Look out for the bird! (CRASHING)(ALL LAUGHING)(GROANING)I Ow! It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects. GRASSHOPPER: What if Hopper doesn't like it? I'm the one you want. You piece of dirt! Action! DR. FLORA: You see? It was the first film to be digitally transferred frame-by-frame and released on DVD, and has been released multiple times on home video. (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE, BELCHES)(SNICKERING)(BOTH BELCHES)(PASSES GAS)Okay, can we stop?-(BOTH LAUGHING) -Get me Cindy on the phone, will ya?Okay, action! They can't know the truth. MR. I didn't-- Oh, sorry! Don't let it get me! I'm sorry! P.T. HOPPER: Listen, if you don't keep your end of the bargain, then I can't guarantee your safety. ], [Flik peers at Atta through the telescope. Molt (fat) is a character in A durant's life. THORNY: At the rate these leaves are dropping, we're gonna need a miracle. That's it? With Flik gone, he can't --. I said do you understand me?-(WHIMPERING)I'm sorry. [27] Although the contention left all parties estranged, Pixar and PDI employees kept up the old friendships that had arisen from spending a long time together in computer animation. As you ascend the dung beetle to the unknown, put your trust in the mysteries that are beyond mere mortal comprehension. HOPPER: Do I lookstupidto you? Oh, no. FLY: No! FLEA: I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich, I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich, I'm gonna be the richest flea in the land! Full credits for A Bug's Life. [P.T. Joe Ranft, member of Pixar's story team, played Heimlich the caterpillar at the suggestion of Lasseter's wife, Nancy, who had heard him playing the character on a scratch vocal track. (DOT SCREAMS). You're an ant! FLEA: That's because you're a clown! Every frame of animation was converted from the film's computer data, as opposed to the standard analog film-to-videotape transfer process. And I have you bugs to thank for it. Your boyfriends from the circus are here! P.T. It's perfect. Now go! [31] Movie Wave rated it four and a half. Uh, but let's just pretend for a minute that it's a seed, all right? QUEEN: Well, my boy, you came through! No, no, no, no, no, no, no! If we give up any more, we'll starve. From under the bed, a pair of EVIL RED EYES peer out) (Rising up behind the boy, preparing to scare his young victim, towers a FEARSOME MONKEY) (The boy sees the monkey and SCREAMS) (The monkey, horrified by the child, let's out an even more blood curdling SCREAM of his own) (He backs away and slips on a soccer ball, which ricochets off the wall Little Speck! Thorny and other ants, using their own harvesters to cut down and harvest grain stalks, stop work at the sound of the conch. I know! That bird is a guaranteed failure. FLIK: My colony's in trouble. So I figured it out. [69] In 2008, the American Film Institute nominated this film for its Top 10 Animation Films list. Will you look at this colony? It was Axle and Loco's! A Bug's Life. Spring is in the air. I got confused! The Disney California Adventure nighttime show World of Color features a segment that includes Heimlich the Caterpillar from the film.[89]. FLY MOM: (frustrated sigh) I have been in outhouses that didn't stink that bad. FRANCIS: Oh, yeah?! DOT: (laughing) You're weird, but I like you. FLIK: Princess Atta! FLIK: That's the signal. This is too good to be true! He is hoppa's younger brother and the self-best brother - although nobody cares because he is fat. I don't want to hear another word out of you while we're on this island. FLY: Yeah. MOSQUITO WAITER: Here you go, slick. Forget everything I ever told you. Like toys, insects were within the reach of computer animation back then, due to their relatively simple surfaces. [12][14], The voice cast was heavy with television sitcom stars of the time: Flik was voiced by Dave Foley (from NewsRadio), Princess Atta was voiced by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (from Seinfeld), Molt was voiced by Richard Kind (from Spin City), Slim was voiced by David Hyde Pierce (from Frasier) and Dim was voiced by Brad Garrett (from Everybody Loves Raymond). Oh, great ones! QUEEN: But, Hopper, since it's almost the rainy season, we need this time