A Bug's Life [DVD]

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Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Disney/Pixar A Bug's Life Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014 . Retrieved November 29, 2013. A Bug's Life – IGN". Uk.ign.com. June 2, 1999. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016 . Retrieved November 29, 2013. Of Ants, Bugs, and Rug Rats: The Story of Dueling Bug Movies". Associated Press. October 2, 1998. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 . Retrieved March 4, 2010. A colony of ants, led by the elderly Queen and her daughter Princess Atta, live 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 grasshoppers, led by Hopper.

Corliss, Richard (November 30, 1998). "Cinema: Bugs Funny". Time. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014 . Retrieved October 21, 2013. a b c d e Grebey, James (November 24, 2018). "Why A Bug's Life is an underrated Pixar classic". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019 . Retrieved July 2, 2021. This is the first and only Pixar film to be co-directed by Andrew Stanton, before he became a solo director for Finding Nemo, WALL·E and Finding Dory.The film is the first film to be commited to DVD directly from Pixar's computers, without any analogue process involved. This shows in the film, for its quality is exceptional. No digital restoration is required when the whole process is digital in the first place. During the summer of 1994, Pixar's story department began turning their thoughts to their next film, while Toy Story (1995) was in post-production. The storyline of A Bug's Life (1998) originated in a lunchtime conversation between John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft, the studio's head story team. Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), and WALL·E (2008) were also conceived at this lunch. Lasseter and his story team had already been drawn to the idea of insects as characters. Insects, like toys, were within the reach of computer animation at the time due to their relatively simple surfaces. Stanton and Ranft wondered whether they could find a starting point in Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. Walt Disney had produced his own version with a cheerier ending decades earlier in the 1934 short film The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934). In addition, Walt Disney Animation Studios had considered producing a film in the late 1980s entitled "Army Ants", that centered around a pacifist ant living in a militaristic colony, but it never fully materialized. For Hopper, the film's villain, Lasseter's top choice was Robert De Niro, who repeatedly turned the part down, as did a succession of other actors. [17] Kevin Spacey met John Lasseter at the 1995 Academy Awards and Lasseter asked Spacey if he would be interested in doing the voice of Hopper. Spacey was delighted and signed on immediately. [14] As Stanton and Ranft discussed the adaptation, they rattled off scenarios and storylines springing from their premise. [9] Lasseter liked the idea and offered some suggestions. The concept simmered until early 1995, when the story team began work on the second film in earnest. [9] During an early test screening for Toy Story in San Rafael in June 1995, they pitched the film to Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Eisner thought the idea was fine and they submitted a treatment to Disney in early July under the title Bugs. [9] Disney approved the treatment and gave notice on July 7 that it was exercising the option of a second film under the original 1991 agreement between Disney and Pixar. [11] Lasseter assigned the co-director job to Stanton; both worked well together and had similar sensibilities. Lasseter had realized that working on a computer-animated feature as a sole director was dangerous while the production of Toy Story was in process. [11] In addition, Lasseter believed that it would relieve stress and that the role would groom Stanton for having his own position as a lead director. [12] Writing [ edit ] The ant colony is made up of both male and female worker ants. In reality, all worker ants are female, but can't reproduce. And males, also known as drones, only serve to mate with the queen and die afterwards. The same is true with bees and wasps.

During the production of A Bug's Life, a public feud erupted between DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Pixar's Steve Jobs and John Lasseter. Katzenberg, former chairman of Disney's film division, had left the company in a bitter feud with CEO Michael Eisner. In response, he formed DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen and planned to rival Disney in animation. [22] After DreamWorks' acquisition of Pacific Data Images (PDI)—long Pixar's contemporary in computer animation—Lasseter and others at Pixar were dismayed to learn from the trade papers that PDI's first project at DreamWorks would be another ant film, to be called Antz. [23] By this time, Pixar's project was well known within the animation community. [24] Both Antz and A Bug's Life center on a young male ant, a drone with oddball tendencies that struggles to win a princess's hand by saving their society. Whereas A Bug's Life relied chiefly on visual gags, Antz was more verbal and revolved more around satire. The script of Antz was also heavy with adult references, whereas Pixar's film was more accessible to children. [25] Joe Ranft as Heimlich, a gluttonous, German-accented caterpillar clown who desires to be a butterfly.

Features the second part of the long preview for Tarzan (its first part was on the 1999 VHS of Mulan). This practice was similar to the 1992 VHS releases of One Hundred and One Dalmatians and Beauty and the Beast that featured different trailers for Aladdin at different stages in development. The Disney California Adventure nighttime show World of Color features a segment that includes Heimlich the Caterpillar from the film. [94] Former theme park attractions [ edit ] a b c Shutt, Mike (June 17, 2015). "Ranking All of Pixar's Films: From 'Toy Story' to 'Inside Out' ". Comingsoon.net. Archived from the original on December 31, 2015 . Retrieved July 2, 2021. This is a FUNNY film. It has all the usual Disney components (music, great range of characters, story, appeal), entwined with superb animation and the excellent voice talents of less well known actors as those in say "Antz" and "Price of Egypt". This is the first Pixar film to be produced in a 2.39:1 widescreen aspect ratio, unlike the company's previous film which was produced in a 1.85:1.

The edition was re-released on May 27, 2003, to coincide with the release of Finding Nemo. This THX-certified DVD release once again gives the option of viewing the film in Widescreen or Full Frame. [42] The second disc features numerous bonus features, such as a set-top game and a Finding Nemo featurette. [43] A Bug's Life was the final film appearance of actor Roddy McDowall, who played Mr. Soil, dying shortly before the film's theatrical release. [18] Art design and animation [ edit ]

Kevin Spacey as Hopper, the cynical and hot-tempered leader of the grasshopper gang oppressing the ants. Pig in hot water". Leader-Telegram. December 1, 1998. p.7. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022 . Retrieved October 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com.

This was the only Pixar film not to be broadcast on STARZ until 2016's Finding Dory, which streamed on Netflix.

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Cox, Dan (December 15, 1998). "New 'Bug's' bloopers look to hook auds". Variety. Archived from the original on February 4, 2022 . Retrieved February 4, 2022.