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UNITED STATES · 1998

A Bug's Life

John Lasseter
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Synopsis

On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

Year1998
CountryUnited States
DirectorJohn Lasseter
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The core of our story, where a small colony is threatened and seeks help from outsiders, was definitely inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai'.
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