to gather food for ourselves. Marker. SOIL: I don't think we need to involve the queen in this. QUEEN: She's learning to take over from me, Hopper. It was fully remastered in anamorphic widescreen and has substantial bonus features. He snarls, growls and fights for most of the time. [18] It was partly based on Reeves's invention of particle systems a decade and a half earlier, which had let animators use masses of self-guided particles to create effects like swirling dust and snow. ATTA: (sigh) I know, I know. HEIMLICH: Francis, leave them alone. ATTA: (amplified) First of all, I'd like to thank the warriors for helping us in our fight against the grasshoppers. Out! "[59] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film three and a half stars out of four, saying "A Bug's Life, like Toy Story, develops protagonists we can root for, and places them in the midst of a fast-moving, energetic adventure. ], P.T. [14] The team took out mandibles and designed the ants to stand upright, replacing their normal six legs with two arms and two legs. You just keep pretending you're warriors. HEIMLICH: (giggles) I want to be Little John! Meanwhile, Hopper reminds his gang of the ants' superior numbers, warning them the ants will rebel if not kept in line. He did it! [Hopper and the grasshopper swarm fly off.]. Katzenberg made an offer: He would delay production of Antz if Jobs and Disney would move A Bug's Life so that it did not compete with The Prince of Egypt. We never have time to collect food for ourselves, because we spend all summer harvesting for the offering. FLIK: But I should probably help repair some of the damage before I go, don't you think--. Up-a! (CHUCKLES) Yes. Antz may even help business for A Bug's Life by demonstrating how many dramatic and comedic possibilities can be found in an anthill. Because it's suicide! This, my friends, is false advertising. Let me help you to finish it. [29] Out of five stars, AllMusic,[28] Empire Online,[30] and Film Tracks rated the album three stars. FLIK: We're a lot stronger than you say we are. Whereas A Bug's Life relied chiefly on visual gags, Antz was more verbal and revolved more around satire. Will you just look at this colony? Randy Newman composed the music for the film. GRASSHOPPER: Good idea! The ants and grasshoppers stare at him.]. I've spent a lot of time around rocks! P.T. [79] However, the film's characters, voice acting, and humor have received lasting praise. (GASPS) Francis!Your boyfriend's from the-(LAUGHS)I'm sorry. Can't tell. I will be in my trailer. THORNY: It took the whole engineering department two days to dig him out. The grasshoppers, in contrast, received a pair of extra appendages to appear less attractive. [24] Lasseter had high hopes for Toy Story, and he was telling friends throughout the tight-knit computer-animation business to get cracking on their own films. FLEA: All right, we're dying out there. FLIK: Helpers to help us. (CREW LAUGHING)I'm sorry. MANNY: Dim is right, my boy. You should be proud of yourself. [8] "I should have been wary," Lasseter later recalled. "[20], When the trades indicated production on Antz, Lasseter, feeling betrayed, called Katzenberg and asked him bluntly if it were true, who in turn asked him where he had heard the rumor. The queen removes Atta's tiara and gives her own crown to her. P.T. Oh, they're beautiful! That, my friends, is the sound of applause! I cannot work like this.I will be in my trailer.I need a break.Marker.Whoa, Flik, Honey.We are not about to(HAMMER POUNDING)Is someone hammering?Can we hold the work, please?People!Am I in this shot?You can- You can see me, right?And action!To infinity and beyond! Sorry, sorry. (GASPS) The bird! Let's go. Princess Atta! FLIK: Try not to look like a country bug. QUEEN: Honey, relax. These bloopers were labeled as "Deleted Scene & Blooper Reel": Eddie Murphy stumbling over his lines repeatedly in the first scene. Grasshoppers are coming! It's just one ant! It's okay. WATERSKIING GRASSHOPPER: You gotta try this, man! We got paying customers hatching! ANTS IN WARRIOR COSTUMES: We are the warriors, here to defend you! All right, girls. A few weeks into the film's theatrical release, new outtakes were added to the theatrical prints. ATTA: Come