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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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- [ Laughing ]

You got a lot of spunk, kid,

but no one's gonna help a bunch of ants.

At least we could try. I could travel

to the city! I could search there!

If you went, you'd be

on that silly search for weeks.

Royal huddle.

- Great idea, Princess. It's perfect!

- Exactly.

- Wait a minute.

What did we just decide here?

- To let Flik leave.

While we keep harvesting

to meet Hopper's demands.

- You see, with Flik gone, he can't--

- He can't mess anything up!

Flik, after much deliberation, we have

decided to grant you your request.

- Really?

- Really?

- Uh, really.

Oh, thank you, Princess.

Thank you so much for this chance.

- I won't let you down,

I promise, I promise, I promise.

- That's fine. No, forget it.

- I should help repair

the damage before I go.

- [ All ] No! No, no!

[ Elderly Ant ]

Just leave!

[ Breathes Deeply ]

Hey.

Don't worry!

The colony is in good hands!

Bye, now.

[ Ants Cheering ]

All right.

Hey, fellas.

Beautiful mornin', huh?

My dad gives you one hour

before you come back crying.

Does he, now?

- My dad doesn't think that.

- He doesn't, huh?

- Naw, he's bettin' you're gonna die.

- Oh.

He says if the heat doesn't get ya,

the birds will.

I think he's gonna make it.

-Nobody asked you, Your Royal Shortness.

-Yeah, Dot. What do you know?

Hey, hey, hey.

Ease up. Come on.

She's entitled

to her opinion too.

[ Gasps ]

[ Birds Cawing ]

Ohh.

- So go, already.

- [ Exhales ]

- Hey!

- The city's that way.

- I know.

- You're supposed to look for bugs,

not dandelions.

You leave him alone.

He knows what he's doing.

That's right.

Here I go. For the colony,

and for oppressed ants everywhere!

Whoa-oh.

- Wow!

- Hey!

- Hey-hey!

- Bye, Flik!

Wow!

[ Chuckling ]

Wow. Ohh!

Whoa!

[ Dot ]

Good luck, Flik!

Bye! Whoa-oh!

Flik!

[ Muffled ]

I'm... okay!

- Your dad's right. He's gonna die.

- You just watch.

He's gonna get the bestest,

roughest bugs you've ever seen!

[ Growls, Roars ]

Get back! Get back!

Get back, you horrible beast!

- [ Roaring ]

- I have no fear! Aye-eee!

- Ooh!

- Oh, my goodness.

- [ Sobbing ]

- Oh, no!

[ Crowd Boos, Hisses ]

- Oh, I'm so sorry, Dim. An owie?

- Owie! Owie, owie.

Please show Rosie the owie.

All right, Dim. It's okay.

I have been in outhouses

that didn't stink that bad.

This is ridiculous.

What a disappointment!

- Oh, no!

- You! Come here! I want my money back!

Uh, no refunds

after the first two minutes.

Popcorn! Stale popcorn!

We're losin' the audience!

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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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