A Bug's Life

Also known as Bug's Life

1998 animated film directed by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton

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A Bug's Life is a 1998 animated film produced by Pixar in the United States of America. Directed by John Lasseter, the movie carries the tagline "An epic of miniature proportions." The film has a runtime of 95 minutes, though other records list a duration of 96 minutes. It was released on November 25, 1998, with additional publication dates recorded as November 20, 1998, December 3, 1998, February 5, 1999, and February 11, 1999.

The production had a budget of $80,000,000 and a capital cost of $120,000,000. It generated a box office revenue of $363,258,859, with another record citing $363,300,000. Audience and critic reception includes a vote average of 6.979 from 9,732 votes, a review score of 92%, a rating of 7.9/10, and a score of 78/100. The film is referenced by 840 other encyclopedia articles.

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On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

Released: 1998-11-2595 minDir: John LasseterAdventure, Animation, Comedy, FamilyBudget: $80.0MBox office: $363M

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Cast

Dave Foley as Flik (voice)
Kevin Spacey as Hopper (voice)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Atta (voice)
Hayden Panettiere as Dot (voice)
Phyllis Diller as Queen (voice)
Richard Kind as Molt (voice)

Themes

fight
circus
winter
ant-hill
ant
villain
invention
collector
anthropomorphism
grass

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Encyclopedic overview

A Bug's Life (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by John Lasseter, written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, from a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft, and stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Hayden Panettiere. In the film, a misfit anthropomorphic 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.

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