7/26/2023 0 Comments Antz director![]() ![]() The wasps Chip and Muffy are voiced by Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin respectively. The Queen seems satisfied with her role of populating the colony, and she is able to converse with General Mandible and her eldest daughter Bala while greeting each of her newly-hatched larvae and passing each 'baby' to the workers to be looked after. The Queen of the ant colony is played by Anne Bancroft, the veteran of stage and screen who was most famous for her role as Mrs Robinson in The Graduate. Christopher Walken had also had a role in Annie Hall and appeared on Saturday Night Live but is also known for other films including his villainous role in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. He is voiced by Gene Hackman, who had played Lex Luthor in the Superman films amongst many other roles.Ĭhristopher Walken plays Cutter, a flying ant and deputy to the General, although he finds he is happier working for the good of the colony than for himself. He gives impassioned speeches to the massed ranks in the style of a military dictator, but his personal goals are more important to him than the welfare of the colony as a whole. General Mandible is the leader of the soldier ants and Princess Bala is his fiancée. Danny Glover had provided voices for other animations, including DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt, and also played Nelson Mandela in a biopic. 'J Lo' was best known as a singer, although she had had a few parts in films and TV series before Antz, and she went on to star in romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan as well as providing the voice for a character in the Ice Age animated film franchise, amongst other roles.ĭanny Glover plays Barbatus, a soldier ant who takes Z under his wing as the ant army heads out to battle the termites ( mirroring the actor's role alongside Mel Gibson in the film Lethal Weapon). ![]() Weaver's sensuous love interest Azteca is voiced by Jennifer Lopez. The actor was famous for action films including Rocky and Rambo before being offered the part of Weaver. Stallone's features influenced the design of Weaver's face, and the ant is muscular and protective of his friends. Sylvester Stallone voices Weaver, a soldier ant who is Z's best friend. Sharon Stone is most well-known for Basic Instinct but had had a range of parts in films and on TV before lending her voice to Antz. Princess Bala is played by Sharon Stone and is regal but with an adventurous side. Woody Allen was most well-known as a writer and director before being approached for the role of Z, but he had also enjoyed a range of acting roles and cameos before then, most notably in Annie Hall. So much so, Woody Allen had to stop viewing the film after it had been completed, because he never likes to see his own acting, and he found that watching Z was too much like watching himself. Z is voiced by Woody Allen, and has similar mannerisms and foibles. Soon Z and Bala find themselves outside the anthill and hoping to find Insectopia. However, dark times follow as the ants wage war on termites while a sinister plot is brewing closer to home. They dance in the colony's bar and start to fall in love. In the film, worker ant Z 1 is wondering about the meaning of life and his place in the colony when he meets Princess Bala, who is similarly contemplating her destiny as the heir to the Queen. Antz was written by Chris and Paul Weitz (who went on to write non-animated films including About a Boy) and was directed by Eric Darnell (who later co-directed films in DreamWorks' Madagascar franchise) and Tim Johnson (who also directed later DreamWorks animated films including Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas). It cost about $105 million to make and grossed about $170 million in cinemas around the world, whereas A Bug's Life cost a bit more ($120 million) but grossed $363 million. ![]() However, instead of stealing its rival's glory, it gained DreamWorks a reputation for being a bit of a copycat. It took two and a half years to make and was released in 1998 so as to arrive in cinemas just before Disney Pixar's similar film A Bug's Life. Antz was the first computer animated film produced by DreamWorks and PDI and was only the second computer animated film that had ever been made, after Disney Pixar's Toy Story.
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