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Groves, Don (March 15, 1999). "O'seas loves the bard; 'Bug's' invades Japan". Variety . Retrieved September 13, 2023. a b c d Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 307. ISBN 978-1-4516-4853-9. 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. From 2002 to 2018, A Bug's Land was a section of Disney California Adventure that was inspired by the film.

Heller, Emily (March 3, 2020). "A bunch of Pixar movies, including Up and A Bug's Life, come to 4K Blu-ray". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020 . Retrieved April 22, 2021. Star Wars' trailer gives 'Bug's Life' crowd a thrill". The Belleville News-Democrat. December 1, 1998. p.25. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022 . Retrieved October 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com. Joe Ranft as Heimlich, a gluttonous, German-accented caterpillar clown who desires to be a butterfly.Andrews, Sam (March 16, 2000). "Sales of DVDs Soaring in the U.K." Billboard. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020 . Retrieved January 6, 2018. A Bug's Life – The Tale". pixar.com. Pixar. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010 . Retrieved July 24, 2016. Production [ edit ] Development [ edit ] John Lasseter, the director of A Bug's Life, at the Austin Film Festival in October 2011

Disney's Animal Kingdom includes the 3D show It's Tough to Be a Bug!, which also existed at Disney California Adventure from 2001 to 2018. a b c Brew, Simon (December 5, 2010). "Celebrating the Pixar end-credits bloopers". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021 . Retrieved July 2, 2021. A Bug's Life' tops holiday box office". United Press International. November 27, 1998. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022 . Retrieved March 31, 2022. King, Susan (April 22, 1999). "A New Look for 'Bug' ". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 3, 2022 . Retrieved April 3, 2022. The animators also employed subsurface scattering—developed by Pixar co-founder Edwin Catmull during his graduate student days at the University of Utah in the 1970s—to render surfaces in a more lifelike way. This would be the first time that subsurface scattering would be used in a Pixar film, and a small team at Pixar worked out the practical problems that kept it from working in animation. Catmull asked for a short film to test and showcase subsurface scattering and the result, Geri's Game (1997), was attached alongside A Bug's Life in its theatrical release. [21] Feud between Pixar and DreamWorks [ edit ]a b Travis, Ben (February 3, 2021). "Every Pixar Movie Ranked – From Toy Story To Soul". Empire. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020 . Retrieved July 2, 2021. 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 ] A Bug's Life' (G)". The Washington Post. November 25, 1998. Archived from the original on October 3, 2018 . Retrieved October 21, 2013. A Bug's Life". bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016 . Retrieved October 27, 2015. 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 ]

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] 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. Antz (1998) – Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2019 . Retrieved March 22, 2023. a b Chitwood, Adam (June 18, 2021). "Every Pixar Movie Ranked from Worst to Best". Collider. Archived from the original on June 17, 2015 . Retrieved July 2, 2021.a b c d e f g h Burrows, Peter (November 23, 1998). " Antz vs. Bugs". Business Week. Archived from the original on November 28, 1999 . Retrieved March 7, 2017. A Bug's Life". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Archived from the original on September 16, 2020 . Retrieved October 5, 2021. In The Ant and the Grasshopper, a grasshopper squanders the spring and summer months on singing while the ants put food away for the winter; when winter comes, the hungry grasshopper begs the ants for food, but the ants turn him away. [9] Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft hit on the notion that the grasshopper could just take the food. [9] [13] After Stanton had completed a draft of the script, he came to doubt one of the story's main pillars – that the Circus Bugs that had come to the colony to cheat the ants would instead stay and fight. [12] He thought the Circus Bugs were unlikable characters as liars and that it was unrealistic for them to undergo a complete personality change. Also, no particularly good reason existed for Circus Bugs to stay with the ant colony during the second act. [14] Although the film was already far along, Stanton concluded that the story needed a different approach. [12] In the years since its release, A Bug's Life has been regarded by critics and fans to be a Pixar film that, in contrast to its successors, has become largely forgotten by audiences. [76] [77] [78] While recognized as solidifying Pixar's success, the film has been seen as the studio's sophomore slump in the wake of the critically successful Toy Story, [76] [77] [79] [80] [81] and inhibited by being released directly before the equally revered Toy Story 2. [76] Pixar's feud with DreamWorks as a result of Antz has also been regarded as a factor in A Bug's Life 's legacy. [81] [82] 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]

One day, a courageous but clumsy inventor ant named Flik accidentally destroys the food offering with his grain harvester. Hopper discovers this, and demands twice as much food as compensation. When Flik earnestly suggests the ants enlist the help of bigger bugs to fight the grasshoppers, Atta sees it as a way to get rid of Flik and sends him off. a b c d e f Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 308. ISBN 978-1-4516-4853-9.Review: 'A Bug's Life' hits a bulls-eye – November 20, 1998". CNN. November 20, 1998. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013 . Retrieved October 21, 2013. A Bug's Life – IGN". Uk.ign.com. November 20, 1998. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016 . Retrieved November 29, 2013. 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 d e f "A Bug's Life (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010 . Retrieved August 20, 2016. On May 19, 2009, the film was released on Blu-ray, [44] and then on 4K Blu-ray on March 3, 2020. [45] Reception [ edit ] Box office [ edit ]