Antz
DOWN &
DIRTY:
Animated Adventure: A worker ant,
hoping to get his colony's
beautiful princess to notice him,
ends up the unlikely hero as he
helps thwart the plans of a
renegade general.
NITTY GRITTY:
Z (voice of Woody Allen) is just
another worker ant among millions
in his colony. While the rest of
the ants don't seem to mind the
daily monotony of their lives, Z
hates conformity and believes
that there must be something more
to his life.
Along with his friend and fellow
worker, Azteca (voice of Jennifer
Lopez), Z continues to toil away
under the direction of his
foreman (voice of Grant Shaud)
digging a massive tunnel to
accommodate the military plans of
General Mandible (voice of Gene
Hackman). With the help of his
right-hand man, Colonel Cutter
(voice of Christopher Walken),
Mandible wants to make a
preemptive strike on a band of
termites poised to attack the
colony.
Reluctantly, the Queen (voice of
Anne Bancroft) agrees, and points
out that Mandible's leadership
qualities prove he'll be an
excellent husband for her
daughter, Princess Bala (voice of
Sharon Stone), to whom he's
already betrothed.
Chatting with his best friend
Weaver (voice of Sylvester
Stallone), a soldier ant, the
night before the military
invasion, Z overhears a drunken
scout tell of a wonderful place
called Insectopia, an above
ground sanctuary where ants don't
have to live a conformist life.
Dreaming of such a place, Z is
surprised when a beautiful young
ant asks him to dance. The two
hit it off, but a barroom fight
causes her to leave just as he
learns that she's really Princess
Bala. Smitten, Z convinces Weaver
to switch places with him so that
he might be able to see Bala
again during a military
procession the next day.
A seasoned soldier ant Barbatus
(voice of Danny Glover) takes Z
under his wing and Z discovers
that he's heading off to war
against the termites.
Miraculously only Z survives the
deadly battle and finds himself a
hero.
THE ENDING:
Z falsely kidnaps princess Bala
and they set out to find
Insectopia. The Queen orders
Mandible to find her daughter.
Mandible sends Cutter to find
them and he also continues his
plan to cleanse the colony of
unacceptable drones and other
unworthy types.
After some close calls with
humans, Z and Bala are returned
to the colony. There Z discovers
that the tunnel they are building
will flood the colony and kill
many ants. The tunnel collapses
and water pours in. Z organizes
the colony into a giant ant
'ladder' and they climb to
safety.
Topside, Z confronts General
Mandible, even getting Colonel
Cutter on his side. Mandible
tries to push Cutter into the
flooded tunnel, but Z saves him.
Instead, Z and Mandible fall in
the water. Mandible lands on a
tree limb and is killed. Z goes
into the water. Cutter uses his
wings to fly down and save Z.
Z is hailed as a hero and he and
Princess Bala marry and have
kids....millions of them.
WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT:
Christopher Walken as Colonel
Cutter actually plays a 'good'
guy....er, ant.
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