A bug's life
DVD - 2003
Cute and clever, "A Bug's Life" is a relatively straight retelling of Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai," except of course that the characters are bugs! Idealistic young ant Flik is a sweet-natured dreamer and inventor. But his innovative thinking makes him an outcast when one of his inventions goes awry and destroys the food sacrifice that the colony makes annually to a gang of grasshopper hooligans led by the sinister Hopper. Disgraced, Flik is sent to look for "warrior bugs," mercenaries to fight them. What he finds--and hires--are a motley crew of circus bugs including a preening master-thespian mantis, a glamorous gypsy moth, a cranky ladybug, a dimwitted beetle, and sundry other dimwitted, craven tr...oupers. The ant colony is inspired by the troupe and mobilizes, but when they discover that the "warriors" are just circus clowns they lose faith. In the end, of course, Flik and crew save the day and free the colony from the oppressive grasshoppers.
| Location | Call Number | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Room | jDVD/Bug's | Checked In | |
| Children's Room | jDVD/Bug's | Due Dec 4, 2024 |
- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Animated films
Children's films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Burbank, CA :
Disney Enterprises Inc
[2003]
- Language
- English
French - Corporate Authors
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- Edition
- Collector's edition
- Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Playing Time
- 01:35:00
- Format
- DVD; Region 1, NTSC; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, 2.0 Dolby stereo, THX-certified; widescreen presentation in 2.35:1 aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions, or full screen presentation in 1.33:1 aspect ratio reframed for standard televisions.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: Rated G; Canadian Home Video Rating: Rated PG.
- Production Credits
- Music, Randy Newman ; story supervisor, Joe Ranft ; supervising film editor, Lee Unkrich ; supervising technical directors, William Reeves, Eben Ostby ; director of photography, Sharon Calahan ; production designer, William Cone ; art directors, Tia W. Kratter, Bob Pauley ; supervising animators, Glenn McQueen, Rich Quade ; shading supervisor, Rick Sayre ; supervising layout artist, Ewan Johnson.
- ISBN
- 9780788845659
- Access
- For private home use only.
- Disc one. Feature film: Main titles
- Flik's invention
- Red alert
- The grasshoppers arrive
- On trial
- Leaving Ant Island
- Flik's flight
- P.T. Flea's circus
- The city
- Bug Bar
- Flying home
- The warriors arrive
- Official welcome
- "Squish me now"
- A bird attacks
- Francis the hero
- Atta's apology
- Flik's plan
- Building a bird
- Hopper's hideout
- The celebration
- P.T. arrives
- The grasshoppers return
- To the clubhouse
- Dot goes for help
- Turning back
- Grasshopper occupation
- Showtime
- Flik's bird attacks
- Flik vs. Hopper
- Ant battle
- Rain
- Hopper's demise
- Springtime
- End credits/Outtakes (1998) (95 min.); Special features: Audio commentary with John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.
- Disc two. Special features: Preproduction: "Fleabie" reel [featurette] (8 min.); Story and editorial [featurettes and slide show] (20 min); Research [featurette] (5 min.); Design [slide shows]; Production [featurettes] (24 min.); Sound design [featurettes] (13 min.); Release [featurettes and slide show] (16 min.); Outtakes [featurettes] (8 min.); Geri's Game [Academy Award Winner, Best Animated Short film, 1997] (6 min.); "Finding Nemo" fishy facts [featurette] (1 min.); "A Bug's Land" game [interactive feature].