A Bug's Life Page #2

Synopsis: At an annual pace, a huge colony of ants is forced to collect every piece of food that grows on their island for a group of menacing grasshoppers. But that all changes when a misfit inventor ant named Flik accidentally knocks over the offering pile thus forcing the grasshoppers' devious leader Hopper to force the ants to redo their gathering of food. Despite the fact that his friends don't believe him and desperate to help save the colony, Flik volunteers to go out into the world and search for a group of 'warrior' bugs. Instead, what he got was a talented group of circus performers. But when the grasshoppers return and take control of the island, Flik must prove himself a true hero before it's too late.
Director(s): John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton (co-director)
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 20 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
G
Year:
1998
95 min
Website
17,793 Views


You're weird, but I like you.

[ Horn Sounds ]

[ Gasps ] They're here.

- [ Gasping ]

- [ Horn Continues ]

[ Panicked Chattering ]

- They're coming!

- Run!

- Dot! Dot!

- Mom!

- Mom!

- Thank heavens!

- Food to the offering stone.

- [ Whistles ] Everyone, single file.

Food to the offering stone

and into the anthill. Now let's go!

Go, go, go, go!

Come on, keep movin', keep movin'!

Good. [ Panting ]

Okay. That's everyone.

[ Flik ]

Hey!

Hey, wait for me!

Get the food to the offering stone,

then into the anthill.

[ Screams ]

No! No, no, no, no, no!

Oh, oh!

Oh, no.

Princess Atta!

Princess Atta!

Princess Atta!

[ Rumbling ]

[ Whimpering ]

They come, they eat, they leave.

They come, they eat, they leave.

Excuse me, pardon me.

Pardon me, excuse me. Coming through.

Sorry. Coming through. Princess Atta,

there's something I need to tell you.

- Not now, Flik. Shh!

- But Your Highness,

it's about the offering!

-[ Rumbling Stops ]

-[ Male Voice ] Hey, what's goin' on?

Yeah, where's the food?

[ All Gasp ]

- What did you do?

- It was an accident?

[ Laughs Maniacally ]

Boo!

[ Laughs ]

- Where's the food?

- [ Whimpering ]

- Hopper.

- [ Gasps ]

So, where is it?

Where's my food?

- I-I-Isn't it up there?

- What?

- The food was in a leaf

sitting on top--

- Excuse me.

Are you sure

it's not up there?

- Are you saying I'm stupid?

- No.

Do I look stupid... to you?

Let's just think about the logic,

shall we? Think about it for a second.

If it was up there,

would I be coming down here,

to your level,

looking for it?

- Uh, I--

- Why am I even talking to you?

You're not the queen.

You don't smell like the queen.

Sh-She's learning

to take over for me, Hopper.

Oh, I see. Under new management.

So it's your fault.

No, it wasn't me, it was--

Uh-uh-uh. First rule of leadership:

Everything is your fault.

- But-But I--

- It's a bug-eat-bug world

out there, Princess,

one of those circle-of-life

kind of things.

Now, let me tell you

how things are supposed to work.

The sun grows the food,

the ants pick the food,

the grasshoppers eat the food--

And the birds eat the grasshoppers.

Hey, like the one that nearly ate you,

you 'member? Oh, you shoulda seen it.

This blue jay has

him halfway down his throat,

and Hopper's kickin' and screamin'.

And I'm scared.

I'm not goin' anywhere near, okay?

Aw, come on.

It's a great story. Ow, ow, ow.

I swear, if I hadn't promised

Mother on her deathbed...

that I wouldn't kill you,

I would kill you.

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John Lasseter

John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an American animator and filmmaker, and former chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the defunct Disneytoon Studios. He was also the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering.Lasseter began his career as an animator with The Walt Disney Company. After being fired from Disney for promoting computer animation, he joined Lucasfilm, where he worked on the then-groundbreaking use of CGI animation. The Graphics Group of the Computer Division of Lucasfilm was sold to Steve Jobs and became Pixar in 1986. Lasseter oversaw all of Pixar's films and associated projects as executive producer. In addition, he directed Toy Story (1995), A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Cars (2006), and Cars 2 (2011). From 2006 to 2018, Lasseter also oversaw all of Walt Disney Animation Studios' (and its division Disneytoon Studios') films and associated projects as executive producer. The films he has made have grossed more than $18 billion U.S. dollars, making him one of the most consistently successful filmmakers of all time. Of the seven animated films that have grossed more than $1 billion U.S. dollars, five of them are films executive produced by Lasseter. The films include Toy Story 3 (2010), the first animated film to pass a billion, Frozen (2013), the current highest grossing animated film of all time, as well as Zootopia (2016), Finding Dory (2016) and Incredibles 2 (2018). He has won two Academy Awards, for Best Animated Short Film (for Tin Toy), as well as a Special Achievement Award (for Toy Story).In November 2017, Lasseter took a six-month sabbatical from Pixar and Disney Animation after acknowledging "missteps" in his behavior with employees. According to various news outlets, Lasseter had a history of alleged sexual misconduct towards employees. In June 2018, Disney announced that he would be leaving the company at end of the year, but is taking on a consulting role until then. more…

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