Kazaam
Kazaam is a 1996 fantasy comedy family film. It was directed by Paul Michael Glaser, written by Christian Ford and Roger Soffer based on a story by Glaser, and starring Shaquille O'Neal as the title character, a 5,000-year-old genie who appears from a magic boombox to grant a 12-year-old boy three wishes.
Plot
A wrecking ball destroys an abandoned building, the impact knocking over a magic lamp inside and causing it to land on a boombox. The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on.
More details
| author | Paul Michael Glaser |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Brooklyn |
| director | Paul Michael Glaser |
| editor | Michael E. Polakow Tom McMurtry |
| genre | comedy fantasy |
| keywords | abandoned building assault bond boombox build burning building connect eat elevator elevator shaft held hostage junk food kidnap magic lamp nightclub pass rain rap record deal return home second chance secret hideout slam dunk spray paint talent agent walk wrecking ball |
| musicBy | Christopher Tyng |
| publisher | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution PolyGram Filmed Entertainment |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles New York City |
| theme | wish fulfillment |