Line #3 Trivia/Antz


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3	* AllStarCast: Hell, it's just Creator/DreamworksAnimation's ''FIRST'' released film, and yet the billing goes ''thirteen'' deep before we even see the title. Let's see here: Creator/WoodyAllen, Creator/SharonStone, Creator/SylvesterStallone, Music/JenniferLopez, Creator/DanAykroyd, Creator/GeneHackman, Creator/ChristopherWalken, Creator/JaneCurtin, Creator/AnneBancroft, Creator/DannyGlover, Creator/JohnMahoney, Creator/GrantShaud, and Creator/PaulMazursky, the guy who directed ''Film/DownAndOutInBeverlyHills'' and ''Film/BobAndCarolAndTedAndAlice''.
4	* CreatorBacklash: Woody Allen was understandably dissatisfied that he was forced to record all of his lines in five days, then brought back in for retakes for lines he was perfectly satisfied with.
5	* DuelingMovies: Dueled ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', but both ended up being highly critically praised and smash hits at the box office. This is the duel that, courtesy of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert's'' Creator/GeneSiskel (who sadly died not long after), provides the quote for the DuelingWorks page on TV Tropes.[[note]]This was also the source for Creator/{{DreamWorks\|Animation}}' rivalry with Creator/{{Pixar}}, beginning since the former only completed its first film and the latter only completed two films.[[/note]]
6	* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/ChristopherWalken, known mainly for being [[LargeHam hilariously over-the-top]] characters, plays the soft-spoken, deadpan Colonel Cutter.
7	* RealLifeRelative: Brothers Paul and Chris Weitz co-wrote the film's script.
8	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
9	** The film was concaved in 1988 as a Disney animated film titled "Army Ants" abound a pacifist ant teaching free thinking to his militaristic colony, The film was scrapped but it was later made as a computer animated film 10 years later when Katzenberg left Disney to found Dreamworks.
10	** One other early film idea was a film titled "Bugs: Light's Out" about microscopic insect-like robots who were responsible for the entropy of electronics and machinery. Despite a developed script and some test animations made to pitch the film, the idea was scrapped when the studio was picked up by Dreamworks to make this film.
11	** [[http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Antz.html According to the original script]], General Mandible was originally a major, and the evil general (under whom he served) was called Formica, who was voiced by Creator/DannyGlover. The latter's ultimate fate, instead of being impaled on a twig, was nearly drowning before being rescued by Z and the others, then becoming a honeydew keg.
12	** Also, Bala wasn't just [[LockedInARoom locked in Formica's office]] in the original script--she was BoundAndGagged and dumped in the Megatunnel before being rescued by Z.
13	** Perhaps taking a page out of Disney's book, Pacific Data Images announced in 1998 that they were [[http://www.awn.com/news/dreamworks-having-picnic-antz-ii-marching working on a direct-to-video sequel for the film]]. It never happened. This may have been due to the disappointing sales of ''WesternAnimation/JosephKingOfDreams'', which made [=DreamWorks=] abandon the concept of direct-to-video films.
14	** In early concepts, Cutter was going to have a Lady Friend among the ladies-in-waiting, but hesitated to pursue her because of his job. There wasn't enough time for it with the other romances, and it was cut.
15	** Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger was offered the role of Weaver, but his asking payrate was too high.
16	** Creator/SarahJessicaParker was signed on as Bala, and even [[TheOtherMarty recorded some dialogue]], but was replaced by Creator/SharonStone as the producers felt that Sarah's voice didn't fit.
17	** Jeffrey Katzenberg offered Disney the chance to move ''A Bug's Life'' to a further release date from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', they would delay ''Antz'' to after ''A Bug's Life'' was released or go as far as to threaten to cancel the film all together.
18	* WorkingTitle: ''Army Ants.'' When it was pitched at Disney in 1988.
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