on! It's funny! Wait, wait, wait, wait! No! He sees Woody in one of the boxes, making incredibly silly faces, causing the crew to start laughing, which in turn causes Buzz to hold his hands up and snort with laughter. Now it's going to take Everyone's involvement to make this plan a reality. It seems we've been booked for an extended engagement. Even when the going gets tough, this resourceful but misguided ant . The score is pretty solid, also. - [Whimpering] Fuzzy Lumpkins: I'm sorry. HEIMLICH: (groan) I hate performing on an empty stomach! Okay, I'll tell him. (LAUGHING) I'm sorry!Are you saying I'm stupid? -You see, Hopper, nature has a certain order. We are not about to fight grasshoppers, okay? Contents 1 Background 1.1 Official Description 2 Role in the film 3 Trivia Background Located in the middle of a dry riverbed, Ant Island is somewhat protected from outside threats, except for flying ones. P.T. You want to help us fill this thing? A Bug's Life Portrayed by Kevin Spacey "You are mindless, soil-shoving losers put on this Earth to serve us." Hopper angrily insulting the colony Hopper is a main character in A Bug's Life. [42] The second disc features numerous bonus features, such as a set-top game and a Finding Nemo featurette. Excuse me, coming through. Well, if Dim stays, he's gonna need me here. We could go find helpers to help us. The shift in editing over to pages for the movies, characters, actors, directors, composers, crew and galleries is now fully in effect. There you go! When Flik earnestly suggests the ants enlist the help of bigger bugs to fight the grasshoppers, Atta sees it as a way to get rid of Flik and sends him off. FRANCIS: Stand back, ye flies! Let this be a lesson to all you ants. You said I couldn't say another word. And Hopper, Hopper's kicking and screaming, okay? FLIK: Sorry. Happening upon the aftermath of a chaotic bar fight, Flik mistakes a troupe of jobless Circus Bugs for the warrior bugs he seeks. Oh, but Flik, you've done so many good things. Soil, dying shortly before the film's theatrical release. I'm sorry! [17] Lasseter thought it would be useful to look at a view of the world from an insect's perspective. I mean, house-trained. Can we. As soon as the light goes on, they scatter! (LAUGHS)I'm sorry. The ants congratulate Flik as a hero, and bid a fond farewell to the circus troupe. [12] Although the film was already far along, Stanton concluded that the story needed a different approach. FLIK: Princess Atta! Where's the line? P.T. The program also allowed each ant to be automatically modified in subtle ways (e.g. FLIK: Amazing! Flea runs to a matchbox and takes a match.]. P.T. DR. FLORA: Who would do a crazy thing like that? The colony is right. Always an intellectual treat. Flaming Death is a huge hit! All right, that's it! FLIK: Wait, wait, wait! FLIK: Now, I know that I've made a lot of mistakes in the past. HOPPER: We'll be back at the end of the season [Hopper tears off a piece of Molt's shedding skin. (SIGHS) Just like me. Your loss. [56], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 92% based on 88 reviews and an average rating of 7.9/10. Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on October 27, 1998. One success. FLIK: Seed to tree. ROSIE: Put the stick down. FRANCIS: Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, our troupe here guarantees a performance like no other! ROACH: I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly BUG: I've been working out. Just once more.-You know, I don't-I said do you understand me?-(LAUGHING)And action. We are going around the leaf. So I suggest you all leave. Flea runs into the ring and holds the match up.]