The Ant Bully (film)
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| Directed by | John A. Davis |
| Produced by |
Tom Hanks Gary Goetzman John A. Davis |
| Written by | John A. Davis |
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The Ant Bully by John Nickle |
| Starring |
Zach Tyler Eisen Julia Roberts Nicolas Cage Meryl Streep Paul Giamatti |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Edited by | Jon Price |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $55.2 million |
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| Film score by John Debney | ||||
| Released | August 1, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Pop music | |||
| Length | 57:41 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
| Producer | John Debney | |||
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The Ant Bully is a 2006 American computer-animated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by John A. Davis based on the 1999 children's book of the same name by John Nickle. It, featuring the voices of Zach Tyler Eisen, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep and Paul Giamatti, was produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone, John A. Davis and Keith Alcorn's DNA Productions and released in theatres on July 28, 2006 by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures. Concurrently with the general release, it was offered in big screen IMAX 3D, the format also used with The Polar Express. This is also the first animated one produced by Legendary Pictures, the 2nd feature one produced by DNA Productions. Just before its release, most of the DNA employees were laid off and its animation facility was closed. It was the last film role by Ricardo Montalban before his death in 2009. The film earned $55.2 million on a $50 million budget.
Set in Las Vegas, this is about a lonely 10-year-old, Lucas Nickle (Zach Tyler Eisen). His parents, who fail to understand him, go to Puerto Vallarta, leaving him with his older sister always obsessed with her favorite cell phone, and his Grandmother, who obsesses over aliens. Tormented by a local bully, Lucas attacks an anthill with a squirt gun. This terrifies the ants. One ant, an eccentric wizard named Zoc (Nicolas Cage), tries to fight back. His girlfriend, a nurse ant named Hova (Julia Roberts), attempts to communicate with Lucas. She is almost crushed and is rescued by Zoc. The leaders of the colony use a potion to shrink Lucas down to ant size.
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