Lucas, the ant fright
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lucas, the ant fright |
| Original title | The Ant Bully |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John A. Davis |
| script | John A. Davis |
| production | John A. Davis, Gary Goetzman , Tom Hanks |
| music | John Debney |
| camera | Ken Mitchroney |
| cut | Jon Price |
Lucas, der Ant Bully (Original title: The Ant Bully ) is an American computer animation film from 2006 based on the children's book The Ant Bully by John Nickle . Directed by John A. Davis , who also wrote the script and co-produced the film.
action
Ten-year-old Lucas Nickle is moving into a new neighborhood. He has no friends here and is bullied by a gang of young people. The leader of the gang makes fun of Lucas because he is shorter than him and he cannot defend himself against him. Lucas then takes his frustration out on even smaller creatures: the ants in his garden. He shoots these and their anthills with his water pistol.
When his parents Fred and Doreen go on their honeymoon, he is left on his own with his big sister Tiffany and grandmother Mommo. He doesn't get along very well with his sister and his grandmother is obsessed with the idea that aliens might kidnap her. The pest exterminator Stan Beals takes advantage of the parents' absence and talks about his services to the young Lucas: Lucas signs a contract so that Beals should destroy the ants in the garden. After Lucas is again bullied by the leader of the gang, he uses a hose to put the entire ants' burrows under water, causing destruction and chaos.
The ant Zoc then makes a magical potion that Lucas is given one night. This shrinks Lucas to the size of an ant. The shrunken Lucas is brought into the ant den. There many ants demand a severe punishment for the "destroyer"; some want to eat him up. But the wise queen condemns him to training and working in the ant burrow so that he can learn about the ants' way of life. The ant Hova volunteers to teach him. Lucas becomes friends with the ants over time.
When the pest controller he hires shows up, he helps the ants fend off them and thus save the colony from certain death. The queen ant named him an honorary ant and gave him the name Rokai . Zoc gives Lucas the antidote, after which the boy returns to his normal size. Lucas is happy when his parents return. With the ants he learned that you can only be successful if you stand together and tackle tasks together. He and the children from the neighborhood now defend themselves together against the attacks of the bully and can put him to flight together.
Reviews
The lexicon of international films wrote: “The computer-animated cartoon offers exciting and educationally instructive entertainment and, through the choice of its subject, suggests that the local lawn is a jungle full of dangers. Some scenes could be too scary for smaller children. "
James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that the film was a disappointment for anyone who had hoped for an improvement in the recently declining quality of animated films. The plot consisting of moralizing and strung together action scenes is an "insult" for every educated person. Berardinelli mentioned the numerous stars involved, but was surprised that the little-known Zach Tyler got the lead role.
Cinema magazine wrote that the only film intended for children was "entertaining, fast-paced, funny and personable". It contains "considerable (if not outstanding) animations and a good portion of toddler action" as well as "a lot of weird joke".
“Unlike the ant hits“ Antz ”and“ Das große Krabbeln ”, this video game-style spectacle is all about weird wit and wild action. For toddlers, there is also a lesson in social skills. "
Awards
Julia Roberts was nominated for the Kids' Choice Award in 2007 for her speaking role . John Debney was nominated for the 2007 Annie Award for film music . The film received the Artios Prize of the Casting Society of America in 2007 and was nominated for the Golden Reel Award of the US Motion Picture Sound Editors for sound editing .
backgrounds
Production costs were estimated at 50 million US dollars . The film opened in US and Canadian theaters on July 28, 2006, with the IMAX version being released alongside the normal version. The German theatrical release followed on October 12, 2006. The film grossed around 28.1 million US dollars in US cinemas.
synchronization
The German-language dubbing was created at Film- & Fernseh-Synchron based on a dialogue book by Jan Odle , who was also responsible for the dialogue direction.
| role | Original speaker | German dubbing voice |
|---|---|---|
| Hova | Julia Roberts | Barbara Schöneberger |
| Zoc | Nicolas Cage | Hans-Georg Panczak |
| queen | Meryl Streep | Dagmar Dempe |
| Stan Beals | Paul Giamatti | Pure beauty |
| Lucas Nickle | Zach Tyler Eisen | Adrian Kilian |
| Kreela | Regina King | Sandra Schwittau |
| Fugax | Bruce Campbell | Detlef Bierstedt |
| Mommo | Lily Tomlin | Marianne Lutz |
| Doreen Nickle | Cheri Oteri | Madeleine proud |
| Fred Nickle | Larry Miller | Claus Brockmeyer |
| Tiffany Nickle | Allison Mack | Marieke Oeffinger |
Web links
- The Ant Bully in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Lucas, the Ameisenschreck atrotten tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Lucas, the ant fright . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2006 (PDF; test number: 107 475 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Lucas, the ant fright . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Lucas, the ant fright. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Review: Ant Bully, The (English) - film review by James Berardinelli ; As of March 4, 2008
- ↑ Lucas, der Ameisenschreck - About this film ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Page at Cinema.de ; As of March 4, 2008
- ↑ Lucas, der Ameisenschreck ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Program page at TV Spielfilm.de , October 31, 2010
- ↑ Lucas, der Ameisenschreck - box office results at IMDb ; As of March 4, 2008
- ↑ Lucas, the ant fright - premiere dates at the IMDb ; As of March 4, 2008
- ↑ Lucas, the ant fright. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on October 19, 2019 .
