Antz

Antz
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Eric Darnell Tim Johnson
Produced by	Brad Lewis Aron Warner Patty Wooton
Written by	Paul Weitz Chris Weitz Todd Alcott
Story by	Tim Johnson (concept)
Starring	Woody Allen Dan Aykroyd Anne Bancroft Jane Curtin Danny Glover Gene Hackman Jennifer Lopez John Mahoney Paul Mazursky Grant Shaud Sylvester Stallone Sharon Stone Christopher Walken
Music by	John Powell Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography	Simon J. Smith
Edited by	Stan Webb
Production company	DreamWorks Pictures Pacific Data Images
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures
Release date	September 19, 1998 (1998-09-19) (TIFF) October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02) (United States)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$105 million
Box office	$171.8 million

Antz is a 1998 American computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson, written by Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz, and Todd Alcott. The film stars Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Lopez, Sylvester Stallone, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, and Gene Hackman. Some of the main characters share facial similarities with the actors who voice them.Antz is DreamWorks Pictures' first animated film, and the second feature-length computer-animated film after Disney/Pixar's Toy Story.

The film's production resulted in a controversial public feud, between the DreamWorks co-founder, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Steve Jobs and John Lasseter of Pixar, concerning the parallel productions of this film and Pixar's A Bug's Life. This only worsened when Disney refused to avoid competition with DreamWorks' intended first animated release, The Prince of Egypt. The film premiered on September 19, 1998, at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on October 2, 1998. It grossed $171.8 million worldwide on a budget of $105 million, and it has a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which wrote that it "should delight both children and adults".