
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. 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. Unfortunately, the "warriors" he brings back turn out to be an inept troupe of Circus Bugs.
Plot
A colony of ants, led by the elderly Queen and her daughter Princess Atta, lives in the middle of a seasonally dry creekbed on a small hill known as "Ant Island". Every summer, they are forced to give food to a gang of domineering grasshoppers, led by Hopper. Meanwhile, the colony display extreme hatred to Flik, an inventor ant who is prone to making mistakes.
More details
author | Andrew Stanton Don McEnery |
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contentLocation | Ant Island |
director | Andrew Stanton John Lasseter |
editor | Lee Unkrich |
events | Anacridium melanorhodon Formicidae insect |
genre | adventure animation comedy fantasy |
keywords | bar fight circus troupe discover domineer drive flee force happen hatred hide learn misunderstand plan talent agent |
musicBy | Randy Newman |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score |
producer | Darla K. Anderson Kevin Reher |
productionCompany | Pixar Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures |
publisher | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
theme | animated |