A Bug's Life: 1998 American computer-animated film

A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life
Directed by	John Lasseter
Screenplay by	Andrew Stanton; Donald McEnery; Bob Shaw;
Story by	John Lasseter; Andrew Stanton; Joe Ranft;
Produced by	Darla K. Anderson; Kevin Reher;
Starring	Dave Foley; Kevin Spacey; Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Hayden Panettiere; Denis Leary; Joe Ranft; David Hyde Pierce; Jonathan Harris; Madeline Kahn; Bonnie Hunt; Mike McShane; John Ratzenberger; Brad Garrett;
Cinematography	Sharon Calahan
Edited by	Lee Unkrich
Music by	Randy Newman
Production; companies	Walt Disney Pictures; Pixar Animation Studios;
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates	November 14, 1998 (United States); March 17, 1999 (Russia, Kazakhstan, India, Togo, Turkey, United States); April 19, 2013 (United Kingdom, Turkey & United States);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$45 million
Box office	$363.3 million

It follows the conflict between ants and grasshoppers in the world of insects. It is a retelling of a fable by Aesop, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Voice cast

Dave Foley as Flik, a brave but accident-prone inventor ant wanting to make a difference.
Kevin Spacey as Hopper, the leader of the grasshopper gang oppressing the ants.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Princess Atta, the nervous queen-in-training of the ant colony and Flik's love interest.
Hayden Panettiere as Dot, Atta's younger sister Flik's friend.
Denis Leary as Francis, a hot-tempered male ladybug clown in the circus, who is frequently mistaken for a female.
Joe Ranft as Heimlich, a large, gluttonous caterpillar clown with a German accent in the circus who desires to be a butterfly.
David Hyde Pierce as Slim, a walking stick clown often use as a stand-in for stick-like props in the circus.
Jonathan Harris as Manny, an elderly praying mantis magician with an English accent in the circus.
Madeline Kahn as Gypsy, a colorful gypsy moth who is Manny's wife and assistant in the circus.
Bonnie Hunt as Rosie, a black widow spider and Dim's "tamer" in the circus.
Michael McShane as Tuck and Roll, two twin acrobat pillbug brothers from Hungary and act as cannonballs in the circus.
John Ratzenberger as P.T. Flea, the ringmaster of the circus troupe.
Brad Garrett as Dim, a rhinoceros beetle that plays the "ferocious beast" in the circus.
Richard Kind as Molt, Hopper's dimwitted younger brother.
Phyllis Diller as The Queen, an elderly ant who is Atta and Dot's mother.
Roddy McDowall as Mr. Soil, the ant colony's resident thespian.
Edie McClurg as Dr. Flora, the ant colony's doctor.
Alex Rocco as Thorny, a small, deep-voiced ant and Atta's grouchy assistant
David Ossman as Cornelius, a very old ant with a walking stick.
David Lander as Thumper, Hopper's insane "enforcer" grasshopper.
Rodger Bumpass as Harry Mosquito
Ashley Tisdale as the leader of the Blueberry Scouts, a troop of ant children that Dot belongs to.
Jan Rabson and Carlos Alazraqui as Axle and Loco, a duo of grasshoppers from Hopper's gang.
Bob Bergen as Aphie, the Queen's pet aphid.

Premieres

Country	Release date
United States	November 25, 1998 March 17, 1999 May 18, 2001 June 18, 2004 February 15, 2013
Canada	November 25, 1998 March 17, 1999 May 18, 2001 June 18, 2004 February 15, 2013
United Kingdom	December 2, 1998 (premiere) February 5, 1999 May 16, 2001 May 5, 2002 February 8, 2013
Israel	December 4, 1998 (English) March 12, 1999 (premiere) March 18, 1999 May 4, 2001 February 8, 2002 June 5, 2005 May 12, 2013
Kazakhstan	March 17, 1999 (English) January 15, 2000 (German) June 2, 2001 September 28, 2007 August 29, 2013
Russia	March 17, 1999 (English) May 16, 2000 (Spanish) May 12, 2001 June 2, 2004 (German) September 2, 2008 February 8, 2013

Soundtrack

Roll to Me by Del Amitri
Basket Case by Green Day
Loser by Beck
Love in an Elevator by Aerosmith
Baba O'Riley by The Who
I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys
La Cucaracha by Santana
Hey World! by Ziggy Marley
Blister by Jimmy Eat World
Born to Be Wild by Bruce Springsteen
The Time of Your Life by Lionel Richie

Home media

This released on VHS and DVD on November 13, 2001.

Production

A Bug's Life was first considered in 1988, as a short movie to be based on Aesop's fable, but it was delayed by Toy Story. Almost a year after its release, Disney made an agreement with Pixar to make movies together. John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Doctor, and Joe Ranft brought up the project idea, A Bug's Life in late 1994. The ideas for Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and WALL-E were also brought up and the three decided to have the grasshoppers demand food instead of begging for it, as it is in the fable. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai helped influence the project. A basic story treatment was completed in 1995, and production began soon after. The movie had many technical challenges. One of the biggest technical triumphs was the simulation of crowds of ants. It would be impossible for an animator to animate every single ant in a crowd of thousands. So the technical supervisors came up with a computer program that would make every single ant in the crowd different in small ways; for example, different eye color, skin color, weight, or height. They would also build several ants that could be animated. When randomly distributed through the crowds, these ants appear to be blinking, talking, or looking in different directions.

Awards

Award nominations and wins for *A Bug's Life*
Year	Category	Institution or publication	Result	Notes
1999	Best Music, Original Musical or Comedy Score	Academy Awards	Nominated
2000	Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects	British Academy Film Awards	Nominated
1999	Best Fantasy Film	Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films	Nominated	SA Website does not go back that far and is not in archives either
1999	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production	Annie Awards	Nominated
1999	Favorite Animated Family Movie	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Won	IMDb is the only reference as Blockbusterawards no longer exists, and no archives prior to 2006.
1999	Bogey Award in Silver	Bogey Awards	Won	IMDb is the only reference, I was able to find mention of it in German, but I do not understand the site and how it is laid out
1999	Best Animated Feature Best Family Film	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Won	Tied with The Prince of Egypt for Best Animated Film
1998	Best Animation	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Won
1998	Best Musical or Comedy Score - Randy Newman	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Nominated
1999	Animated Voice-Over Casting - Ruth Lambert	Casting Society of America - Artios Award	Won
1999	Best Original Score — Randy Newman	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Nominated
1998	Special Notice to 1998 animation features	Florida Film Critics Circle	Won
1999	Best Score Motion Picture - Randy Newman	Golden Globe Awards	Nominated

References

Other websites

A Bug's Life on IMDb
A Bug's Life at AllMovie

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