A Bug's Life Page #6

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.
Director(s): John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton (co-director)
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 20 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
G
Year:
1998
95 min
Website
18,291 Views


There ya go. Good job, fellas.

Keep up the good work.

Huh?

Okay!

[ Together]

You're fired! [ Laughing ]

[ Ants Cheering ]

Yes!

[ Mariachi Band ]

Whoo-hoo! Look at me!

I'm barefootin'! Whoo-hoo!

Yo, bugito,

dos granitos, pronto!

[ Skier]

You gotta try this, man!

[ Buzzing ]

La cucaracha, la cucaracha

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da

[ Whimpering ]

[ Buzzing ]

...all the way back there

and it starts to rain, we might

as well be suckin' bug spray.

Ooh, don't even say that!

You know somethin'?

You're makin' a lot of sense.

I mean, why take the risk?

- You should tell Hopper.

- Good idea.

But, you know,

it's really not our place.

You're his brother.

That makes you, like...

the vice president of the gang.

Wow! It kinda does,

doesn't it?

Okay, I'll tell 'im.

I should talk to you guys more often.

- What if Hopper doesn't like it?

- Then the genius'll get smacked

and not us.

Vice President Molt.

[ Laughing ]

Ooh, yeah, that's good.

Oh, that's good.

- Ooh, a little lower. Ahh, lower.

- Hey ya, Hop.

- Go away.

- That's fine.

Then I won't tell ya my idea.

- Good!

- Okay, okay. I'll tell ya anyway.

I've been thinkin'-- which is somethin'

I do, bein' vice president and all.

This is a thought, and it was mine:

Why go back to Ant Island at all?

- You don't even like grain.

- What?

You're right. I didn't think

it was such a good idea myself.

It wasn't even my idea.

It was Axle and Loco's!

They talked fancy to me.

I got confused!

- [ Grumbles ]

- La cucaracha, la cucaracha

Da-da-da-da-da-da-da

[ Music Stops ]

Guys, order another round...

because we're stayin' here!

- [ Cheering ]

- Yeah!

What was I thinking?

Going back to Ant Island.

I mean, we just got here,

and we have more than enough food

to get us through the winter.

Right? Why go back?

[ Music Resumes ]

But there was that ant

that stood up to me.

- Yeah, but we can forget about him!

- Yeah, it was just one ant.

- [ Mock Scared ] Ooo-oooh!

- One ant!

Yeah, you're right!

It's just one ant!

- Yeah, boss. They're puny!

- Hmm, puny.

Say, let's pretend this grain

is a puny little ant.

- Didn't that hurt?

- Nope.

- Well, how 'bout this one?

- Are you kiddin'?

- [ Laughing ]

- Well, how 'bout this?

[ Screaming ]

You let one ant stand up to us,

then they all might stand up.

Those puny little ants

outnumber us a hundred to one.

And if they ever figure that out,

there goes our way of life!

It's not about food.

It's about keeping those ants in line.

That's why we're going back!

Does anybody else wanna stay?

He's quite the motivational

speaker, isn't he?

Let's ride!

[ Caribbean Band ]

-[ Ant ] To the bird!

-[ Ants ] The bird!

Hey!

- Hey!

- Whoo-hoo!

Hey!

- Hey!

- Whoo!

- Get down, roly boys!

- [ Laughing ]

- How low can you go? Sing it now.

- How low can you go

-Do it, Princess. How low can you go

-[ Laughs ]

And that's how my 12th husband died.

[ Laughs ]

So, now I'm a widow. I mean,

I've always been a black widow,

but now I'm a black widow widow.

[ Laughs ]

[ Laughing ]

Whoo!

- Thorny! Any sign of those fiends?

- Lemme check.

No, not yet.

But we'll be ready for 'em.

Blueberries, dismissed!

- [ Giggling ]

- And, uh, quit beatin' the boys up.

Those little raisins

do grow on ya.

Hey, how you guys doin'?

Some party, huh?

Is that grain dip fresh or what?

Okay, I've told everyone you'll be

stationed deep in the command bunker.

Party quiets down,

I sneak you out the back way

and then you're outta here forever.

Dim don't wanna go.

Well, if Dim stays he's gonna

need me here. He's not fully trained.

- I mean, house-trained.

- [ Chuckles ]

I, uh, I kinda promised the Blueberries

I'd teach 'em canasta.

It seems we've been booked

for an extended engagement.

[ Smooching, Laughing ]

Will you look at this colony?

Will you just look at this colony?

I don't even recognize it.

[ Chuckles ]

I feel 70 again!

Work that ab, baby!

[ Laughs ]

And I have you bugs to thank for it.

So-- thank you!

And, uh, thank you

for findin' 'em, Flik.

Me? Oh, ooh--

uh, uh, I'll get it.

I mean, if you don't mind,

I'll just--

- It's all tangled up.

- [ Laughing Nervously ]

- There.

- Ow!

I think I'll go check

on the bird. [ Giggling ]

- Bird's this way.

- [ Laughing Nervously ]

Yeah, the bird's that way.

[ Chuckling ]

She-- What?

[ Gasps ]

Jiminy H. Cricket!

[ Horn Blares ]

They're back!

Get ready, everybody!

Get to your posts!

Battle stations, everyone.

This not a drill.

Come on, everyone. You know your jobs!

Let's go, go, go, go!

- [ Screams ]

- Look out!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa there.

Steady, girls. That's it.

- Oh, it's P.T.

- P.T.?

Greetings and salutations!

Ooh-boppa-doo and how do you do?

I am the great P.T. Flea!

[ Laughs ]

I'm in need of your assis--

Oh, let's just cut to the chase.

Look, I've been goin'

from anthill to anthill.

I'm lookin' for a bunch of circus

performers. Have you seen 'em?

- [ Crowd Groans ]

- [ Gasps ]

Wait a second.

Ain't that Staff Sergeant Slim?

No, no, no. I'm sorry, no, but uh--

[ Continues, Indistinct ]

- [ Rustling, Groaning ]

- [ Whispering ] Be quiet!

Hey!

[ Flik ] You'll probably--

you'll probably want to get goin;

I guess you got a lot of other anthills

to check into, so, bye!

- [ All Gasp ]

- Ah, guys, I've been lookin'

all over for ya!

- Flaming Death is a huge hit!

- P.T! Sh--

- I'm serious. Word of mouth got around.

- P. T.! No!

The next day, there was a line of flies

outside the tent went on forever!

- It must have been a foot long!

-[ Rosie ] P. T., no!

So, I figured it out. You guys burn me

twice a night, I take a day off to heal,

and then we do it

all over again!

We'll be the top circus act

in the business! [ Guffaws ]

You mean, you're not warriors?

Are you kiddin'? These guys are the

lousiest circus bugs you've ever seen.

And they're gonna make me rich!

[ Chortling ]

You mean to tell me that

our entire defensive strategy...

was concocted by clowns?

Hey, hey, hey, hey. We really thought

Flik's idea was gonna work.

[ Crowd Gasps, Groans ]

- Oops.

- Tell me this isn't true.

- No, you don't-- You don't--

- This couldn't have happened

at a more inopportune time!

The last leaf is about to fall!

[ Dr. Flora ] We haven't collected

any food for the grasshoppers!

If Hopper finds out

what we almost did--

Hopper is not going

to find out.

We're going to hide all this,

and pretend it never happened.

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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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