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UK DVD Cover (Region 2).

Home video releases of A Bug's Life.

US releases[]

VHS[]

Cover Released Notes
December 22, 1998

Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Release

Standard ReleaseBonus Features:

  • Tarzan Sneak Peek
  • Geri's Game (A Theatrical Short Film)
  • THX Certified Print Logo Trailer: Broadway (Lucasfilm Ltd. Variant)
  • "Original Outtakes" (presented during the end credits)
  • "Alternate Outtakes" (presented during the end credits)


On this release, both sets of outtakes are presented during the end credits.

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(Flik)
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(Dot)
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(Francis)
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(Heimlich)
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(Hopper)
April 20, 1999

Widescreen Edition Release Bonus Features:

  • Tarzan Sneak Peek
  • Geri's Game (A Theatrical Short Film)
  • THX Certified Print Logo Trailer: Broadway (Lucasfilm Ltd. Variant)
  • "Original Outtakes" (presented during the end credits)
  • "Alternate Outtakes" (presented during the end credits)


On this release, both sets of outtakes are presented during the end credits.

ABugsLife GoldCollection VHS
August 1, 2000

Gold Classic Collection Release

  • THX Certified Print Logo Trailer: Broadway (Lucasfilm Ltd. Variant)
  • Geri's Game (A Theatrical Short Film)
  • "Original Outtakes" (presented during the end credits)
  • "Alternate Outtakes" (presented during the end credits)

On this release, both sets of outtakes are presented during the end credits.

DVD[]

Cover Released Notes
51DZRWWT2GL
April 20, 1999

Standard ReleaseBonus Features:

  • Geri's Game (A Theatrical Short Film)
  • "Original Outtakes"
  • "Alternate Outtakes"
24039 front
November 23, 1999

"Collector's Edition" ReleaseBonus Features:
Disc One

  • 5.1 Surround: English Soundtrack (Widecreen)
  • 2.0 Stereo: Music Only (Widescreen)
  • Audio Commentary by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  • 5.1 Surround: English Soundtrack (Full Frame)
  • 5.1 Surround: Sound Effects Only (Full Frame)

Disc Two (includes starting Introduction)

  • Pre-Production
    • "Fleabie Reel" (with optional Introduction)
    • Story and Editorial (with optional Introduction)
      • Original Treatment (with optional Introduction)
      • "Storyboard Pitch"
      • "Storyboard to Film Comparison" (with optional Introduction)
      • Abandoned Story Reels (with optional Introduction)
        • Original Museum Opening
        • P.T.'s Office
    • "Research" (with optional Introduction)
    • Design (with optional Introduction)
      • Concept Art and Color Scripts
      • Locations
        • Ant Island
        • The City
        • Circus Tent and Wagon
        • Hopper's Hideout
      • Characters
        • The Colony
        • Grasshopper Gang
        • The Circus
        • Miscellaneous
  • Production
    • "Behind the Scenes of A Bug's Life"
    • "Voice Talent"
    • "Early Tests"
    • Progression Demonstration (with optional Introductions)
  • "Sound Design"
  • Release
    • Theatrical Release
      • Poster/Ad Campaign
      • Original Theatrical Teaser
      • Original Theatrical Trailer
      • Character Interviews
    • Video Release
      • "Reframing Featurette"
      • "Reframing Examples"
  • Outtakes
    • "The Story Behind the Outtakes"
    • "Original Outtakes"
    • "Alternate Outtakes"
  • Geri's Game (A Theatrical Short Film)
23800 front
August 1, 2000

Gold Classic Collection ReleaseBonus Features:

A bug's life collector's edition 2003 dvd
May 27, 2003

"Collector's Edition" ReleaseDisc 1:

Bonus Features:

  • THX Certified Print Logo Trailer: Tex (Mastered and Duplicated Variant)

Captions:

  • English

Special Audio:

Widescreen Options:

Full Frame Options:

  • 5.1 Surround: English Soundtrack
  • 5.1 Surround: French Soundtrack
  • 5.1 Surround: Sound Effects Only

Disc 2 (includes starting Introduction):

Bonus Features:

  • Pre-Production
    • "Fleabie Reel" (with optional Introduction)
    • Story and Editorial (with optional Introduction)
      • Original Treatment (with optional Introduction)
      • "Storyboard Pitch"
      • "Storyboard to Film Comparison" (with optional Introduction)
      • Abandoned Story Reels (with optional Introduction)
        • Original Museum Opening
        • P.T.'s Office
    • "Research" (with optional Introduction)
    • Design (with optional Introduction)
      • Concept Art and Color Scripts
      • Locations
        • Ant Island
        • The City
        • Circus Tent and Wagon
        • Hopper's Hideout
      • Characters
        • The Colony
        • Grasshopper Gang
        • The Circus
        • Miscellaneous
  • Production
    • "Behind the Scenes of A Bug's Life"
    • "Voice Talent"
    • "Early Tests"
    • Progression Demonstration (with optional Introductions)
  • "Sound Design"
  • Release
    • Theatrical Release
      • Poster/Ad Campaign
      • Original Theatrical Teaser
      • Original Theatrical Trailer
      • Character Interviews
    • Video Release
      • "Reframing Featurette"
      • "Reframing Examples"
  • Outtakes
    • "The Story Behind the Outtakes"
    • "Original Outtakes"
    • "Alternate Outtakes"
  • Geri's Game (A Theatrical Short Film)
  • "Finding Nemo Fishy Facts"
  • A Bug's Land Game

Blu-ray[]

Cover Released Notes
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May 19, 2009

Standard ReleaseBonus Features:

