A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by John Lasseter. The film stars the voices of Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, and Phyllis Diller. It tells the story of an outcast inventor ant who recruits a group of circus bugs to help him save his colony from a greedy group of grasshoppers. The Gold Classic Collection VHS Video Tape is a special edition of the movie released by Disney.