SOIL: Do not panic! Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns. Like toys, insects were within the reach of computer animation back then, due to their relatively simple surfaces. Hopper leers down at them. I guess we could use a little entertainment. GRASSHOPPER: I don't know, maybe it'll keep me dry in the rain. Unfortunately, the "warriors" he brings back turn out to be an inept troupe of Circus Bugs. One day, a courageous but clumsy inventor ant named Flik inadvertently destroys the food offering with his grain harvester. [7] During an early test screening for Toy Story in San Rafael in June 1995, they pitched the film to Disney CEO Michael Eisner. They'll be here soon. What do you know? Each one of these "universal ants" would later be randomly distributed throughout the digital set. FLEA: Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present Manto the Magnificent and his lovely assistant, Gypsy! HEIMLICH: What ho, Robin? FLIK: Exactly! The sun grows the food. Do I look stupid to you?", but Atta can't stop laughing, so they try the take again and she's still laughing. FLEA: In a moment, I will light this trail of matches, leading to a sheet of flypaper doused in lighter fluid! FLIK: Heimlich! Aimed directly at the flypaper are Tuck and Roll, the pill-bug cannonballs! (LAUGHING)Where are my platforms? (GASPS) The bird! Lasseter respected Katzenberg's judgment and felt comfortable using him as a sounding board for creative ideas. [71][72][73] While recognised 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,[71][72][74][75][76] and inhibited by being released directly before the equally revered Toy Story 2. [P.T. My eye! MOLT: He's quite the motivational speaker, isn't he? [27] Although the contention left all parties estranged, Pixar and PDI employees kept up the old friendships that had arisen from spending a long time together in computer animation. [88], 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. Excuse me? A colony of ants, led by the elderly Queen and her daughter Princess Atta, lives in the middle of a seasonally dry creekbed on a small hill known as "Ant Island". MOLT: Okay, okay. Settle into your role, and you'll come out of this one fine. She let me go out and find you. Ohh VIOLET ANT BOY: You're supposed to look for bugs, not dandelions! We're out of here! FLEA: Our pill bugs' only hope of survival is our mistress of the high wire, Rosie! DR. FLORA: You could have killed somebody over here! The Disney California Adventure nighttime show World of Color features a segment that includes Heimlich the Caterpillar from the film.[89]. That could-- That's it! So I figured it out. Are you saying I'm stupid? HOPPER: Why am I even talking to you? Schnell, schnell! r96sk 4 July 2020. Because it's suicide! Now you're gonna cry, right? [14] The team took out mandibles and designed the ants to stand upright, replacing their normal six legs with two arms and two legs. Jobs believed it "a blatant extortion attempt" and would not go for it, explaining that there was nothing he could do to convince Disney to change the date. ATTA: I want to thank all of you for giving us back our hope, our dignityand our lives. Right, guys? much to their fears and shock. Get back, you horrible beast! Dos granitos, pronto! GYPSY: Lieutenant Gypsy reporting for duty. [15], The animators also employed subsurface scatteringdeveloped by Pixar co-founder Edwin Catmull during his graduate student days at the University of Utah in the 1970sto render surfaces in a more lifelike way. Oh! FLIK: Seed to tree. Oh! I'm a royal ant, and I can't even fly yet. Don't look at the light! Sorry I have to take the warriors away so early, but, you know, they have a lot to get done, with the battle looming and all. FLIK: Hey, guys, this is Princess Atta! Why, we've harvested the same way ever since I was a pupa. Puny. Keep moving, keep moving! But we'll be ready for them. (speaking foreign language). I know it. ATTA: Oh, of course. [12][14], The voice cast was heavy with television sitcom stars of the time: Flik was voiced by Dave Foley (from NewsRadio), Princess Atta was voiced by Julia Louis-Dreyfus (from Seinfeld), Molt was voiced by Richard Kind (from Spin City), Slim was voiced by David Hyde Pierce (from Frasier) and Dim was voiced by Brad Garrett (from Everybody Loves Raymond). 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. Don't let it get me! FLEA: I'm serious! A Bug's Life is a 1998 computer-animated action-adventure comedy-drama Disney/Pixar film directed by John Lasseter, with Andrew Stanton co-directing. SLIM: And if it wasn't for you, Francis would have never gotten in touch with his feminine side. Don't look away. FLEA: I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich, I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich, I'm gonna be the richest flea in the land! [76][77], Critics have generally ranked A Bug's Life to be one of Pixar's weaker releases;[72][75][76][78][79] while it has been seen as a "charming"[73][79] and "ambitious"[80] film with pioneering animation for its time,[71][72][80] others have described it as "adequate"[78] and appealing more to a younger demographic. I'll pay you! -You see, Hopper, nature has a certain order. FRANCIS: Judging by your breath, you must