. Hey, like the one that nearly ate you, you 'member? SLIM: Okay, Flik, time to put you down now. I don't even recognize it. (sigh) I'm always acting like the sky is falling. Action! GRASSHOPPER: Yeah, but we can forget about him! SLIM: And if it wasn't for you, Francis would have never gotten in touch with his feminine side. FLIK: Is not-- Oh A seed. Everyone keeps telling Flik to stop questioning tradition and be a good worker ant, but he knows that's not his lot in life. [Flik rolls up the blade of grass and places the bead of dew in its center. FLIK: We could leave the island. I canmake another one. Overhearing the plan, Dot persuades Flik and the Circus Bugs to return to Ant Island. Don't go! Have you been playing all summer? You were saying, Flik? ATTA: Please, everyone. Nope! I didn't think it was such a good idea, myself. Under new management. You listen to me, my boy. FLIK: Thanks. Dot, Reed, Daisy, Grub? Scooby Doo: [Screams, grunt, whimpering] Man: Marker. Let's go disco. [7] During an early test screening for Toy Story in San Rafael in June 1995, they pitched the film to Disney CEO Michael Eisner. -That is funny. Trying to help. Where's our food?! Ow!No, no, seriously, I've got berry juice in my eye!It stings!Stop acting! Oh! Bill Reeves, one of the film's two supervising technical directors, dealt with the quandary by leading the development of software for autonomous ants. You better start flying! [Heimlich struggles and slides out of the chrysalis, looking largely the same as before but now a green and blue color and with two bulges on his back. Come on! Yeah, okay. MR. No, forget it, forget it. ATTA: Ah! You always cast me as the broom, the pole, the stick! Why, when your grasshopper friends get here, we are gonna knock them dead! QUEEN: And to make our official welcome complete Mr. Flea motions the fireflies to close the wagon door.]. ANTS IN GRASSHOPPER COSTUMES: We are the grasshoppers! [A number of ants cartwheel into the wagon.]. ROSIE: An owie? The film was released on November 20, 1998, received positive reviews and grossed $363million at the box office. Flik lures Hopper to the real bird's nest; believing the bird is another fake, Hopper taunts it, until it grabs him and feeds him to its chicks. Hopper moved into the anthill, and his gang's eating everything! [Hopper slams Molt into a wall and pins him.]. HOPPER: I'll get more grasshoppers and be back next season, but you won't! THORNY: There's just not enough food left on the island! Princess Attaaaa! The patient needs her rest, you know. [8][22] For his part, Katzenberg believed he was the victim of a conspiracy: Eisner had decided not to pay him his contract-required bonus, convincing Disney's board not to give him anything. I'll get it. Last year he played the lead in Picnic. HEIMLICH: What ho, Robin? ], [Hopper steps over Flik and walks slowly among the ants, eventually coming to a stop. Don't tell them I said that. Boy, I should talk to you guys more often. [37][38] The DVD was released on April 20, 1999, alongside a VHS release which was presented in a standard 1.33:1 "fullscreen" format. Come to Papa, yeah! Hoopa hates his brother because he is stupid and he . [14] The film would include more than 400 such shots in the ant colony, some with as many as 800. -P.T. No, no. [9] In addition, Lasseter believed that it would relieve stress and that the role would groom Stanton for having his own position as a lead director. Then, right when Hopper and his gang are below, we'll launch the bird and scare off the grasshoppers. FLIK: You can't! ], [Two tiny butterfly wings pop out of the bulges.]. My little sister, who is 8 now, wants me to recite them to her as I help brush her teeth every night Moments like . At Flik's request, the Circus Bugs continue the ruse of being "warriors", thus enabling them to continue enjoying the ants' hospitality. I'm barefooting! He wasn't supposed to actually find someone! (chuckle) Go ahead. Uh, food to the offering stone. You don't want to make him mad. Realizing the deception, Hopper has Flik publicly beaten to teach the ants a lesson, proclaiming that the ants are lowly life forms who live solely to serve the grasshoppers. Where do you think you're going? ATTA: Flik, after much deliberation, we have decidedto grant you your request. Get back! different color of eye or skin, different heights, different weights, etc.). It's so beautiful! [7] Walt Disney had produced his own version with a cheerier ending decades earlier in the 1934 short film The Grasshopper and the Ants. THORNY: There's snakes and birds and bigger bugs out there! The poor dear. And, um, I just wanted to thank you for giving me a chance, because it's an honor to work with creative giants such as yourself. The princess doesn't have time for this! HOPPER: It seems to me that you ants are forgetting