Antz
Antz is a 1998 American animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Pacific Data Images, and distributed by the former via DreamWorks Distribution. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson from a screenplay written by Todd Alcott and the writing team of Chris and Paul Weitz. The film stars the voices of Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Lopez, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Walken, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Danny Glover and Gene Hackman. Some of the main characters share facial similarities with the actors who voice them. The film involves an anxious worker ant, Z (Allen), who falls in love with Princess Bala (Stone). When the arrogant General Mandible (Hackman) attempts to seize control of the ant colony, Z must combine his desire for purpose with his inner strength to save everyone.
Plot
Anxious worker ant Z is suffering an existential crisis because everyone in the colony, including his psychiatrist, reminds him of his insignificance. At the same time, the colony's princess, Bala, is wanting to escape her suffocating royal life. While the worker ants are building a giant "Mega Tunnel" within the ant hill, the leader of the colony's army, General Mandible - who Bala is betrothed to - has declared war on an encroaching termite colony. Unbeknownst to anyone else, Mandible is sending only soldiers loyal to the colony's Queen on a suicide mission to engage the termites, in order to stage a coup d'état.
More details
author | Chris Weitz Paul Weitz Todd Alcott |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Eric Darnell Tim Johnson |
editor | Stan Webb |
events | insect |
genre | adventure animation comedy fantasy |
keywords | act army general arrest best friend build cardiopulmonary resuscitation central park coup d\'etat create dig existential crisis flood fly fly-killing device fly swatter flying ant kill middle class mourn nuptial flight paper wasp psychiatrist psychiatry queen b rescue resuscitate search strike suffer suffocate suicide mission termite war criminal war hero wasp |
musicBy | Harry Gregson-Williams John Powell |
producer | Aron Warner Brad Lewis Patty Wooton |
productionCompany | DreamWorks Pictures |
publisher | DreamWorks Pictures |
theme | animated children's children's comedy |