  • Audio Commentary by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
  • Geri's Game (A Theatrical Short Film)
  • "Filmmaker's Round Table"
  • "A Bug's Life: The First Draft" (with optional Introduction)
  • The Grasshopper and the Ants (with optional Introduction)
  • Pre-Production
    • "Fleabie Reel" (with optional Introduction)
      • "Storyboard Pitch" (with optional Introduction; labeled here as Story and Editorial)
      • "Storyboard to Film Comparison" (with optional Introduction)
      • Abandoned Story Reels (with optional Introduction)
        • Original Museum Opening
        • P.T. Flea's Office
    • "Research"
    • Design (with optional Introduction)
      • Concept Art and Color Scripts
      • Locations
        • Ant Island
        • The City
        • Circus Tent and Wagon
        • Hopper's Hideout
      • Characters
        • The Colony
        • Grasshopper Gang
        • The Circus
        • Miscellaneous
  • Production
    • "Behind the Scenes of A Bug's Life"
    • "Voice Talent"
    • "Early Tests"
    • Progression Demonstration (with optional Introductions)
  • "Sound Design"
  • Release
    • Theatrical Release
      • Poster/Ad Campaign
      • Original Theatrical Teaser
      • Original Theatrical Trailer
    • Character Interviews (with optional Introduction)
  • Outtakes
    • "The Story Behind the Outtakes"
    • "Original Outtakes"
    • "Alternate Outtakes"
013679
(Blu-ray packaging)
39606 medium
(DVD Packaging)
July 5, 2011

Standard ReleaseIncludes same discs as above.

A Bug's Life Blu-ray Rerelease
November 27, 2016

Blu-ray + Digital HD re-release

A Bug's Life Blu-ray 2019
September 10, 2019

Standard Re-release

ABugsLife 4KUHD
March 3, 2020

4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray "Ultimate Collector's Edition" Release

VHS[]

Release Date: April 20, 1999[]

Bonus Features:

On this release, both sets of outtakes are presented during the end credits.

  • THX Trailer: Broadway

Release Date: August 1, 2000[]

  • The Part of the Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection

Bonus Features:

  • Geri's Game (after the film)
  • Outtakes and Alternate Outtakes (During Credits)
  • THX Trailer: Broadway

DVD[]

Release Date: April 20, 1999

Bonus Features:

Scene Index[]

  1. Main Titles
  2. Flik's Invention
  3. Red Alert
  4. The Grasshoppers Arrive
  5. On Trial
  6. Leaving Ant Island
  7. Flik's Flight
  8. P.T. Flea's Circus
  9. The City
  10. Bug Bar
  11. Flying Home
  12. The Warriors Arrive
  13. Official Welcome
  14. "Squish Me Now"
  15. A Bird Attacks
  16. Francis the Hero
  17. Atta's Apology
  18. Flik's Plan
  19. Building the Bird
  20. Hopper's Hideout
  21. The Celebration
  22. P.T. Arrives
  23. The Grasshoppers Return
  24. To the Clubhouse
  25. Dot Goes for Help
  26. Turning Back
  27. Grasshopper Occupation
  28. Showtime
  29. Flik's Bird Attacks
  30. Flik vs. Hopper
  31. Ant Battle
  32. Rain
  33. Hopper's Demise
  34. Springtime
  35. End Credits
  36. Outtakes

Easter eggs[]

Collector's Edition[]

Disc One[]

Disc Two[]

  • Geri's Game
  • "Sound Design"
  • Pre-Production
    • "Fleabie Reel"
    • "Research"
    • Story and Editing
      • Original Treatment
      • "Storyboard Pitch"
      • "Storyboard to Film Comparison"
      • Abandoned Story Reels
        • Original Museum Opening
        • P.T. Flea's Office
    • Design
      • Concept Art and Color Scripts
      • Locations
        • Ant Island
        • The City
        • Circus Tent and Wagon
        • Hopper's Hideout
      • Characters
        • The Colony
        • Grasshopper Gang
        • The Circus
        • Miscellaneous
  • End Credit Outtakes
    • "The Story Behind the Outtakes"
    • "Original Outtakes"
    • "Alternate Outtakes"
  • Production
    • "Behind the Scenes of A Bug's Life"
    • "Voice Talent"
    • "Early Tests"
    • Progression Demonstration
  • Release
    • Theatrical Release
      • Poster/Ad Campaign
      • Original Theatrical Teaser
      • Original Theatrical Trailer
      • Character Interviews
    • Video Release
      • "Reframing Featurette"
      • "Reframing Examples"
  • "Finding Nemo Fishy Facts"
  • A Bug's Land Game

Blu-ray[]

  • Audio Commentary by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich
  • "Filmmaker's Round Table"
  • "A Bug's Life: The First Draft"
  • The Grasshopper and the Ants
  • Geri's Game
  • "Sound Design"
  • Pre-Production
  • "Fleabie Reel"
    • "Research"
    • Story and Editing
      • Original Treatment
      • "Storyboard Pitch"
      • "Storyboard ton Film Comparison"
      • Abandoned Story Reels
        • Original Museum Opening
        • P.T. Flea's Office
    • Design
      • Concept Art and Color Scripts
      • Locations
        • Ant Island
        • The City
        • Circus Tent and Wagon
        • Grasshoppers' Liar
      • Characters
        • The Colony
        • Grasshopper Gang
        • The Circus
        • Miscellaneous
  • End Credit Outtakes
    • "The Story Behind the Outtakes"
    • "Original Outtakes"
    • "Alternate Outtakes"
  • Production
    • "Behind the Scenes of A Bug's Life"
    • "Voice Talent"
    • "Early Tests"
    • Progression Demonstration
  • Release
    • Theatrical Release
      • Poster/Ad Campaign
      • Original Theatrical Teaser
      • Original Theatrical Trailer
      • Character Interviews
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