A bug's life

a bug's life is a computer animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on November 14, 1998, and in the United Kingdom on 5 February 1999. It tells the tale of an oddball individualist ant who hires what he thinks are "warrior bugs" to fight off greedy grasshoppers. The film was directed by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton.

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Computer animated - Film - Pixar Animation Studios - Walt Disney Pictures - Buena Vista Distribution - United States - November 14 - 1998 - United Kingdom - 5 February - 1999 - Ant - Grasshoppers - John Lasseter - Andrew Stanton

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The story of a bug's life is a retelling of Aesop's fable of The Ant and the Grasshopper. It is similar to the comedy ¡Three Amigos!, which is about out-of-work actors defending a town while thinking they're merely giving a performance, and it gives an obvious nod to Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, which is about Japanese villagers hiring a rag-tag group of swordsmen to fight off rampaging bandits.

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Aesop - The Ant and the Grasshopper - ¡Three Amigos! - Akira Kurosawa - The Seven Samurai - Japanese

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Reviews for a bug's life were overwhelmingly positive at the time of the film's release, and it has remained popular since.

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