---
title: 'A Bug''s Life (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Lasseter'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
certification: 'G'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-bugs-life-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120623/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Bug's Life (1998)

1998 · G · 96 min · Comedy, Adventure, Family · United States

Part of: list of Pixar films

## Synopsis

A Bug's Life is a 1998 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by John Lasseter, written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, from a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ranft, and stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller, Richard Kind, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Ranft, Denis Leary, Jonathan Harris, Madeline Kahn, Bonnie Hunt, Michael McShane, John Ratzenberger, Brad Garrett, Roddy McDowell, Edie McClurg, Alex Rocco and David Ossman In the film, a misfit anthropomorphic ant named Flik looks for "tough warriors" to save his ant colony from a protection racket run by a gang of grasshoppers. However, the "warriors" he brings back are a troupe of Circus Bugs. The film's plot was initially inspired by Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Lasseter](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lasseter), [Andrew Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-stanton)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrew Stanton](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-stanton), [Don McEnery](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-mcenery)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Randy Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/randy-newman)
- **Producer:** [Darla K. Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/darla-k-anderson), [Kevin Reher](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-reher)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sharon Calahan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharon-calahan)
- **Editor:** [Lee Unkrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-unkrich)

## Cast

- [Bonnie Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/bonnie-hunt) as Rosie
- [Jonathan Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-harris) as Manny
- [David Hyde Pierce](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hyde-pierce) as Slim
- [Alex Rocco](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-rocco)
- [Denis Leary](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-leary) as Francis
- [Joe Ranft](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-ranft) as Heimlich
- [Mike McShane](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-mcshane) as Tuck and Roll
- [Dave Foley](https://cinepixo.com/people/dave-foley) as Flik
- [Edie McClurg](https://cinepixo.com/people/edie-mcclurg) as Dr. Flora
- [Roddy McDowall](https://cinepixo.com/people/roddy-mcdowall) as Mr. Soil
- [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-louis-dreyfus) as Atta
- [Richard Kind](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-kind) as Molt
- [Hayden Panettiere](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayden-panettiere) as Dot
- [Kevin Spacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-spacey) as Hopper
- [David Ossman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ossman)

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Official site: https://www.pixar.com/feature-films/a-bugs-life
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-bugs-life-1998
Film facts: Wikidata (Q216153); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.