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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.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Director(s): John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton (co-director)
Actors: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 20 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
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Year:
1998
95 min
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- And believe me, no one

appreciates that more than I do.

- Shut up!

I don't want to hear another word

out of you while we're on this island.

- Do you understand me?

- [ Whimpers ]

- I said, do you understand me?

- How can I answer? You said

I couldn't say another word.

- Remember Ma!

- [ Growls ]

Hey, I'm a compassionate insect.

There's still a few months

till the rains come,

so you can all just try again.

But, Hopper, since it's

almost the rainy season,

we need this time

to gather food for ourselves.

Listen, if you don't

keep your end of the bargain,

then I can't guarantee your safety.

And there are insects out there

that will take advantage of you.

Someone could get hurt.

[ Snaps Fingers ]

[ Screeching ]

[ Snarling, Screeching ]

[ Gasps, Squeals ]

What's the matter?

You scared of grasshoppers?

[ Whimpering ]

- Dot!

- You don't like Thumper?

- [ Snarls ]

- Leave her alone!

You want her?

Go ahead-- take her.

No?

Then get back in line.

It seems to me that you ants

are forgetting your place.

So let's double

the order of food.

- [ Gasps ]

- No! But-But--

We'll be back

at the end of the season,

when the last leaf falls.

You ants have a nice summer.

Let's ride!

- Yee-ha!

- [ Grasshoppers Shouting ]

[ Laughing ]

Ooh!

[ Chuckles Nervously ]

Flik, what do you have

to say for yourself?

Sorry. I-- I'm sorry

for the way I am.

I didn't mean for things

to go so wrong.

I especially didn't want

to make you look bad, Princess.

- Well, Flik, ya did.

- I was just trying to help.

- Then help us-- don't help us.

- Help, help. Help?

Flik, you are sentenced to

one month digging in the tunnels.

Excuse me, Your Highness.

Need I remind you of Flik's

tunnel-within-a-tunnel project?

Helpers to help us.

That's it! We could--

It took two days to dig him out.

Send him to Health and Ant Services.

Heavens, no!

We could leave the island,

the river bed's dry.

We could walk across and get helpers.

We could! We could go

find helpers to help us.

- It's perfect!

- Perfect? What's so perfect?

Your Highness, don't you see?

We could send someone to get help!

- [ All Gasp ]

- Leave the island?

Why didn't I think of that?

Oh! Because it's suicide!

-She's right! We never leave the island.

-Never leave!

There's snakes and birds

and bigger bugs out there!

Exactly! Bigger bugs!

We could find bigger bugs

to come here and fight...

and forever rid us

of Hopper and his gang!

- Ludicrous!

- Who would do a crazy thing like that?

- I'll volunteer.

I'd be happy to volunteer.

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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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