Poor 10yearold lucas nickle zach tyler eisen cant get a break. The ant bully by john nickle the ant bully is about lucas who is picked on by the neighborhood bully. Davis is the writer and director of this adaptation of the illustrated childrens book by the same name. When the ants shrink lucas down to their size, he must make amends by learning the ways of the colony and protecting the ants from danger. Publication date 1999 topics ants, bullies, ants, bullies publisher new york. The ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. Film languagevisual literacy look at clipsstills of bullies, victims and points of view from the ant bully. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The ant bully original motion picture soundtrack john.
Make both a small and big lucas as well as a small and big sid. Tired of weathering constant attacks on their colony, ants shrink a destructive boy, named lucas zach tyler eisen, to their size and sentence him to live among them until he learns the errors of his ways. But the dichotomy loses some of its punch when the good guy is a bad guy tooor at least when hes so obnoxious as to take the fun out of being bad. He takes out his frustration on the ants in front of his house. Being bullied read along book with word highlighting by smart kidz club duration. The ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story. The ant bully is a subtle lesson to teach kids what it is like to be a bully and to be bullied and how its evil passes from one kid to another. Little lucas nickle zach tyler is brand new in town, but hes already had a runin with local bully steve myles jeffrey. Thats the main problem with the ant bully, the new cgi feature from jimmy neutron. With paul giamatti, nicolas cage, julia roberts, meryl streep.
See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. Dec 22, 2008 the ant bully on dvd november 28, 2006 starring nicolas cage, julia roberts meryl streep, paul giamatti, lily tomlin. The ant bully is the story of a child whopicked on by the neighborhood bully, in turn picks on ants. He learns throughout the story, the feeling of compassion and greater understanding towards others and how picking on the little guy, isnt so much fun. Resources for this book save to list other books you might like related book resources. In the page in the flower garden, we see the flowers from below from an ants point of view. Rent the ant bully 2006 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. It shows that bullies can be changed back in many cases. Discussion guide the ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully.
Lucas, in turn, bullies something smaller than himself, a colony of ants. John nickle has illustrated several acclaimed childrens books including alphabet explosion, who pushed. Jul 01, 2006 the ant bully scholastic bookshelf john nickle on. This is the story of a tenyearold boy named lucas nickle, who has just moved to a. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle. Unfortunately, this insect adventure, concerning a boy who mistreats ants. Make a 3d flower garden like this one by using construction paper to make flowers and apply to a reinforced or cardboard paper. The ant bully is based on a book by john nickle, which tells the tale of a young boy who floods an ant colony with his watergun. Music clips from john debneys score to the ant bully. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasnt made a single friend. There are the inevitable grossout gags you dont want to know where the honeydew drops lucas slurps up originate from. Parents need to know that the ant bully has some scenes that might be scary for very young kids particularly some menacing spiders, frogs, wasps, and fly swatters.
All games are free to play and new content is added every week. The ant bully on dvd november 28, 2006 starring nicolas cage, julia roberts meryl streep, paul giamatti, lily tomlin. Momentarily fed up, lucas takes out his frustration on a hill of ants in his backyard. Terms of activation by activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts network. The ant bully original score from 2006, composed by john debney. The ant bully storia teaching guide pdf scholastic. And they teach him a lesson that will make him and readers think twice about being mean. Reading to kids is a grassroots organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading, thereby enriching their lives and opportunities for future success. The ant bully is a computeranimated film based on the 1999 childrens book. The ant bully scholastic bookshelf nickle, john on.
These activities also engage students in close reading and researching ants. Sid is such a big bully that lucas wishes he could squash him like a bug. Lucas wishes he could squash sid like a bug, but since sid is bigger than lucas, lucas bullies the ants. The ant bully is based on a picture book by john nickle. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Bullies try to wipe out entire civilizations the ants, and main character lucas is. Lucas constantly gets picked on by the neighborhood bully. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle also known as peanut the destroyer, who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants. John nickle says he has faced many bullies in his lifetime, and writing and illustrating the ant bully gave him a way.
After lucas nickle zach tyler floods an ant colony with his watergun, hes magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins. Rent the ant bully 2006 starring julia roberts and nicolas cage on dvd and bluray. Boy genius, and the ant bully could have used that films satirical edge or at least more and better jokes. Holidays at primarygames primarygames has a large collection of holiday games, crafts, coloring pages, postcards and stationery for the following holidays. An ant wizard shrinks lucas, who then goes to work with the rest of the ants, hauling leaves, finding food, and fighting off an attack of wasps. The ant bully is a 2006 american computeranimated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by john a. Lucas wishes he could squash that big bully sid like a bug. Miniature worlds can be big attractions, as the films antz and a bugs life show. Compare stillsclips from the film with images from the book and discuss the differences between reading a book and watching films. Based on the childrens book by john nickle, the ant bully has a promising concept. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The ant bully dna has completed production on the 3d animated feature film, the ant bully, for warner bros. Starring the voices of julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep, and paul giamatti, it was produced by tom hanks and gary goetzmans playtone, davis and keith alcorns dna productions and legendary. This picture book is about a boy named lucas who gets bullied by his neighbor sid.
The ant bully is a wonderful childrens story about a little boy who is picked on, and in return picks on something smaller than him, ants. Financial analysis of the ant bully 2006 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. The ant bully story, the ant bully hollywood movie story. Bullies try to wipe out entire civilizations the ants, and main character lucas is in constant danger after being shrunk down to ant size. The ant bully was released as a major motion picture by warner bros. The ants decide to take revenge and teach lucas a lesson. But lucas is too little, and so he bullies the ants instead. The ant bully isbn 0590395912 is a 1999 childrens book drawn and written by john nickle. Make sid, lucas, and ant puppets to reenact the story. Based on exciting moments from the upcoming digitally animated family adventure the ant bully, and featuring allnew challenges created especially for the game, help lucas evolve from recluse to hero in his quest to save the colony from extermination. Theres nothing wrong with that, of course, and it does what it seeks to do well enough. Released by varese sarabande in 2006 302 066 748 2 containing music from the ant bully 2006. Players control lucas nickle, a young boy known to the ants that live in his yard as the destroyer for the abuse he has subjected the colony to. Jan 16, 2018 the ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story.
Patricks day, thanksgiving, presidents day, hanukkah, new years eve and more. Everything you need to know about the ant bully movie 2006. The ants, however, have had enough of lucass nasty games. Lucas, with funny glasses and a strange hat, is bullied by neighborhood meanie, sid. The ants decide they have had enough and shrink lucas down to their size. Lastly, the ants dont appreciate sids games and they attack back. Bullies always find someone smaller than they are to pick on, so when sid the bully picks on lucas, lucas bullies ants, drenching them with his squirt gun. Sep 09, 2007 the ant bully is a wonderful childrens story about a little boy who is picked on, and in return picks on something smaller than him, ants. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle who is the title. Based on the slight book by john nickle, the ant bully benefits from its alist voice cast which adults should appreciate more than children and dazzling animation that vividly depicts a bugs life and views the human world from a minuscule perspective blades of grass seem like sequoias.