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| Director: | Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson | 
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| Writer: | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Todd Alcott | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 02, 1998 | 
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| Director: | Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson | 
| Writer: | Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Todd Alcott | 
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure | 
| Keywords | general, hero, worker, ant, villain, work, assignment, princess, friends, soldier, individuality, shocking, baffled | 
| Production Companies | DreamWorks Pictures, Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Animation | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $171,757,863 Budget: $60,000,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 
| Paul Mazursky | Psychologist (voice) | 
| Grant Shaud | Foreman (voice) | 
| Jim Cummings | Additional Voices (voice) | 
| April Winchell | Additional Voices (voice) | 
| Jerry Sroka | Additional Voices (voice) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Eric Darnell | Director | 
| Tim Johnson | Director | 
| Chris Weitz | Screenplay | 
| Paul Weitz | Screenplay | 
| Harry Gregson-Williams | Original Music Composer | 
| John Powell | Original Music Composer | 
| Michael Kahn | Thanks | 
| Kendal Cronkhite | Art Direction | 
| Adam Shankman | Choreographer | 
| Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Editor | 
| Ted Elliott | Creative Consultant | 
| Simon J. Smith | Head of Layout | 
| Mike Cachuela | Story Artist | 
| Zak Penn | Story Consultant | 
| Terry Rossio | Creative Consultant | 
| Stan Webb | Editor | 
| Todd Alcott | Screenplay | 
| Don Weinger | Set Designer | 
| Justin Kohn | Animation | 
| Leslee Feldman | Casting | 
| Bob Badami | Music Editor | 
| Jennifer Nash | Thanks, Music Editor | 
| Brian Richards | Music Editor | 
| Jane Hartwell | Production Manager | 
| David Lipman | Thanks | 
| Brad Reinke | Thanks | 
| Denise Nolan Cascino | Production Supervisor | 
| John Bell | Production Design | 
| Terry Claborn | Color Timer | 
| Erica Frauman | Post Production Supervisor | 
| Adam Valdez | Animation | 
| Damon Bard | Sculptor | 
| Carol Norton | Editorial Coordinator | 
| George Bruder | Supervising Technical Director | 
| Gary L. Wohlleben | Production Controller | 
| Annmarie Koenig | Lighting Artist | 
| Nick Foster | Visual Effects | 
| Devon Miller | First Assistant Editor | 
| John Pospisil | Special Sound Effects | 
| Frank Fleming | Sound Recordist | 
| Marcy Dicterow-Vaj | Orchestrator | 
| Michael Cutler | Systems Administrators & Support | 
| Sonny Pettijohn | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Craig Ring | Lighting Supervisor | 
| Gregg Landaker | Sound Mixer | 
| Rahul Chandrakant Thakkar | Researcher | 
| Stephen Sobisky | 3D Modeller | 
| Shannon Jeffries | Production Illustrator | 
| Jennifer Dahlman | Production Coordinator | 
| Rex Grignon | Supervising Animator | 
| Jennifer Freeman | Visual Effects Coordinator | 
| Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz | Sound | 
| Gavin Greenaway | Additional Music | 
| James Buckhouse | Layout | 
| Julia Evershade | Sound Editor | 
| Bruno Roussel | Assistant Sound Engineer | 
| Sven E. Fahlgren | Post Production Coordinator | 
| Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter | 
| Maggie Rodford | Music Coordinator | 
| Dan O'Connell | Foley Artist | 
| Catherine Dingman | Story Coordinator | 
| Linda Lew | Foley Recordist | 
| John T. Cucci | Foley Mixer | 
| Adam Milo Smalley | Supervising Music Editor | 
| Lisa Zusmer DelPrete | Executive Assistant | 
| Avram D. Gold | Supervising Dialogue Editor | 
| Christi Soper Hilt | Casting Assistant | 
| Tim Keon | Senior Animator | 
| David R. Fent | Assistant Editor | 
| Sandy Holt | ADR Voice Casting | 
| Randy Cartwright | Head of Story | 
| Philippe Gluckman | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Hans Zimmer | Executive Music Producer | 
| Rupert Gregson-Williams | Conductor | 
| Steve Bloom | Second Film Editor | 
| Nina Jacobson | Thanks | 
| Ken Bielenberg | Visual Effects Supervisor | 
| Raman Hui Shing-Ngai | Character Designer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Aron Warner | Producer | 
| Patty Wooton | Producer | 
| Sandra Rabins | Executive Producer | 
| Penney Finkelman Cox | Executive Producer | 
| Carl Rosendahl | Executive Producer | 
| Bradford Lewis | Producer | 
| Organization | Category | Person | |
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| Academy Awards | Best Animated Feature | N/A | Won | 
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