A Bug's Life
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Andrew Stanton
Julia Louis-dreyfus
Jan Rabson
Hannah Swanson
Bill Farmer
Brad Hall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A colony of ants is threatened by a gang of grass hoppers led by the evil Hopper. Flik, a common ant and a misfit, has an uncommon vision when he tries to rise to heroic proportions by enlisting a band of circus fleas to help him defend his colony from the grasshoppers.
Cast
Julia Louis-dreyfus
Jan Rabson
Hannah Swanson
Bill Farmer
Brad Hall
David Lander
Mickie Mcgowan
Carlos Alazraqui
Brian M. Rosen
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Roddy Mcdowall
Kimberly J Brown
Jessica Evans
Debi Derryberry
Richard Kind
Brenden Hickey
Jonathan Harris
Jack Angel
Alex Rocco
Phil Proctor
Travis Tedford
Sam Gifaldi
Jess Harnell
Courtland Mead
Edie Mcclurg
Sherry Lynn
Denise Johnson
Robert Bergen
Ashley Tisdale
Rebecca Schneider
Jennifer Darling
Rachel Davey
Ryan Sean O'donohue
John Ratzenberger
Paul Eiding
Jordan Blake Warkol
David Ossman
Dave Foley
Francesca Smith
Phyllis Diller
Bonnie Hunt
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Kevin Spacey
Rodger Bumpass
Jeff Pidgeon
Micheal Mcshane
Denis Leary
Hayden Panettiere
Jordy Ranft
Kelsey Mulrooney
Russi Taylor
John Lasseter
Anthony Burch
Andrew Stanton
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Madeline Kahn
David Hyde Pierce
Joe Ranft
Brad Garrett
Kate Hodges
Christina Milian
Lee Unkrich
Crew
Mark Adams
Mark Adams
Maneesh Agrawala
Neftali "el Magnifico" Alvarez
Jessica Ambinder-rojas
Brad Andalman
Brad Andalman
Darla K. Anderson
John B Anderson
Robert Anderson
Stephanie Andrews
Anthony A. Apodaca
Nathan Ardaiz
George Bagtas
Kyle Balda
James Bancroft
Alan Barillaro
Steve Barnes
Bob Baron
Ronen Barzel
Dana Batali
David Batte
Adam Beeman
Phil Beffrey
Michael Berenstein
Jason Bickerstaff
Bryan Bird
Kevin Bjorke
Sam 'penguin' Black
Malcolm Blanchard
Geefwee Boedoe
Geefwee Boedoe
Geefwee Boedoe
Rob Bonz
Patsy L Bouge
Kirk Bowers
Kirk Bowers
Kirk Bowers
Maxwell Brace
Susan Bradley
Colin Brady
Greg Brandeau
Ash Brannon
Shawn Brennan
Richard Brodsky
Adam Bronstein
Dylan Brown
Torbin Xan Bullock
James Burgess
Sharon Calahan
Sharon Calahan
Jan Forman Campi
Jim Capobianco
Tom Carlisle
Trish Carney
Vince Caro
Loren C. Carpenter
John K Carr
Onny P Carr
Bill Carson
Ben Catmull
Jennifer Cha
Wei-chung Chang
Wade Childress
Jun Han Cho
Jun Han Cho
Sandra Christiansen
Donna Cipriani
Scott Clark
Ada Cochavi
Brett Coderre
Lindsey Collins
Kenny Condit
William Cone
Don Conway
Bruno Coon
Robin Cooper
Kathi Cozzetta
Tim Crawfurd
Jill Culton
Bena Currin
Bena Currin
Lawrence D Cutler
Christian Damerow
Lars R. Damerow
Ruieta Dasilva
Sarah Jo Daughters
Don Davis
Sandy De Crescent
Norm Decarlo
Mary Decola
Tom Deering
Tony Derose
Peter Deseve
David Devan
David Difrancesco
Pete Docter
Kevin Donahue
Nicole Dooley
Cynthia Dueltgen
Tom Duff
Tony Eckert
Kevin Edwards
David Eisenmann
Amy Ellenwood
Lisa Ellis
Katherine Emery
Lori Eschler
Marty Eshoff
Ian Evans
Ellen Fair
Lou Fancher
Danielle Feinberg
Danielle Feinberg
Davey Crockett Feiten
Davey Crockett Feiten
Ike Feldman
Heather L Feng
Tomoko H Ferguson
Roman Figun
Kurt Fleischer
Jean Flynn
Michael Fong
Michael Fong
Mark Fontana
Erik Forman
Lisa Forssell
Lisa Forssell
Lisa Forssell
Lisa Forssell
Deborah R Fowler
Deborah R Fowler
Mark Frazitta
Tom Freeman
Damir Frkovic
Ed Fuller
Susan Gatrill
Reid Gershbein
Reid Geshbein
Alisa Gilden
Jean Gilmore
Tim Glass
Ben Gold
Craig Good
Andrew Gordon
David R Gordon
Keith B C Gordon
Keith B C Gordon
Keith B C Gordon
Shalini Govil-pai
Shalini Govil-pai
Shalini Govil-pai
Dale Grahn
Brian Green
Brian Green
Brian Green
Stephen Gregory
Nicole Paradis Grindle
Larry Gritz
J R Grubbs
Patrick Guenette
Thomas Hahn
Kathleen Handy
Rachel Hannah
David R Haumann
Warren Hays
Jimmy Hayward
Ira Hearshen
John Hee Soo Lee
Cece Heimans
Brenda Heins
Jason B. Hendrix
Mark Henn
Mark Henn
Yvonne Herbst
Dan Herman
Mary Hidalgo
Kitt Hirasaki
Timothy Hittle
Christian Hoffman
Christian Hoffman
Lauren Alpert Hoffman
Tim Holland
Mark Cordell Holmes
Leo Hourvitz
Patricia A Howard
Ling Hsu
Kenneth "yo" Huey
Jason "jayfish" Hull
Steven Clay Hunter
Bryn Imagire
Melinda Jackson
Pat Jackson
Oren Jacob
Oren Jacob
Victoria Jaschob
Victoria Jaschob
Jeffrey Jay
Jeffrey Jay
Dennis "dj" Jennings
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Score (Musical or Comedy)
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 1999 Artios Award for Animated Voice Over - Feature by the Casting Society of America (CSA).
Nominated for the 1998 award for Best Original Score (Randy Newman) from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1998 award for Best Animated (Feature Length) Film from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1998 Golden Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture - Animated or Mixed Media from the International Press Academy.
Winner of two 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association awards, including Best Animated Feature (tied with "The Prince of Egypt") and Best Family Film.
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1998
Wide Release in United States November 25, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 20, 1999
Began shooting spring 1996.
Completed shooting fall 1998.
Theatrically released with the 5 minute Pixar Animation short, "Geri's Game" (Jan Pinkava/USA/1998).
Actor Roddy McDowall died October 3, 1998.
Released in United States Fall November 20, 1998
Wide Release in United States November 25, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 20, 1999
Best Animated Feature