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Antz (1998)
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
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A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
Rating:PG
Genre:Animation, Comedy, Family
Written By:Paul Weitz, Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz
In Theaters:10/2/1998
Box Office:$171,757,863
Runtime:83 minutes
Studio:Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks Pictures
Cast
Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Director
Woody Allen
Z-4195 “Z” (voice)
Sharon Stone
Princess Bala (voice)
Dan Aykroyd
Chip (voice)
Anne Bancroft
Queen (voice)
Danny Glover
Barbatus (voice)
Gene Hackman
General Mandible (voice)
Jane Curtin
Muffy (voice)
Sylvester Stallone
Weaver (voice)
Jennifer Lopez
Azteca (voice)
Christopher Walken
Colonel Cutter (voice)
John Mahoney
Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
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