Space Jam
Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy movie directed by Joe Pytka and produced by Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck, and Daniel Goldberg. It stars former basketball star Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. The movie won a Grammy Award in 1997 for Best Song Written Specifically for Motion Picture or Television for "I Believe I Can Fly" by singer R. Kelly. The stand-alone sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy, starring current basketball star LeBron James, was theatrically released on July 16, 2021.
| Space Jam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joe Pytka |
| Produced by | Ivan Reitman Joe Medjuck Daniel Goldberg |
| Written by | Karey Kirkpatrick Leo Benvenuti Steve Rudnick Timothy Harris Herschel Weingrod |
| Starring | Michael Jordan Wayne Knight Theresa Randle Billy West Dee Bradley Baker Danny DeVito |
| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Michael Chapman |
| Edited by | Sheldon Kahn |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment |
Release date | November 15, 1996 |
Running time | 88 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $80 million |
| Box office | $230,418,342 |
Release Dates
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Cast
Live-action
- Michael Jordan as a fictional version of himself
- Bill Murray as himself
- Wayne Knight as Stan Podolak
- Thom Barry as James Jordan, Michael Jordan's father
- Theresa Randle as Juanita Jordan
- Kenn Michael as Adult Jeffrey Jordan
- Faizon Love as Adult Marcus Jordan
- Reagan Gomez-Preston as Adult Jasmine Jordan
- Manner Washington as Jeffrey Jordan
- Eric Gordon as Marcus Jordan
- Penny Bae Bridges as Jasmine Jordan
- Dan Castellaneta as a basketball fan
- Patricia Heaton as a basketball fan
- Trey Parker as a basketball fan
- Matt Stone as a basketball fan
- Noah Segan as a young boy
- Julia McIlvaine as a young boy
- Cedric Ceballos as himself
- Vlade Divac as himself
- Jeff Malone as himself
- Anthony Miller as himself
- A.C. Green as himself
- Sharone Wright as himself
- Alonzo Mourning as himself
- Charles Barkley as himself
- Muggsy Bogues as himself
- Patrick Ewing as himself
- Larry Johnson as himself
- Shawn Bradley as himself
- Larry Bird as himself
Voices
- Billy West as Bugs Bunny / Elmer Fudd
- Dee Bradley Baker as Daffy Duck / Tasmanian Devil
- Danny DeVito as Swackhammer
- Bob Bergen as Porky Pig / Tweety / Marvin the Martian
- Bill Farmer as Sylvester the Cat / Foghorn Leghorn / Yosemite Sam
- Maurice LaMarche as Pepe le Pew
- Kath Soucie as Lola Bunny
- Jocelyn Blue as Nerdluck Pound
- Charity James as Nerdluck Blanko
- June Melby as Nerdluck Bang
- Catherine Reitman as Nerdluck Bupkus
- Colleen Wainwright as Nerdluck Nawt / Sniffles
- Darnell Suttles as Monstar Pound
- Steve Kehela as Monstar Blanko / Announcer
- Joey Camen as Monstar Bang
- Dorian Harewood as Monstar Bupkus
- T.K. Carter as Monstar Nawt
- June Foray as Granny / Witch Hazel
- Frank Welker as Charles the Dog
Space Jam Media
Space Jam producer Ivan Reitman in 2011. A conversation between him and a Nike executive sparked the idea of a film starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny.
