
Antz
Z (O.S.)
(over a dark screen)
All my life, I've lived and worked in
the big city...
We see:
The camera swoops towards the entrance, then dives inside,
past a couple of tough-looking soldier ants who stand at the
gates of the ant colony like insect bouncers...into an access
tunnel that snakes this way and that, past a row of ants
plodding along...
...and into the MAIN CHAMBER of the colony, a huge, teeming
vista that seems to stretch away forever, filled with ants
rushing here and there on their business. We see -- a
"traffic cop" directing foot traffic, waving his arms like
crazy so both sides move at once -- a column of soldier ants
marching along in formation -- a chain of ants letting down
a matchbox elevator filled with workers.
Z (V.O.)
...which is kind of a problem, since
I've always felt uncomfortably in
crowds.
INT. MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR'S OFFICE - DAY
We join Z, a worker ant with issues. He's lying on a couch,
recounting his woes.
Z:
I feel...isolated. Different. I've
got abandonment issues. My father
flew away when I was just a larva.
My mother didn't have much time for
me...when you have five million
siblings, it's difficult to get
attention.
(pause)
I feel physically inadequate -- I've
never been able to lift more than ten
times my own weight. Sometimes I
think I'm just not cut out to be a
worker. But I don't have any other
options. I was assigned to trade
school when I was just a grub. The
whole system just...makes me
feel...insignificant.
MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR
(enthusiastic)
Terrific! You should feel
insignificant!
For the first time, we see the ant MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR.
He's a mixture of Tony Robbins and Ron Popiel (the
hyperactive late-night TV huckster, and founder of "Ronco").
Z:
...I should?
MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR
(hopping around
enthusiastically)
YES!!! You know, people ask me,
"Doctor, why are you always happy?"
And I tell them it's mind over
matter. I don't mind that I don't
matter! Do you get it? Do you get
it?
Z gives a fake smile.
MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR
(incredibly "up")
Z, we're part of the fastest growing
species in the whole world!
The counsellor rolls down a chart from the wall. An arrow
shows ant population going up, up, up.
MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR
Ask me why we're so successful.
Z:
Why are we so successful?
MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR
I'm glad you asked me that question!
The motivational counsellor opens some blinds...and we see a
vista of the ant-filled chamber below.
MOTIVATIONAL COUNSELLOR
What do you see out there?
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