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Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Walken, Danny Glover in...

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( Catalog Number PILA3033 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

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1998 - 83 min. - Color
Genre: Computer Animation
Rated PG
Country: Japan

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Z-4195 (Woody Allen) is just a worker ant - one in a billion - and his odds of landing the beautiful Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) are about the same. Undaunted by the colony's unyielding caste system, Z enlists the aid of his best friend, a soldier ant named Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), to get to the Princess. When a remarkable twist of fate turns Z from a common drone into an unlikely hero, he unwittingly puts a bug in the ambitious General Mandible's (Gene Hackman) plan to literally liquidate the colony and remake it in his own image. Z soon finds himself leading a revolution that becomes a celebration of individuality in the face of overwhelming conformity. Once the most insignificant of workers, Z may just prove to be the biggest hero of them all.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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. --- Bhob Stewart

What a masterstroke to graft Woody Allen's neurotic shtick onto a creature with great allegorical cause for feeling insignificant: an ant born into a colony of millions, indistinguishable from his neighbors. The opening scene of Antz, in which Allen's Z reports his psychological malaise to a therapist, sets audiences up for the way the film will work on multiple levels. Only the second film to be entirely digital, after Toy Story (1995), the film is not content to be merely an odyssey of visual stimuli --- it also has the wry intelligence to exist as a loving lampoon of Allen's work. Allen is just one of many who do assured vocal work on the project, with Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone also offering mild riffs on their familiar personas. Inevitably compared and contrasted with its CGI insect competition, A Bug's Life, released by Disney and Pixar later that year, A Bug's Life may be the more cuddly and kid-friendly movie (the battle scene in Antz is not really appropriate for younger viewers), bu

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Cast for Antz

Woody Allen (voice)
Dan Aykroyd (voice)
Anne Bancroft (voice)
Jane Curtin (voice)
Danny Glover (voice)
Gene Hackman (voice)
Jennifer Lopez (voice)
John Mahoney (voice)
John Mahoney (voice)
John Mahoney (voice)
Paul Mazursky (voice)
Grant Shaud (voice)
Sylvester Stallone (voice)
Sharon Stone (voice)
Christopher Walken (voice)
Jim Cummings (voice)
April Winchell (voice)
Jerry Sroka (voice)
Jerry Sroka (voice)

Crew for Antz

Producer Penney Finkelman Cox
Producer Brad Lewis
Producer Sandra Rabins
Producer Carl Rosendahl
Producer Aron Warner
Producer Patty Wooton
Composer Harry Gregson-Williams
Composer John Powell
Director Eric Darnell
Director Tim Johnson
Editor Stan Webb
Kenny Andrews
George Bruder
Marcos D'Cruze
Jennifer Dahlman
Michael Dmitri
Anthony Domingo
Anthony Domingo
Ted Elliott
Ted Elliott
Anne Fletcher
Nik Gervae
Lawrence Guterman
Denise Howard
Tripp Hudson
Jack Jackson
Lauri Johnson
Patrick Kenney
Lawrence Kesteloot
Janet Mooney
Moanike'ala Nakamoto
Matt Palmer
Zak Penn
Stacy Rentel
Terry Rossio
Terry Rossio
Eric Salituro
Adam Shankman
Rahul Thakkar
Nicole Tibbles
Wendy Vogt
Gary L. Wohlleben
Production Designer John Bell
Writer Todd Alcott
Writer Chris Weitz
Writer Paul Weitz

Feature Details

Title: Antz
Feature Release Date: 1998
Genre: Computer Animation
Rating: PG
Color: Color
Runtime: 83 Minutes
Chapters: 28
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 22 Oct 1999
Catalog Number: PILA3033
UPC: 4988102500610
Manufacturer: Pioneer Japan
Publisher: Dreamworks

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Sound Analog Right: Dolby Digital 5.1
Closed Caption: English
Spoken Language: English
Country: Japan
Video Format: NTSC

Model: PILA3033
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare AC-3 Widescreen LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket

Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Christopher Walken, Danny Glover in...

Antz

( Catalog Number PILA3033 )
(1.85:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (CC) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Antz
1998 - 83 min. - Color
Genre: Computer Animation
Rated PG
Country: Japan

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Z-4195 (Woody Allen) is just a worker ant - one in a billion - and his odds of landing the beautiful Princess Bala (Sharon Stone) are about the same. Undaunted by the colony's unyielding caste system, Z enlists the aid of his best friend, a soldier ant named Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), to get to the Princess. When a remarkable twist of fate turns Z from a common drone into an unlikely hero, he unwittingly puts a bug in the ambitious General Mandible's (Gene Hackman) plan to literally liquidate the colony and remake it in his own image. Z soon finds himself leading a revolution that becomes a celebration of individuality in the face of overwhelming conformity. Once the most insignificant of workers, Z may just prove to be the biggest hero of them all.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
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. --- Bhob Stewart

What a masterstroke to graft Woody Allen's neurotic shtick onto a creature with great allegorical cause for feeling insignificant: an ant born into a colony of millions, indistinguishable from his neighbors. The opening scene of Antz, in which Allen's Z reports his psychological malaise to a therapist, sets audiences up for the way the film will work on multiple levels. Only the second film to be entirely digital, after Toy Story (1995), the film is not content to be merely an odyssey of visual stimuli --- it also has the wry intelligence to exist as a loving lampoon of Allen's work. Allen is just one of many who do assured vocal work on the project, with Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone also offering mild riffs on their familiar personas. Inevitably compared and contrasted with its CGI insect competition, A Bug's Life, released by Disney and Pixar later that year, A Bug's Life may be the more cuddly and kid-friendly movie (the battle scene in Antz is not really appropriate for younger viewers), bu

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Cast for Antz

Woody Allen (voice)
Dan Aykroyd (voice)
Anne Bancroft (voice)
Jane Curtin (voice)
Danny Glover (voice)
Gene Hackman (voice)
Jennifer Lopez (voice)
John Mahoney (voice)
John Mahoney (voice)
John Mahoney (voice)
Paul Mazursky (voice)
Grant Shaud (voice)
Sylvester Stallone (voice)
Sharon Stone (voice)
Christopher Walken (voice)
Jim Cummings (voice)
April Winchell (voice)
Jerry Sroka (voice)
Jerry Sroka (voice)

Crew for Antz

Producer Penney Finkelman Cox
Producer Brad Lewis
Producer Sandra Rabins
Producer Carl Rosendahl
Producer Aron Warner
Producer Patty Wooton
Composer Harry Gregson-Williams
Composer John Powell
Director Eric Darnell
Director Tim Johnson
Editor Stan Webb
Kenny Andrews
George Bruder
Marcos D'Cruze
Jennifer Dahlman
Michael Dmitri
Anthony Domingo
Anthony Domingo
Ted Elliott
Ted Elliott
Anne Fletcher
Nik Gervae
Lawrence Guterman
Denise Howard
Tripp Hudson
Jack Jackson
Lauri Johnson
Patrick Kenney
Lawrence Kesteloot
Janet Mooney
Moanike'ala Nakamoto
Matt Palmer
Zak Penn
Stacy Rentel
Terry Rossio
Terry Rossio
Eric Salituro
Adam Shankman
Rahul Thakkar
Nicole Tibbles
Wendy Vogt
Gary L. Wohlleben
Production Designer John Bell
Writer Todd Alcott
Writer Chris Weitz
Writer Paul Weitz

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