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A Bug's Life (2 Discs) (Includes Digital Copy) (Blu-ray)
- Starring: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Director: Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter
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John Lasseter, director of Pixar's movie phenomenon Toy Story, has set new standards in computer animation with this effort, another Disney-released children's epic entitled A Bug's Life. Blending classic Disney storytelling characters and the mysterious underground world of bugs, Lasseter has created a film that can be enjoyed by all audiences, and another franchise in the process. A Bug's Life is a computerized retelling of the Aesop fable -The Ant and the Grasshopper, made as a cartoon-short by the one-and-only, Walt Disney, in the mid-'30s. However, A Bug's Life has modernized the story with many new twists and celebrity voices. The story focuses on a colony of ants who seasonally gather food for themselves and a wild gang of rowdy grasshoppers. When bumbling worker ant Flik (David Foley) destroys the food supply, the angry grasshoppers, lead by the maniacally warped Hopper (Kevin Spacey), threaten to kill the ants if they don't produce a new supply of food by the time they return -- an impossible feat. Flik leaves the anthill in search of help in the form of bigger bugs, and to wage war against the grasshoppers. What he doesn't know is he has actually discovered a group of down-on-their-luck traveling circus insects in need of a job. When the ants realize that their heroes are really circus performers (and the circus bugs realize these grasshoppers are really big and mean), the situation goes from bad to worse. Ultimately, the ants use their large numbers to overcome the grasshoppers. Chris Gore, All Movie Guide
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- Genre: Kids and Family
- Category: Family-Oriented Adventure, Kids' Fantasy
- Theme: Success is the Best Revenge, Underdogs
- Release Date: May 19, 2009
- Rating: G (General Audiences)Rating Opens in New Window - Excellent For Children
- Studio: Walt Disney Video
- Lead Actors: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller
- Supporting Actors: Ashley Tisdale, Richard Kind, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, Denis Leary, Jonathan Harris, Madeline Kahn, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McShane, John Ratzenberger, Brad Garrett, Roddy McDowall, Edie McClurg, Alex Rocco, David Ossman
- Director: Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter
- Run Time: 1 hr 35 min
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitle Language: English, French, Spanish
- Format: Blu-ray
Additional Information
- DPCI: 058-30-0038
- ASIN: B002FO6P8A
- Catalog #: 11298935
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 6.72 inches length x 5.44 inches width x 0.46 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.28 pound.
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Magnificently rendered by the computer-graphics company Pixar (of Toy Story fame), scored by the always-spirited Randy Newman and starring a cavalcade of impressive voices, A Bug's Life is a high point in animated family fare. It's the kind of film adults enjoy as much as, if not more than, their preschool offspring. Even the fake "outtakes" following the film are hilarious: like much of the film's humor, they aim for a surprising level of sophistication. The creators use animation not just to put a child-friendly face on some normally creepy critters, but to go where live-action can't, creating a world of shapes, colors and sounds that couldn't be accomplished otherwise. A Bug's Life was released only months after the more adult-oriented Antz; it's been suggested that the success of these films might have ominous implications for the future of traditional, hand-drawn animation. But it's not simply the computer handiwork that makes A Bug's Life so impressive -- it's the creativity. Matthew Doberman, All Movie Guide
