Space Jam
Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy film directed by Joe Pytka and written by Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, and Herschel Weingrod. The film stars basketball player Michael Jordan as a fictional version of himself; the live-action cast also includes Wayne Knight and Theresa Randle, as well as cameos by Bill Murray and several NBA players, while Billy West, Dee Bradley Baker, Kath Soucie and Danny DeVito headline the voice cast. The film follows Jordan as he is brought out of retirement by the Looney Tunes characters to help them win a basketball match against invading aliens intent on enslaving them as amusement park attractions.
Plot
In 1973, a young Michael Jordan tells his father, James, about his dreams of playing in the NBA. Twenty years later, following James’ death, Jordan retires from basketball to pursue a career in baseball.
Cast
- A. C. Green
- Ahmad Rashad
- Albert Hague
- Alonzo Mourning
- Anthony Miller
- Bill Murray
- Bill Wennington
- Brad William Henke
- Brandon Hammond
- Cedric Ceballos
- Charles Barkley
- Charles Hallahan
- Charles Oakley
- Connie Ray
- Dan Castellaneta
- Danny Ainge
- Del Harris
- Derek Harper
- Eric Gordon
- Jeff Malone
- Jim Rome
- Jim Wise
- Larry Bird
- Larry Johnson
- Manner Washington
- Michael Jordan
- Muggsy Bogues
- Patricia Heaton
- Patrick Ewing
- Paul Westphal
- Penny Bae Bridges
- Pervis Ellison
- Sharone Wright
- Shawn Bradley
- Theresa Randle
- Thom Barry
- Vlade Divac
- Wayne Knight
More details
| author | Timothy Harris |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Looney Tune Land Moron Mountain New York City |
| director | Bruce W. Smith Joe Pytka Tony Cervone |
| editor | Sheldon Kahn |
| events | basketball Michael Jordan |
| genre | action animation comedy fantasy live-action science fiction |
| keywords | amusement park basketball game bugs bunny buzzer beater daffy duck game jam james r. jordan sr. lola bunny looney tunes moon national basketball association nba outer space search serve slam dunk steal to the moon win |
| musicBy | James Newton Howard |
| producer | Daniel Goldberg Ivan Reitman Joe Medjuck |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner Bros. Feature Animation |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Long Beach |
| theme | animated children's comic science fiction parallel universes science fantasy slapstick sports sports comedy |