Hopper When Flik earnestly suggests the ants enlist the help of bigger bugs to fight the grasshoppers, Atta sees it as a way to get rid of Flik and sends him off. [14] The team took out mandibles and designed the ants to stand upright, replacing their normal six legs with two arms and two legs. The score is pretty solid, also. Don't tell them I said that. (CHUCKLES) Delightful lads. He did it! You think this is a game? TUCK & ROLL: Up-a! ANT: (gleeful shout) Thank you! [18] It was partly based on Reeves's invention of particle systems a decade and a half earlier, which had let animators use masses of self-guided particles to create effects like swirling dust and snow. THORNY: (whispering) Great idea, princess. FLIK: Yeah, and I've got something for you, too. ATTA: Flik, you are sentenced to one month digging in the tunnels. Hey, like the one that nearly ate you, you 'member? Blueberries, dismissed! You are mindless, soil-shoving losers, put on this earth to serve us! You were saying, Flik? GRASSHOPPER: I think I heard something over here. Drop it. My little sister, who is 8 now, wants me to recite them to her as I help brush her teeth every night Moments like . It also won the Satellite Award for Best Animated Film and the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition by Randy Newman. Pull me down! No-no. SOIL: Oh, nonsense. SOIL: Do not panic! Oh! [69] In 2008, the American Film Institute nominated this film for its Top 10 Animation Films list. I have no fear! The patient needs her rest, you know. It initially fools the grasshoppers, but P.T., who is also fooled, sets the bird on fire. [Flik rolls up the blade of grass and places the bead of dew in its center. So let's double the order of food. Thumper is a "pet" of Hopper. DOT: Aah! The last leaf is about to fall! Bird! 'Scuse me, pardon me. The FilmIsNow team is dedicated to providing you with all the best new videos because just like you we are big movie fans. And there are insects out there that will take advantage of you. Here's what we do. Candy corn! (laughs nervously) Sorry, no, you see, it's classified in the DMZ. [10][18] Fastened to the end of a stick, the Bugcam could roll through grass and other terrain and send back an insect's-eye outlook. Let's go disco. FLY: Not so tough now, are you? Trying to help. SOIL: I tell you a tale of heroes so bold, who vanquished our grasshopper enemies of old. We could! FLEA: You sure you can't come on tour with us? And I'm scared, okay? Out! John Lasseter: Okay. FLIK: Hey, guys, this is Princess Atta! The colony is in good hands! The film's fullscreen transfer was performed by entirely "reframing" the film shot by shot; more than half of the film's footage was modified by Pixar animators to fit within the film's aspect ratio. MOSQUITO: Hey, bartender! He is an outcast living upon an ant colony who wishes to free and save his home from the tyranny of a colony consisted of grasshoppers. I'm really, really sorry. This is nothing compared to the twig of '93. The colony is right. ], [Dot and other ant kids are playing in the frame of the fake bird, now surrounded by flowers.]. [58], Todd McCarthy of Variety wrote, "Lasseter and Pixar broke new technical and aesthetic ground in the animation field with Toy Story, and here they surpass it in both scope and complexity of movement while telling a story that overlaps Antz in numerous ways. Marker.And action. Princess Atta, there's something I need to tell you. (laughs) Isn't that right, Aphie? FLEA: (panicking) Help! FLEA: Ladies and gentlemen, may I suggest that those of you with weak constitutions leave the arena, for this act is so dangerous that if the slightest thing should go wrong ROSIE: Go? SLIM: And if it wasn't for you, Francis would have never gotten in touch with his feminine side. The ants congratulate Flik as a hero, and bid a fond farewell to the circus troupe. ATTA: What? MOLT: Ooh! But there's got to be more food on the island! This would be the first time that subsurface scattering would be used in a Pixar film, and a small team at Pixar worked out the practical problems that kept it from working in animation. Say, let's pretend this grain is a puny little ant. GRASSHOPPER: Good idea! It's you who need us. FLIK: Leave her alone, Hopper. Soil. We are trained professionals! FLEA: Bugs will pay big bucks to see a bonfire that is starring me! SOIL: What do you think you're doing? The ants shove Hopper into the circus cannon to shoot him off of the island, but rain suddenly begins to fall. [The grassopper bends down and picks up a ladybug leaf cape, placing it on his head.]