your place. MOLT: Ooh! [28] The album's first track is a song called "The Time of Your Life" written and performed by Newman, while all the other 19 tracks are orchestral cues. I'll pay you! However, unlike the film, the game received mixed reviews. DOT: Me, neither. All right, Dim. Kid, say the word, and we'll follow you into battle. Being a ladybug automatically makes me a girl! I'm sorry! No! ATTA: I want to thank all of you for giving us back our hope, our dignityand our lives. GIRL ANT: The South Tunnel Elementary School second-grade class would like to present you with this, a mural we have drawn of you bugs helping us fight the grasshoppers away. Don't even say that! FLIK: You were You were gonna squish the queen. Keep moving, keep moving! FLIK: I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! And thank you for finding them, Flik. She let me go out and find you. [54], By late December 1998, A Bug's Life had earned over $100 million. BEETLE CAB: Makin' all stops to the septic tank, including standing water, empty bean can and dead rat. The third time, Atta says, "Yes!" with more laughing. SOIL: And he's accompanied by savage insects! We're up next. -Up-a, up-a, up-a, up-a, up-a! Hi. Okay, Atta. ATTA: Oh Wind's died down. A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was very brave. Flea, arrives, seeking to rehire them and blowing their cover. FLIK: Get the food to the offering stone, then into the anthill. Whoa! One problem: too many bugs. The riverbed floods every autumn, but during the summer, it is quite dry. [82] Aggregating review website GameRankings gave the Nintendo 64 version 54.40%,[83] the PlayStation version 51.90%[84] and the Game Boy Color version 36.63%. Fly! [3] The first sequence to be animated and rendered was the circus sequence that culminated with P.T. Let's get moving, guys. Maybe he'll saw her in half. Yeah, that's good. This was not supposed to happen. SLIM: Francis, let me handle this. Bird! Alright, let me try it again. (ALL YELLING AND SHOUTING), Rain! Ow!-This really hurts, guys!-I'm sorry!Can we cut? "I'm sorry. Go ahead. (YELLING AND SCREAMING). Inside the nest, three chick jump up and down. Now you're gonna cry, right? -Thank you, gentlemen. He got his name due to being fat, gloton and chubby. Are you saying I'm stupid? Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns. Katzenberg, former chairman of Disney's film division, had left the company in a bitter feud with CEO Michael Eisner. [10], The transition from treatment to storyboards took on an extra layer of complexity due to the profusion of storylines. Nobody really believes I can do this job. [citation needed], A few days before world premiere, the film was screened at Camp David. I know! All right. FLIK: Exactly! [53] In 1999, this record was surpassed by Toy Story 2, which would have the third biggest five-day Wednesday opening, just after Independence Day and Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. [43], On May 19, 2009, the film was released on Blu-ray[44] and then on 4K Blu-ray on March 3, 2020. Lasseter's top choice was Robert De Niro, who repeatedly turned the part down, as did a succession of other actors. P.T. You know somethin'? (CHUCKLES) Delightful lads. They're puny! MR. A Bug's Life is a 1998 computer-animated action-adventure comedy-drama Disney/Pixar film directed by John Lasseter, with Andrew Stanton co-directing. I'm sorry. ATTA: Just what exactly is going on? FLIK: Don't worry! I just make things worse. DR. FLORA: My, you just pop right open there, don't ya? ROSIE: Get back! "[68], A Bug's Life won a number of awards and numerous nominations. [76][77], Critics have generally ranked A Bug's Life to be one of Pixar's weaker releases;[72][75][76][78][79] while it has been seen as a "charming"[73][79] and "ambitious"[80] film with pioneering animation for its time,[71][72][80] others have described it as "adequate"[78] and appealing more to a younger demographic. "[25] Despite the successful box office performance of both Antz and A Bug's Life, tensions would remain high between Jobs and Katzenberg for many years. (ALL LAUGHING)Makeup.And action.I don't think we need to involve the queen in this.She's got enough on her plate already.Training her