have been buzzin' around a dung heap all day! SOIL: What do you think you're doing? FLEA: Hey, Tiny! A Bug's Life Children's 1998 1 hr 34 min English audio G CC Buy or rent Journey inside the miniature world of bugs for bigger-than-life fun and adventure under every leaf! A Bug's Life Children's 1998 1 hr 34 min English audio G CC Buy or rent Journey inside the miniature world of bugs for bigger-than-life fun and adventure under every leaf! But, you know, it's really not our place. A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. QUEEN: She's learning to take over from me, Hopper. I don't know what you're concocting in that little ant brain of yours, but we'll have no part of it. I couldn't resist.Really. [22] 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. FRANCIS: Yeah, 'cause when you get there, you are dead! You just keep pretending you're warriors. Thorny and the harvester-wearing ants line up. It was impractical for animators to control them individually, but neither could the ants remain static for even a moment without appearing lifeless, or move identically. DOT: (laughing) You're weird, but I like you. HOPPER: (laughs) Yeah, you're right! FLIK: Excuse me. That, my friends, is the sound of applause! All right, Dot? Where do you think you're going? The harvester falls off and springs open, knocking out a supporting stone and causing the structure to start collapsing. We'll be out of here before it rains. FLIK: Hey, fellas. Flea flies through a hole left in Rosie's web and sticks to the flypaper. FLEA: Hey, let's go. GYPSY: I can't believe the troupe is breaking up. FLIK: Princess Atta! FLIK: Helpers to help us. ANT 1: Do you mind passing the sugar crumbs? What is going on? I will be in my trailer. The next day, there was a line of flies outside the tent, went on forever! ], [Hopper steps over Flik and walks slowly among the ants, eventually coming to a stop. DR. FLORA: Oh, my. Let's just think about it for a second. FLEA: (sniffles) All right. FLEA: All right, we're dying out there. Going back to Ant Island. Whereas A Bug's Life relied chiefly on visual gags, Antz was more verbal and revolved more around satire. I'm sorry. Uh (grunts), [Flik spins around as he tries to take a seed from his harvester.]. For those who are new and are wondering about why this was necessary, read the shift in editing starting March 1st blog. Wait, wait, wait, wait! SLIM: You tell that ant that we need to talk to him right now. ], ATTA: The food was in a leaf sitting on top--. [Hopper breaks open the bottle and the three grasshoppers are buried under an avalanche of grain.]. FLIK: I know it's a rock! QUEEN: What did I tell you about trying to fly? And I'm a flower with nothing interesting to say. There's still a few months 'til the rains come, so you can all just try again. [8], As Stanton and Ranft discussed the adaptation, they rattled off scenarios and storylines springing from their premise. FLY: Not so tough now, are you? (SCREAMS) (SCREAMS) Get out! Are you saying I'm stupid? Oh, that's good. Second, bigger world for two purposes: to feed birds and to irk humans. He is voiced as spongy bfdi. You know, being vice president and all. You lied to her. Hi. Inside the nest, three chick jump up and down. Contents 1 Background 1.1 Official Description 2 Role in the film 3 Trivia Background Located in the middle of a dry riverbed, Ant Island is somewhat protected from outside threats, except for flying ones. FLIK: Amazing! You know, strictly B.Y.O.B. (SCREAMING). Oh! Excuse me, coming through. FLIK: If you could just squish me, that would be great, because when they find out, I'm as good as dead. HOPPER: Shut up! Among these was the need to handle shots with crowds of ants. More details are available in the progress report. Slapstick! [Hopper turns around and punches another grasshopper. Flea standing midstep. It was Axle and Loco's! It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. MOSQUITO WAITER: Here you go, slick. P.T. How? Forget everything I ever told you. MANNY: (sighs) Once again, our reputation precedes us. This is it, girls. (CHUCKLES) Yes. Ow!-This really hurts, guys!-I'm sorry!Can we cut? But my invention will speed up production. I'm sorry! VIOLET ANT BOY: Nobody asked you, Your Royal Shortness. BLUE ANT BOY: Yeah, Dot. I canmake another one. ], [Flik peers at Atta through the telescope. ], [The harvesters launch their stalks into the air, crashing into each other and producing firework-like showers of grain. It initially fools the grasshoppers, but P.T., who is also fooled, sets the bird on fire. (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE, BELCHES)(SNICKERING)(BOTH BELCHES)(PASSES GAS)Okay, can we stop?-(BOTH LAUGHING) -Get me Cindy on the phone, will ya?Okay, action! SLIM: Ladies and gentlebugs! For those who are new and are wondering about why this was necessary, read the shift in editing starting March 1st blog. "Jeffrey kept asking questions about when it would be released. I have been scouting for bugs with your exact talents! They are poo-poo heads! Although the album was out of print physically in the United States during the 2000s, in June 2018 Universal Music Japan announced that a re-mastered edition would be released on October 3, 2018, along with other soundtrack albums from the Walt Disney Records pre-2018 catalogue. No, no! - [Whimpering] Fuzzy Lumpkins: I'm sorry. | Walt Disney World Resort", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Bug%27s_Life&oldid=1152467442, This page was last edited on 30 April 2023, at 12:01. I mean, I've always been a black widow, but now I'm a black-widow widow. In response, he formed DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen and planned to rival Disney in animation. FLIK: No! I just keep forgetting.