. Like toys, insects were within the reach of computer animation back then, due to their relatively simple surfaces. It's--, [Francis, Slim and Heimlich toss water onto P.T. One minute, insects! A Bug's Life 2: Revenge of the Grasshoppers Directed by Josh Cooley Produced by Andrew Stanton and Jonas Rivera Screenplay written by Stephany Folsom, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter "[20], When the trades indicated production on Antz, Lasseter, feeling betrayed, called Katzenberg and asked him bluntly if it were true, who in turn asked him where he had heard the rumor. We could go find helpers to help us. HOPPER: I swear, if I hadn't promised Mother on her deathbed that I wouldn't kill you, I would kill you. Are you saying I'm stupid? Ideas are very dangerous things. Just go. He is hoppa's younger brother and the self-best brother - although nobody cares because he is fat. He got his name due to being fat, gloton and chubby. ROSIE: Okay, I just need a little time to--. Coming. Bye, now. But we'll be ready for them. SOIL: That's it. GYPSY: Lieutenant Gypsy reporting for duty. I mean, why take the risk? You can just cut down the entire stalk! Let's face it. Does this mean we can break for lunch? You better start flying! Okay, through the tunnel [Gypsy falls onto the timer, causing it to ding and signalling Dim to jump. FLEA: We're losin' the audience! One more for me!Speed!Marker!Action!Spinning a web of safety in less than 50-Okay, slide it. Oh, no. [72][73][74][75][80], The film's theatrical and video releases include Geri's Game, an Academy Award winning Pixar short made in 1997, a year before this film was released. Nope! That's it. ], [Hopper drops the skin piece which floats down. If it was up there, would I be coming down here, to your level, looking for it?! [7] During an early test screening for Toy Story in San Rafael in June 1995, they pitched the film to Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Ants don't serve grasshoppers. For the video game, see, "Bugs life" redirects here. Yeah, that's good. Two technicians obliged by creating a miniature video camera on Lego wheels, which they dubbed as the "Bugcam". BLUE ANT BOY: Forget it, Dot. Help! Alright, let me try it again. And from way up here, you all look like little ants! (laughing raucously) Ooh! GYPSY: I can't believe the troupe is breaking up. Looks like you did something right for once, princess. MR. I'll tell you anyway. It was impractical for animators to control them individually, but neither could the ants remain static for even a moment without appearing lifeless, or move identically. FLEA: You're a walking stick. How many roaches does it take to screw in a light bulb? Should I give it to him? (laughing). Well, what if they were all blindfolded? FLY: I only got 24 hours to live, and I ain't gonna waste it here! You should tell Hopper. I'm fine. Flea walks away, the flypaper falls on top of him and is ignited by the flame. I'm fine.Are you saying I'm stupid?Yes!This is the 15th take. [P.T. ], [Two tiny butterfly wings pop out of the bulges.]. Randy Newman composed the music for the film. It's all tangled up. [7] Disney approved the treatment and gave notice on July 7 that it was exercising the option of a second film under the original 1991 agreement between Disney and Pixar. (ROARING)-I'm sorry. More details are available in the progress report. The next day, there was a line of flies outside the tent, went on forever! It's about keeping those ants in line. Because, you see, when you first brought them here, I thought you'd hired a bunch of clowns. Now it's getting mushy. I got it, J.L.!Alright! It's perfect. QUEEN: Oh, it'll be fine. He's right. Because it was you, Princess Atta. and the Circus Bugs on their new tour. FLIK: (gasps) Could you excuse me, please? And I heard a grasshopper say that when they're finished, Hopper's gonna squish my mom! BUG: What do you expect? SLIM: Okay, Flik, time to put you down now. ATTA: If you went, you'd be on that silly search for weeks. THORNY: All right, listen! FLIK: My colony's in trouble. So you'll probably want to get going. So it's your fault. QUEEN: What did I tell you about trying to fly? ATTA: (whispering) They come, they eat, they leave. "[25] Despite the successful box office performance of both Antz and A Bug's Life, tensions would remain high between Jobs and Katzenberg for many years. Under new management. FLEA: Hey, let's go. ATTA: Come on! You have got to help me. 