Antz (1998)

Directors:

Eric Darnell
Tim Johnson

Drehbuchautoren:

Todd Alcott (writer) &
Chris Weitz (writer) ...

Premierendatum:

2. Oktober 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Trickfilm | Abenteuer | Komödie | Familienfilm

Werbezeile:

Every ant has his day.

Plot:

A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.

Plot Keywords:

Ants | Conformity | Angst | Fight The System | Love

Filmpreise:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Animated Film That Will Entertain Adults

Besetzung

Woody Allen	...	Z (voice)
Dan Aykroyd	...	Chip (voice)
Anne Bancroft	...	Queen (voice)
Jane Curtin	...	Muffy (voice)
Danny Glover	...	Barbatus (voice)
Gene Hackman	...	General Mandible (voice)
Jennifer Lopez	...	Azteca (voice)
John Mahoney	...	Grebs / Drunk Scout / Additional Voices (voice)
Paul Mazursky	...	Psychologist (voice)
Grant Shaud	...	Foreman (voice)
Sylvester Stallone	...	Weaver (voice)
Sharon Stone	...	Princess Bala (voice)
Christopher Walken	...	Colonel Cutter (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Additional Voices (voice)
April Winchell	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Alternativ:

Ants (USA) (working title)
Antz (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]
Antz - Was krabbelt da? (Deutschland) (TV title) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild language and menacing action.

Länge:

83 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:PG (British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:G (Alberta/Quebec) | New Zealand:PG | South Korea:All | Norway:7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Brazil:Livre | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Iceland:L | Ireland:PG | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #36210)

Firma:

DreamWorks SKG

Dies und das:

Woody Allen and Sylvester Stallone appeared in a film together 27 years earlier - Bananas (1971).

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: Z and Barbatus are standing side by side in formation. The platoon then executes a right face and Barbatus encourages Z to move up putting him side by side with Barbatus again. While this is convenient for conversation, it wouldn't have worked because whomever had been in front of Barbatus in formation would now be in that spot.

Dialogzitate:

Z: We rebuilt the colony; better than before, because now we have a very large indoor swimming pool.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The Secret World of 'Antz' (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again

Animated Film That Will Entertain Adults

From what I have read, DreamWorks got the idea of an insect animation film from Disney, rushed to market before the Disney version was released, and that they think this will enable them to compete against Disney in the animated film market? I think some reevaluation is in order.

ANTZ is not bad, far from it. The animation is very well done (to this untrained, unschooled eye) and the voices well-acted (and maybe Woody wasn't so much acting as being Woody). The feel-good plot was well......very Disney. Certainly worth the price of a rental. And I mean this for adults. I can't comment of the movie being too dark and violent for small children, well maybe very small children.

Nothing earth-shaking or leading edge, but good ol' entertainment.