Antz

Antz

 Cast: Woody Allen
Woody Allen
, Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
, Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
, Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
, Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
Antz

Antz

 Cast: Woody Allen
Woody Allen
, Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
, Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
, Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
, Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd

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Overview

DreamWorks and Pacific Data Images collaborated on this all computer-animated comedy-adventure about the ant angst of misfit worker ant, Z (voice of Woody Allen), who feels trapped by the conformist confines of his totalitarian ant civilization and eventually sets forth in search of Insectopia. After DreamWorks began animating Prince of Egypt June 1, 1995, the company launched Antz in Palo Alto a year later (5/20/96), the same month the DreamWorks/PDI partnership was announced. The screenplay by Chris and Paul Weitz and Todd Alcott has uncredited input by Woody Allen (who matched dialogue to fit his usual style of verbal delivery). The story suggests the possible influence of Yevgeny Zamatin's classic novel We (1923) and Ayn Rand's similar-themed Anthem (1936), filmed in the early '70s in a rarely seen unauthorized film adaptation (which Rand never allowed to be shown commercially). Following the 1995 Toy Story (1995), Antz is the second fully computer-animated feature, preceding the release of Disney's all-CGI A Bug's Life by seven weeks. Antz begins with worker ant Z discussing his feelings of insignificance with a shrink (voice of Paul Mazursky) before heading off to his tunnel-digging job, work supervised by General Mandible (Gene Hackman) and Colonel Cutter (Christopher Walken). Mandible has big dreams of conquest, and he convinces the Queen (Anne Bancroft) an attack is necessary to prevent a termite invasion. Her daughter is Princess Bala (Sharon Stone), who's not overly enchanted by her engagement to Mandible. The Princess goes slumming, visiting the bar where Z hangs out with his friend Weaver (Sylvester Stallone). To the tune of "Guantanamera," Bala dances with Z -- in a scene with allusions to the dance in Pulp Fiction (1994). Entranced by the encounter, Z convinces Weaver to swap places, so a military parade will allow him to see Bala in the reviewing stand. Befriended by soldier ant Barbatus (Danny Glover) during the parade, Z nervously realizes he's actually marching into battle. Attacked by termites, the troops experience horrors highly reminiscent of the Starship Troopers (1997) bug battles. The dying Barbatus tells Z, "Don't follow orders all your life." As the only survivor of the slaughter, Z returns home a war hero. Threatened by Mandible, Bala and Z are thrown together in a journey into the outside world, and they travel toward the legendary Insectopia. Major city newspaper critics were almost unanimous in their praise of Antz. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date: 06/05/2018
UPC: 0191329059616
Original Release: 1998
Rating: PG
Source: Dreamworks Animated
Language: English
Time: 1:23:00
Sales rank: 35,072

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Woody Allen Z
Sharon Stone Princess Bala
Gene Hackman Gen. Mandible
Sylvester Stallone Weaver
Dan Aykroyd Chip
Jennifer Lopez Azteca
Danny Glover Barbatus
Jane Curtin Muffy
Anne Bancroft Queen
John Mahoney Drunk Scout
Paul Mazursky Psychologist
Grant Shaud Foreman
Christopher Walken Col. Cutter,Actor
Eric Darnell Additional Voices
Gary Schwartz Additional Voices
Jim Cummings Voices
Jerry Sroka Voices
April Winchell Voices
Bret Haaland Additional Voices
Marty Sixkiller Voices
Mickie McGowan Voices
Phil Proctor Voices
Harry Gregson-Williams Composer
John Powell Composer

Technical Credits
Eric Darnell Director
Tim Johnson Director
Todd Alcott Screenwriter
Chris Weitz Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Brad Lewis Producer
Aron Warner Producer
Patty Wooton Producer
Ken Bielenberg Special Effects
Leslee Feldman Casting
Penney Finkelman Cox Executive Producer
Sandra Rabins Executive Producer
Carl Rosendahl Executive Producer
Catherine Dingman Screenwriter
Steven Albert Special Effects
Richard L. Anderson Sound Effects
Kenneth Nakada Producer
Nick Foster Special Effects
Steve Maslow Sound/Sound Designer
Gregg Landaker Sound/Sound Designer
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