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Send him to Health and Ant Services. Lasseter raised his voice and would not believe Katzenberg's story that a development director had pitched him the idea long ago. Gypsy, quick, you and Manny--. The film was released on November 20, 1998, received positive reviews and grossed $363million at the box office. I've told everyone you'll be stationed deep in the command bunker. For the colony and for oppressed ants everywhere! All right, clown. Fat Ramirez is silly, fat, don't like sharing his burritos but essentially good-hearted younger brother of Hoopa. Well, you're the first. What are you talking about? it's really the grasshoppers. Don't you think I know a rock when I see a rock? Walt Disney Pictures presents a Pixar Animation Studios film A Bug's Life. Oh, come on! FLIK: Wait, wait! [13] The characters "Tuck and Roll" were inspired by a drawing that Stanton did of two bugs fighting when he was in the second grade. (sigh) I'm never gonna make a difference. I know. I am the great P.T. In response, he formed DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and David Geffen and planned to rival Disney in animation. CORNELIUS: That's right! Meanwhile, Hopper reminds his gang of the ants' superior numbers, warning them the ants will rebel if not kept in line. ROSIE: Okay, come on, everyone! Kid, say the word, and we'll follow you into battle. John Lasseter: Action. And the way you pretended to be stuck in that huge crack! [14] The animators would only animate four or five groups of about eight individual "universal ants". MANNY: (sighs) Once again, our reputation precedes us. Help me! DR. FLORA: You could have killed somebody over here! I've seen these ants do great things. We could send someone to get help! You'll be fine. [47][48] It managed to retain its spot for two weeks until it was taken by Star Trek: Insurrection. I'm serious!Oh, Stop the camera!-(LAUGHING) -(URINATING)Uh-oh. I mean, you're his brother. [The Queen and Cornelius walk down toward the ants and circus bugs joyfully gathering among blooming flowers, [Dim opens his shell to reveal ant kids attempting to secretly ride him.]. I thought he was real. Oh, no. FLIK: Sorry. I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich I'm gonna be rich, rich, rich I'm gonna be the richest flea in the land The streets'll be paved with golden retrievers I'm rich, rich, rich That's who I am - Poor fellow. [P.T. MANNY: Oh? FLIK: Exactly! FLIK: Oh, I know it's a rock. These bloopers were labeled as "Deleted Scene & Blooper Reel": Eddie Murphy stumbling over his lines repeatedly in the first scene. [15], The casting of Hopper, the film's villain, proved problematic. THORNY: They're our ticket out of this mess! Oh! Don't worry, Flik. All right, girls. Do you understand me? The premise is entertaining, as the film flies through its 95 minute run time. [15], The animators also employed subsurface scatteringdeveloped by Pixar co-founder Edwin Catmull during his graduate student days at the University of Utah in the 1970sto render surfaces in a more lifelike way. DOT: He did it! [8], As Stanton and Ranft discussed the adaptation, they rattled off scenarios and storylines springing from their premise. Let's get moving, guys. VIOLET ANT BOY: Yeah, he says if the heat doesn't get you, the birds will. We've got to get the queen now. 8/10. FLY: Hey, cutie! MR. I hate it when someone gives away the ending. I mean, I've always been a black widow, but now I'm a black-widow widow. ], [The harvesters launch their stalks into the air, crashing into each other and producing firework-like showers of grain. Bigger bugs! Break a leg! So, thank you! Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. FLIK: But I should probably help repair some of the damage before I go, don't you think--. BEE: I'll show you who's tough! [8][25] Katzenberg casually responded that Jobs himself had taught him how to conduct similar business long ago, explaining that Jobs had come to Pixar's rescue by making the deal for Toy Story, as Pixar was near bankruptcy at that time. I'm not gonna cry. [Flik steps back in among the other ants. ATTA: Just what exactly is going on? Everyone, the whole colony. No, I'm wrong. We are going around the leaf. MR. The Circus Bugs and Atta pursue, with the latter catching up to Hopper and rescuing Flik. She's got enough on her plate already, training her daughter. Wanna pollinate with a real bug? GRASSHOPPER: You moron! Now it's going to take Everyone's involvement to make this plan a reality. You're wrong, but sweet. If we give up any more, we'll starve. (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE, BELCHES)(SNICKERING)(BOTH BELCHES)(PASSES GAS)Okay, can we stop?-(BOTH LAUGHING) -Get me Cindy on the phone, will ya?Okay, action! ANT: A-Around the leaf? A Bug's Life Script (1998) 7. No way we can make double quota before Hopper comes! DR. FLORA: You see? HOPPER: (laughs) Yeah, you're right! HOPPER: Do I lookstupidto you? P.T. Hello, girls! THORNY: It's okay, Your Highness. Transcript [] Atta seeing the hornets sting the audience [] Princess Atta: (in mascot form) Oh no, hornets are stinging the audience, stop the show (insert cast member's name)! And thank you for finding them, Flik. HEIMLICH: Boy, he runs fast for a little guy. Lasseter was intrigued by the way grass, leaves, and flower petals formed a translucent canopy, as if the insects were living under a stained-glass ceiling. Once she's safe, we move on Gypsy's signal. [The droning of grasshoppers is heard as the ants cower inside the anthill.]