Lucas constantly gets picked on by the neighborhood bully. Nickle s fineline acrylic illustrations accent the slender digits and mandibles of the black ants. The ant bully is based on a picture book by john nickle. Lucas wishes he could squash sid like a bug, but since sid is bigger than lucas, lucas bullies the ants. This is the story of a tenyearold boy named lucas nickle, who has just moved to a new neighborhood, has no friends. When unhappy lucas does bad things to an ant hill, he is punished by being shrunk down to insect size and made to train as an ant by the colony. 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.
Lucas nickle is a young boy who has recently moved into a neighborhood. Jul 28, 2006 sony delays spiderman and venom sequels, and more movies news. Aug 01, 2006 the ant bully original score from 2006, composed by john debney. The information provided on this site is adapted from nsccs breaking the bullyvictimbystander cycle toolkit. John nickle says he has faced many bullies in his lifetime, and writing and illustrating the ant bully gave him a way. Publication date 1999 topics ants juvenile fiction, bullies juvenile fiction, ants fiction, bullies fiction, ants, bullies, illustrated childrens books. It shows that bullies can be changed back in many cases. Based on the slight book by john nickle, the ant bully benefits from its alist voice cast. Ant bully hardcover march 1, 1999 by john nickle author. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. A witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. The ant bully was released as a major motion picture by warner bros.
The information provided on this site is adapted from nsccs breaking the bully victimbystander cycle toolkit. The ant bully by john nickle meet your next favorite book. As you can see, there is an awful lot of high quality, academy award winning talent voicing the characters in this one. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Davis, john nickle, the ant bully screenplay, the ant bully script bruce campbell scripts one of the most successful actors to come out of the bmovie franchise, bruce campbell has built a career on his ability to bring humor and a snarky charm to any film that he stars in. A human bully gives lucas an atomic wedgie by pulling his underwear up out of the back of his pants. Nscc is grateful to the following organizations for their invaluable support in developing these resources. The ants create a potion that shrinks lucas to the size of an ant. The plot and the characters were i chose the book the ant bully by john nickle. Lucas nickle is a boy caught at the hands of a bully almost all the time.
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. Oct 20, 2006 the ant bully is a computeranimated film based on the 1999 childrens book. Davis follows up his delightfully witty, oscarnominated jimmy neutron. The ant bully paperback january 1, 1999 by john nickle author visit amazons john nickle page. The queen ant meryl streep agrees and they begin the arduous task of making the bratty kid a real live ant. Poor 10yearold lucas nickle zach tyler eisen cant get a break. Lucas, in turn, bullies something smaller than himself, a colony of ants.
Davis, john nickle, the ant bully screenplay, the ant bully script bruce campbell scripts one of the most successful actors to come out of the bmovie franchise, bruce campbell has built a career on his ability to bring humor and. Great book about a boy who becomes ant size and learns to see the world from a new perspective. Lucas, with funny glasses and a strange hat, is bullied by neighborhood meanie, sid. It was based on john nickles 1999 childrens book of the same title.
Sony delays spiderman and venom sequels, and more movies news. 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. New in town and friendless, young lucas nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. A fully computeranimated film, also released in imax 3d.
Film languagevisual literacy look at clipsstills of bullies, victims and points of view from the ant bully. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasnt made a single friend. These activities also engage students in close reading and researching ants. Davis based on the 1999 childrens book of the same name by john nickle. Discussion guide the ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. They put him on trial, and find him guilty of crimes against the colony his sentence. Welcome to the official facebook movie page for the ant bully. The ant bully by john nickle the ant bully is about lucas who is picked on by the neighborhood bully. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
The ant bully is a 2006 american animated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by john a. And they teach him a lesson that will make him and readers think twice about being mean. Financial analysis of the ant bully 2006 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle has been taking out his. The ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. Sid is such a big bully that lucas wishes he could squash him like a bug. Resources for this book save to list other books you might like related book resources. Released by varese sarabande in 2006 302 066 748 2 containing music from the ant bully 2006. This picture book is about a boy named lucas who gets bullied by his neighbor sid. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
The ants, however, have had enough of lucass nasty games. The ant bully isbn 0590395912 is a 1999 childrens book drawn and written by john nickle. It featurs the voices of zach tyler eisen, julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep and. With paul giamatti, nicolas cage, julia roberts, meryl streep. 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 author credibly anthropomorphizes ant societies, stressing equality and cooperation. The ant bully is a computeranimated film based on the 1999 childrens book. And his award winning childrens book the ant bully, a story about a young bullied boy who is shrunken down to the size of ants after he takes. 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. The ants decide to take revenge and teach lucas a lesson. Overview from academy award nominated filmmaker john a. The ant bully by nickle, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Boy genius and producers tom hanks and gary goetzman the polar express, the ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. 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.
Lucas is picked on by the neighborhood bully, and in turn terrorizes the ant colony. Being bullied read along book with word highlighting by smart kidz club duration. This is the story of a tenyearold boy named lucas nickle, who has just moved to a. Bullies try to wipe out entire civilizations the ants, and main character lucas is. The ant bully 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, and is magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins. The ant bully original score from 2006, composed by john debney. The ant bully is a 2006 american computeranimated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by john a. The ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story. Based on an acclaimed childrens book by john nickle, the ant bully details how the aforementioned ant colony weathers continual abuse.
Momentarily fed up, lucas takes out his frustration on a hill of ants in his backyard. Ant bully hardcover march 1, 1999 by john nickle author visit amazons john nickle page. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle. Boy genius with the visually inventive but ultimately predictable the ant bully based on john. 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. That bully then slaps another kid one of his followers on the back of the head. Little lucas nickle zach tyler is brand new in town, but hes already had a runin with local bully steve myles jeffrey. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle who is the title. Based on the childrens book by john nickle, the ant bully has a promising concept. Using a magic potion, they shrink lucas down to ant size and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony. Jan 16, 2018 the ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story. Based on the illustrated childrens book by john nickle, the ant bully also features the voices of julia roberts, meryl streep, lily tomlin, nicolas cage, paul giamatti, alan cumming, cheri oteri and ricardo montalban. Davis and based on the 1999 childrens book of the same name by john nickle.
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. A mean bully finds out what it is like to get picked on by someone bigger than you. The ant bully is a 2006 american computer animated film written and directed by john a. 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. John nickle lucas learns a lesson about bullying when he is pulled into the ant hole he has been tormenting. The ants decide they have had enough and shrink lucas down to their size. The ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. Lucas takes out his frustration about being picked on by a human bully by terrorizing the ant colony in his backyard. The ant bully scholastic bookshelf nickle, john on. Davis director julia roberts hova nicolas cage zoc meryl streep queen paul giamatti. The ant bully story, the ant bully hollywood movie story. 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. Burden foundation, ohio department of education and the national school climate centers trustees.
Producer tom hanks got the idea of the film after he read the book to his own son. 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. Lucas wishes he could squash that big bully sid like a bug. He takes out his frustration on the ants in front of his house. A look at some books that have been made into animated movies. Compare stillsclips from the film with images from the book and discuss the differences between reading a book and watching films. Lastly, the ants dont appreciate sids games and they attack back. It gets to the root that people bullied can become bullies.