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 hungry
grasshoppers, only to recruit a group of insects that turn out to be
an inept circus troupe. The film stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin
Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Hayden Panettiere among others.The
film was 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. During production, a controversial
public feud erupted between Steve Jobs and Lasseter of Pixar and
DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg due to the parallel
production of his similar film Antz, which was released the same
year.The film was released on November 20, 1998, and grossed $363
million in receipts. 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.
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 hungry
grasshoppers, only to recruit a group of insects that turn out to be
an inept circus troupe. The film stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin
Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Hayden Panettiere among others.The
film was 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. During production, a controversial
public feud erupted between Steve Jobs and Lasseter of Pixar and
DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg due to the parallel
production of his similar film Antz, which was released the same
year.The film was released on November 20, 1998, and grossed $363
million in receipts. 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.
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