. [10] He thought the Circus Bugs were unlikable characters as liars and that it was unrealistic for them to undergo a complete personality change. You don't want to make him mad. Flea successfully pulls himself off the flypaper. After the Circus Bugs distract the grasshoppers long enough to rescue the Queen, Flik deploys the bird. [23], It was clear that Lasseter and Jobs believed that the idea was stolen by Katzenberg. That's very true, Hoppy. It was fully remastered in anamorphic widescreen and has substantial bonus features. Let's ride! FLIK: Seed to tree. [7] Walt Disney had produced his own version with a cheerier ending decades earlier in the 1934 short film The Grasshopper and the Ants. Hi. Hopper won't accept this! -Oh, sure. He asked for it. We got paying customers hatching! My eye! I've never seen anyone like that around here. FLY MOM: (frustrated sigh) I have been in outhouses that didn't stink that bad. Spring is in the air. [7][11] After Stanton had completed a draft of the script, he came to doubt one of the story's main pillars that the Circus Bugs that had come to the colony to cheat the ants would instead stay and fight. Yay! Flea attempts to pull himself off.]. What a nice surprise. DR. FLORA: Oh, yes, Princess Atta. The circus troupe flies away from the island, now surrounded by water and whose tree now bears pink blossoms. [Flik doesn't move. One problem: too many bugs. I didn't-- Oh, sorry! DR. FLORA: Oh, my. Action! FLEA: Well, get him out of it! Rub your legs together for the world's greatest bug circus! FRANCIS: Stand back, ye flies! For those who are new and are wondering about why this was necessary, read the shift in editing starting March 1st blog. Hopper moved into the anthill, and his gang's eating everything! [8] Lasseter also claimed Katzenberg had phoned him with the proposition, but Katzenberg denied these charges later. FLIK: Excuse me. Even when the going gets tough, this resourceful but misguided ant . Ka-ching! (quavering) Thanks. Lasseter placed this scene first in the pipeline because he believed it was "less likely to change". Atta and Dot become the new Queen and Princess, respectively. HOPPER: It's a bug-eat-bug world out there, Princess. Everything that made that giant tree is already contained inside this tiny little seed. Thank you, Mr. FLEA: I've just about had it with these losers! Let's get this show packed up! ], [The last of the food falls into the water below.]. They talked fancy to me. Antz may even help business for A Bug's Life by demonstrating how many dramatic and comedic possibilities can be found in an anthill. He wasn't supposed to actually find someone! HOPPER: It seems to me that you ants are forgetting your place. Joe Ranft, member of Pixar's story team, played Heimlich the caterpillar at the suggestion of Lasseter's wife, Nancy, who had heard him playing the character on a scratch vocal track. ], [The flypaper burns away, leaving behind a charred P.T. Our Blueberry troop salutes you bugs for rescuing our smallest member, Princess Dot. ANT: I'm lost! [8][22] For his part, Katzenberg believed he was the victim of a conspiracy: Eisner had decided not to pay him his contract-required bonus, convincing Disney's board not to give him anything. MOLT: Wow! [85] GameSpot gave the PlayStation version a 2.7/10, concluding that it was "obvious that Disney was more interested in producing a $40 advertisement for its movie than in developing a playable game. Bill Reeves, one of the film's two supervising technical directors, dealt with the quandary by leading the development of software for autonomous ants. What do I do? -Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis, Francis -You guys, I've got an idea! He looked funny at me. Buzz is walking down the aisle of Buzz Lightyear action figures. Let's just think about the logic, shall we? Oh, great ones! Blend. I know it's not our tradition to do things differently, but if our ancestors were able to build this anthill, we can certainly rally together to build this bird! "[67] On the contrary, Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post wrote, "Clever as it is, the film lacks charm. You don't smell like the queen. [34][35] A day after the screening, the crew visited Oval Office in the White House. He is voiced as spongy bfdi. P.T. Get ready to roll. Flea standing midstep. MANNY: And now, insectus transformatus! QUEEN: But, Hopper, since it's almost the rainy season, we need this time to gather food for ourselves. She's entitled to her opinion, too. During the subsequent celebration, the Circus Bugs' old boss, P.T. DR. FLORA: At least we could try. During a welcome ceremony upon their arrival, the Circus Bugs and Flik discover their mutual misunderstandings. Flaming Death is a huge hit! FLIK: Great. much to their fears and shock. (SCREAMS) (ALL SCREAMING). All aboard! ], [Flik and Atta turn away as Hopper is lowered down to the chicks. Boy, that's all I'd need, another royal blunder like that. