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 film overall produced by Pixar. The film was directed by John Lasseter with co-direction by Andrew Stanton. The film involves a misfit ant, Flik, who is looking for "tough warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, only to recruit a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. The film stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
The film is inspired by Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. Production began shortly after the release of Toy Story in 1995. The screenplay was penned by Stanton and comedy writers Donald McEnery and Bob Shaw from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft, the latter who voiced Hemlich in the film. The ants in the film were redesigned to be more appealing, and Pixar's animation unit employed technical innovations in computer animation. Randy Newman composed the music for the film. During production, Pixar’s Steve Jobs and Lasseter embroiled in a controversial public feud with DreamWorks cofounder Jeffrey Katzenberg due to the parallel productions of theirs and his similar film Antz, which was released the same year.
The film was released on November 25, 1998, and grossed $363 million in receipts. It received positive reviews from film critics, who commended the storyline, witty dialogue and voice-acting, and the animation, although some compared it unfavorably to Antz. It was the first film to be digitally transferred frame-by-frame and released to DVD, and has been released multiple times on home video.
==Cast==
Image	Character 	USA 	Mex 	Jap	Bra	Can(French)	Ger	Fra 	Ita	Pol	Neth	Fin 	Nor	Spa(Catalan)	Spa	Por	Isr
 	Thumper 	David L. Lander & Frank Welker	Raúl Aldana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Antti Pääkkönen	 	 	 	 	Dov Reiser
 	Loco 	Carlos Alazraqui 	César Soto 	 	 	 	 	Pierre Auger	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Axel 	Jan Rabson 	Eduardo Giaccardi 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Fly Brother 1 	Brian M. Rosen 	Luis Alfonso Mendoza 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Fly Brother 2 	Brian M. Rosen 	Armando Coria 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Thud 	Jack Angel 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Harry Mosquito 	Rodger Bumpass 	Fernando Manzano 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Baby Maggots 	Debi Derryberry 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Fly Mom 	Jennifer Darling 	Maru Guerrero 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Lead Blueberry Scout 	Ashley Tisdale 	Gaby Ugarte 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Bug Zapper Bug (Harry)	John Lasseter 	Mario Filio 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Bug Zapper Bug 2 	Andrew Stanton 	Genaro Vásquez 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Ant Boy 1 	Courtland Mead 	Alan Fernando Velázquez	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Ant Boy 2 	Sam Gifaldi 	Héctor Emmanuel Gómez 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Slick 	Brian M. Rosen 	Mario Filio 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Bee 	Jeff Pidgeon 	Mario Filio 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Cockroach Waitress 	Mickie McGowan 	Toni Rodríguez 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Bug Bus 	Jess Harnell 	Armando Réndiz 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Complaining Fly 	Joe Ranft 	Armando Réndiz 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Grasshopper Seeker 1 	Brad Hall 	Eduardo Tejedo 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Grasshopper Seeker 2 	Jeff Pidgeon 	Raúl Aldana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Scared Ant 1 	Lee Unkrich 	Raúl Aldana 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Scared Ant 2 	Bill Farmer 	Ricardo Silva 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Category:Pixar
Category:Animated Movies