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Space Jam movie storyline. Swackhammer, owner of the amusement park planet Moron Mountain is desperate get new attractions and he decides that the Looney Tune characters would be perfect. He sends his diminutive underlings to get them to him, whether Bugs Bunny & Co. want to go or not. Well armed for their size, Bugs Bunny is forced to trick them into agreeing to a competition to determine their freedom.
Taking advantage of their puny and stubby legged foes, the gang selects basketball for the surest chance of winning. However, the Nerdlucks turn the tables and steal the talents of leading professional basketball stars to become massive basketball bruisers known as the Monstars. In desperation, Bugs Bunny calls on the aid of Micheal Jordan, the Babe Ruth of Basketball, to help them have a chance at winning their freedom.
Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy film starring basketball player Michael Jordan and featuring the Looney Tunes cartoon characters. The film was produced by Ivan Reitman, and directed by Joe Pytka, with Bruce W. Smith, Korey Coleman, Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone directing the animation. Nigel Miguel was a basketball technical advisor.
Released theatrically by Warner Bros. under the Family Entertainment label on November 15, 1996, the film presents a fictional alternate history of what happened between Jordan’s initial retirement from the NBA in 1993 and his comeback in 1995, in which he becomes embroiled in events involving Bugs Bunny and his friends. Space Jam opened at No. 1 in the US and grossed over $230 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing basketball film of all-time. The film marks the first appearance of new Looney Tunes character Lola Bunny.
Space Jam was a box office success. At the end of its run, it grossed approximately $90.4 million in the United States and an estimated $230–$250 million internationally. It is the highest grossing basketball film of all time and the third highest-grossing sports film, behind Rocky IV and The Blind Side.
Space Jam (1996)
Directed by: Joe Pytka
Starring: Michael Jordan, Billy West, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Danny DeVito, Penny Bae Bridges, Eric Gordon, Larry Bird, Bill Murray, Charles Barkley
Screenplay by: Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
Production Design by: Geoffrey Kirkland
Cinematography by: Michael Chapman
Film Editing by: Sheldon Kahn
Costume Design by: Marlene Stewart
Set Decoration by: Jennifer Williams
Art Direction by: David F. Klassen
Music by: James Newton Howard
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild cartoon language.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: November 15, 1996
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