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A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 6 wins & 14 nominations total
Woody Allen
- Z
- (voice)
Sharon Stone
- Bala
- (voice)
Gene Hackman
- Mandible
- (voice)
Sylvester Stallone
- Weaver
- (voice)
Dan Aykroyd
- Chip
- (voice)
Anne Bancroft
- Queen
- (voice)
Jane Curtin
- Muffy
- (voice)
Danny Glover
- Barbatus
- (voice)
Jennifer Lopez
- Azteca
- (voice)
John Mahoney
- Drunk Scout
- (voice)
Paul Mazursky
- Psychologist
- (voice)
Grant Shaud
- Foreman
- (voice)
Christopher Walken
- Cutter
- (voice)
Jerry Sroka
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Eric Darnell
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Pat Fry
- Worker Ants
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaChristopher Walken's voicework was so excellent that Cutter's role was expanded. He was originally a faceless lackey to General Mandible, but Walken brought some unexpected depths to the character.
- GoofsIn real life, the situation between ants and termites is reversed from their roles in the movie. Ants prey on termites, which are much smaller - and ants are the ones who secrete acid to kill them.
- Crazy creditsA child's hand holding a magnifying glass brings into focus the tiny names of the cast.
- Alternate versionsIn 2008, Cartoon Network started broadcasting the film in an edited format, with all explicit language completely removed, despite airing it virtually uncut in 2004.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Masters of Fantasy: The Anime Filmmakers (1998)
- SoundtracksGive Peace a Chance
Written by John Lennon
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Very underrated movie, this is one of Dreamworks' best
Antz is an animated movie that wasn't appreciated upon its initial release. After the family friendly movie Toy Story, I feel like people weren't ready for something a little bit darker, and more intense. This movie has death (and a lot of it at that), it has violence, it has gore, it has humor, it has swearing, and it has alcohol in it... pretty epic huh (granted, just being edgy doesn't necessarily equal good). The movie Antz which actually came out before A Bug's Life by about a month takes the role of what ants do a lot more seriously and better captures an ant like atmosphere. The movie A Bug's Life really doesn't seem to understand what ants do or how their colonies work, but the movie Antz does it all. There are the miners, the warriors, the drones (the ones with wings) the queen and others. The voice acting itself is also pretty good and Woody Allen fits the role of Z perfectly. The animation was also pretty advanced for its time, because it did many things that were hard for that time: Water, large amounts of moving objects, realistic face movement, realistic body movement, lighting, and many others.
The nice thing about this movie is that it doesn't pretend to be a kids movie. Ants swear in it (the word b****in is used once) and as mentioned there is a lot of violence. Like a very intense scene where the ants are trying to fight a termite colony and the ants are getting attacked by acid, are getting decapitated, and dying in other various barbaric ways. The thing is that this movie doesn't cover up death. When someone dies, the movie won't hide it.
The other cool thing in Antz is that the rest of the insects in the movie are as hideous and monstrous as they should be. Praying Mantis? It is infinitely larger than an Ant. Wasps? Like giants. It gives this overwhelming sense that Z is not only small in the ant world but also small in the insect world as well. There is nothing that can't kill him (even the princess could if she wanted).
Honestly this movie was really good, it has a good story, it has good characters, it is realistic, and has nice action. One of Dreamkworks' best.
The nice thing about this movie is that it doesn't pretend to be a kids movie. Ants swear in it (the word b****in is used once) and as mentioned there is a lot of violence. Like a very intense scene where the ants are trying to fight a termite colony and the ants are getting attacked by acid, are getting decapitated, and dying in other various barbaric ways. The thing is that this movie doesn't cover up death. When someone dies, the movie won't hide it.
The other cool thing in Antz is that the rest of the insects in the movie are as hideous and monstrous as they should be. Praying Mantis? It is infinitely larger than an Ant. Wasps? Like giants. It gives this overwhelming sense that Z is not only small in the ant world but also small in the insect world as well. There is nothing that can't kill him (even the princess could if she wanted).
Honestly this movie was really good, it has a good story, it has good characters, it is realistic, and has nice action. One of Dreamkworks' best.
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Box office
- Budget
- $105,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $90,757,863
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,195,160
- Oct 4, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $171,757,863
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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