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The Ant Bully (88 min)
Synopsis: Friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, the new kid in town, Lucas Nickle, takes out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But the industrious ants will only take so much. Retaliating, they shrink Lucas down to their size and give him a taste of "colony life!" Here, in a strange new world, Lucas learns about true friendship, gains a whole new perspective on life, and ultimately finds the courage to stand up for himself in this witty and heartwarming story of a young boy on a remarkable journey.
Cast: Zach Tyler Eisen (Lucas Nickle); Julia Roberts (Hova); Nicolas Cage (Zoc); Meryl Streep (The Queen Ant); Paul Giamatti (Stan Beals); Regina King (Kreela); Bruce Campbell (Fugax); Lily Tomlin (Mommo); Cheri Oteri (Doreen Nickle); Larry Miller (Fred Nickle); Allison Mack (Tiffany Nickle); Ricardo Montalbán (The Head of Council); Myles Jeffrey (Steve); Jake T. Austin (Nicky); Rob Paulsen (Beetle); S. Scott Bullock (Glow Worm); Mark DeCarlo (Fly who has wings); Richard Green (Wasp Leader); Don Frye (Soldier Ant); Creagen Dow (Mullet Boy)
Directed by John A. Davis
US Release Date: July 28, 2006 (Premiered on July 23rd at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre)
US Home Media Release Dates: November 28, 2006 (DVD/Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Original score by John Debney
• The film was produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone, Davis and Keith Alcorn's DNA Productions, and Legendary Pictures in their first animated film.
• Along with the theatrical release, an IMAX 3D version was presented in only some of the IMAX theaters. The special IMAX 3D version was remastered in three dimensions with IMAX DMR.
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The Ant Bully (88 min)
Synopsis: Friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, the new kid in town, Lucas Nickle, takes out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But the industrious ants will only take so much. Retaliating, they shrink Lucas down to their size and give him a taste of "colony life!" Here, in a strange new world, Lucas learns about true friendship, gains a whole new perspective on life, and ultimately finds the courage to stand up for himself in this witty and heartwarming story of a young boy on a remarkable journey.
Cast: Zach Tyler Eisen (Lucas Nickle); Julia Roberts (Hova); Nicolas Cage (Zoc); Meryl Streep (The Queen Ant); Paul Giamatti (Stan Beals); Regina King (Kreela); Bruce Campbell (Fugax); Lily Tomlin (Mommo); Cheri Oteri (Doreen Nickle); Larry Miller (Fred Nickle); Allison Mack (Tiffany Nickle); Ricardo Montalbán (The Head of Council); Myles Jeffrey (Steve); Jake T. Austin (Nicky); Rob Paulsen (Beetle); S. Scott Bullock (Glow Worm); Mark DeCarlo (Fly who has wings); Richard Green (Wasp Leader); Don Frye (Soldier Ant); Creagen Dow (Mullet Boy)
Directed by John A. Davis
US Release Date: July 28, 2006 (Premiered on July 23rd at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre)
US Home Media Release Dates: November 28, 2006 (DVD/Blu-ray)
Trivia:
• Original score by John Debney
• The film was produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone, Davis and Keith Alcorn's DNA Productions, and Legendary Pictures in their first animated film.
• Along with the theatrical release, an IMAX 3D version was presented in only some of the IMAX theaters. The special IMAX 3D version was remastered in three dimensions with IMAX DMR.
The Copyright Laws of the United States recognizes a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
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WALL•E (98 min)
Synopsis: What if mankind had to leave Earth 700 years in the future, and somebody forgot to turn off the last robot? WALL•E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class), a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for, cleaning the trash-covered planet, but he discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE (Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator). EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to the luxury spaceship Axiom to report her findings to the humans, who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion an exciting adventure.
Cast: Ben Burtt (WALL•E), Elissa Knight (Eve), Fred Willard (Shelby Forthright, who also appears in the film), Jeff Garlin (Captain), John Ratzenberger (John), Kathy Najimy (Mary), Sigourney Weaver (Ship’s Computer).
Songs: Down to Earth
Directed by Andrew Stanton.
U.S. Theatrical Release Date: June 27, 2008 (after an invitational premiere at the Greek Theater in Griffith Park on June 21, and a release in Bolivia and Chile on June 26)
U.S. Home Media Releases: November 18, 2008 (DVD/BR); March 3, 2020 (4K);
Trivia:
• The film features a score by Thomas Newman, with Peter Gabriel collaborating on the song “Down to Earth.”
• The soundtrack includes two songs from Hello Dolly (Fox, 1969), on a videotape that WALL•E repeatedly watches.
• Filmed in CinemaScope.
• The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and received five more Oscar nominations for Original Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song (Down to Earth), Sound Mixing and Sound Editing.
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