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. ATTA: I really do think I should be part of this meeting. [87] while they gave the PlayStation version a 4/10, criticizing the gameplay as slow and awkward but praising the presentation as cinematic. Thumper is somewhat Hopper's main enforcer, brutally beating up any insect who . Uh, but let's just pretend for a minute that it's a seed, all right? Excuse me, Flik. HEIMLICH: Mein wings! I'm asking you with my brain. And this time, don't come back. Ow!-This really hurts, guys!-I'm sorry!Can we cut? DOT: You leave him alone. Go ahead. And I hope that this will make up FLIK: (quietly) Not right now, Rosie. I'm sorry, he looked funny. During production, a controversial public feud erupted between Steve Jobs and Lasseter of Pixar and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg due to the parallel production of his similar film Antz, which was released the same year. [The troupe begins descending with a droning buzz.]. BLUE ANT BOY: So, what are you supposed to be? Some party, huh? In response, DreamWorks' head of marketing Terry Press suggested, "Steve Jobs should take a pill. You guys burn me twice a night, I take a day off to heal. ], ROSIE: It's the-the web. [88], Disney's Animal Kingdom includes the 3D show It's Tough to Be a Bug!, which also existed at Disney California Adventure from 2001 to 2018. You lied to me! So, please, everyone, enjoy the party. FLIK: No! FLEA: Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present Manto the Magnificent and his lovely assistant, Gypsy! DOT: Me, neither. THORNY: It took the whole engineering department two days to dig him out. I'm sorry, he made me laugh.-Please, I'll do it right this time. Feel my wing. Settle into your role, and you'll come out of this one fine. Have you seen them? Go ahead. ATTA: Oh, of course. Lasseter and Stanton had two supervising animators to assist with directing and reviewing the animation: Rich Quade and Glenn McQueen. ROSIE: Put the stick down. I'm in need of your Oh, let's just cut to the chase. P.T. Give me some time. Go ahead and cry. You're lower than dirt. Has anyone seen Dot? FRANCIS: So! I'm sorry, no. They come, they eat, they leave. I mean, house-trained. SLIM: What's the point of going out there? You don't think I've offended the warriors, do you? P.T. [8][20] Katzenberg had stayed in touch with Lasseter after the acrimonious Disney split, often calling to check up. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Award for Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects. GRASSHOPPER: What if Hopper doesn't like it? Good! [53] In 1999, this record was surpassed by Toy Story 2, which would have the third biggest five-day Wednesday opening, just after Independence Day and Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Yes! The films world premiere was on November 14, 1998, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. A Bug's Life. Embark on. FRANCIS: Judging by your breath, you must have been buzzin' around a dung heap all day! [54], By late December 1998, A Bug's Life had earned over $100 million. THORNY: She's right! FLIK: Heimlich! These are the transcripts for the deleted scenes of It's Tough to be a Bug. For those who are new and are wondering about why this was necessary, read the shift in editing starting March 1st blog. How? Boy, are those grasshoppers in for a big surprise! [Tuck and Roll perform a skit using Hopper's antenna.]. FLIK: Since you're gonna be queen soon, you could use this to oversee production. And I have you bugs to thank for it. [22][26] David Price writes in his 2008 book The Pixar Touch that a rumor, "never confirmed", was that Katzenberg had given PDI "rich financial incentives to induce them to whatever it would take to have Antz ready first, despite Pixar's head start". It's a bird! It just went away. We've been forced to prepare all this food. -Thank you, gentlemen. MR. MR. Oh! Just do it again. Dr. Flora, if I may. P.T. Gaps happen. The guy's a tick. Hey! SLIM: These folks are sure hard up for entertainment.

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