A BUG’S LIFE 2003 COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Street date:
May 27

Suggested retail price:
$29.99 (S.R.P.)

Feature running time:
Approximately 95 minutes

Total running time:
Approximately 202 minutes

Rated:
“G.” Bonus features unrated.

DVD aspect ratios:
Widescreen (16x9 anamorphic)
Fullscreen (1.33:1) presentations of the film

Sound:
Dolby® Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

A BUG’S LIFE 2003 COLLECTOR’S EDITION includes the outstanding features:

• Widescreen (16x9 anamorphic) AND Fullscreen (1.33:1) presentations of the film
• Dolby® Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
• Abandoned sequences
• Behind-The-Scenes look at the creation of “A Bug’s Life”
• Hilarious outtakes from the film
• Pixar Animation Studios’ “Geri’s Game,” the 1997 Academy-Award® Winner for “Best Animated Short Film.”
• Audio commentary featuring Pixar’s team behind “A Bug’s Life”—Academy-Award ® winning* director John Lasseter, co-director/co-writer Andrew Stanton, and supervising film editor Lee Unkrich
• Introductions and explanations by the filmmakers
• Early presentation reel (“Fleabie”)
• Original story treatment and pitch boards
• Character designs, concept art and color script
• Storyboard-to-final-film split screen comparison
• Behind-the-scenes look at the voice talent
• Early production test
• Production progressive demonstration (angle feature allows you to move through the various stages of production)
• Oscar®- winning** Sound designer Gary Rydstrom on the film’s sound effects
• Trailers and posters (domestic and theatrical)
• Behind-the-scenes look at how the film was recomposed from its original widescreen presentation to a full-frame presentation for home entertainment release
• Isolated music track – 2.0 stereo
• Isolated sound effects track - Dolby® Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

After soaring to “infinity and beyond” with the landmark computer-animated box office smash, “Toy Story,” two-time Academy Award®-winning* director John Lasseter, Disney Feature Animation and Pixar Animation Studios zoomed down to earth and below for an exciting new adventure filled with fun and fantasy in their groundbreaking second feature, A BUG’S LIFE. Bringing to life a spectacular and breathtaking “epic of miniature proportions,” the film presents a three-dimensional world only three inches high, that is so real that audiences can feel the sunlight filter through a blade of grass.

Walt Disney Home Entertainment is distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., a recognized industry leader. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Miramax, Dimension and Buena Vista videocassettes and DVDs.

Pixar Animation Studios (Nasdaq: PIXR, http://www.pixar.com) combines creative and technical artistry to create original stories in the medium of computer animation. Pixar has created four of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time: Academy Award® winning Toy Story (1995); A Bug’s Life (1998); Golden Globe-winner Toy Story 2 (1999); and the Academy Award®-winning Monsters, Inc. (2001). Pixar’s four films have earned more than $1.7 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The Northern California studios’ next three film releases are Finding Nemo (summer 2003), The Incredibles (holiday 2004) and Cars (holiday 2005). Pixar Animation Studios films are distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., is a recognized industry leader. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. is the marketing, sales and distribution company for Walt Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, Dimension and Buena Vista videocassettes and DVDs.

*John Lasseter, Academy Award® winner 1996 “Special Achievement Award” for TOY STORY and 1989 “Best Animated Short Film” for TIN TOY

**Gary Rydstrom, Academy Award® winner:
1998 Best Sound Effects Editing (with Richard Hymns), “Saving Private Ryan;
1998 Best Sound (with Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ron Judkins), “Saving Private Ryan”;
1997 Best Sound (with Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano), “Titanic”;
1993 Best Sound Effects Editing (w/Richard Hymns), “Jurassic Park”
1993 Best Sound (with Gary Summers, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins), “Jurassic Park”
1991 Best Sound Effects Editing (with Gloria S. Borders), “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”
1991 Best Sound (with Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff) “Terminator 2: Judgement Day”


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