-(SCREAMING) -(CHIRPING, MECHINCAL BUZZING, CREAKING)Ooh! Hello, girls! [Flik doesn't move. Soil! FLEA: Rosie, whole troupe! You always cast me as the broom, the pole, the stick! HOPPER: Oh, I see. ATTA: Flik, after much deliberation, we have decidedto grant you your request. It's not a lot, but it's our life. (LAUGHS) I'm sorry! I'll come up with a plan. No way we can make double quota before Hopper comes! It's okay. After the Circus Bugs distract the grasshoppers long enough to rescue the Queen, Flik deploys the bird. [37] The film's VHS release was the best-selling VHS in the United Kingdom, with 1.76 million units sold by the end of the year. Rabbit through the hole, chicken in the barn, two by two by, there's the yarn. ATTA: What? No! FLIK: Don't worry! Flik! Help me! FLIK: You were You were gonna squish the queen. [Flik steps back in among the other ants. Happening upon the aftermath of a chaotic bar fight, Flik mistakes a troupe of jobless Circus Bugs for the warrior bugs he seeks. This is my new idea for harvesting grain. Hopper returns and sees the mediocre offering; he takes over the island, and demands the ants' own winter food supply, planning to execute the Queen afterward. Something about buzzing around a dung heap? P.T. (pants) Here. The truth, you see, is bad. It's perfect! Your instincts on that boy were right on the money. He is a tough and mean grasshopper and gang leader. [13] The characters "Tuck and Roll" were inspired by a drawing that Stanton did of two bugs fighting when he was in the second grade. ATTA: Oh! I'm sorry, he looked funny.He looked funny at me. Here, you forgot this. DOT: It's not my fault she's so stressed out. - Hey, maybe we can cheer him up a bit. Break a leg! I'm asking you with my brain. [Flik and the troupe fly over a grassy field. Flea, who floats within it.]. MANNY: How dare you! Watch your stingers. You clowns get out there now! Get it? ROSIE: Coming. (laughs) Isn't that right, Aphie? FLIK: You can't! FLIK: Exactly! First rule of leadership: everything is your fault. If there's any way I can make it up to you Hey! And thi-this is a thought, and it was mine: why go back to Ant Island at all? Boy, that's all I'd need, another royal blunder like that. "[67] On the contrary, Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post wrote, "Clever as it is, the film lacks charm. Hopper is not going to find out. I was just afraid that if you knew I'd gotten circus bugs -ATTA: I want you to leave, Flik. [3] The first sequence to be animated and rendered was the circus sequence that culminated with P.T. Trying to help. Another one of your little bird tricks? Everything that made that giant tree is already contained inside this tiny little seed. Being a ladybug automatically makes me a girl! ATTA: (whispering) They come, they eat, they leave. [53] In 1999, this record was surpassed by Toy Story 2, which would have the third biggest five-day Wednesday opening, just after Independence Day and Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. The film was released on November 20, 1998, received positive reviews and grossed $363million at the box office. One problem: too many bugs. You don't want to make him mad. MR. FLIK: Try not to look like a country bug. Could we get the warriors' autographs? Stop.-I think I swallowed a bug.-(SNICKERING)And action.Pretend- Pretend that that's a seed.Uh What was my line again? Thorny and other ants, using their own harvesters to cut down and harvest grain stalks, stop work at the sound of the conch. BLUE ANT BOY: Hey, look who's playing lookout again. Oh, you're such a cute little aphid. A Bug's Life - Bloopers Ariel Arias Petzoldt 7.06K subscribers Subscribe 37 Share Save 10K views 2 years ago Show more Show more 1:56:45 G 5:45 It's a Bird Thing | Short Movie | HD 619. Towel!I need a towel over here!-(LAUGHING)-(BREAKS WIND)Cut! Wait, wait, wait, wait! The grasshoppers eat the food--. He looked funny at me. I wish you could come along, too. . (CRASHING)(ALL LAUGHING)(GROANING)I Ow! MOLT: And believe me, no one appreciates that more than I do. FLEA: (panicking) Help! You believed in me and you sent me on my quest. I mean, you're his brother. MANNY: Not another word. One minute, insects! FLIK: Great. My little sister, who is 8 now, wants me to recite them to her as I help brush her teeth every night Moments like . Oh Oh, you know, all right, fine. It kind of does, doesn't it? And then we do it all over again! ], [As P.T. I'm gonna pick the hairs out of your head one by one! It opens to reveal Heimlich's face.]. FLIK: That's right! We could go get helpers. And, um, I just wanted to thank you for giving me a chance, because it's an honor to work with creative giants such as yourself.
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