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5.8Fed up with being targeted by the neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle vents his frustrations on the anthill in his front yard ... until the insects shrink him to the size of a bug with a magic elixir. Convicted of "crimes against the colony," Lucas can only regain his freedom by living with the ants and learning their ways.
Cast
- Zach Tyler Eisen as Lucas Nickle (voice)
- Julia Roberts as Hova (voice)
- Meryl Streep as Queen (voice)
- Nicolas Cage as Zoc (voice)
- Paul Giamatti as Stan Beals (voice)
- Bruce Campbell as Fugax (voice)
Themes
- ant-hill
- ant
- child hero
- shrinking
- bully
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John A. Davis
- Screenplay by
- John A. Davis
- Based on
- The Ant Bully , by John Nickle
- Produced by
- Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman John A. Davis
- Starring
- Julia Roberts Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Paul Giamatti Regina King Bruce Campbell Lily Tomlin
- Edited by
- Jon Price
- Music by
- John Debney
- Production companies
- Legendary Pictures Playtone DNA Productions
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release date
- July 28, 2006 ( 2006-07-28 )
- Running time
- 89 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $45–50 million
- Box office
- $55.2 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Ant Bully is a 2006 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the children's book of the same name. Written and directed by John A. Davis, it tells the story of Lucas Nickle, a young boy who, after terrorizing a colony of ants, is shrunken and ordered to work amongst them. It stars the voices of Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King, Bruce Campbell, Lily Tomlin, and Zach Tyler Eisen.
The Ant Bully was theatrically released on July 28, 2006, by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States. It received mixed reviews and was a box-office failure, grossing $55 million on a budget of $50 million. As a result of the film's poor performance, DNA Productions underwent several layoffs before it shut down the same year. The Ant Bully marked Ricardo Montalbán's final film role before he died in 2009.
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