daughter.Oh, yes. MOLT: And the birds eat the grasshoppers. MR. [10], Stanton took one of the early circus bug characters, Red the red ant, and changed him into the character Flik. But if you could just do me a little favor before you leave. FLIK: That's right! He's gonna get the bestest, roughest bugs you've ever seen! You just have to give yourself some time. FLEA: (panicking) Help! The guy's a tick. Feel my wing. We could send someone to get help! For the video game, see, "Bugs life" redirects here. P.T. Someone could get hurt. The harvester falls off and springs open, knocking out a supporting stone and causing the structure to start collapsing. End of story. Pie? Look at this. Eisner thought the idea was fine and they submitted a treatment to Disney in early July under the title Bugs. I represent an ant colony, and we're just--. BLUE ANT BOY: Forget it, Dot. FLIK: Pardon me, sir, I was wondering if I could talk to you for a moment. A Bug's Life/Bloopers A Bug's Life/Transcript A Cinderella Story/Transcript A Goofy Movie/Transcript A Low Down Dirty Shame/Transcript A Muppet Family Christmas/Transcript A Troll in Central Park/Transcript Category:Aardman Transcripts Abominable/Transcript Ace Ventura: Pet Detective/Transcript Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls/Transcript FLEA: You sure you can't come on tour with us? Lasseter agreed with this new approach, and comedy writers Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw spent a few months working on further polishing with Stanton. P.T. THORNY: It's okay, Your Highness. You're gonna cry. Hey! FLEA: Do your act, Heimlich. A Bug's Life. And then we do it all over again! "It's a rock. Slapstick! Early Bird! SLIM: Come on, Francis. ANT: No, no, no. Do I look stupid to you?", but Atta can't stop laughing, so they try the take again and she's still laughing. See if I care. I-I-I won't let you down, I promise, I promise, I promise, I promise. (SCREAMS) (SCREAMS) Get out! I am the great P.T. Believe me! You have given us so much. Good day to you, sir. You believed in me and you sent me on my quest. Look. I'm beginning to think nothing I do works. You can keep it. Why, we've harvested the same way ever since I was a pupa. It initially fools the grasshoppers, but P.T., who is also fooled, sets the bird on fire. How would you like to be the queen's official aide to the warrior bugs? I'm gonna get help. Harry, no! ATTA: I really do think I should be part of this meeting. FLIK: Oh, oh, oh, this is perfect. It's a great story! Please, don't go! Spacey was delighted and signed on immediately. SLIM: You can explain the details on the way. FLIK: I'm looking for tough warrior bugs. DR. FLORA: You could have killed somebody over here! In addition, Walt Disney Feature Animation had considered producing a film in the late-1980s entitled Army Ants, that centered around a pacifist ant living in a militaristic colony, but this never fully materialized. [11] Lasseter had come to envision the film as an epic in the tradition of David Lean's 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. (laughs nervously) Sorry, no, you see, it's classified in the DMZ. MOLT: Wow! Okay. But that all changes when a misfit inventor ant named Flik accidentally knocks over the offering pile thus forcing the grasshoppers' devious leader Hopper to force the ants to . A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. [9] Lasseter assigned the co-director job to Stanton; both worked well together and had similar sensibilities. FLIK: Pretend-- Pretend that that's a seed. And stay out! QUEEN: Just be confident, dear. Beautiful morning, huh? We can get rid of Hopper, and no one has to know that I messed up. Huh?! (laughing). It also won the Satellite Award for Best Animated Film and the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition by Randy Newman. ], [Atta and Dot lift Flik up and land on the root. . DR. FLORA: Oh, yes, Princess Atta. HOPPER: You little termites! We've always been together. FLEA: Uh, no refunds after the first two minutes. Not, of course, that you would need a telescope to see that--. Oh, I-I could-- I could travel to the city. (amplified) So I [Flik looks over to the troupe, who peform a quick juggling routine and pose. Don't