A Bug's Life

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Journey with one ant as he searches for warriors to help battle bullying grasshoppers who threaten his home. When he stumbles on a bumbling troupe of circus bugs, the only hope for victory is the bond of friendship and the power of imagination.
  • Starring: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey
  • Directed by: John Lasseter
  • Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
  • Release year: 1998
  • Studio: Disney/Pixar
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Synopsis: Journey with one ant as he searches for warriors to help battle bullying grasshoppers who threaten his home. When he stumbles on a bumbling troupe of circus bugs, the only hope for victory is the bond of friendship and the power of imagination.
Starring: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey
Supporting actors: Denis Leary, David Hyde Pierce, Julie Louis-Dreyfus, Bonnie Hunt, Roddy McDowall, Madeline Kahn, Phyllis Diller, Edie McClurg, Hayden Panettiere, Jonathan Harris, Alex Rocco, John Ratzenberger, David Ossman, Joe Ranft, Brad Garrett, Michael McShane
Directed by: John Lasseter
Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
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Release year: 1998
Studio: Disney/Pixar
ASIN: B0049INC0O (Rental) and B0060D0JCK (Purchase)
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  • US Theatrical Release Date: November 20, 1998

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94 of 113 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best DVD I've ever owned July 24, 2000
By Tom Zohar
Format:DVD
This is probably not going to surprise anyone-- This is simply an excellent DVD, in every scale. The first disc contains the movie itself, which is transferred from its original, digital source. The picture quality is unbelievable. Not one spot comes up during the movie, not one scratch appears-- because this wasn't transferred from film. This is the way A Bug's Life should be watched. The colors are amazing, bright and contrast eachother perfectly. The sound is also unbelievable-- this movie challanged my 1.5 surround system perfectly. Unlike some other movies I've seen, where the two rear speakers are only used about twice in the movie, A Bug's Life uses them almost constantly-- You can hear the crickets and cicadas all around you in many of the scenes, Hopper's gang are flying at you from behind; Even with a simple scene like the "Royal Huddle" the ant's footsteps are coming from around you. The first disc contains a Cinemascope widescreen version and a pan-and-scan version. I'll have to say that if you don't have a widescreen TV (I don't), you probably should forget about the widescreen version here as it is aspecially small. Besides, the PSP version was edited digitally in a very special way, even described on this DVD-- you hardly miss anything in the PSP version because of that special editing. If anything, you actually get to see more detail. Also on the first disc are two special audio choices, Music Only (cool) and SFX only (VERY cool), and a director's commentary (quite cool, although not the best I've heard. John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich seem to talk too much about the story, which sometimes makes it sound as if they're just describing what you already see on screen.)

(I'm not going to give review to the movie itself here-- In short, it is definitly a 5 star movie!)

The second disk is where the real fun begins. I've never seen so many extras, with so many choices to choose from. It's almost confusing-- You not only get to see how they made the movie, you get to literally see how they developed EACH AND EVERY character in this film. It's astonishing. You can also hear how they edited the sound, see how they made the PSP version so good, see how they made the outtakes at the end (and also see the outtakes by themselves, clean, full screen and with no credits to interrupt), see an interview with the characters themselves (which is simply hilarious), and... See Geri's Game in all its glory. And there's even more.

Basically, if you don't have this DVD, you WILL buy it. Otherwise, what's the point of having a DVD?

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24 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Super Genius Edition is the one to own December 8, 1999
By Lawrence Zieminski VINE™ VOICE
Format:DVD
This is the definitive DVD edition of A Bugs Life. The film makers call it "The Super Genius Edition" and I have to agree. They included everything in this two disc edition. Not only do we get both sets of outtakes, but we get Geri's Game (old man playing chess), the trailers (including one for international release), deleted scenes, storyboards, pictures, making of segments and more. It can easily take you 3 hours to go through all the extras on this disc. If you have ever wanted to know how this movie was made, this disc will tell you!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-popping imagery and gut-busting laughs November 29, 1999
By David A. Barnett
Format:DVD
When I first purchased my DVD player this June, I made a b-line for the rental store for Bugs Life, hoping to relive some of the magic I remembered from seeing the film at the cinema house. What I discovered, though, was that the images were so clean, vibrant, colorful and striking, that I was too busy looking 'at' the film that I had a difficult time 'watching' the film. Pixar did a great job with assembling a touching and imaginative film here, but what remains for me is that the DVD stands as the benchmark for all that the DVD format delivers.
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