A bug's life

Resource Information

The work A bug's life represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Hamilton East Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

A bug's life

Statement of responsibility

Walt Disney Pictures ; Pixar Animation Studios ; directed by John Lasseter ; co-directed by Andrew Stanton ; produced by Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher ; original story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft ; screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw

Creator

• Bug's life (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Walt Disney Pictures
• McDowall, Roddy
• McShane, Michael
• Walt Disney Home Video (Firm)
• Pixar (Firm)
• Kahn, Madeline
• Panettiere, Hayden
• Disney Enterprises (1996- )
• Pierce, David Hyde
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Ranft, Joe
• Ratzenberger, John
• Rocco, Alex, 1936-2015
• Spacey, Kevin
• Stanton, Andrew
• Ossman, David
• Hunt, Bonnie
• Kind, Richard
• Harris, Jonathan, 1914-2002
• Lasseter, John
• Leary, Denis
• Garrett, Brad, 1960-
• Foley, Dave, 1963-
• Louis-Dreyfus, Julia
• Diller, Phyllis
• McClurg, Edie

Screenwriter

• Stanton, Andrew
• Lasseter, John

Author

• Stanton, Andrew
• Ranft, Joe
• Lasseter, John

Director

• Stanton, Andrew
• Lasseter, John

Performer

• Kind, Richard
• Ranft, Joe
• Pierce, David Hyde
• Panettiere, Hayden
• Ossman, David
• McShane, Michael
• McDowall, Roddy
• McClurg, Edie
• Diller, Phyllis
• Foley, Dave, 1963-
• Louis-Dreyfus, Julia
• Leary, Denis
• Garrett, Brad, 1960-
• Harris, Jonathan, 1914-2002
• Hunt, Bonnie
• Kahn, Madeline
• Spacey, Kevin
• Rocco, Alex, 1936-2015
• Ratzenberger, John

Subject

• Comedy films
• Exile (Punishment) -- Drama
• Extortion -- Drama
• Feature films
• Animated films
• Insects -- Drama
• Inventors -- Drama
• Princesses -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Grasshoppers -- Drama
• Ants -- Drama
• Children's films

Genre

• Children's films
• Animated films
• Feature films
• Drama
• Comedy films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

Idealistic young ant Flik is a sweet-natured dreamer and inventor. But his innovative thinking makes him an outcast when one of his inventions goes awry and destroys the food sacrifice that the colony makes annually to a gang of grasshopper hooligans led by the sinister Hopper. Disgraced, Flik is sent to look for "warrior bugs," mercenaries to fight them. What he finds--and hires--are a motley crew of circus bugs including a preening master-thespian mantis, a glamorous gypsy moth, a cranky ladybug, a dimwitted beetle, and sundry other dimwitted, craven troupers. The ant colony is inspired by the troupe and mobilizes, but when they discover that the "warriors" are just circus clowns they lose faith. In the end, of course, Flik and crew save the day and free the colony from the oppressive grasshoppers

Related

• Geri's game

Cataloging source

HRF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Randy Newman ; supervising film editor, Lee Unkrich ; director of photography, Sharon Calahan ; production designer, William Cone ; supervising animators, Glenn McQueen, Rich Quade

Date time place

Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1998

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

Standard version: In English and French ; closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Voices: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, Denis Leary, Jonathan Harris, Madeline Kahn, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McShane, John Ratzenberger, Brad Garrett, Roddy McDowall, Edie McClurg, Alex Rocco, David Ossman

Runtime

95

Target audience

general

Technique

animation