worry, Flik. -Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis -You guys, I've got an idea! Hopper won't accept this! I'm looking for a bunch of circus performers. For the colony and for oppressed ants everywhere! ], FLIK: So you see, it was my fault that Hopper's coming back. They are in the middle of a top-secret meeting right now, and they really should not be disturbed now. Well, what if they were all blindfolded? [20][24] When Katzenberg asked what they were doing next, Lasseter described what would become A Bug's Life in detail. In the ensuing chaos, Hopper frees himself from the cannon and abducts Flik. THORNY: They're our ticket out of this mess! Pull me down! For those who are new and are wondering about why this was necessary, read the shift in editing starting March 1st blog. Katzenberg claimed Antz came from a 1991 story pitch by Tim Johnson that was related to Katzenberg in October 1994. ], [Flik and two ants attempt to crawl away when a large set of legs belonging to the grasshopper leader, Hopper, land in front of them. HOPPER: Are there a bunch of little girls in this one, too? Come on. Don't look at the light! [23], It was clear that Lasseter and Jobs believed that the idea was stolen by Katzenberg. 'Scuse me, 'scuse me. We've been forced to prepare all this food. This is it, girls. The ants pick the food, the ants keep the food and the grasshoppers leave! Contents 1 A Bug's Life 2 A Bug's Life: The Video Game 3 It's Tough to Be a Bug! How? All aboard! QUEEN: What did I tell you about trying to fly? No, no, no. Good! If it was up there, would I be coming down here, to your level, looking for it?! Flea attempts to pull himself off.]. MR. Is the camera broke?Oh! I represent a colony, uh, of ants, and I'm looking for tough bugs, you know, mean bugs, the sort of bugs HEIMLICH: Someday I will be a beautiful butterfly, and then everything will be better. Ah, guys, I've been looking all over for you! Stay here. MANNY: (sighs) Once again, our reputation precedes us. ROSIE: Well, Flik, you really goofed up. I'm asking you with my brain. The bird! THORNY: (whispering) Great idea, princess. Don't you think I know a rock when I see a rock? [20] After DreamWorks' acquisition of Pacific Data Images (PDI)long Pixar's contemporary in computer animationLasseter and others at Pixar were dismayed to learn from the trade papers that PDI's first project at DreamWorks would be another ant film, to be called Antz. ATTA: Oh! [Flik doesn't move. Can I talk to you just for a second? Now, let me tell you how things are supposed to work. GRASSHOPPER: Have you checked over there? - Hey, maybe we can cheer him up a bit. The circus troupe flies away from the island, now surrounded by water and whose tree now bears pink blossoms. I have to sayin all my years of watching Pixar films, I think "A Bug's Life" bloopers are the most FUNNIEST compared to the others!!! HOPPER: Oh, I see. Tail slate it. SOIL: That's it. I kind of promised the Blueberries I'd teach them canasta. A Bug's Life Children's 1998 1 hr 34 min English audio G CC Buy or rent Journey inside the miniature world of bugs for bigger-than-life fun and adventure under every leaf! Battle stations, everyone. I'm sorry.-(DOT SIGHS)Can we cut?It's just that I don't think I'm coming across.Hmm. And I'm a flower with nothing interesting to say. (LAUGHS) I'm sorry! Once she's safe, we move on Gypsy's signal. (pants) Here. Huh? P.T. Stanton and Ranft wondered whether they could find a starting point in Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. He's cutting off the circulation to my foot. Flea! 'A Bug's Life' cobbles together nice animation, fun characters and a memorable voice cast. Actually, it wasn't even my idea. Here! Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stanton, the film involves a misfit ant, Flik, who is looking for "tough warriors" to save his colony from a protection racket run by a gang of grasshoppers. You can rub lotion on me later, shade boy. You mean to tell me that our entire defensive strategy was concocted by clowns? No more picking individual kernels. (amplified) Now, I truly believe that these bugs are the answer to our FLIK: (quietly) No, there's no circus around here.
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