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A Bug's Life

Genre
Animation
Rating
G
Released
25 November, 1998
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 film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed and written 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 Hopper's gang of grasshoppers. Unfortunately, the "warriors" he brings back turn out to be an inept troupe of Circus Bugs. The film was initially 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 Ranft. 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.

Director John Lasseter
Produced by Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher
Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw
Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft
Starring Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Music Randy Newman
Cinematography Sharon Calahan
Edited by Lee Unkrich
Production, company Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Released November 20, 1998
Running time 95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $120 million
Box office $363.3 million
Netflix ID 18110943

About A Bug's Life

A misfit ant recruits a group of bugs from an inept circus troupe to help save his colony from a bunch of evil grasshoppers. John Lasseter directed the film which was inspired by Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Achievement of A Bug's Life

Randy Newman composed the music for the Pixar film and earned both an Oscar and Grammy nomination. The movie won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Animated Film and Best Family Film. 

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Latest information about A Bug's Life updated on July 28 2021.