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Space Jam
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Space Jam is a 1996 American animated comedy film directed by Joe Pytka and Bruce W. Smith. Produced by Ivan Reitman and Daniel Goldberg, the movie features Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, and Theresa Randle in the cast, with voice acting by Danny DeVito, Billy West, Kath Soucie, and Dee Bradley Baker. James Newton Howard composed the music. The narrative is set in New York City and incorporates basketball, while filming took place in Long Beach.
The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and later made available on Netflix. It has a runtime of 88 minutes and was released in the United States on November 15, 1996. Space Jam received a PG rating and earned a box office total of 230,400,000. A derivative work titled Space Jam: A New Legacy was later produced.
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6.8With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens.
Cast
- Michael Jordan as Michael Jordan
- Wayne Knight as Stan Podolak
- Theresa Randle as Juanita Jordan
- Manner Washington as Jeffery Jordan
- Eric Gordon as Marcus Jordan
- Penny Bae Bridges as Jasmine Jordan
Themes
- sports
- cartoon
- villain
- basketball
- slapstick comedy
- alien
- doctor
- alien invasion
- cartoon cat
- basketball team
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
228,174 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
46%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Animation, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 5 wins & 8 nominations total
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Encyclopedic overview
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 first film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation, it stars basketball player Michael Jordan as himself; the live-action cast also includes Wayne Knight and Theresa Randle while Billy West 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.
Space Jam premiered in Los Angeles on November 10, 1996, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 15, by Warner Bros. under its Family Entertainment label. The film received mixed reviews from critics, who were divided over its premise of combining Jordan and his profession with the Looney Tunes characters, while the technical achievements of its intertwining of live-action and animation were praised. It was a commercial success, grossing $250.2 million worldwide against an $80 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing basketball film of all time until 2022, and the tenth highest-grossing film of 1996.
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