
All songs written and composed by Randy Newman.
No. Title Length
1. "The Time of Your Life" (performed by Newman) 3:16
2. "The Flik Machine" 2:54
3. "Seed to Tree" 1:01
4. "Red Alert" 1:49
5. "Hopper and his Gang" 3:21
6. "Flik Leaves" 2:37
7. "Circus Bugs" 1:27
8. "The City" 2:35
9. "Robin Hood" 0:59
10. "Return to Colony" 1:33
11. "Flik's Return" 1:24
12. "Loser" 2:43
13. "Dot's Rescue" 4:00
14. "Atta" 1:08

6. 15. "Don't Come Back" 1:07
16. "Grasshoppers' Return" 3:01
17. "The Bird Flies" 2:38
18. "Ants Fight Back" 2:14
19. "Victory" 2:33
20. "A Bug's Life Suite" 5:12
Reception
This section requires expansion.
Critical
The film received positive reviews and critical acclaim upon release. Review aggregate
Rotten Tomatoes reports that 91% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 81
reviews, with an average score of 7.9/10. The critical consensus is "A Bug's Life is a clever
and enjoyable movie with great animation."[6] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which
assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score
of 77 based on 23 reviews."[7]
Box office
A Bug's Life grossed approximately $33,258,052 on its opening weekend, easily
ranking it #1 for that weekend. The film managed to retain its #1 spot for up to three weeks.
The film also made approximately $162.7 million in its United States theatrical run, easily
covering its estimated production costs of $45 million. The film made $200,600,000 in
foreign countries. The film made a worldwide gross of $363.3 million, surpassing the
competition from DreamWorks Animation's Antz.
Awards
Main article: List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films)#A Bug's Life
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute nominated A Bug's Life for its Top 10 Animated Films list.[8]
Home release
The DVD of the film was the first wholly digital transfer of a feature film to a digital
playback medium. No analog processes came between the creation of the computer images
and their representation on the DVD.
The pan and scan or 'full screen' version of the video (on the DVD as well as VHS releases)
has been reframed and restaged; rather than sacrifice image in some parts of the film, the
frame has been extended or objects moved to fit the narrower aspect ratio. Pixar continued
this process on its later video releases. Also, different characters (Flik, Dot, Francis, Hopper,

7. and Heimlich) were on one (by themselves) cover of the video cover, considered a collectible
in many cases.[citation needed]
To show off its new DVD capabilities, a copy of the film was included with the Apple iMac
DV, which made its debut in 1999. A laserdisc version was also released in Japan by Pioneer,
one of the last.
The widescreen version of the film preserves its original aspect ratio of 2.40:1. A Bug's Life is
the first fully computer animated feature to be created with this ratio.
A set of "fluffs" and "outtakes" was included, in which various animated characters corpse or
"blow" their dialog. In one, Flik yells the line "To infinity, and beyond!", quoting Buzz
Lightyear from an earlier Pixar film, Toy Story. Later, Woody leans into view with an upside
down clapperboard to mark the end of a botched take.
On May 27, 2003, another DVD was released as a 2-disc Collector's Edition. This DVD is
fully remastered and has substantial bonus features about the film, and is the current DVD
release today. On May 19, 2009, a Blu-ray version was released. These versions included a
DisneyFile Digital Copy.
Media and merchandise
Attached short film
Main article: Geri's Game
Theatrical and video releases of this film include Geri's Game, a Pixar short made in 1997, a
year before this film was released.
Video game
Main article: A Bug's Life (video game)
Theme park attractions
A Bug's Land is a section of Disney's California Adventure is entirely dedicated to A
Bug's Life. One of the main attractions is the 3D show It's Tough to Be a Bug! which is also
in Disney's Animal Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. The Disney California
Adventure attraction, World of Color features a segment focused on A Bug's Life.