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A Bug's Life (1998)
7.2
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 96,040 users
Metascore:
77/100
Reviews: 296 user | 156 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com A misfit ant, looking for "warriors" to save his colony from greedy grasshoppers, recruits a group of bugs that turn out to be an inept circus troupe. |
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Cast
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| Dave Foley | ... |
Flik
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| Kevin Spacey | ... |
Hopper
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| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | ... |
Atta
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| Hayden Panettiere | ... |
Dot
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| Phyllis Diller | ... |
Queen
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| Richard Kind | ... |
Molt
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| David Hyde Pierce | ... |
Slim
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| Joe Ranft | ... |
Heimlich
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| Denis Leary | ... |
Francis
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| Jonathan Harris | ... |
Manny
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| Madeline Kahn | ... |
Gypsy Moth
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| Bonnie Hunt | ... |
Rosie
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| Michael McShane | ... | ||
| John Ratzenberger | ... |
P.T. Flea
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| Brad Garrett | ... |
Dim
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Storyline
Every year, a bunch of grasshoppers come to the anthill and eat what the ants have gathered for them. The "offering", as the ants call the ritual, is a part of their fate. One day in spring, when the offering's preparation has just been finished, Flik, unliked inventor ant, accidentally drops the whole offered seeds into the river. The grasshoppers come and give the ants a second chance to collect food until fall. Flik sets off to find bugs that are willing to fight the grasshoppers (nobody expects him to succeed anyway) and, due to a double misinterpretation, returns with a circus crew, giving everybody new hope. When the misunderstanding finally gets cleared out, there is only little time left for a new plan, which has to work, or else... Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
An epic of miniature proportions.Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
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A Bug's Life 3D See more »Box Office
Budget:
$120,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$291,121 (USA) (22 November 1998) (1 Screen)Gross:
$162,792,677 (USA) (16 May 1999)Company Credits
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Princess Atta: The caterpillar's using himself as live bait.
Mr. Soil: How brave!
Heimlich: [as bird looms over him] Aaaaaaaaah!
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characters bursting out laughing, accidentally knocking over the camera,
etc. One particular highlight is Flik yelling "To infinity, and beyond!" See more »
(uncredited)
Lyrics by José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
Sung by the grasshoppers See more »
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Trivia
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard twice in the rain storm. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Flik couldn't reach the back of his invention when he tried to get a seed for Dot. Later, he is caught by a blade of grass and is flung backwards, and all the seeds fall out of his invention. Then we see him running toward the offering stone with his invention full of seeds. He couldn't have put them back in, because he can't reach his invention when it is on. How did the seeds get in there? See more »Quotes
[the ants watch as Heimlich gets stuck during the bird attack]Princess Atta: The caterpillar's using himself as live bait.
Mr. Soil: How brave!
Heimlich: [as bird looms over him] Aaaaaaaaah!
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Crazy Credits
During the credits, there are some faked "goofs" during filming such ascharacters bursting out laughing, accidentally knocking over the camera,
etc. One particular highlight is Flik yelling "To infinity, and beyond!" See more »
Soundtracks
"La Cucaracha"(uncredited)
Lyrics by José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi
Sung by the grasshoppers See more »
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