A Bug's Life

A Bug's Life
Directed by	John Lasseter Andrew Stanton
Produced by	Darla K. Anderson John Lasseter
Written by	Story: Joe Ranft Additional Story: Gefwee Boedoe Jason Katz Jorgen Klubien Robert Lence David Reynolds Screenplay: Andrew Stanton Don McEnery Bob Shaw
Starring	Dave Foley Kevin Spacey Julia Louis-Dreyfus Hayden Panettiere Phyllis Diller Richard Kind David Hyde Pierce Denis Leary Jonathan Harris Madeline Kahn Bonnie Hunt Brad Garrett Mike McShane
Music by	Randy Newman
Cinematography	Sharon Calahan
Edited by	Lee Unkrich
Production company	Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	November 25, 1998 (U.S.) December 3, 1998 (AUS) February 5, 1999 (UK) February 7, 2003 (re-release)
Running time	96 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$45 million
Box office	Worldwide: $363.3 million

A Bug's Life is a 1998 movie made by Pixar. It follows the conflict between ants and grasshoppers in the world of insects. It is a retelling of a fable by Aesop, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

Soundtrack

1. Roll to Me by Del Amitri
2. Basket Case by Green Day
3. Loser by Beck
4. Love in an Elevator by Aerosmith
5. Baba O'Riley by The Who
6. I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys
7. La Cucaracha by Santana
8. Hey World! by Ziggy Marley
9. Blister by Jimmy Eat World
10. Born to Be Wild by Bruce Springsteen
11. The Time of Your Life by Lionel Richie

Release dates

Country	Premiere
United States	25 November 1998
Argentina	3 December 1998
Australia	3 December 1998
Malaysia	3 December 1998
New Zealand	3 December 1998
Singapore	4 December 1998
Peru	10 December 1998
South Korea	12 December 1998
Brazil	18 December 1998
Mexico	25 December 1998
Hungary	4 February 1999
Spain	5 February 1999
United Kingdom	5 February 1999
Ireland	5 February 1999
Norway	5 February 1999
Sweden	5 February 1999
Taiwan	6 February 1999
Belgium	10 February 1999
France	10 February 1999
Germany	11 February 1999
Netherlands	11 February 1999
Austria	12 February 1999
Switzerland	12 February 1999 (German speaking region)
Denmark	12 February 1999
Iceland	12 February 1999
Italy	12 February 1999
Portugal	12 February 1999
Slovenia	18 February 1999
Slovakia	18 February 1999
Finland	19 February 1999
Czech Republic	25 February 1999
Japan	13 March 1999
Israel	18 March 1999
Estonia	19 March 1999
Turkey	19 March 1999
Kuwait	24 March 1999
Russia	12 May 2001

Production

The was first considered in 1988, as a short movie to be based on Aesop's fable, but it was delayed by Toy Story. Almost a year after its release, Disney made an agreement with Pixar to make movies together. John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Doctor and Joe Ranft brought up the idea of the project, A Bugs Life in late 1994. The ideas for Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and WALL-E were also brought up and the three decided to have the grasshoppers demand food instead of begging for it, as it is in the fable. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai helped influence the project. A basic story treatment was completed in 1995 and production began soon after. The movie had many technical challenges. One of the biggest technical triumphs was the simulation of crowds of ants. It would be impossible for an animator to animate every single ant in a crowd of thousands. So the technical supervisors came up with a computer program that would make every single ant in the crowd different in small ways; for example, different eye colour, skin colour, weight, or height. They would also build a several ants that could be animated. When randomly distributed through the crowds, these ants would appear to be blinking, talking or looking in different directions.

Other websites

• A Bug's Life on IMDb
• A Bug's Life at AllMovie