every year, a bunch of grasshoppers come to the anthill and eat what the ants have gathered for them. the ants have to work all year to get the food, just to have the grasshoppers take it away.so the queen ant tells a trouble making ant named flick to go find warriors to help them fight off the grasshoppers (hoping he won't come back). He comes back with circus bugs by mistake, but in the end they defeat the grasshoppers, and the ants are safe. the first cgi film to be animated in scope. an Bermuda Intl Film Fest '98 official selection. John Lasseter directs - co-director: Andrew Stanton - from the screenplay by Stanton and Donald McEnery & Bob Shaw; original story by Lasseter, Stanton and Joe Ranft. produced by Darla K. Anderson and Kevin Reher. music by Randy Newman; featuring "the time of your life", written & performed by Newman • Soundtrack available on Walt Disney Records. from walt disney pictures, a pixar animation studios film. filmed entirely on location • general: 11/25/98 approved [#36295]/rated g